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Amy & T.J.

Matt and Rachel Call It Quits

Amy & T.J.

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4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

One of the most consequential and controversial couples from Bachelor Nation has announced their break up after 4 years of dating. 

Matt James made it official in an early morning instagram post.  

T.J. and Amy react to their friends’ split.

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0:29.0

Hey there, folks, in this episode, when Heartbreak makes headlines, Matt and Rachel have decided to end their relationship. And with that, folks, welcome to this

0:39.9

episode of Amy and T.J. Yes, Matt James and Rachel Kirkconnell, the controversial, but couple at the

0:48.7

center of season 25 of The Bachelor have after four years now, Robes decided to call it quits.

0:55.1

And we got this word just a short time ago.

0:57.6

From Matt himself in an Instagram post announcing it, can I ask you first?

1:02.6

You pointed it out to me because you follow and you keep up with stuff on Instagram.

1:07.6

What was your reaction when you saw it?

1:09.1

Oh, I was heartbroken.

1:13.3

You know, it's something that so many people have followed over the past four years, but we know Matt intimately and well. And he has

1:19.4

been a huge source of support for us individually and as a couple ever since we went through our situation a few years ago.

1:30.3

And so he is considered a close friend of ours and we're always rooting for him.

1:38.9

And if that means him going his separate ways, then obviously we support that.

1:43.8

But it's still sad to see a couple

1:46.3

that we were rooting for and that I think America was rooting for.

1:51.1

So I've felt sad.

1:53.5

And his post definitely shows that he's sad too.

2:00.4

He's hurting too. Breakups are hard. Tough decisions.

2:04.7

Yeah, but this is one, if you have, again, this is a significant period of time that this

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