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Ben Higginshas an insider’s perspective onKaitlyn BristoweandJason Tartick’s breakup.
Higgins, 34, spoke about the recent Bachelor Nation breakup on Tuesday’s episode of his podcast,The Ben and Ashley I Almost FamousPodcast. “This is a healthy split. It’s a sad split, because you and I have been around them quite a bit and they did seem really good for each other,” the former Bachelor said while in conversation with his co-host,Ashley Iaconetti.
Reflecting on his day-to-day interactions with the former couple, Higgins said the two co-hosts would “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,” he continued. “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.”
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It was the way Bristowe, 38, and Tartick, 34, announced their broken engagement that has Higgins trusting it was a good thing in the end.
“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,” he added. “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.”
The former Bachelorette also asked her followers to pray for the pair’s hearts as they navigate the split as single people. As for Tartick, he called the breakup aftermath“a little bit of a challenge.”
“When I’m prepared and feel ready to talk through how these things also impact my life, what’s next for me, I will share those,” he added while speaking on hisTrading Secretspodcast.
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source: people.com
