{"id":20372,"date":"2025-05-16T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=20372"},"modified":"2025-05-16T16:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:00:13","slug":"was-james-still-going-on-dates-when-he-met-shelley-in-love-on-the-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/05\/16\/was-james-still-going-on-dates-when-he-met-shelley-in-love-on-the-spectrum\/","title":{"rendered":"Was James still going on dates when he met Shelley in Love on the Spectrum?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/05\/16\/exclusive-love-on-the-spectrum-star-reveals-what-its-really-like-to-be-on-the-show\/\">Love on the Spectrum<\/a>&#8216;s James has found himself at the root of off-screen drama. He introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/05\/14\/james-reveals-whether-he-and-shelley-are-finally-living-together-after-love-on-the-spectrum\/\">Shelley<\/a>, his current girlfriend, to the end of the show&#8217;s third season, during a birthday barbecue. He dated several girls since joining the show, and a source has exclusively claimed to Reality Shrine James was going on dates when he met Shelley.<\/p>\n<h2>James was &#8216;still dating&#8217; before meeting Shelley in Love on the Spectrum<\/h2>\n<p>James was allegedly still going on dates when he first started seeing Shelley before Love on the Spectrum, according to a source. The source said: &#8220;You morally don&#8217;t do that to people. His ex made an effort to counter the negative sentiment James received by defending him on various occasions, congratulating him, albeit without receiving a response.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While they have not spoken since filming concluded, his former partner &#8220;wishes him all the best, as well as Shelley.&#8221; This ex has been left &#8220;hurt and done&#8221; as a result of the crossover, stating that she &#8220;genuinely liked&#8221; the guy when they met up previously for a date, but reiterated that they were never officially dating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reality Shrine has reached out to James and Shelley for comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Was there a crossover?<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJhygROi_tG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJhygROi_tG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by James B. Jones (@jamesbjones87)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shelley herself claimed she didn&#8217;t know James was seeing other people when they were dating, and cannot watch Love on the Spectrum season three for that reason as it is that it &#8220;breaks her heart just thinking about it&#8221;. Now, a source close to the show has alleged that there was a crossover between James dating Shelley and someone else he was seeing, just before filming began.<\/p>\n<p>He was still going on dates when he&#8217;d first met Shelley, but since then, their relationship appears to have moved on &#8211; with the couple now discussing potentially moving in together. Shelley has previously said, &#8220;We started dating before the show, and he never told me he was seeing other people. 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