'The Bachelor' alum Kelley Flanagan says her "heart is shattered" after apparent breakup

The Bachelor alum Kelley Flanagan has experienced heartbreak and appears to be single again.


"I know many of you have been curious about my dating life and I tried to keep things private for a while," Kelley, 32, wrote in a TikTok Story post on November 14 that has since expired.

"I thought working on it away from social media would have helped but sometimes things don't go as planned."

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Kelley continued, "I found out that I was being highly disrespected for the past seven months and if it wasn't for all of you (my followers) and girls being girls' girls, I would have stayed in the dark and never known."


The former attorney went on to confirm that her boyfriend, Ari Raptis, crushed her.

"My heart is shattered but I'm so grateful to have you all," Kelley shared.

Kelley chose not to reveal specifics about the couple's apparent breakup, but she was clearly surprised by how things transpired.

"I didn't realize this was going to be my story," Kelley captioned a TikTok video of herself applying makeup on November 15.

In the video, Kelley used another TikTok user's narration, which said, "He manipulated the f-ck out of me. I truly thought he was this great dude because, in the first four months of our relationship, he was. That's who he showed me."


The Bachelor alum added, "That's what I thought. That's who I fell in love with. I fell in love with this person that doesn't exist."

One of Kelley's followers asked why there are "so many of them out there" like that, to which Kelley replied in the comments, "You'd think they would show some remorse, but instead, he's got his people defending him and questioning my character."

Kelley also posted a photo via Instagram of her pal, fellow The Bachelor 24 alum Kelsey Weier.

"To my friend who's always there, no matter what life throws our way -- thank you for being my constant through it all," Kelley wrote on Saturday. "I appreciate you more than words can say."

Ari, for his part, has yet to address his relationship status on social media. In fact, his last post with Kelley dates back to December 2023.


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Less than two months after former The Bachelor star Peter Weber revealed he was single again following a three-year, on and off relationship with Kelley -- who had finished in fifth place on his The Bachelor season in 2020 -- Kelley went public with a new romance last year.

Kelley took to Instagram in June 2023 to debut her new boyfriend, Ari, to the world.

Kelley posted a photo of Ari and herself gazing into each other's eyes at her sister Pamela Alina's and her groom Louis' wedding, which had taken place at The Breakers.

Kelley captioned the post with three red-heart emojis.


According to Ari's LinkedIn account, he's an entrepreneur who delivers alternative health. He founded Talaria Transportation & Melly Home Delivery as well as a software system intended to provides a logistics system for the marijuana industry.

Prior to getting into this industry, Ari attended Saint Joseph's University and owned a pub and grill in Pennsylvania.

Peter revealed he and Kelley were done during a playful interview at a beauty convention in Calgary, Canada, in April 2023.

In a video uploaded to Instagram by @Beautybybcanada, a beauty guru mentioned how her team could shape Peter's eyebrows and make the legs of his "future wife" hair-free, to which Peter replied, "I've still gotta find her, but yeah. We'll see."

The esthetician then told her followers, "So ladies, he's still single. He's in Calgary."


Peter then chimed in, "I am. First time here."

Kelley, at the time, appeared to delete all of her photos with Peter on social media.

Peter and Kelley began dating in early 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic and announced their first split on New Year's Eve 2021. It didn't take long for the couple to try again, but then they broke up in February 2021, with Kelley confirming the revived romance ended "really badly."

Peter and Kelley sparked speculation they were back together -- again -- in August 2022 via flirty social media posts and public appearances. They ultimately went Instagram official with their relationship for the second time in October.

"We're definitely keeping it a little bit more private this time around just because we kind of have that luxury that we didn't have last time," Peter told Us Weekly in December 2022.

And Peter added, "It's been really, really special. I think we're both enjoying how it's been the second time around and things happen for a reason. And I can say I'm very happy."


Kelley agreed that she was "happy," adding, "I genuinely am. We get along, we connect."

Peter's parents, meanwhile, apparently "absolutely [loved]" that he and Kelley had reunited and given their love another shot.

A Bachelor-Nation source told E! News in September 2022 that Peter had "initiated the reunion" with Kelley.

Kelley reportedly "couldn't deny" her chemistry with Peter when they were apart and so she decided to give him another chance. The insider had said they both wanted to be in a "committed" relationship.

Many fans were surprised about Peter and Kelley's reunion because their first breakup was a bad one.

Kelley said on the "Chicks in the Office" podcast in May 2021 that she had told Peter to "get out of my life and lose my number" when they split a couple of months earlier.


Kelley also insisted at the time she'd "just run" from the children's book author -- whom she claimed has childlike-hobbies such as collecting Pokemon cards and playing video games -- if she ever bumped into him in the streets of New York.

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Things turned nasty when Peter addressed Kelley's biting remarks during a May 2021 episode of his "Bachelors in the City" podcast, telling his listeners that Kelley seemed to be riding the fame wave and trying to push headlines with her "calculated and disingenuous" statements.

Kelley subsequently called Peter "extremely disrespectful" on social media, but she and Peter ultimately wished each other the best and moved on.

Back in May 2022, Kelley described the downfall of her relationship with Peter.

While Kelley noted it wasn't "one specific thing" that led to their demise, she told Mike Johnson and Bryan Abasolo on the former "Talking It Out with Bachelor Nation" podcast, "I think it was just a lot of little things. You know what? Peter and I had a lot of fun, but I don't know if, like, I looked up to him in a way that I wanted to look up to my spouse."


Kelley elaborated on how she has that type of admiration for her brothers and her father.

"If I'm in a moment where I need some sound advice and I'm like, 'Okay, who can I go to advise me on this super important decision of my life?' Peter was just, like, fun and games," Kelley explained.

"I could go with him and have fun, but I just think I want more of a man that I look up to."

When asked what qualities she was looking for in her future spouse, Kelley shared, "Someone who is super intelligent that can teach me things, like something new every day."

She clarified how Peter was "actually really smart" but she wanted to find a man who is "a little more serious-natured."

Peter began dating Kelley in early 2020 after his engagement to Hannah Ann Sluss ended and his post-The Bachelor relationship with Madison Prewett never got off the ground.


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