The Bachelorette alum Kaitlyn Bristowe has claimed her ex-fiance Jason Tartick did something "mean and pathetic" to her.
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Kaitlyn is now rumored to be dating another The Bachelorette alum, Zac Clark -- whom she's allegedly been dating for well over a year -- but she's apparently still working through some resentment and "feelings of betrayal" toward Jason.
Some of Kaitlyn's hard feelings stem from the fact Jason recently adopted a golden retriever and chose to name him Teddy.
"I think it's mean and pathetic [of him] to get a dog and name that dog my dream baby name that I've had in my baby names for 10 years," Kaitlyn snapped during a tell-all episode of her "Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe" podcast that was released on Thursday, April 3.
The former The Bachelorette star recalled, "I said the day I met him, 'I want to name my baby Teddy.'"
Kaitlyn also claimed she has text messages to prove that she and Jason have talked about her love of the name Teddy for her future child.
"I know I seem very angry, but I don't like feeling disrespected, and I just have so many gross feelings from that -- just because, for so long, I was made to feel crazy," Kaitlyn explained.
While Kaitlyn and Jason were dating, they adopted two dogs together, golden retrievers Pinot and Ramen.
The couple attempted to share custody of the dogs after their split, but Kaitlyn has shared how the dogs didn't adjust well to two different homes and schedules.
Kaitlyn now keeps the dogs full-time at her Nashville home.
While Jason has claimed on his "Trading Secrets" podcast that he's not allowed to see the dogs, Kaitlyn insisted, "I would've never said he couldn't see the dogs."
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Kaitlyn said that, although she won't allow her dogs to bounce back and forth between households, she never told Jason that he couldn't stop by and visit them.
"He went on a podcast and said, 'I am not allowed to see the dogs,' and his co-host was like, 'Oh, let me guess, it was around the time of your new relationship [with TikTok star Kat Stickler].' And he went, 'Yeah,'" Kaitlyn said.
Kaitlyn alleged that Jason, who has since split from Kat, has never even asked her to see Pinot and Ramen.
"I'm not really angry. I'm just grossed out and disappointed, and this will probably be the last time I will ever speak on him ever again," Kaitlyn said.
Kaitlyn said her relationship with Jason "felt icky" to her, especially because she felt "very used" by him professionally and financially.
"It felt like he was riding coattails and riding a wave, got to where he wanted to get to, and I think why he was so broken about the relationship was because he didn't know who he was without me," Kaitlyn alleged.
"And I think he is still really working on who he is without a dog, a girlfriend, a something. And I would really encourage that person to get quiet with himself and actually find out who he is."
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Kaitlyn said she was ready to settle down twice -- both with Jason and her The Bachelorette 11 winner Shawn Booth -- but when those relationships changed, she got cold feet.
"That person who I wanted to settle down with wasn't the same person when I met them to [who they became] later, and that's terrifying," Kaitlyn confessed.
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Kaitlyn pointed out how she and Jason simply want different things out of life now and she is definitely "over" him.
"I am very much over him. I ended the relationship. I did not want to be in that," Kaitlyn declared, saying that she wants to make it very "clear" her anger toward Jason is not a sign she still loves him.
While Kaitlyn refused to share details of her current love life, she said if "all goes well" with her plan, she will be pregnant at 40 and having a baby at age 41.
"I would be so happy. And I have frozen eggs!" Kaitlyn concluded.
After competing on Chris Soules' season of The Bachelor, Kaitlyn starred on The Bachelorette's eleventh season. She got engaged to Shawn during the season finale in 2015, but they split three years later.
Jason, who competed on Becca Kufrin's season of The Bachelorette, asked Kaitlyn out on their first date in January 2019. He moved to Nashville to live with Kaitlyn in June 2019, and the couple got engaged in May 2021.
Kaitlyn, who won Dancing with the Stars' 29th season, was first photographed with Zac on New Year's Eve as the pair was ringing in 2024.
Jason, for his part, moved on with Kat. The pair was spotted together in March 2024 and then they went Instagram official in June.
Jason and Kat announced their breakup in October 2024, and now he's rumored to be romantically interested in The Bachelor 24 alum Kelley Flanagan.
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