Josh Murray and Amanda Stanton appeared incredibly happy and in love on Bachelor in Paradise: After Paradise, but their relationship has reportedly been very rocky since filming wrapped in June.
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In a shocking revelation, the source claimed Murray and Stanton actually split -- more than once -- while navigating their romance outside of Paradise.
"They have broken up a couple times since getting home and have had a rough start to their relationship," said the insider.
Once the pair left Mexico and returned home, Murray decided to move from Atlanta, GA, to Irvine, CA, in order to live in Stanton's apartment with her two daughters Kinsley, 4, and Charlie, 2.
"Part of it in the beginning was the distance, and the other part was added pressures like dating in the 'real world,'" the source told ET.
Murray has said he really wants a big family, but it reportedly took some time and patience for him to fit into Stanton's world and embrace the role of stepdad.
"Amanda has two little girls and of course that is going to add a different kind of pressure to a new relationship," the source elaborated.
However, Murray has fallen in love with Kinsley and Charlie, at least according to an update provided at the end of Tuesday night's Paradise finale. The couple shared adorable photos of the family playing together on the beach.
It probably didn't help the couple lacked public support and Murray has been scrutinized due to his ex-fiancee Andi Dorfman's memoir in which she accused him of being verbally abusive, controlling and temperamental.
Stanton even received warnings from her friends about Murray in Paradise, but Murray called the book "fiction" and "ludicrous."
The negativity "was exhausting," Stanton told Us Weekly in its September 5 issue. "It was hard not having other people be happy for us."
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