Buckle up, Bachelor Nation. The tea on Nayte Olukoya and Michelle Younger‘s breakup is being spilled alllllll over aisle 8!
Three months after they ended their engagement, Nayte lastly opened up concerning the break up on The Viall Information podcast – and he shared ALL the messy particulars! Talking about his time on The Bachelorette, the 28-year-old advised host and Bachelor alum Nick Viall that he was “1,000 %” certain they have been going to final after proposing on the season 18 finale final yr:
“I simply keep in mind considering, like, ‘I can see it. … Let’s take the soar, I’m prepared. Let’s spend the remainder of our lives collectively.’ I’ve by no means felt the emotions I felt. And I used to be like, ‘That is one thing that’s 1,000 % gonna final.’”
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Nevertheless, issues began to go south lower than two weeks later when Nayte and Michelle bought into their first large battle over why he didn’t transfer to Minnesota, main the previous gross sales government to doubt their relationship. He defined:
“We simply stopped clicking. … Communication broke down. January 2 — I keep in mind it prefer it was yesterday. It was like, ‘What’s happening proper now?’ I fell in love with this girl, after which, like, I’m not saying that she become, like, this horrible particular person, nevertheless it simply wasn’t the identical actually fast — after all the pieces was mentioned and achieved, after the engagement, after we began going into simply the on a regular basis movement of [our] lives and never a televised relationship, however, like, an actual relationship. Issues simply began to shift. And I keep in mind January 1 was our first actually large battle. After which the very subsequent day, it was one other actually large battle. And I used to be so freaked out.”
It was so unhealthy Nayte recalled calling former solid member Rodney Matthews in tears from 3 a.m. to six a.m. over their battle:
“I used to be like, ‘I wish to determine this out earlier than I transfer to Minnesota. Let’s put the shifting dialog on maintain for now whereas we determine this relationship and this compatibility. We have now solely identified one another for a couple of months and right here we’re engaged. I do wish to reside with you, I do need all the pieces with you, however we actually must concentrate on the connection.’ That’s why I didn’t transfer in March, due to the dialog that I had along with her in early January.”
Whereas Nayte mentioned he trusted Michelle throughout their relationship, there have been some “insecurities” that quickly turned a problem for them, particularly when he caught the Bachelor Blissful Hour co-host DMing a “very well-known nation singer.” Whoa! Marvel who it may have been?! At first, he “didn’t assume a lot of it” however grew suspicious when she deleted the dialog from the app:
“Like, 20 seconds later, I glanced at your cellphone once more and your complete thread is gone. So clearly, alarms are going off in my head. I’m like, ‘Hey, I glanced at your cellphone and also you have been speaking to this nation music singer. And now your complete thread is gone. I’ve to ask, what was that about?’ The story that she advised me simply made no sense.”
In response to Nayte, the previous lead claimed she and her pals needed to fulfill with the unidentified musician to play some basketball, after which talked about grabbing some drinks with the particular person. However when he requested one in every of her pals about her story, the pal couldn’t confirm it. Yikes! Whereas Michelle apologized they usually tried to maneuver on from the state of affairs, Nayte mentioned it was exhausting to let go:
“She apologized for making me really feel like I couldn’t belief her. … Ever since that day, I’ve had a bit of little bit of belief points. It was only a crimson flag. She had apologized, and she or he made certain that I knew that it was nothing.”
Their romance ultimately got here to an finish in June when the pair traveled to Los Angeles to have a good time her birthday with pals and to attend Wango Tango. As Nayte remembered on the podcast, “issues have been simply sort of rocky” they usually bought into an enormous argument earlier than doing press on the music competition. The truth is, it was such an terrible weekend for Nayte and Michelle, he mentioned they’d keep up late “having very deep conversations” and even some along with her pals concerning the relationship.
Whereas touring again residence to Austin, Nayte recalled feeling “so misplaced, so confused” and even broke down in tears on his flight. So when Michelle referred to as him as soon as he landed to speak about not attending CMA Fest the subsequent week, the tv persona determined to finish issues – over the cellphone:
“I broke up along with her over the cellphone. You don’t wish to break up with somebody, particularly your fiancée, over the cellphone.”
You assume?! He continued:
“The very subsequent weekend was CMAs. I keep in mind we have been speaking to one another, and I used to be like, ‘I don’t really feel comfy going to CMAs.’ As a result of one thing occurred earlier than Wango Tango and I used to be like, ‘I’m not doing this.’ … So I land in Austin, by the point I land she’s nonetheless within the air. I referred to as my mother once more, I’m crying on the cellphone with my mother. I name pals, household, no matter. I’m like, ‘I don’t see the connection working anymore.’ She’s like, ‘Hey, if we’re not doing CMAs subsequent week, we’ve got to offer them a motive why.’ And I simply blurted out, ‘We’re not doing CMAs as a result of I can’t be with you anymore.’ So yeah, I broke up along with her over the cellphone, which is a d**okay transfer.”
It truly is! The duo quickly introduced their breakup on Instagram later that month, with the previous Bachelorette saying on the Off the Vine With Kaitlyn Bristowe podcast she was “blindsided” by what went down. Nayte’s ideas on Michelle suggesting he broke up along with her with out warning? He advised Nick that this wasn’t the primary time they talked about splitting:
“If Michelle felt blindsided, I can’t take that away from her, however I do know the fact of it’s, this wasn’t our first time speaking a few breakup. The day I left L.A. after her birthday weekend, it was sort of already being mentioned with out being mentioned, and once more, it wasn’t our first time having a breakup dialog, that is our third time practically breaking apart.”
Finally, Nayte concluded the explanation issues didn’t work out between them (and no it’s not on account of those cheating rumors) was as a result of the exes have been “two completely different folks from two utterly completely different worlds,” including:
“Michelle and I, the start of that relationship was most likely one of the lovely issues I’ve ever skilled. We had a lot enjoyable. … I miss the Michelle that I fell in love with. I’m undecided I miss the Michelle I broke up with.”
Rattling…
It sounds prefer it simply wasn’t meant to be. Reactions, Bachelor followers? Did something shock you from Nayte’s tell-all interview concerning the breakup? Sound OFF within the feedback (under).
[Image via Nayte Olukoya/Instagram, Michelle Young/Instagram]