An unlucky-in-love man on a mission for a soul mate claims he was humiliated when footage of him speed dating appeared on the reality show “Princesses: Long Island” without his consent, a new lawsuit claims.
The since-cancelled Bravo show — which centered on six spoiled Jewish girls in their 20s — created a fake story that portrayed Wayne Goldenberg, 42, as a pushy dad who forced women to look at photos of his daughter, according to the lawsuit.
“I was embarrassed. I felt violated, used,” Goldenberg, a chemist, told The Post. “It was just phony for TV . . . I was like, what the hell? What the hell is going on here?,” he fumed.
Wayne, who is divorced, went to the singles meet-up at the wine lounge XO in Huntington — signing a waiver he thought was just for the event itself in August 2012, according to the lawsuit, filed in Nassau County Supreme Court on Thursday.
“She asked me to sign it to attend the event. I signed it. I go upstairs. It’s a bar, tables are set up. [Then] a swarm of the crew from Bravo came in from nowhere,” Goldenberg said.
He rushed downstairs to revoke the waiver, explaining to a rep he did not want to be featured on the show, according to the lawsuit.
He scratched out his signature and the rep assured him he wouldn’t be featured on the air, the lawsuit states.
During the speed-dating session, he chatted with cast members Joey Lauren and Casey Cohen, who asked him about his then-7-year-old daughter, Alexia — prompting him to casually show them a photo of her, Goldenberg said.
But when the show aired in July 2013, it was spun into an embarrassing lie, Goldenberg claims. The “princesses” bashed him for making them “uncomfortable” by “forcing [them] to look at a picture of his daughter,” the suit states.
Friends began texting him about it, humiliating him, Goldenberg said. “The show has tarnished his previously stellar standing in the community and forced him to engage in numerous explanatory and rehabilitative efforts to address his tarnished reputation,” the lawsuit states. He’s now seeking at least $100,000 in damages, according to his lawyer James Ingoglia.
The lawsuit names HurryDate LLC, which hosted the speed-dating event, NBC Universal and True Entertainment LLC, which run the Bravo network.
The firms did not immediately respond to requests for comment by press time on Thursday evening.