Ben Higgins Shares the ’Saddest Part’ of Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick’s Split

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Ben Higgins’ heart is heavy over fellow Bachelor alums Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick’s recent split.  “This is a healthy split [but] It’s a sad split,” Higgins, 34, said to cohost Ashley Iaconetti on the Monday, August 7, episode of the “The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous” podcast. “Because you and I have been around them quite a bit and they did seem really good for each other.

And we do see them off-camera and away from the public and it did feel like the two of them could work. Maybe that’s why it’s such a sad thing for both of them.

Because I’m sure there were many times they were like, ‘Wow this is the most beautiful thing ever.’ But obviously, you know, they weren’t compatible.” Higgins, for his part, noted on Monday that “there was obviously something” that came between Bristowe and Tartick for them to call it quits for good, but the twosome also clearly still have love for each other.  “I think it’s telling for me that this was a healthy split — if that even is a thing — because of the pictures they both posted of each other,” the season 20 Bachelor explained of the duo’s joint breakup post. “Looking back on the memories and the time together and doing it with admiration.

That typically doesn’t happen. If it wasn’t [amicable], we’d see some joint statement that was like, ‘Hey, we need privacy and we just aren’t right for each other’ and that’s where it would end.”  Higgins added that Bristowe, 38 — a longtime pal of his — is “someone we saw go through the Bachelorette process” and is now a person who “wants to be mother, a wife and have a companion.” Higgins added that Tartick is also “very excited for that stage of life as well.”  “I think when I watched and saw [their breakup] that was one of the