Whereas Matt opted to not suggest to Rachael in the course of the finale, which aired in March 2021, they left the present as a pair. The twosome had secretly split, nonetheless, in February 2021 after she was accused of being racist and photographs of her at an antebellum-themed get together on a plantation in school resurfaced. Rachael apologized for her actions twice by way of Instagram earlier than sitting down with Matt and visitor host Emmanuel Acho throughout After the Remaining Rose.
“When he first referred to as me to finish issues, my preliminary response was I used to be very confused. I used to be very blindsided,” Rachael mentioned on the particular. “However as soon as that preliminary response went away, I thought of, you realize, how robust I believed our relationship was. So for him to finish issues, like, he should have been very, very harm by all the pieces. It was onerous, as a result of I misplaced the love of my life.”
After they have been noticed collectively in April 2021, Matt and Rachael confirmed that Could that they have been giving their romance one other shot. The duo solely instructed Us in July 2023 that they’re used to speculation about them breaking apart once more.
“I believe that we’ve been by way of a lot stuff at this level that nothing actually phases us. I get it — as a result of we’re collectively a lot so at any time when our schedules don’t line up or at any time when we’ve our personal issues happening, I get the place folks come from,” Rachael mentioned.
Matt, for his half, admitted that even his mother is liable to worrying about their relationship standing.
“I’ll come dwelling and if Rachael’s not with me, my mother’s like, ‘What’s unsuitable? The place’s Rachael?’” he instructed Us. “I’m like, ‘She needed to go dwelling to see her household!’ She has her mother and her dad and brother and sister [in Atlanta].”
Matt introduced in January 2025 that he and Rachael broke up after 4 years collectively.