Rachael Kirkconnell has yet to release a statement on her split from Matt James, but she has been shedding some light on the breakup by interacting with fan comments on Instagram, including one that speculated she was "completely blindsided" by his announcement.

The news of the longtime couple’s split had fans confused after their breakup timeline didn’t sit right due to their recent social media activity.

Matt James and Rachael Kirkconnell have officially split, now Bachelor Nation fans are theorizing about what really causd the couple's breakup.

Rachael Kirkconnell’s sister, Trinity Kirkconnell, seemingly implied that Rachael was blindsided by her breakup with Matt James. A Bachelor superfan named Gabby White posted a TikTok video questioning the timeline of Matt,

Kirkconnell earned Janes’ final rose on The Bachelor, though the two had split by the time the season’s After the Final Rose special aired in March 2021. At the time, James said they broke up after Kirkconnell’s past racially insensitive social media activity resurfaced. However, they reconnected just one month later.

In a Jan. 16 podcast episode, T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach reacted to the news of their "dear friend" Matt James' split from Rachael Kirkconnell — and reflected on some of the many conversations they'd had with James about his intentions to propose.

The former “Bachelor” star posted a prayer via Instagram Thursday about the pair’s “broken hearts” to announce that he and Kirkconnell had called it quits.

James chose Rachael as his Bachelor winner during season 25, which aired in early 2021. However, by the After the Final Rose special in March of that year, James said they had broken up after Rachael’s past racially insensitive social media activity resurfaced. The couple reconciled a month later.

The Bachelor’s Matt James and Rachael Kirkconnell have called it quits after four years together. Matt announced their split in a statement on Instagram.

Former "Bachelor" star Matt James has announced that he and his girlfriend, Rachael Kirkconnell, have broken up after nearly four years of dating.

We first met the happy couple on The Bachelor, and have been closely following their social media ever since Matt James gave Rachael Kirkconnell the final rose. Find out what went wrong below! Rachael and Matt met on season 25 of the addictive show, The Bachelor, in 2021.