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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11910907" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="katie-thurston" source="Orion">Katie Thurston</keyword> and <keyword id="11910909" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="blake-moynes" source="Orion">Blake Moynes</keyword> got engaged on the season finale of "<keyword id="11910908" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-bachelorette" source="Orion">The Bachelorette</keyword>." </li><li>But Moynes told Insider he thinks their love story was overshadowed by her breakup with <keyword id="11910911" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="greg-grippo" source="Orion">Greg Grippo</keyword>.</li><li>Grippo left Thurston's season early, and many claimed he was "gaslighting" her during their split.</li></ul>At the <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-happened-in-bachelorette-finale-surprising-moments-katie-thurston-2021-8">end of her season of "The Bachelorette,"</a> Katie Thurston walked away with an engagement ring and a new fiancé. But the man all of Bachelor Nation was talking about wasn't Blake Moynes, who received Thurston's final rose. It was Greg Grippo, the finalist who left the show after a dramatic breakup that aired just an episode before the finale. As Twitter continued to debate <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-bachelorette-blake-speaks-out-about-katie-and-greg-fight-2021-8">whether Grippo was "gaslighting" Thurston during their split</a>, Moynes told Insider that he believes his own love story with "The Bachelorette" star had been overshadowed by the drama. <div type="image" title="Bachelorette Katie Thurston looks at a smiling Greg Grippo during a scene from ABC's &quot;After the Final Rose&quot; special." height="1998" width="2664" msid="85592608" hostid="261"></div>"I do think that the whole Greg thing did take away from the love story unfortunately," he said. "It sucks that it was such a focal point for someone who didn't actually end up with her.""It just feels like I came in hot and then I ended hot, but it didn't show a ton of relationship in the middle there," Moynes added, referencing how the season was edited.Some Bachelor Nation fans have even criticized Moynes and Thurston's engagement, insisting their relationship won't last because Thurston's split with Grippo was such a big focus of the season. <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-desiree-hartsock-not-supported-by-show-brooks-breakup-2021-7">Fellow "Bachelorette" stars Desiree Hartsock</a> and Rachel Lindsay faced similar criticism <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-contestants-left-eliminated-themselves-2019-2">when their apparent front-runners decided to self-eliminate</a> shortly before the finale.Both Hartsock and Lindsay <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-couples-still-together-2018-7">still remain married to the men they gave their final rose</a> to, and Moynes said he isn't fazed by what the viewers think. "Unfortunately, it just kind of is what it is for people who think it should've been Greg. I guess you gotta wait and see," he said. "But it's not about that, right? Who cares about the viewers. We know what we have and that's kind of what we're riding on, especially coming out of this and finally being able to live a real life now." <div type="image" title="Katie Thurston and Blake Moynes hold hands while walking across a field in this still from the season finale of &quot;The Bachelorette.&quot;" height="2000" width="2666" msid="85592609" hostid="261"></div>Moynes, who entered <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-bachelorette-highlights-katie-thurston-sex-positivity-nick-viall-interview-2021-6">Thurston's season</a> late, said the "Bachelorette" star told him everything about her split with Grippo before the episode aired. "She was very upfront about the situation and prepared me for anything that she was going to say and really explained everything to me, so I was never surprised by anything," he said. And Moynes credits his "ridiculous amount of confidence" for helping him stay calm amid the ongoing drama surrounding Thurston's season. <div type="image" title="Blake Moynes proposes to Katie Thurston on &quot;The Bachelorette&quot;" height="1333" width="1778" msid="85592610" hostid="261"></div>"I never for one second thought that I was number three, number four, number two," Moynes said. "From the same day that I walked in, I thought I was the number one guy and I left being the number one guy." "When it comes down to it, if [Grippo] was her guy, she would've left with him and she didn't," he added. "So it doesn't really concern me as much as I think it would for the average person."

'Bachelorette' star Blake Moynes believes Katie and Greg's dramatic breakup took away from his own love story with Katie

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11910909" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="blake-moynes" source="Orion">Blake Moynes</keyword> told Insider he agrees <keyword id="11910911" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="greg-grippo" source="Orion">Greg Grippo</keyword> did "gaslight" <keyword id="11910907" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="katie-thurston" source="Orion">Katie Thurston</keyword> during their breakup.</li><li>Thurston got engaged to Moynes on "<keyword id="11910908" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-bachelorette" source="Orion">The Bachelorette</keyword>" finale shortly after Grippo left the show.</li><li>Moynes said he believes his and Thurston's love story was overshadowed by the drama with Grippo.</li></ul>Another season of "The Bachelorette" has come and gone, but Bachelor Nation still can't stop talking about <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-bachelorette-highlights-katie-thurston-sex-positivity-nick-viall-interview-2021-6">Katie Thurston</a> and Greg Grippo's explosive breakup. And <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-contestants-who-crashed-other-seasons-2021-6">Blake Moynes</a>, who got engaged to Thurston <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-happened-in-bachelorette-finale-surprising-moments-katie-thurston-2021-8">on Monday's season finale</a>, told Insider that he agrees with fans who believe that Grippo was <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-is-gaslighting">"gaslighting"</a> her during their split. "I think there was some <keyword id="11910912" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="gaslighting" source="Orion">gaslighting</keyword> there," Moynes said. "Am I an expert on knowing exactly what gaslighting is, am I the one to make the statement that this is 100% gaslighting? Hard for me to say. I don't think he approached the situation the right way, and I think that was very clear." Grippo was a clear frontrunner during Thurston's season until everything came crashing down when he said "I love you" after their hometown date. <div type="image" title="greg grippo katie thurston bachelorette date new mexico" height="1807" width="2409" msid="85500201" hostid="261"></div>Thurston's response, which Grippo found lacking, kicked off one of the biggest fights in the franchise's history. Grippo left the show early and Thurston threatened to quit before giving her final rose to Moynes. "I expressed that I do love you. I felt like I was telling that to a stranger," Grippo told Thurston before leaving. "I was thinking that I was expressing my love to my future wife, and you didn't even feel it. You just completely dismissed it in my eyes." Moynes told Insider that the fight reminded him of confrontations he saw as a child. "I do think that growing up in a household where my mom was victim to a lot of the things that Greg came down on Katie for on a regular basis - I can see what that can do to somebody and how it can become a cycle, a crazy cycle that it's hard to break out of," he said. "I do think there was some gaslighting there." Gaslighting was a term that many "Bachelor" fans tweeted after the fight aired, and Thurston used the word as well when she confronted Grippo on the "After the Final Rose" special. <div type="image" title="Tayshia Adams and Katilyn Bristowe watch as Katie Thurston and Greg Grippo have an intense conversation on &quot;After the Final Rose.&quot;" height="2000" width="3000" msid="85500202" hostid="261"></div>"The way you spoke to me, you think that's okay?" she said, claiming that Grippo had just been acting like he loved her for the cameras. "Gaslighting is when you try to make someone else feel like it's their fault. You came at me and tried to make it seem like I did something so horrible that you had to leave." <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gaslight">Gaslighting</a>, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is the "attempt to make (someone) believe that he or she is going insane (as by subjecting that person to a series of experiences that have no rational explanation)." Bachelor Nation fans have continued to debate over and take sides in the fight. While Grippo, now a <a href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a37356976/mike-fleiss-greg-grippo-bachelor-report/">rumored frontrunner to lead the next "Bachelor,"</a> initially defended his response during his "After the Final Rose" appearance, he later told former "Bachelor" Nick Viall on "The Viall Files" podcast that he was <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1298548/bachelorettes-greg-grippo-says-hes-ashamed-of-how-he-behaved-during-katie-thurston-breakup">"ashamed" of how he reacted</a> and said he'd "acted like an ass."Overall, Moynes told Insider that he does believe the argument has overshadowed his <a href="https://www.insider.com/why-bachelorette-stars-are-better-at-finding-love-2020-10">own love story with Thurston</a>. <div type="image" title="blake moynes and katie thurston" height="1500" width="2000" msid="85500203" hostid="261"></div>"It sucks that it was such a focal point for someone who didn't actually end up with her, but I do feel like it took away from our story and our love," he said."But it's not about that right? Who cares about the viewers? We know what we have, and that's kind of what we're riding on, especially coming out of this and finally being able to live a real life now," Moynes added.

'Bachelorette' star Blake Moynes believes Greg was 'gaslighting' Katie Thurston during their explosive breakup

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B096L7HV7B/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s17" rel="nofollow sponsored">Bachelorette</a>" star <keyword id="11910907" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="katie-thurston" source="Orion">Katie Thurston</keyword> and <keyword id="11910909" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="blake-moynes" source="Orion">Blake Moynes</keyword> have split just three months after the finale.</li><li>Moynes told Insider in August that he believed getting engaged had made the couple stronger. </li></ul>Less than three months after their engagement aired on <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-happened-in-bachelorette-finale-surprising-moments-katie-thurston-2021-8">the season finale of "The Bachelorette,"</a> Katie Thurston and Blake Moynes have called it quits. The couple announced their shocking split on Monday with identical statements posted to their Instagram accounts. "It is with mutual love and respect that we have decided to go our separate ways," it read. "We ultimately have concluded that we are not compatible as life partners, and it is the most caring choice for both of us to move forward independently."Shortly after Thurston's season came to an end in August, the 30-year-old told <a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/katie-thurston-blake-and-i-may-have-not-lasted-without-engagement/">Us Weekly</a> that she believed she and Moynes wouldn't work as a couple if they hadn't gotten engaged, saying "I didn't come here to find a boyfriend." And Moynes agreed, telling Insider at the time that he believed getting engaged made the couple stronger after the show. <div type="image" title="Blake Moynes proposes to Katie Thurston on &quot;The Bachelorette&quot;" height="1333" width="1777" msid="87291698" hostid="261"></div>"When you walk away with just a boyfriend, it's not as big of a commitment and promise that an engagement is," Moynes said. "It kind of holds you to all the craziness that comes with this, and I think an engagement kind of helped us battle through more things than just walking out being in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship - which doesn't carry the same weight." Moynes also revealed that, during his very first conversation with Thurston on "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B096L7HV7B/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s17" rel="nofollow sponsored">The Bachelorette</a>," she asked him if he would be ready to get engaged despite entering her season late. "My response to her was, 'Yes, if I come on here and do this, I do see us getting engaged at the end of this,'" he recalled. <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-bachelorette-blake-picked-out-engagement-ring-with-ex-tayshia-2021-8">After looking at engagement rings during the season finale</a>, Moynes was struggling to decide if he should pop the question. But that first conversation with Thurston stuck with him. "I think it speaks a lot to that loyalty and sticking to your word," Moynes told Insider. "When you're thinking about your forever person and partner you rely on, you take their word seriously. And that's something I came down to at the end. Like no, I'm not letting her down. This is something I also came here for, smarten up, don't overthink the situation." <div type="image" title="Katie Thurston and Blake Moynes hold hands while walking across a field in this still from the season finale of &quot;The Bachelorette.&quot;" height="2000" width="2666" msid="87291700" hostid="261"></div>While the couple temporarily got their fairytale ending, fans of the show couldn't stop talking about Thurston's <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-bachelorette-blake-speaks-out-about-katie-and-greg-fight-2021-8">explosive breakup with contestant Greg Grippo</a> during the season. Some even criticized Moynes and Thurston's engagement, insisting their relationship wouldn't last because her split with Grippo was such a big focus of the season.Moynes told Insider at the time that he believed <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-blake-thinks-katie-greg-breakup-overshadowed-his-love-story-2021-8">his own love story with "The Bachelorette" star had been overshadowed</a> by the drama. "I do think that the whole Greg thing did take away from the love story unfortunately," Moynes said. "It sucks that it was such a focal point for someone who didn't actually end up with her.""Unfortunately, it just kind of is what it is for people who think it should've been Greg," he added. "I guess you gotta wait and see."

'Bachelorette' winner Blake Moynes said he didn't want to let Katie Thurston down by not proposing to her in the finale months before their shocking split

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