The Bachelorette alum Clare Crawley has debuted her new boyfriend on Instagram, shocking Bachelor Nation with the unexpected news.
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Clare, who starred on the first half of The Bachelorette's sixteenth season, took to Instagram on Monday and posted a video in which she and a man were singing together in a car.
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"Him," Clare, 41, captioned the Instagram video, along with a red-heart emoji.
Clare went on to call her apparent boyfriend, "My perfect match," in her Instagram Stories before posting footage of them kissing each other.
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Clare subsequently uploaded the following quote, "One day, when you least expect it, you are going to crash into someone who is going to be so soft and gentle with your heart, and you are going to be so glad you kept it open. You are going to be so glad that you continued to fight for it -- that you chose to believe it [that you] deserved more."
While the hairstylist didn't reveal her man's identity in her post, many fans are speculating Clare is dating Oakland-based Mascot Sports CEO Ryan Dawkins. (In the video of them singing, Ryan was wearing his sunglasses and a hat, which made it hard to figure out who he is).
Clare, however, hinted that she and this man have actually been together for a while.
Clare pinned a comment that read, "Babyyyyy!! Finally. A year later and y'all still so f-cking cute."
Season 17 The Bachelorette star Katie Thurston also wrote in the comments, "The secret is out."
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And when one fan wrote about how Clare had finally found a "real man," Clare replied, "100 percent."
Clare was last linked to The Bachelorette alum Blake Monar. They sparked dating rumors in January when they spent a fun-filled weekend together in Indiana, but a source told Us Weekly in late August that they were "never officially dating" and only hung out "a few times."
The source explained how Clare was "still healing from her very public, painful breakup" with her The Bachelorette Season 16 winner Dale Moss when she was spending time with Blake at the beginning of the year.
But the source said Clare eventually turned a corner and had been doing great while continuing "to search for The One."
However, it appears Clare was dating her new man at this time.
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On The Bachelorette's sixteenth season in 2020, Clare gave her final rose to Dale, who in turn proposed marriage, but the couple briefly split in January 2021.
Multiple sources described Dale as a "fame-seeker" and partyboy in New York City while Clare had been very clear from the start about her intentions to get married, settle down and have children in the near future.
Reports also swirled at the time Dale had cheated on Clare, although Dale firmly denied the cheating allegations.
Clare and Dale began going on dates again in February 2021, and then Dale confirmed they were back together in early April of last year by posting a selfie with Clare on Instagram.
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Once they reconciled, Dale's representative announced the former pro athlete's split from Clare -- once and for all -- in early October 2021, although they had reportedly already broken up one month earlier.
Clare allegedly blocked Dale after he had flown to her home in Sacramento, CA, on September 28 but left the following day for "a work obligation," which turned out to be a fitness event with The Bachelorette alum Tyler Cameron.
Clare apparently needed Dale by her side as her mother's condition with dementia and Alzheimer's worsened. (Clare's mom was later placed in hospice care).
Following their breakup, Clare threw major shade at Dale on more than one occasion. She ultimately thought he was fake and had put on a performance during their romance so he could achieve fame and boost his acting and modeling career.
Clare previously told Jana Kramer in an October 2021 episode of the "Whine Down" podcast her "biggest regret" from The Bachelorette is "trusting a man," People reported.
"I trusted somebody, I believed somebody that they were who they said they were or that they would hold up to the promises that they make when they get down on one knee... [But] I don't regret that I loved loving him," Clare said at the time.
In regard to rumors Dale had "hooked up" with Abigail Heringer before her stint on Bachelor in Paradise's seventh season last year, Clare acknowledged breakups "can get very messy and very icky."
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However, a source close to Dale told Us last year that Dale and Abigail "never kissed or had sex" and they were just "friends" after meeting at a flag football game in New York City.
Clare, on the other hand, told Jana that she knows what "happens behind closed doors."
"When you know the truth... I don't care for my side of the story, to be honest, to even be out there, even if I have receipts and proof, everything I need to show that I could really put it out there," Clare shared, according to People.
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Not only was Clare dealing with a broken heart and her mother's health crisis in Fall 2021, but she was also still recovering from having her breast implants removed.
"There was a lot on my plate... It all came crashing down at once," Clare noted.
Clare also said it was "painful" that she and Dale never talked things out or found closure at the end of their hot-and-cold romance.
"The one that gets me is, how do you say goodbye to somebody you never wanted to walk away from?" former The Bachelor star Juan Pablo Galavis' runner-up reportedly said through tears.
"Like I would have never walked... You're having to say goodbye to somebody you don't want to be saying goodbye to, you have to walk away from somebody you don't want to walk away from. It's hard, it's painful."
As for Dale's current love life, he is reportedly dating home designer Galey Alix after casually dating Argentinian model and soccer player Florencia Galarza this past winter.
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