The Bachelorette couple Clare Crawley and Dale Moss have sparked reconciliation rumors after being spotted holding hands in Florida nearly a month after announcing their split.
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Reality Steve spoiler blogger Steve Carbone posted photos as well as a video of Clare and Dale out and about in the Sunshine State. Clare wore a white tank top, black yoga pants and sneakers for the outing, and Dale sported a brown T-shirt and black pants.
Clare and Dale then headed for some cocktails at Nokomo's Sunset Hut in Nokomis, FL, according to TMZ, where they drank a couple of Moscow mules.
Neither The Bachelorette alum appeared to be wearing a face mask during their outing despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
TMZ reported that Clare and Dale hugged a few times at the bar and then left the establishment together to walk down to the nearby waterfront.
Dale announced his split from Clare on January 19, saying the pair had arrived at "the healthiest decision" for the "both" of them, but then Clare revealed two days later she had been blindsided by Dale's public statement.
Clare wrote on Instagram, "I was made aware of a 'mutual' statement at the same time you all were, so I've needed some time to really digest this."
Clare admitted she was "crushed" by the breakup given her intentions to settle down with Dale and start a family had "always been very clear."
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The Season 16 The Bachelorette star added that she had been "genuinely invested with all of [her] heart" into Dale and their relationship, although it "was not perfect."
Multiple sources described Dale as a "fame-seeker," according to E! News, and one insider said, "It is obvious [to Clare] now. Things are making sense to her now. She didn't want to believe it at first but is now heartbroken."
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOWIt's been widely reported Dale "broke it off" with Clare because he wants to continue living in New York City while Clare feels the need to stay in Sacramento, CA, and tend to her mother, who battles Alzheimer's disease.
"[Dale] doesn't want to give up the party life. He loves the NYC scene," the insider told E! News. "His partying would be a problem in their relationship and would cause many fights."
And the insider noted of Clare, "She just wants to get married, settle down and have children. They were on complete different pages."
But in late January, reports swirled Dale had been cheating on Clare after they got engaged on The Bachelorette's sixteenth season in Summer 2020. Sources told E! News that Dale had been unfaithful throughout their entire five-month engagement.
The woman in question, Eleonora Srugo, a New York City-based real estate agent, had "been talking to her friends about sneaking around with Dale," according to a source.
"[Clare] has seen proof" that when she couldn't be with Dale in New York City, he was reportedly spending time with Eleonora.
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Dale reportedly claimed his relationship with Eleonora -- which dates back to at least late 2019 -- was strictly platonic and business-related, but the source told E! News that Clare "never trusted the friendship and thought it was shady."
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The source explained that "Clare would confront him about his relationship and tried to question him about it, but he would always deny it."
Dale's questionable relationship with Eleonora was reportedly "a root cause of a lot of their arguments" that resulted in Dale and Clare taking some time apart and then ultimately ending their engagement.
However, a Dale source subsequently denied Dale and Eleonora had an affair.
"There is zero truth to the romance rumors," the Dale source told E! News.
"Dale was faithful to Clare throughout their entire relationship. He is committed to staying on good terms with Clare and has nothing but love and respect for her."
The Dale source added that Dale and Eleonora's relationship is "an innocent friendship" and she was "helping Dale find a bigger apartment for when Clare would eventually move to New York."
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Three weeks after Clare and Dale's split, Clare unfollowed the model and former athlete from South Dakota on social media.
And Dale opened up to fans in an Instagram video about the tough time he had following the breakup.
"This has been a learning experience for me, as someone who's had to provide for everybody all the time, for friends, family, and if I was hurting, not even having an option to stop and just having to keep going for everyone else. And trying to move forward each and every day," Dale lamented on the verge of tears, according to Us Weekly.
"This has f–cking rocked me. I felt so many emotions, so much guilt, but also so much confusion, so much hurt, and I know that we both have... But the reality of it is, life isn't perfect. And we make mistakes. I've made a lot of them, I know we all do. My pops would always say you gotta hurt before you heal. I've been f–cking hurting. A lot."
Clare was convinced she had met her future husband when Dale stepped out of a limo on Night 1 of The Bachelorette's sixteenth season and took her breath away.
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Clare's journey on the show therefore ended prematurely with a steamy overnight date with Dale that led to Dale getting down on one knee and proposing marriage seemingly the next day.
Once Tayshia Adams took over Clare's The Bachelorette season, Clare and Dale sat down with host Chris Harrison during a November 2020 episode and expressed how they both believed they had found love at first sight.
When Chris asked what was next for the couple, Clare immediately shouted, "Babies!"
But Dale noted he'd like to get married before welcoming children.
"I've never been afraid of commitment," Dale told People in a joint interview with Clare last year.
"And when I met Clare, I knew I was all in. She lights a fire in me that I was missing for so long."
Dale recently claimed he had turned down the opportunity to compete on The Bachelorette multiple times after being nominated for the show but changed his mind once Clare was announced as the show's sixteenth-season star in March 2020.
Prior to getting involved with Dale, Clare had been engaged to The Bachelor Winter Games bachelor Benoit Beausejour-Savard.
Clare and Benoit announced their decision to split in April 2018 after being engaged for only a month and a half.
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