The INSIDER Summary:
- Nick Viall and Vanessa Grimaldi have ended their engagement.
- They were officially engaged for around nine months.
- The couple got engaged at the end of «The Bachelor» season 21.
- The split comes a little more than five months after the episode aired.
Another «Bachelor» couple has ended their engagement.
Nick Viall, 36, and Vanessa Grimaldi, 29, gave a joint statement to E! News announcing their split about five months after Viall’s proposal was aired on television.
According to Reality Steve, the trusted inside source on all things «The Bachelor,» the couple were officially engaged when filming ended on November 18, 2016, which means they were engaged for a little over nine months.
«It’s with a great amount of heartbreak for the both us as we have decided to end our engagement,» the ex-couple said in a statement. «We gave this relationship our all and we are saddened that we did not get the fairytale ending we hoped for. We will continue to be there for each other no matter what. This hasn’t been an easy decision, however, as we part ways, we do so with lots of love and admiration for each other.»
The two had been spending quite a bit of time with each other this summer.
Viall told E! News earlier this summer that they were «just not really spending a lot of time apart.»
The engagement came at the end of Viall’s season and fourth time on one of the franchise’s shows, but once again, he didn’t find his happy ending on TV.
