Former Bachelorette and Bachelorette Winners: Where Are They Now?

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Rachel Kirkconnell

While Matt chose not to propose to Rachel during the finale, which aired in March 2021, they left the show as a couple. The two secretly broke up however, in February 2021, after she was accused of racism and photos of her at a pre-war party at a college plantation resurfaced. Rachel apologized twice for her actions via Instagram before sitting down with Matt and the guest host Emmanuel Acho during After the final rose.

“When he first called me to end it, my initial reaction was that I was very confused. I was very blindsided,” Rachel said on the special. “But once that initial reaction wore off, I thought, you know, how strong our relationship was. So for him to end things, he must have really, really hurt everyone. It was hard because I lost the love of my life.’

After being spotted together in April 2021, Matt and Rachel confirmed in May that they were giving their romance another shot. The duo told exclusively us in July 2023 that they are got used to speculation that they are breaking up again.

“I think at this point we’ve been through so much that there’s no stopping us. I understand — because we’re together so much, so whenever our schedules don’t line up or whenever we have our own things going on, I understand where people are coming from,” Rachel said.

Matt, for his part, admitted that even his mom tends to worry about the status of their relationship.

“I’ll come home and if Rachel isn’t with me, my mom will be like, ‘What happened? Where’s Rachel?” he said us. “I’m like, ‘She had to go home to see her family!’ She has a mom and a dad, a brother and a sister (in Atlanta).”