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The couple have called it quits afterleavingBachelor in Paradiseseason 8last year as a couple. Allio, 39, confirmed the split on Monday’s episode ofJason Tartick’sTrading Secretspodcast following weeks of speculation about his relationship status.
“I guess I’ll just come out with it. We’re not together anymore,” he said. “Yeah it’s really, it’s not what we planned. We both threw a lot into this relationship, and it’s really awful when it doesn’t work out.”
“You mourn the loss, not of just that person and that friend in your life, but also the future that you had envisioned,” Allio continued. “And it’s to no fault of hers.”
Allio called started over “really frightening.”
“I know that time will heal because I’ve felt that before, but it doesn’t make it any less difficult,” the reality star said.
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“You can make a beautiful life for yourself after tragedy and not allow it to define you,” said Allio, who appeared onKatie Thurston’s season ofThe Bachelorette.
Once their relationship was official, Allio told PEOPLE last November: “We’re just excited to celebrate and experience the small things in life, the mundane stuff.”
“Even before you told me you loved me, I never doubted it,” she said to Allio while speaking to PEOPLE. “I’ve had men tell me they love me before and none of their actions ever backed it up. I never felt completely safe and secure in the relationship.”
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“For me, the best moments of a relationship are captured in the quiet times,” Allio shared onInstagramin April. “In the early waking hours of the day or at night, when the world slows and your mind begins it’s descent back to a place more familiar, comfortable, and safe. It’s a place I love coming home to.”
The nurse also shared her journey with freezing her eggs with her followers, explaining that because of her age, her new job and her recent move, she didn’t feel ready to have kids yet.
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“Being in a public relationship, it isn’t fun,” Allio told hosts Stefanie Parker and Jackie Maroney. “Danielle and I, like, both agree that the only people that should be in our relationship are us two. So we think just the healthiest way to have a relationship is to keep it private.”
source: people.com
