Peter Weber and Kelley Flanagan have stiff competitors for probably the most dramatic breakup in Bachelor Nation, but it surely’s secure to say their cut up is the one one that features Pokémon playing cards.
The season 24 Bachelor met the Chicago-based legal professional shortly earlier than filming for his season of the ABC collection started in September 2019. After hitting it off throughout their transient encounter, Flanagan was one of many contestants competing for the pilot’s coronary heart. In the long run, she was despatched dwelling earlier than the hometown dates. Each Weber and Flanagan have recommended that she wasn’t given a good shot with manufacturing.
“The primary couple of weeks I noticed him take a look at me in a different way in comparison with once we received on our one-on-one and I may inform 100% that like producers have been in his head,” she mentioned on the “Nearly Well-known” podcast in April 2020. “As a result of on the one-on-one, nothing occurred between us however he had this, like, demeanor towards me that was so pissed off and I used to be him, like, ‘What the hell have been you advised?’ as a result of nothing occurred right here so that you can have this perspective. And so proper then and there, I knew one thing was happening behind the scenes, and I used to be like, ‘That is bulls–t’. … Issues have been getting in his head that he wasn’t in a position to make his personal resolution and it simply form of pissed me off.”
Throughout an look on Us Weekly’s “Right here for the Proper Causes” podcast in April 2021, Weber acknowledged that he began “getting much less and fewer and fewer” time along with her on the present.
“On our one-on-one in Costa Rica, we had, like, two seconds of off-camera time, off-mic time. We have been strolling on this sizzling tub, like, on this waterfall factor and I had heard that she wasn’t essentially cooperating the very best with manufacturing and I’m like, ‘Hear, simply belief me to do what they’re saying, like, I need to see extra and need to spend extra time with you they usually’re not letting that occur. So that you simply received to make them blissful so we can provide this a shot,’” he mentioned. “I don’t suppose she received the fairest likelihood or whatnot on the present if I’m being sincere. And I believe manufacturing would say the very same factor.”
Regardless of not ending up collectively on the collection — he proposed to Hannah Ann Sluss in the course of the finale however broke issues off whereas the present was airing as a result of he had unresolved emotions for runner-up Madison Prewett — Weber and Flanagan reconnected post-show and began courting in April 2020.
After asserting plans to maneuver to New York Metropolis collectively in early 2021, Weber revealed on New 12 months’s Eve that the duo cut up.
“I’m right here to share that Kelley and I’ve determined to go our separate methods,” he wrote in December 2020. “Whereas our relationship was stuffed with numerous stunning reminiscences, our relationship merely didn’t work out ultimately. Kelley is somebody I’ll at all times have a particular love for. Somebody I’ve discovered extra from than she is going to ever perceive. Somebody I’m so grateful got here into my life and somebody who I’ll at all times want all of life’s biggest blessings on. These moments in life at all times damage, however in my view that reveals you it was definitely worth the time you spent collectively. Thanks Kelley.”
Flanagan waited 4 days to deal with the cut up (hold scrolling for why).
“It saddens me to say this however Peter and I’ve determined to go our separate methods,” she wrote in January 2021. “Peter and I had some unbelievable occasions collectively and they’ll positively be missed. Sadly him and I are in two completely different phases of our lives and noticed our future paths in a different way. I want Peter the best possible and need to thank everybody on your continued assist as I transfer on to my subsequent chapter.”
The twosome went on to briefly reunite earlier than making headlines for the messy back-and-forth about their breakup. Scroll by for a breakdown of their completely different sides of the story:
