T.J. Holmes Drops Bombshell Details From Insider Talks With Matt James

T.J. Holmes’ perception provides a brand new layer to the stunning cut up, which James introduced earlier this month by way of Instagram.

In the course of the January 29 episode of their “Amy and T.J.” podcast, addressed the criticism surrounding James’ latest cut up, admitting that whereas he sympathizes with him, he additionally acknowledges that issues might have been dealt with otherwise.

“I’ll defend Matt, however I can defend Matt with out sh-tting on Rachael,” Holmes mentioned. “I can defend him and have my coronary heart exit to him with out taking something away from her expertise.”

Whereas Holmes understands that relationships are sophisticated, he didn’t maintain again when discussing James’ abrupt Instagram breakup put up, which caught Kirkconnell off guard. “If Matt was in entrance of me proper now, I’d say, ‘Rattling, bro, what had been you pondering with that [breakup announcement] put up? Why did you not give it a beat?’” Holmes mentioned, including that James may need a motive for his actions.

Holmes’ co-host Robach speculated that James might have had a sudden realization that pushed him to finish issues.

“Perhaps he had an aha second. Perhaps there was simply readability the place he thought, ‘ what? I don’t need extra nights like that. I don’t need days like that. I don’t need that,’” Robach theorized. “One thing needed to have modified. One thing needed to have clicked.”

She instructed that James’ spending three weeks straight with Kirkconnell might have contributed to his change of coronary heart.

“Perhaps everybody ought to try this .. spend three weeks with somebody 24 hours a day. And also you may need readability that you just didn’t have earlier than,” she added.

Holmes jokingly responded to Robach’s feedback by calling them “the perfect couple ever” since they spend a lot time collectively. Robach took it a step additional, suggesting they need to “go to the courthouse” and make issues official.

“We now have withstood that check, however it’s a check lots of people don’t undergo,” she concluded. “I believe on the finish of the day, a yr from now or six months from now or 5 years from now, there will likely be readability.”

Holmes shared that James had overtly mentioned proposing to Kirkconnell and even envisioned their future collectively. “Matt clearly wasn’t fooling her or making an attempt to trick her,” Holmes mentioned, earlier than including, “I had loads of conversations with this dude.”

Holmes defined that now that Kirkconnell has publicly spoken out concerning the breakup, he feels extra snug sharing what he is aware of.

“Now that she mentioned it, I really feel extra snug saying it. He’s talked about marrying this lady. He’s talked about them having children,” Holmes revealed. “He talked about it loads privately. [I] had this dialog tons of instances with this dude.”

These revelations make James’ abrupt split from Kirkconnell much more puzzling to Bachelor Nation, as simply weeks earlier than the breakup, he reportedly inspired her to begin taking a look at engagement rings.

Kirkconnell addressed the cut up on January 28 throughout an emotional episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. She revealed that James in the end expressed doubts about their long-term compatibility, resulting in their breakup.

“He mentioned that on the finish of the day, there have been simply qualities about me that he worries about having in a spouse,” she shared. “There are issues that we aren’t appropriate with, and the entire accountability and saying sorry and all that was actually the primary factor.”

In accordance with Kirkconnell, James realized he wasn’t prepared for marriage, regardless of their practically four-year relationship. “I ought to wish to suggest to you by this time,” she recalled him saying. “At this level in our relationship, I needs to be wanting these issues and I needs to be prepared for that. However I’m not. I don’t know if I ever see myself proposing to you. I can’t truly see myself married to you.”

Holmes, nonetheless, presumed that James and Kirkconnell had been conscious of the challenges of their relationship.

“Definitely, a few of these issues have been on his thoughts and talked about [between them]. You’re at all times wanting on the particular person you’ve been in with for a relationship,” Holmes continued earlier than shifting the main focus to his personal relationship with Robach. “We’ve been collectively developing on three years now. I guarantee you, I’ve had loads of ideas about you being my spouse.”

With Holmes now confirming that James had been fascinated with marriage and youngsters, followers are left questioning what actually brought on his change of coronary heart.

Whereas neither James nor Kirkconnell has publicly responded to Holmes’ feedback, it’s clear that there’s extra to this breakup than meets the attention, and Bachelor Nation is right here for the drama.