Rachael Kirkconnell Releases Statement After Matt James Split

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Rachael Kirkconnell is expressing gratitude to her fans after her tell-all interview about her breakup from Matt James.

“Just wanted to say thank you for the love and support. Everything feels scary and discouraging right now but I believe everything happens how it is meant to and I know it will be OK,” Kirkconnell, 28, wrote via her Instagram Story on Wednesday, January 29. “It’s a blessing to be able to feel things and let them hurt. Life is a messy and beautiful thing and I am thankful for all of the ups and downs it brings. Love you guys.”

Kirkconnell’s statement comes one day after she sat down with Alex Cooper to share what went wrong in her relationship with James, 33.

“He said that at the end of the day there were just qualities about me that he worries about having in a wife,” Kirkconnell shared during her “Call Her Daddy” podcast appearance, released on Tuesday, January 28. “At the end of the day, there are things that we aren’t compatible with and the whole accountability and saying sorry and all that was really the main thing. It was just one of those things where he, I think, just had this realization that ‘I should want to propose to you by this time. Like, at this point in our relationship, I should be wanting those things and I should be ready for that. But I’m not still, I still don’t feel like we’re ready or I don’t feel like I’m ready. I don’t know if I ever see myself proposing to you. I can’t actually see myself married to you.’”

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Kirkconnell claimed that James said he would be ready to get down on a knee “one day,” but he seemingly wasn’t ready for that commitment yet.

“I told him, I said, ‘Well, I feel like after four years you should know or you should feel ready. And if you don’t then that’s not a good thing. We probably shouldn’t be together if you don’t feel like that after four years because you know me better than anyone. I know you better than anyone, so you should know by now if you see this for the long haul or not,’” she said.

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James made headlines on January 16 when he revealed that the pair called it quits after four years together. (Kirkconnell and James met on The Bachelor season 25 in 2021 and ultimately chose to date each other outside of the show.)

“Father God, give Rachael and I strength to mend our broken hearts,” he wrote in his breakup statement, alongside a photo of him and Kirkconnell on The Bachelor. “Give us a peace about this decision to end our relationship that transcends worldly understanding. Shower our friends and family with kindness and love to comfort us. And remind us that our Joy comes from you, Lord 💔.”

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Kirkconnell revealed on Tuesday that James uploaded the post three hours after they called it quits while on a trip in Tokyo.

“We’re literally getting ready to take off and my phone blows up. It’s one of my best friends and it says, ‘Rach,’ with a bunch of question marks, and as soon as I saw that, I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, how does she know,’ and then she texts me again and said, ‘I saw Matt’s post. Is this real life?’ And that’s how I found out that he posted,” she said.

Kirkconnell continued: “So then, literally the plane is taking off and I see his post, and that’s it. I don’t have any service or anything for the next 12 hours, so I’m freaking out because, you know, just got broken up with and now, a few hours later, it’s for the whole world to see and I’m still trying to process it. I’m still in total shock, so then knowing like the whole world is seeing this. I’m like, ‘This is so crazy. I can’t even wrap my mind around this right now,’ and I think that’s why I didn’t say anything. Still haven’t made a statement or anything because I’m processing this just like everyone else is.”

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