Why did Kaitlyn Bristowe and Shawn Booth break up? Bachelor Nation alum shares insight into past relationship

Bachelor Nation alum Kaitlyn Bristowe opened up about her past relationship with ex-fiance Shawn Booth in an episode of her podcast, Off the Vine, that aired on April 3. In the podcast, Bristowe shared about feeling "used" "professionally" by Booth toward the end of their relationship. She also stated that she is now feeling "compassion instead of anger" and is happy for him.

Shawn Booth and Kaitlyn Bristowe met during The Bachelorette season 11. The duo got engaged during the show's finale, which aired in July 2015. After three years of relationship, it was shared that they called off their engagement in November 2018. According to reports, Shawn Booth initiated the breakup.

According to a People Magazine report from 2018, Bristowe shared regarding their split that there were some "fundamental values" that did not line up for the couple, and further added that there were things on which they "didn't see eye to eye." Meanwhile, in the Austin AF podcast in 2021, Booth shared that the two weren't good at "being in love and doing the whole love thing" behind closed doors.

Furthermore, in the recent Off the Vine episode, Bristowe shared that there was "too much toxic back and forth" in her relationship with Booth and that instead of calming or hearing each other, they "meet them at our anger level," People Magazine reported.

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Kaitlyn Bristowe shared that she felt used during the last stages of their relationship.

According to reports, in the April 3 episode of Off the Vine, Bristowe shared that she felt Booth took advantage of her professionally and that she "did not feel loved" during the last stages of their relationship, aka just before their breakup.

"I felt like he was hanging on to the relationship to open his gym...I felt like he knew that us together was better than him on his own. I'm saying this from my standpoint. I'm not saying he actually did this."

According to E News, she had previously talked about this on her ex-fiance Jason Tartick's podcast Trading Secrets in 2023. However, in the recent Off the Vine episode, she shared that she is happy for Shawn and would even "like to be friends."

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Who are Kaitlyn Bristowe and Shawn Booth currently dating?

Bristowe began the April 3 episode of Off the Vine by reportedly saying she wouldn't be talking about her current dating life. According to US Weekly, it is speculated that the internet personality is dating The Bachelorette season 16 alum Zac Clark.

After her breakup with Shawn Booth, Kaitlyn Bristowe was in a relationship with The Bachelorette season 14 alum Jason Tartick from 2019 to 2023; they were even engaged at one point.

Meanwhile, Shawn Booth who post-breakup with Bristowe largely kept his dating life private, became a father to a son in 2023, whom he shares with Audrey “Dre” Joseph. Audrey's and Shawn's relationship status is currently unclear, but he did reveal that they have dated.