ORLANDO – Univision
interviewed a man Tuesday who claimed
that he had sexual relations with Omar Mateen for two months, and that the
shooter frequented Pulse because he was attracted to Latino men. 

“He
adored Latinos, gay Latinos, with brown skin — but he felt rejected. He felt
used by them — there were moments in the Pulse nightclub that made him feel
really bad. Guys used him. That really affected him,” said the man, identified
only as “Miguel.” “I believe this crazy horrible thing he did —
that was revenge.”

The
man wore a disguise while appearing on TV.

He
told Univision that Mateen, who left 49 victims dead at Pulse and 53 wounded,
many of whom were Puerto Rican, held a grudge against Puerto Ricans because he
felt “used” by them.

Miguel
claims Mateen once told him that he had sex with a man who waited until after
they had intercourse to notify him that he was HIV-positive. 

Mateen
became paranoid that he had HIV.

“I
asked him, ‘Did you do a test?’ Yes. He went to the pharmacy and did the test …
it came out negative but it doesn’t come out right away. It takes four, five
months,” Miguel told Univision.

“When
I asked him what he was going to do now, his answer was ‘I’m going to make them
pay for what they did to me,'” said Miguel.

Miguel
said he met Mateen on a gay dating site and the two quickly became
“friends with benefits.” Miguel described Mateen as “a very
sweet guy” who “loved to be cuddled.” “He was looking for
love,” said Miguel. The man said he was “stunned” when he heard
about the shooting at Pulse because he never saw a violent side to
Mateen. 

Miguel
claims that he met with Mateen at least 15 to 20 times but never knew his name.
He only knew that Mateen was a married man with a child.

The
two last met in December, and Miguel contended that Mateen’s wife knew that her
husband was “100 percent” gay and that their marriage was a cover for
his sexuality.

The
man reported that Mateen expressed resentment over his dad’s views on LGBT
people. He says Mateen’s father believed that “gay people [are] the devil
and gay people have to die.”