John Hersey is speaking out about the rumors surrounding his relationship with Katie Thurston !
If you’ve been following the latest drama within the Bachelor franchise world, then you know that the 30-year-old reality star revealed her new romance with Hersey , who she sent home during week two of the show, at the particular end of her “12 Days of Messy” social media series earlier this week. The news immediately shocked fans of the dating competition series as they questioned the timing of their new relationship . This includes her ex-fiancé , Blake Moynes ! While the wildlife manager told the Talking It Out With Bachelor Nation podcast, he didn’ t think there was “any physical cheating, ” he did accuse Thurston of “emotionally cheating” due to how their friendship quickly turned into something romantic. He explained at the time:
“There’s clearly emotional for it to transition as quickly as it did. I feel stupid and foolish for allowing it to happen, We guess to some degree. And I don’t know if it was partially me too. Was she, in some sense, emotionally cheating to a degree because I wasn’t able to provide something with words of affirmation, which I know I struggle with sometimes? I just have so many things I’m trying to figure out why this went wrong. Why it transitioned so quickly into a new relationship. ”
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Now, her new beau is clearing the air…
In a lengthy Reddit thread, which was verified by Page Six , Hersey began by thanking those who have offered their own support for him and Thurston before commenting on the negative remarks that have popped up since their relationship debut. While he noted that everyone can voice their opinions, he also expressed that it “hurts” to see “so many of you build assumptions and throw around accusations” about how their coupling came to be.
The 27-year-old bartender admitted that the pair started as friends after first meeting on The Bachelorette , and when they unexpectedly became something more, it was not when Thurston was still with Moynes:
“Katie and I developed an incredible and deep friendship over the last half year or so. The circumstances by which this friendship formed was a collection of crazy, random, and coincidental events, that I’m sure you will all hear about at a later time. My point with regard to now, is that we were ALWAYS platonic. Even during my short stint on the season, we never had a chance in order to foster anything romantic (read because: John blew his chance and left the next day hahaha). The boundaries of our companionship with respect to her ongoing relationship never even required addressing, because it was never the thought in our minds that will we would ever be anything more. ”
He then further stressed that neither he nor Thurston would have ever cheated, and she specifically took her engagement seriously before that ended:
“You guys- she was engaged. It is apparent that many of you misjudge how both the girl and I view that commitment. Neither Katie nor I would actually cheat, push someone to cheat or be involved in cheating. It is not in our nature. This is not acceptable. It is far from OK. … There was no wrongdoing prior to the end associated with their engagement. ”
Furthermore, Hersey acknowledged how “fast and messy” it may seem that the former bank manager moved on from Moynes, but the timing ultimately felt right for them to start up their relationship:
“Once Katie and I realized there was a romantic connection of which we were interested in exploring, we were not starting from scratch; we were building off regarding the foundation of a close a friendly relationship through which, we had already gotten to know each other so well. Every step of typically the way felt so right. ”
And while the duo knew “ this optics” would be “ the only difficult part” of their newfound love, Hersey said they decided to be able to be honest with everyone from the start instead of hiding it regarding the sake of their happiness during this time:
“To those of a person that suggest we should have waited — I understand. I hear you. But try to understand what it’s like for me, a new regular guy, falling helplessly intended for his best friend, not being able to take her out to get dinner because photos would likely leak and everybody would assume we were trying to foster some sort of secret and scandalous relationship haha. Our decision to come out publicly was a decision for you to pursue happiness in the way we wanted. ”
Hmmm…
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