The Bachelor alum Matt James has deleted his eyebrow-raising post announcing his breakup with Rachael Kirkconnell after four years of dating.

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Matt has apparently deleted the post in which he had formally announced his relationship with Rachael was over -- the post that blindsided Rachael.

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The January 16 post initially read, "Father God, give Rachael and I strength to mend our broken hearts. Give us a peace about this decision to end our relationship that transcends worldly understanding. Shower our friends and family with kindness and love to comfort us. And remind us that our Joy comes from you, Lord."

Alongside the post, Matt had uploaded a photo from his The Bachelor season, when he and Rachael had met for the first time on Night 1 of filming at a resort in Pennsylvania.

Matt's The Bachelor season filmed in late 2020 and aired in early 2021.

Matt's most recent social media posts have been documenting his trip to Kenya.

Matt took to Instagram late last week and wrote, "I booked a one way ticket to Kenya, please share Africa recs."

Matt has been sharing videos of himself meeting locals, trying new cuisine and exploring new sights.

"You moving there Matt? One way ticket sounds permanent!" one person commented on his post.

Matt replied, "I wouldn't mind, people are kind, food is amazing, great schools!"

While Matt deleted his breakup post, he has kept many videos featuring Rachael from their travels together pre-split on his Instagram account.

Matt, who gave his final rose to Rachael on The Bachelor's Season 25 finale that aired in early 2021, broke up with Rachael during a recent trip to Tokyo and then publicly announced their split via Instagram on January 16 without giving Rachael any warning.

Based on Rachael's side of the story, Matt dumped and blindsided Rachel because he doesn't view her as his perfect person.

"He basically said that I have a hard time taking accountability and apologizing," Rachael claimed during the January 28 episode of the "Call Her Daddy" podcast.

Rachael also said Matt was concerned about how emotional she got during challenging times.

"He said that, at the end of the day, there were qualities about me that he worries about having in a wife, like, at the end of the day, there are things we are not compatible with," Rachael alleged.

She continued, "[He said], 'I should want to propose to you. At this point in our relationship... I should be ready for that, but I'm not still. I still don't feel like I'm ready. I don't know if I ever see myself proposing to you. I can't actually see myself married to you.'"

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Rachael admitted she felt "pure shock" and "so much confusion" about Matt's decision considering he had been so vocal in the media about his desire to propose marriage to her and start a family in the near future.

Rachael cried on and off during her chat with Alex Cooper and confessed, "I'm so mad at him, but I'm also still like so sad and of course like I still love him. So yeah, just a lot of emotions to work through."

Rachael claimed that Matt called her about four or five days after he broke up with her and they talked for about an hour.

"He is a good guy at the end of the day, but obviously he made a mistake [with that breakup post]," Rachael said, noting how Matt had apologized for his Instagram accouchement.

"I think he regrets it... I probably wouldn't even be sitting here [single] if he didn't do that."

Rachael admitted it's going to be difficult to completely move on in her life without Matt.

"I wish we could somehow be friends because he was my best friend... He has called me every few days to make sure I'm okay, but I told him, 'You don't need to do that... I'll be okay,'" she recalled.

When asked if she'd consider reconciling with Matt in the future, Rachael said, "I don't think I can, which is sad. I don't think I can because when somebody says those things that he said... I think you have to call it quits."

Rachael also explained how she forgives Matt for how he had handled their breakup but she doesn't think she can be with someone like that in the future.

"I felt like he disrespected me at the end of the day, doing that," Rachael said.

"So it's one of those things where you have to stand up for yourself, even if you don't want to. Of course there's part of me that wishes we can get back together and pretend none of this ever happened, but that's not the case."

Rachael pointed out how "the right decision" for herself is to be on her own, especially because she thought she gave 110% in the relationship and Matt didn't reciprocate.

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"I do have an attachment to him and I do love him so much, but it's just one of those things where maybe in another universe we work out and things are okay, but it just really sucks to sit back and look at how things ended up for us. It's heartbreaking," Rachael concluded.

"What he did wasn't okay, and I just need to try to move on."

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