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‘Bachelorette’ star Clare Crawley and Dale Moss are officially on a break, as they say … effectively ending it after she cut her season short, just for him.
Sources close to the former couple tell TMZ … Dale broke things off with Clare this past weekend. We’re told a joint statement is forthcoming — but word of the break-up has been circulating among ‘Bachelor’ nation for days now.
As for why … no word yet. One thing we do know for sure — they were dating from a distance … he lived in NYC, and she was on the West Coast in Sacramento — which is always a toughie.
It’s a very anticlimactic end for what many thought was a love-at-first-sight pairing. From the day Clare met all of her on-screen suitors, it was clear she was head over heels for the guy … and didn’t give the other fellas much of a chance to compete for her affection.
In fact, Clare was actually mocked pretty often for snubbing dudes in the house … and constantly seeking out or talking about Dale, even if she was on a date with someone else.
The writing was on the wall that they were meant for each other … or so they thought.
Clare — the oldest ‘Bachelorette’ to head up a season — ultimately bailed on the show entirely once Dale proposed to her (again, early) … which made way for Tayshia Adams, the second Black ‘Bachelorette,’ who picked up the baton and finished things off with the remaining 16 men — plus 4 new guys who were brought on. She ended getting engaged to Zac Clark.
Whatever led to the break up here, it’s a bummer for Clare, and has to have her wondering … “what if?”
Made-for-TV relationships, man … always hit or miss.