Matt James and Rachael Kirkconnell brought about fairly a stir in Bachelor Nation again in 2020, when a racism scandal rocked The Bachelor’s twenty fifth season — its first to characteristic a Black lead. Regardless of the “devastating” revelations of Kirkconnell’s previous and a controversial interview that resulted in host Chris Harrison stepping away from the franchise, James and Kirkconnell remained considered one of Bachelor Nation’s longest-lasting {couples} for the higher a part of 5 years — till now. The previous soccer participant introduced January 16 that he and Kirkconnell determined to “finish our relationship,” inflicting a frenzy amongst followers, because the announcement got here simply hours after a video confirmed the couple vacationing collectively.
Days forward of The Bachelor Season 29 premiere on the 2025 TV schedule, rumors are flying on social media after Matt James despatched up a prayer to fix his and Rachael Kirkconnell’s damaged hearts in a somber breakup put up that included a picture from The Bachelor. He wrote:
Father God, give Rachael and I energy to fix our damaged hearts. Give us a peace about this resolution to finish our relationship that transcends worldly understanding. Bathe our family and friends with kindness and like to consolation us. And remind us that our Pleasure comes from you, Lord 💔
Matt James and Rachael Kirkconnell stored a fairly low profile after all of the drama that ensued on The Bachelor, however given how lengthy they had been collectively — and the obstacles they’d overcome initially of their relationship — a lot of Bachelor Nation has lengthy had them pegged as endgame. If the breakup alone wasn’t sufficient to shock followers, think about the truth that it got here simply hours after this video of James and Kirkconnell consuming pizza collectively in London:
Is it potential that the pizza video and different posts from their London journey had been taken some time in the past, and that Matt James needed to his fulfill sponsorship agreements earlier than asserting the breakup? Regardless of the circumstances, Bachelor Nation had ideas — a few of them fairly amusing — as they speculated within the feedback part:
- Did we skip to Aprils fools day?! – skylar.michaelis
- How dangerous was the pizza? – sara.eats.world
- Y’all was simply consuming pizza collectively?!? Simply get some scorching wings and inform her you might be sorry 😟 – optimistjay19
- Wait I really feel like that is sketch. I can’t consider the break up. One thing is occurring. – ezahbellahh
Breakups in Bachelor Nation aren’t precisely uncommon, so it’s fairly wild to see followers expressing such disbelief over this one. In truth, Rachael Kirkconnell and Matt James’ break up appeared so unlikely that many had been asking on posts on each of their pages if the ex-Bachelor was probably hacked. They stated:
- It’s so bizarre. I’m wondering if he acquired hacked – lexiii413
- With all due respect, the maths ain’t mathing on this one Matt … have you ever been hacked? – jordannleitnerr
- What is occurring was he hacked?? Are you actually over ?!?!?? – xoxamyyyy
- He was positively hacked – mrsdsteve
- I used to be questioning if he was hacked too!! – stahl_karen
Followers could also be suspicious of the timing of the put up, however hours after the breakup information began to flow into, neither Matt James nor Rachael Kirkconnell had spoken out with any extra readability. In truth, the final put up on Kirkconnell’s Instagram is a photograph from 5 weeks in the past celebrating her companion’s birthday.
Many are unhappy to see this Bachelor success story come to an finish, however I, for one, am prepared to look at the relationship franchise’s subsequent try. Grant Ellis’ season of The Bachelor premieres at 8 p.m. ET Monday, January 27, on ABC and may be streamed the subsequent day with a Hulu subscription.