‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Star Michael Allio Confirms Breakup from Danielle Maltby: ‘It’s Not What We Planned’

There will be no final rose for Bachelor in ParadiseMichael Allio and Danielle Maltby.

The couple broke up after dating Bachelor in Paradise season 8 last year as a couple. Allio, 39, confirmed the split on Monday’s episode of Jason Tartick Trade secrets podcast after weeks of speculation about his relationship status.

“I guess I’ll just go out with it. We’re not together anymore,” he said. “Yeah, it’s true, it’s not what we planned. We both put a lot into this relationship, and it’s really horrible when it doesn’t work out.”

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Allio told Tartick – who broke off his engagement to ex-Bachelor Kaitlyn Bristowe this summer – that he and Maltby, 37, realized “the love is there, but you’re not necessarily compatible.”

“You’re grieving the loss, not only of that person and that friend in your life, but of the future you envisioned,” Allio continued. “And it’s not her fault.”

Allio said Maltby “put everything into this” relationship, including moving to Ohio to be with him. “I admire it so much,” said Tartick, 34. “Yeah, and I guess that’s it, you know right now. We’re still working on some stuff and trying to stay close. Yeah, but, yeah , [the] the last few months have been really hard.”

Allio called starting over “really scary.”

– I know that time will heal because I’ve already felt it, but that doesn’t make it any less difficult – said the reality star.

Danielle Maltby and Michael Allio in the eighth season of ‘Bachelor in Paradise’.

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While in paradise, Allio and Maltby on the show bonded over the tragic endings of previous relationships: Allio’s ex-wife Laura died of cancer in 2019, and Maltby’s fiance died by suicide in 2011.

“You can make a beautiful life for yourself after a tragedy and not let it define you,” said Allio, who appeared on Katie Thurston’s season Bachelor.

After making their relationship official, Allio told PEOPLE last November, “We’re just excited to celebrate and experience the little things in life, the everyday things.”

Allio said “I love you” to Maltby for the first time that month BiPA special “After the Final Rose” user.

“Even before you told me you loved me, I never doubted it,” she told Alli while speaking to PEOPLE. “I’ve had men tell me they love me before and none of their actions have backed it up. I’ve never felt completely safe in a relationship.”

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Danielle Maltby and Michael Allio.

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In February, Maltby moved from Nashville to Ohio, where Allio lives with his son James (6). “We have a great one!” Allio broke the news of Maltby’s move on Instagram in February. “Let’s welcome this beauty to Cleveland in all the best ways possible! Here’s to new beginnings.”

Over the next few months, Allio and Maltby posted photos of them going on hikes, trips to Chicago and San Francisco, and enjoying simple moments together at home.

“For me, the best moments of a relationship are captured in the quiet times,” Allio shared on Instagram in April. “In the early waking hours of the day or at night, when the world slows down and your mind begins to descend back to a place that is more familiar, comfortable and safe. It’s a place I like to come home to.”

Maltby commented, “My sweet and slow love.”

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The nurse also shared her journey with egg freezing with her followers, explaining that due to her age, new job and recent move, she didn’t feel ready to have children yet.

“You’re not ready to have your own child yet because there are other things for you and Michael that you want to experience with his son first,” Maltby wrote on Instagram in April. “We’ve both experienced a life-changing loss and it can change your outlook and timeline. It’s not fair that as women age we have more and more pressure on the reproductive timeline – but those are just the facts. So egg freezing is!”

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When speculation arose over the summer about the status of Allio and Maltby’s relationship, he spoke about it in an episode in early August She’s all Bach podcast. The father of one said he and Maltby “love each other very much” but wanted “to keep things private”.

“Being in a public relationship is not fun,” Allio told hosts Stefanie Parker and Jackie Maroney. “Danielle and I, like, we both agree that the only people that should be in our relationship are the two of us. So we think the only healthy way to have a relationship is to keep it private.”

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