Kaitlyn Bristowe‘s journey to find love continues.
The former Bachelorette star and fiancé Jason Tartick have called it quits, he announced on Aug. 6.
“After sharing the news with family and close friends first, and taking the time to properly process it ourselves, we are saddened with heavy hearts to share that we have decided to end our engagement,” he wrote, in part, in an Instagram post. “We are thankful for all of you who gave us the time and space to process this life altering decision as there are many emotions and changes to navigate.”
This relationship update comes two years after the pair announced their engagement and four years after they went public with their romance.
Though Kaitlyn, 38, and Jason, 34, are both members of Bachelor Nation—she first appeared on Chris Soules‘ 2015 season of The Bachelor, followed by her own season of The Bachelorette later that year, while Jason starred on Becca Kufrin‘s 2018 season of ABC dating show—the pair didn’t meet on TV.
In fact, their first encounter was on Kaitlyn’s Off the Vine podcast in Jan. 2019, a few months after she called off her engagement to Shawn Booth and Jason’s time on the Bachelorette came to an end.
“We were friends,” Jason recalled on Today that same month, “a little banter here and there, and then friendship turned into a relationship.”