Susie Evans Admits She Has 'Regrets' About Split fromBachelorStar Clayton Echard Following Justin Glaze Breakup

Mar. 15, 2025

Justin Glaze (left); Susie Evans (center); Clayton Echard (right).Photo:getty (3)

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Susie Evans is looking back at herBachelorbreakups.

On the Friday, Aug. 30, episode of theAlmost Famouspodcast, the 31-year-old television star revealed that she still has some “regrets” over her 2022 split withClayton Echard, also 31.

“I have regrets from how the last one went to be honest, even though I feel like I was mostly private about that too,” Evans said. “Even the little bit that you give to people — like the way people recap it or put their own twists on it, or make assumptions — it can just be perceived just in a way that you don’t want it to be.”

Susie Evans (left) and Clayton Echard.Craig Sjodin/abc

The former couple met on season 16 ofThe Bachelorin 2022, but their relationship didn’t survive past that year.

After they went their separate ways, Evans became friends with Justin Glaze, who appeared as a contestant on season 17 ofThe Bacheloretteand later joined season 8 ofBachelor In Paradise.

Evans and Glaze, 30, went public with their relationship in January.

However, on Aug. 28, Glaze toldAlmost Famousthat the two were no longer an item.

“Susie and I, we’re not together,” the formerBachelorettecontestant said. “We are doing our best to — kind of, like I said — protect each other, keep things private as we try to navigate what this looks like for us.”

He admitted that their breakup had not “been easy,” but also shared that the two “still have a ton of love for each other” and are on “great terms.”

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Susie Evans (left) and Justin Glaze, January 2024.Kevork Djansezian/Getty

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“We still talk and are in communication. Like I said, [we are] still prioritizing each other, ourselves, our relationship,” he continued.

“I’m very fortunate to have someone like Susie in my life,” he added.

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“We are always on the same page about our relationship. So when this first happened we decided like, we’re not gonna make some joint post. We’re going to figure this out together, we’re going to keep it private, I’m sure people will catch on eventually, and when we’re ready to talk about it, that’s what we’ll do. I’m just very fortunate to be at the place we are at right now.”

In July, Echard also spoke positively about Evans despite their split.

“I was so grateful. When she came out, I’d saw that she said, listen. Clayton might be a lot of things, but he’s not a liar, and that meant a lot to me,” Echard said. “Because she didn’t have to say anything. But, like, that’s somebody that I got to know on a personal level, you know, pretty deeply. And she didn’t have to [say anything], but she was like, ‘Listen, I know that my voice is going to get people to understand or come around.’ "

source: people.com