Survivor alum Bret LaBelle and his longtime partner Chris Stanley have called it quits on their relationship.

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Bret recently took to Instagram and announced that he and Chris have split after four years of dating.

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"Sometimes love means letting go. Chris and I have shared so many memories, laughter, and growth together, and I will always be grateful for that," Bret captioned a photo of the pair walking arm in arm down the street.

"While our paths are now going in different directions, the care and respect remain. Wishing him nothing but happiness, love, and success on his journey. Thank you for the memories."

Bret, 51, and Chris, 25, began dating in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic when Chris had sent the Survivor alum a DM on Instagram, Us Weekly reported.

Bret and Chris reportedly hit it off immediately, and then they became Instagram official three years later.

Since Chris is more than 25 years Bret's junior, the pair received a lot of criticism for dating.

However, Bret and Chris never seemed to care about their age gap, and they often posted about their love on social media.

"Sometimes people think he's actually my dad. Other people think I'm just with him for money," Chris told The Advocate in August 2023. "They think he's my sugar daddy, which obviously isn't true."

Chris added at the time, "Sometimes people make the outrageous claim that I was 'groomed' or something, which not only isn't the case [but] in reality, I am the one who pursued him. They think we're both weird."

About four years before Bret got romantically involved with Chris, Bret publicly came out as gay in a conversation with fellow castaway Zeke Smith on Survivor's 33rd season, which was dubbed Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X.

During that same Survivor season, Zeke was outed by Jeff Varner as transgender.

"I didn't grow up in a time when it was normal to talk about being gay, and the millennials do not care," Bret reportedly shared in a Survivor confessional.

"Zeke finds comfort in being himself, and I think that's great. And I'm hoping that as my life goes on, from here on out, I can be that way."

Bret was a 42-year-old police sergeant from Dedham, MA, when he competed on Survivor.

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Bret subsequently teamed up with his Survivor pal, Chris Hammons, for The Amazing Race's 31st season in 2019. They were eliminated during the ninth leg in Split, Croatia.

Bret talked to Reality TV World about his Survivor experience here, as well as his The Amazing Race journey here.


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