Overview

• Waddell disclosed the split in an Oct. 1 Instagram video, opening with “I’m not wearing a ring” and confirming she ended the engagement about a month earlier.
• She said she and Tressler are living in a new city and called the timing difficult because her children had just started school and sports.
• Waddell characterized the decision as one made for herself and her family and emphasized that she feels “very at peace.”
• She shares daughter Bella, 7, and son Charlie, 5, with ex-husband Evan Bass, to whom she was married until 2020.
• Bachelor Nation friends including Jade Roper Tolbert, Jillian Harris, and Caroline Lunny posted supportive comments on her announcement.