Kevin Wendt on Astrid Loch Breakup: Sorry, I"m the Worst!

After watching Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon"s engagement happen right in front of him, Kevin Wendt remained in Paradise … for a little while.

This week, he broke up with Astrid, catching her totally off guard. The two of them went home.

Now, they"ve both taken to social media to address the breakup and how fans have responded.

If you"ve already seen this week"s Bachelor in Paradise recap, you know that Kevin Wendt totally blindsided Astrid Loch by breaking up with her.

The one thing that she had asked him to not do to her was to catch her off guard and embarrass her like that.

The two of them were about to get to do a fantasy date when Kevin got caught up in his feelings and confessed that there was something missing from their relationship.

He rambled about how their lifestyles are different and brought up bad experiences with fantasy dates in the past.

It … was not fun for him, it was less fun for Astrid, and it left Bachelor Nation viewers cringing.

Astrid and Kevin went home.

Now that the episode aired, Kevin is free to comment on it. And he"s had all of the time since the breakup was filmed to reflect upon that moment.

"My own worst enemy," Kevin admits in the caption of a photo of him on the beach in front of the sunset. "Me."

He also shared another photo of him and Astrid, definitely no longer in paradise.

"Real life," he writes in the caption. "Real people."

"06.21.18," Astrid"s own post on the subject begins.

"The longest day of the year," she writes. "And my favorite day in Mexico."

The photo beside this caption is of her with Kevin"s head draped in her lap.

"I’ll never forget watching this sunset and feeling like the luckiest girl in the world," Astrid says.

Astrid concludes: "This is how I’ll always remember paradise."

Astrid also addressed her fans on Twitter.

"Love you all…" her tweet begins, addressing the outpouring of sympathy and emotional support that she had received from the Bachelor Nation.

"if you wanna make me feel better," she suggests. "Follow me in Instagram so I can at least make money on ads."

That is incredibly honest and a little funny. And, you know, she has a point.

Breakups are rough, but it sounds like she"s going to be okay.

Some fans have been speculating that Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon"s proposal in Paradise may have weighed heavily upon Kevin"s mind.

We"re not suggesting that he broke up with Astrid to try to woo Ashley back, of course.

But seeing your fairly recent ex get engaged right in front of you can really make an impact.

(We all saw Kevin"s face as he responded to that, right?)

Doubts can fester and insecurities can mount. We hope that Kevin"s head and heart are in a better place now.

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Ashley Iaconetti and Kevin Wendt: It"s Over

So many people were rooting for this The Bachelor: Winter Games couple. But it just didn’t work out.

Ashley Iaconetti and Kevin Wendt have split, and will not be reenacting Ghost again any time soon. At least, not with each other.

What went wrong?

Just days ago, the couple were still sharing cozy photos of each other.

Though Entertainment Tonight first learned that Ashley and Kevin broke up through a source, they waited for confirmation before reporting it.

And they got it.

Ashley, a long-time fan favorite for the Bachelor Nation, confirmed that she and Kevin Wendt have broken up.

She isn’t telling what went wrong for the two of them … yet. She does plan for the two of them to reveal all.

In the meantime, however, we have a little preview of what they’re likely to say.

The same source that leaked to Entertainment Tonight that Ashley and Kevin had split also offered up a little insight into why. 

“It was a little weird to have to figure out a long-term plan so soon.”

In other words, they weren’t sure where the relationship was headed just yet.

“Ashley and Kevin were both really into each other, they just weren’t sure if it was a forever thing.”

Perhaps The Bachelor: Winter Games, like all reality shows, it’s always a reliable place to meet your next life partner. Cameras don’t let you tell the whole story, even to each other.

Another factor was where they each live.

“And it’s hard to date long distance like that.”

Ashley lives in L.A. and Kevin, of course, is Canadian.

Even before Ashley and Kevin were carting off to Disneyland to celebrate their relationship, they were cozying up on camera.

Dean and Lesley won a couple of dates and, after a lot of careful soul-searching, opted to share one of them with Ashley and Kevin.

That super sweet gesture meant that Ashley and Kevin got to make pottery.

Which, very naturally, led to Kevin wrapping his arms around her from behind to guide her in shaping the spinning play.

And … totally pulling off an homage to Ghost in the process.

It was a very sweet moment.

Some would say that Dean and Lesley should have kept that date, since in light of this breakup, it was “wasted.”

Others, however, think that the fun that they had was meaningful and that a relationship doesn’t have to last forever in order to be worth it.

Some can’t help but wonder about Ashley Iaconetti’s famous V-card, since she and Kevin were so happy together for so long.

While it’s no one’s business who does or does not have sex at what time, Ashley wasn’t shy about speaking out about being a virgin at 29.

Virginity is a social construct, but so is money — whether or not you have it can still matter to you and impact how others view you.

A couple of weeks ago, however, Ashley addressed her virginity to Us Weekly, saying:

“I know what everybody’s million dollar question is — have we or have we not? — but I will never, ever, say yes or no to that question.”

It sounds like she’s respecting Kevin’s privacy and laying down some boundaries.

“Just because I’ve been public about it in the past, doesn’t mean that I can’t make something private once somebody else is associated in that topic of my life.”

That’s very sweet of her.

It’s sad that Ashley and Kevin didn’t work out, because many — including their costars like Dean and Lesley — were rooting for them.

Fans have adored Ashley for ages and wanted her to live her best life.

But at least any lingering questions about their breakup will be answered on her next iHeart Radio podcast: The Ben And Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast.

She and Kevin will be speaking about it, which is thoughtful for fans who grew attached to them and also just a sign of real maturity.

It seems safe to say that things between Ashley and Kevin ended much more amicably than they did between some others we could name.

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