Is eight months really all it takes for a Hollywood romance to fizzle faster than champagne left out overnight? Because Matt Rogers and Below Deck’s Fraser Olender just proved that sometimes love’s expiration date comes sooner than expected, hunties.
The couple, who made hearts flutter everywhere when they confirmed their relationship a mere eight months ago, have decided to part ways. And before you start throwing your phones across the room in dramatic fashion, sources close to the situation want us to know that this split was totally mutual and the two remain friends. How civilized! How mature! How utterly boring for us gossip enthusiasts, but we digress.
According to Us Weekly, who broke the story on Thursday, July 16, the decision to go their separate ways was made together. So no messy Instagram story unfollows or cryptic song lyrics in the middle of the night? Disappointing, but we respect the maturity. Both Rogers and Olender’s reps have been reached out to for comment, because apparently silence is also very chic right now.
Let’s be honest—when these two first went public with their romance, we were absolutely living for it. Finally, a couple that seemed genuine and happy! But apparently eight months is basically the celebrity equivalent of a mayfly’s lifespan. The clock was apparently ticking louder than we thought, and now we’re left wondering what went wrong. Was it distance? Scheduling conflicts? The simple realization that sometimes chemistry just fizzles? The world may never know, and honestly, that’s probably for the best.
Fans have been taking to social media to process this breakup news, with some expressing genuine disappointment that the romance didn’t last longer. Others are already speculating about what might have caused the split, because apparently we can’t just let people live their lives without creating elaborate theories. Classic celebrity gossip culture at its finest.
The silver lining here is that both Matt and Fraser seem to be handling this with grace and friendship intact. So while our romance fantasy didn’t last, at least we got eight months of couple content to enjoy in hindsight. That’s something, right?
What do you think? A) They should have tried harder to make it work B) Eight months is actually a reasonable timeline and we’re here for the mature friendship approach