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The first couple to get engaged on ABC’sThe Proposalhas split.
Mike Crowe toldTMZthat his fiancée Monica Villalobos broke up with him while the couple was recently on a trip to Costa Rica for his 30th birthday.
According to Crowe, they “were having a great time” until “about halfway through, when she told me that she didn’t have feelings for me anymore and wanted to break it off.”
“It just sucks going through any type of a breakup like this,” he said. “You put all your emotions out there and 15, 20 million people watch your show … and start following you on social media, so they start getting invested in your life. So you just say thank you to all the supporters, but it’s something that you want to work out, because it’s an amazing, amazing story. … But it just didn’t work out.”
On the series premiere, fans were introduced to Crowe, a police officer from Bakersfield, California. After whittling down his contestants, he ultimately got down on one knee and proposed to Villalobos — less than an hour after meeting her.
“We kind of started at the end of the relationship and we’re working backwards,” Crowetold PEOPLEin June. “We’re just starting to get to know each other, but it’s 100 percent real. I never thought I’d find someone like Monica.”
After the show finished filming, the twosome went out for dinner, where they shared pizza and beer and started getting to know the most basic facts about each other.
“I know the viewers may be skeptical about the whole premise,” she added. “I know I was. But when you’re actually in it, the emotions are so real. I’m really happy that I did something crazy and I got to meet someone as well. And I never felt objectified in any way. I got into this hoping to find love, and it’s really exciting that it seems to be happening!”
But while they’ve called it quits, we might not have seen the last of Crowe: He told TMZ that if asked, he would consider appearing onThe Bachelorette.
“I’d probably say maybe. I might do it. I don’t know — I guess I get a little giddy just talking about that,” he said with a laugh. “But yeah, I wouldn’t mind doing it, sure.”
source: people.com
