Matt James’ Follower Count Plummets After Rachael Kirkconnell Interview

Practically two weeks after her break up from Matt James, “The Bachelor” alum Rachael Kirkconnell is shedding gentle on what led to their breakup, and it is clear that followers are taking sides.

Throughout a candid January 28 look on “Name Her Daddy,” the 28-year-old revealed the small print of their sudden break up, which occurred whereas the couple was vacationing in Tokyo.

Following the discharge of her tell-all interview, Matt James has seen a noticeable drop in his Instagram following, suggesting that a lot of Bachelor Nation is siding with Rachael Kirkconnell.

Whereas neither Matt nor Rachael has publicly addressed one another for the reason that podcast aired, it appears the courtroom of public opinion has already dominated. Following Rachael’s interview, Matt misplaced over 10,000 Instagram followers in a single day, with many followers voicing their disappointment over how issues ended.

“What did he count on…very classless transfer on his half…” one Instagram person expressed.

“He was uncovered,” one other wrote. “He has a superiority complicated and must do the work, solely he’s not recovering from this.”

“She has 1,000,000 now, and he doesn’t,” a 3rd mentioned.

Throughout their journey to Tokyo, Rachael shared that minor disagreements arose from her feeling “overwhelmed” by the accountability of choosing eating places and serving to Matt together with his content material creation. These small tensions ultimately escalated, bringing deeper points of their relationship to the floor.

“We had gotten into an argument proper then and there, like strolling on the street, we skipped lunch, we went again to the lodge and simply ended up having a much bigger dialog,” she defined. “We had been just a bit irritated with each other. However then it was like, okay, now that we’re again right here once more the place you are irritated with me, I am irritated with you. I really feel such as you’re within the improper. You’re feeling like I am within the improper. He actually simply sort of set free all the things that I assume he had been feeling for some time. I do not know.”

“He mentioned that on the finish of the day, there have been simply qualities about me that he worries about having in a spouse,” Rachael shared on the podcast. “On the finish of the day, [he said] there are issues that we aren’t appropriate with.”

She additionally recalled feeling like she was typically the one one taking accountability of their relationship, nevertheless it was Matt’s hesitation about marriage that in the end ended issues.

“It was simply a type of issues the place he, I feel, simply had this realization that, ‘I ought to need to suggest to you by this time,’” Rachael defined. “‘At this level in our relationship, I needs to be wanting these issues and I needs to be prepared for that. However I am not nonetheless. I nonetheless do not feel like we’re prepared, or I do not really feel like I am prepared. I do not know if I ever see myself proposing to you. I can not truly see myself married to you.’”

Listening to Matt’s doubts, Rachael knew it was time to stroll away.

“I mentioned, ‘Properly, I really feel like after 4 years you must know or you must really feel prepared,’” she recalled telling him. “‘We in all probability should not be collectively in the event you do not feel like that after 4 years as a result of you realize me higher than anybody. I do know you higher than anybody, so you must know by now in the event you see this for the lengthy haul or not.’”

In regard to any reconciliation, Rachael admitted she does not suppose she will be able to as a result of “I feel when somebody says these issues that he mentioned, you realize, ‘I don’t suppose you’re my individual. I don’t see us getting married,’ I feel that’s when it’s important to name it quits.”

She added, “Simply the way in which that he dealt with all of this and this submit and all the things. I forgive him, however I simply don’t suppose I might be with somebody that. I felt like he disrespected me on the finish of the day doing that.”

Now, as each navigate life post-“Bachelor,” solely time will inform what’s subsequent for Matt and Rachael.