Bachelor in Paradise’s Maurissa Gunn Reveals When She Started to Doubt Riley Christian Romance: ‘I’m Still Questioning Myself’
usmagazine.comDidn’t trust her gut? Maurissa Gunn is slowly starting to open up about her broken engagement to Riley Christian, revealing things were over long before Bachelor in Paradise fans found out about their breakup.“You guys saw me on the beach all the time, like, breaking down, thinking he was not as into me as I was him,” Gunn, 25, recently said on the “Almost Famous” podcast. “I was all in, so in love from day one.
And that’s kind of where it started — like that feeling that I had there in Paradise was kind of the feeling that just continued to go on.”The Bachelor season 24 alum got engaged to Christian, 32, on the season 7 finale of BiP, which aired in October 2021.“I get upset with myself,” Gunn continued to Ashley Iaconetti and Ben Higgins. “[I think to myself], you knew it right then and there, but you were just trying to like work through the circumstances and thinking like, ‘Oh, you’re being a little nuts, like, he’s so into you,’ especially when you see it on TV.
Like he’s not into anyone else doing anything, you know? And for me, the feelings still carried over throughout our whole relationship.”They announced their split in January via a joint statement that read: “We have decided to go our separate ways.
Never did we imagine this, but we’ve come to a point where we both need to work on ourselves. We’ve appreciated everyone’s love and support so far throughout our journey and we just ask that you please respect our privacy as we navigate through this.”Weeks later, Christian spoke out for the first time in a lengthy Instagram message.“It takes a while for me to heal, but I thank you all for your patience.
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