{"id":59262,"date":"2026-07-22T15:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T14:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=59262"},"modified":"2026-07-22T15:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T14:31:24","slug":"the-best-decision-ashley-breaks-her-silence-over-split-from-killian-after-the-ultimatum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/07\/22\/the-best-decision-ashley-breaks-her-silence-over-split-from-killian-after-the-ultimatum\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The best decision’: Ashley breaks her silence over split from Killian after The Ultimatum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ashley and Killian ended up getting engaged on The Ultimatum<\/a> season four, but during the reunion it was revealed that the pair had ended up splitting, with Ashley calling time on their relationship.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Swooon<\/a>, Ashley has spoken out about their split as well as whether she’s starting dating again. She recalled that she wasn’t hesitant to accept his proposal, sharing: “I built this life with him for five years. Everything was entangled. We had business together, dogs, a lease and apartment together. We\u2019ve come through this experience, and if we can get through this, we can get through anything. I always believed love conquers all, and instead of protecting myself, I just believed in love so much. When in the end, that person is genuinely \u2014 now that I\u2019m watching it back \u2014 not my biggest supporter. [He should have been] protecting me at all costs, and he wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two ended their relationship almost one year ago, about two months after filming finished. Despite them trying to celebrate their engagement things went downhill quickly for them.<\/p>\n

Ashley explained: “It just went downhill from there, right back into those cycles of behavior, and lying, and excuses. It just kept building up, and I was like, \u2018It\u2019s not gonna change.\u2019 When you don\u2019t see your children with that person anymore, I think it just \u2014 it\u2019s not gonna work. It finally just hit me, and I decided to walk away. It was very hard for me because that\u2019s my person for five years, and I thought that\u2019s who I was going to end up with. It was the hardest decision I had to make, but probably the best decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

And whilst she felt like they were “cordial” with each other prior to the reunion, his behaviour during it caught her completely off guard. She shared: “I thought we were going into this cordial, and they asked, \u2018How\u2019d y\u2019all break up?\u2019 And I was trying to say a timeline of start to finish of how it happened, and I wanted to end on a good note, but I didn\u2019t get there because he was getting a little defensive and kept butting in.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t think I got to say what I wanted to say because he brought up my dad, and it\u2019s a touchy subject for me right now. If he\u2019s gonna bring up my family in a bad light right now with everything going on with my mom \u2014 I think after that, I was just like, \u2018I can\u2019t.\u2019 I couldn\u2019t speak anymore about what I wanted to because I wanted to bring up.\u201d<\/p>\n

But whilst Ashley isn’t in a new relationship yet, she’s been dating and admitted that she’s “dodged a couple of bullets already, but at least I\u2019m figuring it out.”<\/p>\n

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