Kaitlyn BristoweandJason Tartick’s relationship status has changed.
The two Bachelor Nation stars have ended their engagement. They made the announcementon InstagramSunday.
“After sharing the news with family and close friends first, and taking the time to properly process it ourselves, we are saddened with heavy hearts to share that we have decided to end our engagement,” they wrote in a post shared on both of their pages which featured a photo of the pair cuddled up together.
“We are thankful for all of you who gave us the time and space to process this life-altering decision as there are many emotions and changes to navigate.”
They went on to note their plans for their shared pets.
“Our dogs Ramen & Pinot will continue to be cared for together as brothers,” they said. “While their humans are no longer romantically involved, we will love and take care of them together.”
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Kaitlyn Bristowe shares a makeup-free selfie as she announces she’s taking a social media break.Kaitlyn Bristowe/Instagram
Kaitlyn Bristowe/Instagram
She then wrote over another Instagram Story post in white text, “If everyone can say some sort of prayer for both of our hearts we would love that. I just know social media can be awful so taking a little break.” She also updated her Instagram bio to say, “BRB. Healing.“Bristowe first appeared onThe Bachelorin 2015 as a contestant vying forChris Soulesand, upon being eliminated, she became the Bachelorette for the show’s 11th season. She got engaged to frontrunnerShawn Boothbut the pairsplitin 2018 after three years of dating.
Tartick, meanwhile, appeared as a contestant on season 14 ofThe Bachelorettein 2018, competing for leading ladyBecca Kufrin.
Bristowe and Tartick first met in 2018 during a taping of herOff the Vinepodcast and began dating in early 2019. In an interview withPEOPLE, she said that the pair formed an enduring bond.
“[It] was definitely not something I expected,” Bristowe said of Tartic in 2019. “When I met him, dating anyone wasn’t even on my radar, especially dating anyone inBachelorworld, but something in my mind was rooting for him. And I thought, ‘Whoever dates him is a lucky girl.'”
Jason Tartick and Kaitlyn Bristowe pose for a photo to celebrate Bristowe’s 38th birthday.Instagram/jason_tartick
Instagram/jason_tartick
Bristowe and Tartick announced in May 2019 that they were moving in together, and later gotengagedin May 2021 after two years of dating.
“I was trying to be present but I was so overwhelmed,” Bristowe toldEntertainment Tonightshortly after. “And I was so embarrassed because I was wearing a T-shirt that said, ‘Tequila for Breakfast. I was like, ‘This feels very on brand, but also very inappropriate!'”
“It was everything I could have asked for. The words that came out of his mouth were insanely beautiful,” she continued. “We’ve never locked eyes like that in our lives. We were holding hands, so intense, and I was listening to his every word, but still blacked out.”
Opening up about her dream wedding, Bristowe said in June 2021 on theBachelor Happy Hourpodcast thatshe wanted their wedding to be 1920s-styled.
Tartick told PEOPLE in October that wedding planning was “going awesome,” adding, “We have an idea of where we want to do it, we know when we want to do [it], and now details and lists are home together and the foundation is being built for the wedding.”
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In addition to speaking at length about wedding planning, Bristowe and Tartick’s plans for a family had also been a topic of discussion.
“We cannot wait to start a family,” Bristowe revealed on theBachelor Happy Hourpodcast in 2021. “To be honest, I turn 36 next month, and I do have my eggs frozen so the biological clock is not exactly ticking, but I do really want to think about that, just because I have met my person, we are getting married, and so I do feel like that next step, quickly after, is going to be having a family.”
source: people.com
