Matt Agnew - Bachelor Australia - Season 7 - Discussion

Valancy wrote:@Bobette and @Jolena, thank you for your opinions. I am inclined to agree with you @Jolena, I think something must have happened during that 6-8 weeks to turn Matt off. Did you see the live chat Chelsie and Helena did on Instagram while he was away? I wondered if he didn't like that somehow. Anyway, it's all speculation and I guess only they and those close to them will ever know what really happened.

Agent99 wrote:FWIW I heard from a source very close to Chelsie that they broke up before the finale.   I actually didn't believe it because they looked so loved up after, so I thought that person must have been misdirecting  Guess not.

Just Looking wrote:

Valancy wrote:@Bobette and @Jolena, thank you for your opinions. I am inclined to agree with you @Jolena, I think something must have happened during that 6-8 weeks to turn Matt off. Did you see the live chat Chelsie and Helena did on Instagram while he was away? I wondered if he didn't like that somehow. Anyway, it's all speculation and I guess only they and those close to them will ever know what really happened.

IA too.   There’s no way they could fake it just after the finale.  They said they loved each other, Matt kept saying before the finale that he’d definitely found love.   Something definitely happened which is maybe why he went overseas or while he was away.  We will probably never know the reason.

potpot712 wrote:I  dont think were faking it during the press rounds.  they were still very much together at that time.  i agree somethin must have happened in the last weeks that pissed him off

Curiositykills wrote:

potpot712 wrote:I  dont think were faking it during the press rounds.  they were still very much together at that time.  i agree somethin must have happened in the last weeks that pissed him off

Or maybe he wasnt just into her.

Vjeff wrote:

Curiositykills wrote:

potpot712 wrote:I  dont think were faking it during the press rounds.  they were still very much together at that time.  i agree somethin must have happened in the last weeks that pissed him off

Or maybe he wasnt just into her.

Agreed  if she had done something to piss him off I don't think she would be liking comments saying she would like to know why he broke up with her, or that there would be so much animosity. I think he was just as good at faking it to her in the beginning as he was to the public.

The Bachelor's Matt and Chelsie: Contract proves he faked it all

The truth comes out! - by New Idea 25 NOV 2019

It seemed like the perfect modern-day fairytale romance: two scientists who fell in love in unlikely circumstances on reality television.

However, The Bachelor’s Matt Agnew and Chelsie McLeod’s romance was short-lived, with the pair announcing that they had split after less than six months of dating.

Now, New Idea can reveal the real reason why the couple parted ways, with a source close to the pair making the bombshell claim that Matt never actually intended on choosing any of the women cast on his show and would have done a ‘Honey Badger’ if it wasn’t for a strict clause in his contract preventing him from doing so.

“He wanted to choose no-one, but obviously it was in his contract that he had to choose someone, so producers pushed him to pick Chelsie because she was the safe bet,” the source dishes.

“If it happened two years in a row, the whole franchise would be done.”

According to the source, Matt was forced by producers to choose Chelsie and stay with her until The Bachelorette finale.

“If they announced their split during Angie’s season, it would have put a bad taste in viewers’ mouths and could have impacted the ratings,” the source explains.

“So, he was made to keep the act up and do the required media rounds with Chelsie until Angie’s season had finished airing.”

However, it seems all of this was news to Chelsie who was said to be blindsided by Matt’s decision to end their relationship – just days after Angie and Carlin went public.

Matt dumped her out of the blue and didn’t give her any real reason. He just said that they were ‘going in different directions’,” the source dishes.

“He’d been distant for a number of weeks, but Chelsie did not expect him to abruptly end things. She is completely heartbroken but she’s putting on a brave face.”

Bobette wrote:

Agent99 wrote:FWIW I heard from a source very close to Chelsie that they broke up before the finale.   I actually didn't believe it because they looked so loved up after, so I thought that person must have been misdirecting  Guess not.

I could definitely believe that @Agent99 - fits with all the clues and media reports from the time IMO - thanks for the info 

Norcalgal wrote:@Bobette I can believe there is some truth in the article about the contract requiring post-show appearances. Too bad. It almost explains why his parents didn't show up to meet the F2 and why he kept Abbie - he liked her sexiness as it was his comfort zone.