BiP’s Michael Allio Addresses Surprising Sierra Jackson Breakup

After Michael Allio broke up with Sierra Jackson on Bachelor in Paradise, devoted viewers questioned his motives because the twosome seemingly had a powerful connection.

“Taking a rose while you’re [sic] coronary heart’s not in it’s ‘main somebody on,’” the Ohio native, 38, captioned a Saturday, October 22, TikTok video, noting the duo’s sudden break up was a “shock” to many forged members and producers. “Selecting to finish my solely relationship after I was gifted a constellation and didn’t have a rose was not a ‘good look’ however I knew that.”

He continued “I nonetheless ought to [have] dealt with the breakup higher, that’s on me.”

Michael’s candid feedback accompanied a TikToker’s concept about why he selected to finish his relationship with the 27-year-old Bachelor season 26 alum earlier than the episode’s rose ceremony.

Michael and the yoga teacher sparked an on the spot connection upon the Bachelor in Paradise premiere, which aired final month. Nonetheless, the enterprise proprietor realized his emotions had modified throughout the October 10 episode. After Sierra gifted Michael a trio of stars — named for him, late spouse Laura and son James — he finally known as it quits on their romance and hoped to stay platonic associates.

“[Sierra] reveals the entire traits that I’m in search of in a companion, however I’m noticing that each time I take a step ahead, I begin taking just a few steps again as a result of I’m guarded and I’m involved primarily based on my traumatic previous discovering its approach to the floor,” Michael, whose late spouse died in 2019 after battling breast most cancers, stated throughout a confessional interview. “I’m coping with the grief component in my life. There’s simply this bizarre, bizarre factor that occurs the place I feel I’ve discovered it, it feels good, after which I get in my head and I push folks away. And I really feel actually unhealthy about that.”

Sierra, for her half, determined to go away the seashore following their breakup.

“Simply know … I’m OK & properly,” the ABC persona wrote through her Instagram Story after the episode aired. “On the time, I knew what I may/couldn’t deal with mentally & emotionally. I had sufficient self-awareness to acknowledge that staying on the seashore wasn’t in my finest curiosity. I didn’t see it taking part in out in a constructive approach, so I assumed it finest I’m going residence.”

Michael stayed on the seashore, hoping a brand new arrival would present curiosity and provides him a rose. Danielle Maltby arrived forward of the rose ceremony throughout the Monday, October 17, episode, remarking that she needed to get to know the one father after they linked through social media earlier than BiP.

The Bachelorette season 17 alum’s new romance quickly sparked fan backlash as viewers questioned the pair’s historical past and if he was prepared for a relationship.

“I assume on the finish of the day, Sierra is a implausible particular person and I really like her a lot. From what we gathered once we have been down on the seashore, it was extra in order that Michael, possibly, didn’t really feel it with Sierra,” Jared Haibon — who visited the BiP season 8 forged alongside spouse Ashley Iaconetti — completely instructed Us Weekly on Tuesday, October 18. “It was extra about his reference to Sierra than it was, ‘He’s not prepared for a relationship.’”

The 33-year-old Audrey’s Espresso Store proprietor added: “[Fans are] like, ‘Oh, we would like it to be about love.’ After which you have got two people who find themselves in love and so they’re like, ‘Nicely, we don’t wanna see that. We wanna see drama.’ After which they create in drama after which they’re like, ‘Nicely no, that is imagined to be actual love.’ And it’s like, ‘Nicely, come on now.’”

Whereas Jared and Ashley, 34, are on board with Michael’s reference to the neonatal nurse, 37, Sierra felt “extremely disrespected” after watching their date.

“I’m gonna go meditate. #bachelorinparadise,” she wrote on Monday, calling Danielle’s arrival handy. “He stated ‘a little bit little bit of historical past’ 🧐.”

Michael later famous in his Saturday TikTok that he didn’t know the Nashville resident was approaching the present, refuting the allegations towards him that his actions have been premeditated.

Bachelor in Paradise airs on ABC Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET.