Konrad Bien-Stephen Was Apparently “Friend-Zoned” And Ghosted By Abbie Chatfield
While Abbie Chatfield and Konrad Bien-Stephen have yet to confirm the status of their relationship that doesn’t mean the rumours have stopped.
Last week, Daily Mail claimed that Abbie and Konrad hadn’t just split up, but he had moved on with The Bachelor’s Megan Marx, who he had apparently been hooking up with while filming new Aussie reality show, The Challenge.
And now a source has told the Daily Mail that Abbie and Konrad’s relationship was already over a few weeks before The Bachelorette star headed to Argentina to film. According to someone on the set of The Challenge, Konrad was telling people that he and Abbie “have been done for a while,” citing that their romance had fizzled out and she “sort of just friend-zoned him before he was due to start filming.”
In another juicy tidbit, the source has alleged that Abbie had been ghosting Konrad before he left for Argentina. “Konrad was telling everyone on set that Abbie had stopped answering his calls and texts weeks before he jetted overseas.”
The source added that Abbie pulled the plug on their relationship due to work commitments. “He doesn’t know where he stands with Abbie. She was telling him she wants to focus on her career, and doesn’t have time to spend with him,” they claimed.
It must be noted that all of these allegations are unconfirmed by Konrad and Abbie. As Konrad is currently overseas filming, he hasn’t been active on his socials to confirm or deny a potential split.
Abbie addressed the rumoured split in an Instagram Story, and while she didn’t confirm the breakup, she did say “Both of us are totally okay,” which hinted that something had possibly gone down between the reality stars.
She added that she won’t release an official statement until Konrad returns to Australia.
Abbie and Konrad have had a whirlwind romance since meeting in November last year while Konrad was appearing on Brooke Blurton’s season of The Bachelorette. In a controversial turn of events, Abbie and Konrad were spotted pashing in a Byron Bay pub when Konrad was simultaneously still a frontrunner for Brooke’s heart, which low-key spoiled the ending.
Things got more tense when Abbie hard-launched her relationship with Konrad on Instagram during The Bachelorette finale week. To make matters even worse, Abbie appeared as Brooke’s good friend in the final Bachelorette episode.
Brooke would later refer to Abbie’s timing as an example of “narcissism” and “white privilege”. Abbie later issued an apology, but Brooke revealed earlier this year that she no longer considers Abbie a friend.
It’s been pretty smooth sailing for Abbie and Konrad ever since. They revealed earlier this year on Abbie’s It’s A Lot podcast that they were in an open relationship, and Abbie said that it was her “kink” that she didn’t care if Konrad slept with other people.
These two were a refreshing reality TV couple so I’m still holding out hope that these rumours are unfounded.