Craig Sjodin / ABC Clare Crawley and Dale Moss.
Clare Crawley is speaking out after her separation from fiance Dale Moss.
During an Instagram Live on Friday, the former Bachelorette said she has been “fighting” privately for a while, especially with anxiety, but now she is ready to be more vulnerable to her fans.
“I think when you open up to share what’s going on, not as a victim, but as a vulnerability, and more as your human side, with your friends, with your family, with the public, with people, as much as you want sharing – mine is more public than most people – but I think that when we share our struggles, it gives people the opportunity to relate to it and share their struggles, “said Crawley.
The reality star added that as she opened up, she heard from fans who are facing similar situations.
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Crawley thanked fans who shared their own stories with her and encouraged people to open up to their loved ones.
“Those who love you support you,” she said.
However, not everyone has been so supportive, with Crawley saying “would you be disgusted with” the messages she was receiving after her season? single, which was interrupted when she chose Moss as her final suitor and he proposed to her.
Crawley said that cruel messages combined with the hen night, the pandemic and also taking care of her mother, who has Alzheimer’s and dementia, means that she found herself struggling with anxiety and having panic attacks.
“I’m getting to the point where I’m trying so hard to get back from this and turn around because it’s a dark place to be when you have a lot of things compiled about each other.”
However, in her Live on Friday, Crawley said, despite going through a difficult time, that she is trying to practice gratitude “by listing ten things I am grateful for before I even open my eyes in the morning”.
“My idea of loving and being loved is to have everything we go through, all the things we experience in life, whatever you want to call it, like luggage, experiences, traumas, everything we go through, everything we carry with us, appear with him “, she said.
“And knowing … despite all this, as if you were loved and loved by the right person for everything you bring to the table, be it good, bad, everything we bring to the table, the person sure will love you for it. “
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Last week, Moss announced that he and Crawley had broken up.
“I wanted to share with you everything that Clare and I decided to take separate paths. We appreciate the love and support we have received from so many people, but this is the healthiest decision for both of us right now,” he said in an Instagram statement.
“We strongly believe in leading with love and always staying true to yourself – something that our families have taught us and instilled in us throughout our lives,” he added. “We only hope for the best for each other. – DM.”
Crawley, however, said two days after she “was informed of a ‘mutual’ statement at the same time as all of you”.
“It took me some time to really digest this,” she said, adding that she was “devastated” by the breakup.
A source told People that Moss “was not ready for marriage and children” and that “things only got more difficult after the show, when they had to start making big decisions in life”.
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