In a surprising turn of events, Colton Underwood revealed that he and longtime girlfriend, Cassie Randolph, actually broke up last year.
“To put it very frank, after the show, we realized we weren’t communicating as well as we once did,” the 28-year-old Bachelor star shares in his new memoir, “The First Time”.
Colton says that “nobody was forcing us to talk about real things going on, so we let a lot of things build up…in a weird way, I kind of broke up with myself.”
He adds, “I was like, I feel like we need to figure this out and in order to do that, we need space. She agreed. So it was a mutual thing.”
However, their break up didn’t last long – in fact, it was only a few days apart when Colton and Cassie were missing each other.
“It was a very real and very emotional breakup, but it was also very good to be real and emotional because it forced us to have conversations and move on,” he says. “Now, we know the flags to look for. When issues start to creep up, it’s like, let’s go have a conversation. We’re trying to be more transparent and honest and really trust each other.”
An engagement is something that could be soon in the future, too.
“If she were here, she’d nudge me for saying this, but I think an engagement is something we’d both like to see this year,” Colton said. “No matter what, I don’t want my life without her. Our relationship hasn’t always been easy, but it’s been worth it.”
See how Cassie has been taking care of Colton during his coronavirus diagnosis.
