Culpo Sisters’ Olivia Culpo Admits to Putting ‘Pressure’ on Christian McCaffrey Romance Amid Fertility ‘Fears,’ Is Freezing Eggs

01.12.2022 - 17:15 / usmagazine.com

Taking a step back! Olivia Culpo reveals on an upcoming episode of The Culpo Sisters why she chose to freeze her eggs — and how her fertility struggles are affecting her relationship with Christian McCaffrey.

“I’ve been making decisions out of fear for the future,” Culpo, 30, says in Us Weekly’s exclusive sneak peek at the season finale of the TLC show, which airs on Monday, December 5. “There’s a lot of pressure that I’ve been putting on my relationship because of fertility.”

The model, who has been dating McCaffrey, 26, since June 2019, notes that her struggle with endometriosis and “all of my friends getting married” caused her to panic about when she will become a mother.

“I’m just putting this timeline on myself,” she confesses. “I don’t want to feel like I’m in a rush. I don’t want to feel like I’m controlling my destiny because it’s what I think I have to do.”

While sitting down with her sisters, Aurora Culpo and Sophia Culpo, during a spiritual retreat, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model explains her new outlook on conceiving children.

“I think I’m just trying to practice, like, being happy where I am,” the Rhode Island native tells her siblings in the clip. “And really just not comparing. I’ve been given more time to work on myself.”

Aurora — who shares son Remi, 4, and daughter Solei, 2, with her estranged-husband, Mikey Bortone — points out that all of the Culpo sisters are going through a “transition,” referring to her own ongoing divorce. (She filed for divorce in April after Bortone, 48, allegedly cheated on Aurora, 33, following three years of marriage.)

“Olivia’s transition is kind of, like, there isn’t a big move to be made,” Aurora tells the group, to which the spiritual guide adds, “Olivia’s transition is