BACHELOR in Paradise favourite Tara Pavlovic has opened up about her split from co-star Samual Cochrane, saying the pair were the “worst versions” of themselves when they were together.
The Gold Coast nanny-turned-reality TV star told Confidential the pair were both unhappy in the “really bad” relationship.
“We were not good for each other,” she said.
“We were both the worst versions of ourselves — it was just a bad situation.
“Sam was great in holiday mode and we had a good time but the real world was a totally different story and he is not someone I could see myself settling down with long-term.”
Pavlovic, who rose to fame on Matthew Johnson’s season of The Bachelor and became engaged to Cochrane on the inaugural season of Bachelor in Paradise, had told the Daily Mail the relationship was “toxic”.
“He would always say to me I needed someone who was ‘dumb with no feelings, that he was too smart and deep for me,’ she told the publication.
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But she told Confidential she did not think Cochrane was a bad person.
“I don’t think he’s a terrible person, I think we were terrible for each other,” she said.
She said she no longer wanted to speak about their relationship because she had moved on.
“I was in a really bad relationship and now I’m out of it and I’m fine,” she said.
“I don’t want to be known as Tara from Sam and Tara anymore, I’ve tried to move on with my life and I’m so happy.”
She said the decision to leave Cochrane “wasn’t hard” to make.