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Rachel Kirkconnell
Although Matt chose not to propose to Rachel in the finale, which aired in March 2021, they left the show as a couple. However, the pair secretly split in February 2021 after she was accused of racism and photos of her at an antebellum-themed party at the university’s plantation resurfaced. Rachel twice apologized for her behavior on Instagram, then sat down with Matt and guest host Emmanuel Acho period After the final rose.
“When he first called me to end it all, my initial reaction was that I was confused. I was so blindsided,” Rachel said in the special. “But once the initial reaction wore off, I thought about, you know, how strong I thought our relationship was. So for him to end things, like, he must have been really, really hurt by everything. This It was hard because I lost the love of my life.
In April 2021, Matt and Rachel confirmed to May that they were giving romance another try after they were spotted together. Exclusive narration by two people us By July 2023, they were used to speculation about them breaking up again.
“I think we’ve been through so much right now that nothing can really phase us out. I get it – because we’re together so much, whenever our schedules don’t align or whenever we have our own things to do When I do that, I can understand where people are coming from,” Rachel said.
Matt, for his part, admits that even his mom tends to worry about the status of their relationship.
“I would come home and if Rachel wasn’t with me, my mom would be like, ‘What’s wrong? Where’s Rachel? us. “I thought, ‘She has to go home to her family!’ She has her mom, her dad, brothers and sisters [in Atlanta]”.
