‘I didn’t want to deal with the comments’: Former Bachelor Matt Agnew reveals he struggled to cope with the social media backlash after splitting up with Chelsie McLeod
Former Bachelor Matt Agnew has broken his silence about his life after splitting up with Chelsie McLeod.
The astrophysicist, 32, revealed to author and comedian Rosie Waterland, on her podcast Just The Gist, that he was so anxious about making the split announcement on Instagram that he asked a friend to post it for him.
‘I was dreading it. I put together my words and they were something I gave a lot of thought to to make sure I was conveying my feelings correctly,’ he said of the post.
‘I was dreading it’: Former Bachelor Matt Agnew (pictured) has discussed dealing with social media after splitting up with Chelsie McLeod just months after the finale
‘I actually got a friend to post it because I couldn’t do it myself,’ he admitted.
The scientist revealed that his friend also handled his Instagram for a long time after the break-up announcement was made back in December.
Matt said: ‘I didn’t want to deal with comments, I didn’t want to deal with DMs and all that, and I’m really glad I did.’
Over: Matt and Chelsie (right) broke up shortly after the finale aired. They announced their split in December last year
Help: The astrophysicist revealed on her podcast Just The Gist that he was so anxious about making the split announcement on Instagram that he asked a friend to post it for him
‘Everyone says don’t read it (the comments), and you can do it 99 per cent of the time, but you have that one percent, that one moment of weakness and you read something and you completely capitulate.’
He said that he leaned on his friends to help him manage his Instagram ‘until things settle down and I could return to living a more normal life.’
Elsewhere in the podcast, Matt said he was devastated by the split, saying: ‘that’s life and that’s dating, and relationships sometimes they don’t work out but it’s an experience.
Matt said: ‘I didn’t want to deal with comments, I didn’t want to deal with DMs and all that’
Assistance: He said that he leaned on his friends to help him manage his Instagram, ‘until things settle down and I could return to living a more normal life’. Matt with his friends who appeared on The Bachelor
‘You do try and find whatever positive things you can find from it but the experience certainly helped me grow as a person,’ he added.
Matt’s candid discussion about his life after the show comes ahead of his science show Dr Matt Agnew’s Guide to Life Beyond Earth at the Adelaide Fringe Festival between February 14 to 23, excluding February 17.
During the one hour show he will discuss all things about the solar system and galaxy, and do a questions and answers session with fans.
Touring this year with her new show, Kid Chameleon, Rosie will be performing one show in Canberra, followed by performances at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Perth Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival.
All information and tickets to Kid Chameleon can be found HERE and HERE for the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
New gig: Matt’s candid discussion about his life after the show comes ahead of his science show Dr Matt Agnew’s Guide to Life Beyond Earth at the Adelaide Fringe festival
