Former ‘Bachelor’ and ‘Bachelorette’ Winners: Where Are They Now?

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Rachael Kirkconnell

While Matt decided not to propose to Rachael during the finale, which aired in March 2021, they left the show as a couple. The the two broke up secretly however, in February 2021, after she was accused of racism, and photos resurfaced of her at an antebellum-themed party at a college plantation. Rachael 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 first reaction was that I was very confused. I was very blind,” Rachael said in the special. “But once that initial reaction wore off, I thought about how strong I thought our relationship was. So in order for him to end things, everything had to hurt him very, very much. It was hard because I lost the love of my life.”

After being spotted together in April 2021, Matt and Rachael May confirmed they were giving their romance another shot. The duo exclusively said Our in July 2023 that they are used to speculation about them breaking up again.

“I think we’ve been through so much at this point that nothing really phases us. I get it – because we’re together so much that whenever our schedules don’t line up or we have our own things, I get where people are coming from,” Rachael said.

For his part, Matt admitted that even his mom tends to worry about their relationship.

“I come home and if Rachael’s not with me, my mom’s like, ‘What’s going on?’ Where’s Rachael?'” he said Our. “I’m like, ‘She had to go home to her family!’ He has a mom, a dad, and a brother and sister (in Atlanta).