Blake Moynes Reveals Why He Hasn’t Responded to Ex Katie Thurston’s Outreach and More Post-Split Revelations
10.02.2022 - 19:31
/ usmagazine.com
As Katie Thurston and John Hersey’s relationship continues to go strong, Blake Moynes is reflecting on his time with the Bachelorette and their sudden split.
“I say, ‘I’m good,’ only because it’s been time,” the 31-year-old wildlife manager told Ben Higgins on the Thursday, February 10, episode of the “Almost Famous” podcast. “Time heals a lot of things and time just allows you to kind of reflect and just move past the mayhem that’s happened.”
Bachelor Nation watched Katie, 31, accept a proposal from Blake during the August 2021 finale of season 17 of The Bachelorette. At the time, viewers were questioning whether the lead was over Greg Grippo, who quit after a tense hometown date. By October 2021, the pair called off their engagement and less than one month later, Katie announced she started dating fellow season 17 contestant John, whom she had remained close to since sending him home on week 2.
“We talked very cordially after we announced the breakup, and we were really good with that. And then, obviously, all the other stuff happened. Since then, we have not spoke,” Blake told the season 20 Bachelor on Thursday. “But she has reached out to me. I just have not been [in] the place yet to respond to it. Especially the time that it all kind of was unraveling, I didn’t want to respond in a place of emotion and right in the heat of things when I haven’t had time to reflect.”
Blake added that “there will be a time where I can respond” to Katie’s outreach.
“But there’s no point in doing it where I’m going to speak out of emotion,” he continued. “She’s happy. She made the decision — although, you know, I didn’t like it — she made the best decision for her, just like I would make the best decision for me. It didn’t play out the way