NO, GAWD NO: The Dream Is Dead, Bachy’s Tara & Sam Have Broken Up

Everything hurts and I’m dying inside. Bachelor In Paradise’s dream team Tara Pavlovic and Sam Cochrane have split up.

Sam posted the news to his Instagram on Saturday afternoon. He wrote “My proposal was meant to be forever but life sometimes takes you away from the dream and you wake up. So…deep breath…. this has come to an end”.

He continued:

“I loved Tara with my whole heart and those two people in Fiji fell completely. It’s hard writing this thinking back to those moments,” he said.

“Watching something you valued fall apart and what you love follow a different path is one of the most difficult things.

This message goes out to all the beautiful people who shared with me such an amazing journey. The fairytale that I took part in was deep and surreal. My proposal was meant to be forever but life sometimes takes you away from the dream and you wake up. So…deep breath…. this has come to an end. I loved Tara with my whole heart and those two people in Fiji fell completely. It’s hard writing this thinking back to those moments. Your joy in our story and the engagement meant so much and I can assure you it is the saddest thing for me to come to terms with. Watching something you valued fall apart and what you love follow a different path is one of the most difficult things. My heart feels broken and obviously having it play out in public adds so many difficult dimensions. I forgot about the cameras in Fiji and I simply fell in love. The truth is difficult but the path ahead will show the way. Obviously there has been speculation for some time but I needed to know for sure before making anything public. That has been hard. Our time together will always hold a beautiful and difficult place in my heart and I have to believe that everything happens for a reason. Thank you everyone for the beautiful support and being on this journey. In a time that was mostly in hiding your words provided magic. I look forward to the future. I got to see that love is real and powerful…. and it is. I’ll find it again. ❤️✨???

A post shared by Sam Cochrane (@samual.cochrane) on Jun 29, 2018 at 10:31pm PDT

Sam confessed that things between Tara and himself have been shaky for awhile.

“Obviously there has been speculation for some time but I needed to know for sure before making anything public. That has been hard,” he said.

“Our time together will always hold a beautiful and difficult place in my heart and I have to believe that everything happens for a reason.”

The couple had become viewers’ favourites during their time of BIP, as we followed their journey from a blossoming friendship to getting engaged in the series finale.

Tara hasn’t yet commented on the split.