Bachelor Nation’s Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick Split, Call Off Their Engagement After 4 Years Together
07.08.2023 - 00:05
/ usmagazine.com
Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick have ended their engagement and called it quits.
“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,” the duo wrote in a joint Instagram post on Sunday, August 6. “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.”
Bristowe and Tartick will share custody of their pets. “Our dogs Ramen & Pinot will continue to be cared for together as brothers. While their humans are no longer romantically involved, we will love and take care of them together,” they explained.
The exes added, “Continuing our friendship is incredibly important to both of us. We feel grateful to be ending our engagement with love and respect for each other. It’s heartbreaking and sad to say goodbye, but our care and admiration for one another will never die.”
They concluded: “We are beyond thankful for the memories made together, and for your support of us and the boys throughout the years. Moving forward we will always have that level of support for each other. We don’t know what the future holds so please try to hold space for us in your hearts.”
The Bachelor Nation personalities began dating in January 2019, two months after Bristowe and Shawn Booth ended their three-year engagement. After Tartick popped the question in May 2021, Bristowe told Entertainment Tonight that the proposal was “everything I could’ve asked for.”
The former couple sparked split speculation in late July when Bristowe ditched her engagement ring during a beach vacation without her fiancé. Days later, she