Kaitlyn Bristowe "Grieved" Her and Shawn Booth's Relationship for a Whole Year Before They Broke Up

From Cosmopolitan

• Kaitlyn Bristowe and Shawn Booth called off their engagement in November last year, but Kaitlyn just said she knew the relationship was over way before that.

• Kaitlyn moved on to Bachelorette contestant Jason Tartick shortly after she and Shawn announced their split.

Kaitlyn Bristowe and Shawn Booth called off their three-year engagement in November, and Kaitlyn started dating Bachelorette contestant Jason Tartick (from Becca Kufrin's season) shortly after. Since then, everyone-including Shawn-has had something to say about the timing of everything, but Kaitlyn finally set everyone straight and said she and Shawn's relationship was basically over a whole year before all this went down.

While on The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast, Kaitlyn told her fellow Bachelor Nation contestants, "I think I knew for a year that my relationship wouldn't work, and I think I knew that he just couldn't give me the kind of love that I needed in my life. And he admitted that."

She added that she was "grieving the relationship" for a solid six months to a year before they actually split, so when it came time to get serious with Jason, it wasn't just a rebound.

"I think I was just so prepared for it that when it happened, I knew what I wanted and I knew what I deserved and I knew that I was happy on my own and that I wasn't just replacing somebody," she explained. "It was weird timing but it wasn't too fast for me."

Kaitlyn also opened up about how the show put a strain on her and Shawn's relationship and said she initially didn't want to date anyone else from the show. She explained, "And I think I was a little bit jaded by Bachelor relationships because of that... I thought I'd be single for, like, five years, because I knew I was okay with that."

That said, she and Jason are open about their relationship and it appears to be going well so far!

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