Even Katie Thurston he didn’t know what he was promising when he stated that his bachelorette party finale was a “first” for the franchise.
After appearing in season 25 of The bachelor, which aired in early 2021, ABC named the Washington native the star of season 17. He later began filming in Palm Springs and met 30 contestants, including the bartender. John Hersey. He sent the California native home during the second week of the competition.
Blake Moynes, who originally competed in season 16 of bachelorette party in 2020, he joined the cast when there were 14 men left. The Canadian native admitted contacting Thurston while Matt James’ the season was on and it looked like they were going to have a connection. After two of Thurston’s top four are gone … Greg Grippo And Michael Allio – gave Moynes her latest rose, sending her home Justin Icing.
Thurston and Moynes’ proposal aired in the August 2021 finale of The bachelorette party. The two said Us Weekly at the time they were in no rush to move in together as they navigated their future after the show. In October he admitted to We that the two were “flying” while Moynes went to Africa for work.
“The short version is we’re finding out. We do not know. This is still very new to us. I’m just focusing on myself, he’s focusing on him, and if we work to do that, great. If not … ”Thurston said We before ending up in the backstage of Whitney Cummingscomedy.
Days after the show, Thurston and Moynes announced their engagement was over. She later told her Instagram followers that the two “have a mutual duty to walk away” from their relationship because it wasn’t working.
“We have been together for six months [and] Blake and I are very balanced and mature, and we communicate our thoughts very well, “Thurston told fans on Oct. 31, 2021.” And we both knew if that was how our first six months as a couple had been, moving forward not it would have been in our best interest for our happiness to stay together. “
Moynes, for his part, admitted that things weren’t “easy” for him when he returned to social media after the breakup on November 9, 2021. Later that month, We broke the news that Thurston was seeing Hersey. Her rep later confirmed the news via a statement: “Katie and John are known to have become close friends after the season. John has been there for her during all the major changes in her life, and they are thrilled to explore this newfound romantic connection. “
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