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Rachael Kirkconnell hints she was ‘blindsided’ after Matt James’ unexpected split reveal
Rachael Kirkconnell hints she was ‘blindsided’ after Matt James’ unexpected split reveal
Matt James and Rachael revealed they’d split in a shock announcement post on January 16. Since then, load of drama is kicking off, with each of them throwing huge hints they were blindsided.
The Bachelor dream has unfortunately ended. We watched Matt and Rachael fall madly in love on the ABC dating show, but after four years, they’ve split up – yet the drama doesn’t end there.
People think the Matt and Rachael split is fake
A lot of Bachelor viewers are convinced Matt was hacked or the split is false. Just hours before, Matt had shared videos with Rachael during a couple’s trip to London, which made it look like they were together.
However, a US Sun source said the pair are “not together” as they’ve been back and Matt often shares videos after leaving a location for safety and privacy reasons, and is posting for his “business.”
Rachael has not yet commented on the split and Matt has since turned off the Instagram comments to his post. They met while filming season 25 of The Bachelor in September 2020 and had an instant spark.
Rachael Kirkconnell hints it was HER being led
Following Matt’s blindsided claims, Rachael liked a comment hinting it was her who was led on. When someone speculated and said “he completely blindsided her with this,” she liked the comment.
The whole comment read: “The more I’m thinking about it, the more I think he completely blindsided her with this. Give her some space and let her respond in her own time.”
A source told The US Sun: “Everyone is confused and still trying to get to the bottom of what happened but first and foremost, they’re [their family] supporting Rachael and making sure she’s okay.”
“They didn’t know they were fully broken up. Rachael is being quiet but I know she was blindsided by Matt’s post. She didn’t know he was going to do that and wouldn’t have approved of it,” they added.
Apparently Matt was getting her a ring
Rumor has it Matt was planning to propose to Rachael. He was reportedly “talking plenty” to T.J. Holmes about popping the question to her, who said his friend was “not shy” in doing so.
T.J. added, “Not only could you speculate and hope and wonder that the next announcement was going to be one about an engagement… [James and Kirkconnell] say these things.”
“I mean, he was on the show earlier on, on our podcast, and he’s not shy about saying, ‘Yes, marriage is next and marriage is what we’re thinking,’” he continued on the Amy and T.J podcast.
Hours before Matt’s breakup post, he wrote under multiple TikTok videos saying how “gorgeous” Rachael is and talked about what kind of ring he wants to propose with and what food to have at their wedding.