‘I’m not looking for a relationship’: Abbie Chatfield embracing the single life

Abbie Chatfield opens up about how she’s approaching her love life following a break-up, and why a date with her won’t be like a live podcast. FULL INTERVIEW

Abbie Chatfield is living her best single life after splitting from reality star boyfriend, Konrad Bien-Stephens.

The pair went their separate ways only months after revealing their open relationship, a status which sparked furious debate online.

“I’ve never been upset or threatened by someone (I’m in a relationship with) sleeping with someone else. It’s my kink. I just never really valued monogamy that much,” Chatfield said in July.

“It sounds awful, but I don’t really see him all that much, maybe two days a week.”

The 27-year-old is now keeping her options open while providing a clear view of a prospective partner.

“I’m kind of building up my roster,” the former Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise star told Confidential.

“I usually only sleep with people I’ve known before Bachelor, or people who are in the public eye themselves, because it makes it less complicated.”

Konrad Bien-Stephens and Abbie Chatfield, pictured at Hijinx Hotel in June 2022, split only months after revealing details about their open relationship.

She added: “I’m just hanging out with people. It’s not even at the point of dating. It’s really nice just to have multiple options and also spend time with my friends. Even if the most perfect person in the world came by, I’d be like, ‘cool, I’ll see you once a week for a year and then we can consider’.”

Abbie Chatfield has built an empire since making a name for herself on The Bachelor in 2019. Picture: Channel 10/Supplied

With the countdown to the end of the year on, Chatfield is looking forward to a holiday and has booked an island resort by the Great Barrier Reef.

“I might just go by myself, who knows,” Chatfield said. “I’ll see how the roster’s going, if there’s anyone I feel like taking the week before.”

Chatfield said “it’s pretty hard” to meet people organically, while juggling a growing multimedia empire that includes a nightly radio spot on 2Day FM, her own fashion line, a TV gig on The Masked Singer, a podcast, a chat show pilot, and her own brand of vibrator.

Going on dates with people who aren’t in media can make Chatfield feel like “the court jester,” she explained.

Abbie Chatfield, at home in Tamarama, is looking ahead at what’s to come in her life. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

“I have to entertain them the whole time,” she said. “They have this idea of who I am. Obviously when you’re on TV, you’re on radio, it’s amped up. Because you have adrenaline pumping and also because it’s your job. So they think you’re going to be like that all the time.

“I’m not here to entertain you. You haven’t bought a ticket to a live podcast. It’s a bit hard to find people, but honestly, I’m not even looking for a relationship.”

Masked Singers 2022 hosts Chrissie Swan, Abbie Chatfield, Mel B and Dave Hughes.

Chatfield, who has partnered with travel search engine KAYAK, said solo travel is high on her agenda for now.

“When you’re single, the world is your oyster. It’s so much more fun. It’s also really good to go on holidays without your partner.”

Chatfield recently travelled to Fiji with a friend and said: “Our criteria was: is it hot? Are there drinks? We did what I always want to do on holiday, which is lie in the sun and drink piña coladas. My ideal situation, being from the Gold Coast, is just lying by a body of water and talking and laughing with my friends.”

Chatfield recently made headlines when she questioned why FM radio king Kyle Sandilands was not reprimanded for offensive remarks he made about people living with a disability.

Chatfield said she was “baffled” that Sandilands was able to continue making remarks such as “spaz” on air, saying it was “disgusting.”

“I have no idea (how Sandilands hasn’t been cancelled),” she told The Daily Telegraph.

Originally published as ‘I’m not looking for a relationship’: Abbie Chatfield embracing the single life