Blake and Sam split confirmed: Bachelor couple call engagement off
SHE might have been through a very public and confusing breakup this week but that hasn’t stopped Sam showing The Bachelor just what he's missing.
IT SEEMS Bachelor dumpee Sam Frost is not letting the events of the past week get to her, instead she is taking all the hype in her stride.
Showing on social media just what a strong support group she has in her family and friends, Frost has been posting pictures of the fun she has been having with those closest to her.
It’s good to see the 25-year-old financial consultant smiling and laughing with mates considering she’s been through a very confusing and very public breakup after it was confirmed that Bachelor Blake Garvey had chosen to end their relationship mere days before the final episode went to air.
As for Blake, he is well and truly on the outer with his former girlfriends after dumping winner Sam Frost and leaving her heartbroken.
Speaking exclusively to The Sunday Mail, Queenslander Lisa Hyde shot down the allegations she was the reason for the breakup.
“It is really not me … I can’t say any more, I would really like to, but I have signed contracts,” she said of speculation Blake’s feeling for her were the reason he ended things with Frost.
Earlier in the day she took to social media to air her feelings.
“Sisters before Misters,” she said. “Well I guess we went in looking for something else but I couldn’t be happier with the friendship I have gained.”
Speculation is rife Frost is set to wreak revenge as The Bachelorette in a new spin-off series and she has certainly made no secret of her confusion and pain over the breakup.
“I’m quite confused to be honest. I thought that at the time it felt very real and natural. I dunno, I feel a bit played a little bit,” she said.
“I am, of course, devastated but staying strong and looking forward to eventually finding the one.”
Garvey and Frost are set to spill the beans about their relationship bust up on The Project on Monday night.
Carrie Bickmore, who recorded an interview with both Blake and Sam separately, refused to reveal any of the juicy details but viewers did get to see a short clip of a fired up Sam saying, “What a jackass!”
Network Ten yesterday released a statement to the media confirming the pair have called it quits.
“Network Ten can confirm that Blake and Sam have sadly ended their engagement. When Blake proposed to Sam in South Africa, he did so because he had genuinely fallen in love with her. He was excited to start a life with Sam and was very much looking forward to their future together,” the statement reads.
“Unfortunately, not all relationships are meant to be, and feelings invariably change. Once Blake returned to his everyday life, he realised that they both wanted different things from a relationship and had different priorities. Blake has the greatest love and respect for Sam, but has made the difficult decision to end the relationship.”
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A heartbroken Sam vented on social media on Friday, revealing that it was Blake himself who pulled the pin on their short-lived engagement.
“People need to stop asking why we broke up. Trust me, I’m just as in the dark as you all are. Blake is the one calling all the shots here,” she tweeted her followers.
People need to stop asking why we broke up. Trust me, I'm just as in the dark as you all are.. Blake is the one calling all the shots here.
— Sam Frost (@fro_001) October 3, 2014
A source close to the blonde beauty confirmed it was Blake who did the dumping, saying Sam is devastated over the breakup.
The seemingly loved-up pair ended things last Friday, less than a week before the show’s finale, adding that Blake is “in love with another one of the contestants.”
The pair spent little time together after their engagement was filmed, with Blake living in Perth and Sam living in Melbourne.
Meanwhile, Sam’s social life seems to be on track. She was snapped partying at Melbourne hotspot Eve nightclub in Southbank with fellow bachelorette Zoe and Big Brother’s Tully Smyth over the weekend.
Smyth shared the below photo on Instagram, posting: “Best night with these two beauties at @evebarsouthbank.”
The reason for the lack of interviews has now been answered: Woman’s Day has revealed that it has secured the only interview with the ill-fated pair.
“In next week’s Woman’s Day, out Monday, we have the couple’s ONLY interview detailing what REALLY went down after the final rose straight from the horse’s mouth,” their website reads.
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The rumour has been swirling all yesterday that Blake and Sam had ended their relationship after Ten mysteriously cancelled all scheduled media appearances today and in the lead-up to the finale.
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In what would have been a more shocking twist, speculation was rife that one of the Bachelorettes (not Sam) might be pregnant with Blake’s baby.
Runner-up Lisa Hyde, who was left devastated after Blake told her he was “in love with someone else” at the end of the final episode, took to social media this morning to clear up the pregnancy rumours.
The 27-year-old fashion designer posted a photo of herself during her time on the show, along with the caption: “Wow what an incredible journey that was! Thank you everyone for all your love and support. I can confirm the rumour and I am definitely not pregnant with Blakes baby ... Lol I wish Sam and Blake all the best in the next chapter of their lives.”
Plenty of Bachelor fans were shocked with Blake’s final choice during Wednesday’s finale, convinced it was Lisa the hunk was planning to propose to.
Proving that everyone loves a scandal, the final episode soared in the ratings for Ten, raking in an impressive 1.374 million viewers and making it the most-watched program of the night. A first for the dating show.
Blake Garvey, a 31-year-old real estate agent from Perth, became engaged to 25-year-old Sam Frost at the culmination of last night’s nailbiting final episode. Presenting his chosen beauty with an engagement ring in stunning South Africa, she said, “100 per cent, yes.”
The cancelled media appearances for Garvey, Frost and Hyde sent fans — and the internet — into a spin.
This morning entertainment reporter Peter Ford weighed in on the speculation, saying: “It’s unclear why they would cancel the interviews today as the show is over and so it wouldn’t affect the ratings since the show is finished.
“That lends itself to something more serious or sinister that has taken place,” said Ford on 3AW.
Ford also spoke to 2Day FM, revealing: “What we do know is this, that they have split up and that Channel 10 have cancelled all interviews for today. They are the definite things.
“Announcing that it’s over would be very damaging to the brand ... if suddenly the word is out that it didn’t last,” Ford said, adding that there are “all sorts of legal complications” involved.
The showbiz commentator shared another possible scenario, saying: “There are also suggestions that he’s been caught texting Lisa, the runner-up.”
Kiis FM breakfast host Jackie O said on air this morning that she had a received a text from one of The Bachelor producers who admitted that Sam and Blake split a few weeks ago, hence why they cancelled the interviews.
Jackie O even shared the text from her anonymous source on Twitter this morning.
The text to Jackie from anonymous, confirming Blake and Sam's split. #KJSHOW pic.twitter.com/3YhtetweTB
— KIIS 1065 (@kiis1065) October 2, 2014Rumour mill in over time about @TheBachelorAU. @kyleandjackieo revealed Blake and Sam have split. Is he chasing another girl from the show?
— KIIS 1065 (@kiis1065) October 2, 2014
Sam hasn’t posted on her Instagram account since October 1, when she shared the below picture of herself and Lisa.
“We spent the days running a muck around the house, rolling on the ground laughing until we cried, filming ourselves doing stupid shit on the iPad ... Oh man, I couldn’t be happier to be here in this moment with you @lisa_m_hyde”, the caption reads.
One of last year’s unlucky bachelorettes, Penny Palman, went on Sea FM Hobart Breakfast radio this morning and said she believes Blake and Sam’s relationship “only lasted weeks”.
“From what I can gather they’re not together anymore. Belle, who was on season one with me, went out with the guys on Grand Final day the other day, and Sam was there flirting up a storm with a heap of guys. She [Belle] thought maybe it was because Lisa had won,” Palman told radio hosts Paul Hogan and Esther ‘Woody’ Woodhams.
Palman, who says she knows the girls from this season of The Bachelor, added: “We were all convinced that Lisa had won because the amount of times everyone had gone out with Sam and she was hitting on all these other dudes, because trust me, when you’re a bachelorette you get hit on by everybody ... they were convinced that she would never be with him because she’s been hooking up with everyone else.”
Palman wasn’t exactly full of praise for this season’s Bachelor either. She told the Hobart radio duo: “All the information I’ve heard is that he’s a real dog. Off-camera telling them all that ‘I love you, you’re the one, this is going to happen, you’re it.’ And there are opportunities when you’re filming the show for this to happen and full credit to Tim on our season, none of that went down.”
Various other media outlets, who undoubtedly had their interviews pulled as well, have been adding fuel to the fire, weighing in on the speculation on social media this morning.
Sam & Blake (#thebachelorau) have SPLIT: http://t.co/fazVtwLZ4h
— 2DayFM 104.1 (@2DayFM) October 2, 2014What's your #TheBachelorAU conspiracy theory? They've split? Lisa's pregnant? BOTH?!
— 2DayFM Breakfast (@2dayFMbreakfast) October 2, 2014In the news with @blmun at 8 - a producer says the engagement is off between Sam and #The Bachelor...
— Mix101.1 Melbourne (@mixmelbourne) October 2, 2014@mrpford @2dayFMbreakfast Awesome! I suspected there were lawyers slowing your usually proficient roll Mr Showbiz! Break away Pete!
— Rakhal Ebeli (@rakhalebeli) October 2, 2014SAY IT ISN'T SO! A source from the set of the show says Blake and Sam have broken up. #TheBachelorAU pic.twitter.com/MiN0Xgg5yS
— NW Magazine (@NWmag) October 2, 2014Word is a producer has spilled @BlakeGarvey & Sam have split since show & he is back in touch with Lisa. #tvweekmag #TheBachelorAU
— TV WEEK (@TVWEEKmag) October 2, 2014In another update, Sam allegedly upset after seeing last week's eps and Blake saying same things to other girls #TheBachelorAU #tvweekmag
— TV WEEK (@TVWEEKmag) October 2, 2014Well that was short lived @TheBachelorAU #splitsville http://t.co/kZOhwBlrxd
— Scoopla (@Scoopla) October 2, 2014
Yesterday a spokesperson for Ten would neither confirm nor deny to news.com.au why the couple would not be conducting interviews and refused to comment on the speculation, hinting that it was a storm in a teacup.
Another rumour doing the rounds is that a devastated Sam called it quits with Blake last week, after seeing how intimate he was with the other ladies during the final few episodes of the show.
Then there's talk that Blake is now pursuing one of the other women, possibly Louise, after ending things with his bride-to-be.
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