Katie Thurston gifted then-boyfriend John Hersey with a brand new van previous to their breakup — and she’s going to by no means make the identical mistake once more.
“We lived collectively, I purchased him, like, a journey van. … I used to be, like, so all-in,” Thurston, 32, recalled of their six-month romance through the Tuesday, July 25, episode of the “LadyGang” podcast.
After host Becca Tobin questioned why Thurston bought a brand new automobile for Hersey, 29, the previous Bachelorette clarified what occurred once they went their separate methods. “Don’t fear he paid me again,” she mentioned. “However, it took a very long time as a result of journey followers aren’t low-cost, OK!”
Thurston then famous that she’s going to “by no means purchase a person” a gift of that caliber “ever” once more.
Thurston and Hersey — who met throughout her season 17 of The Bachelorette, during which he was eradicated throughout week 2 — began relationship in October 2022 following her breakup from ex-fiancé Blake Moynes. The twosome fervently denied that Thurston had cheated on Moynes, 32, with Hersey as they pursued their relationship so quickly after the tip of her engagement. Thurston and Hersey in the end referred to as it quits in June 2022.
Katie Thurston, John Hersey. Earl Gibson III/Shutterstock; Picture Press Company/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
“I really like having the ability to share particular moments with you all — the humorous ones. The comfortable ones. The outrageous, embarrassing, and heartfelt ones. However I don’t know if it should ever get simpler to share the unhappy ones. As Katie said earlier, we’re now not relationship,” Hersey wrote through his Instagram Story on the time. “This resolution was not made calmly, and it was clearly not a straightforward one to make. I recognize each one in every of you that has supported us all through this journey. We couldn’t (and wouldn’t) be right here with out you.”
Almost two months later, Thurston confirmed throughout an look on Nick Viall’s “Viall Information” podcast that Hersey had “dumped” her and that she had even purchased him “a frickin’ journey van.”
“I let this man stop his job. I used to be like, ‘No matter you want me to be, I can be.’ Which, in hindsight, that’s not wholesome, that’s not good,” she mentioned in August 2022. “However it’s a little, like, offensive to be like, ‘Rattling, I gave you every little thing,’ and also you’re nonetheless being like, ‘This isn’t figuring out.’”
Thurston additional revealed on the time that Hersey, a bartender and aspiring pilot, was slowly working to reimburse her for the price of the van. Whereas paying again Thurston, Hersey made the automobile his full-time residence.
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“He was actually residing within the van after we broke up,” she claimed on Tuesday after podcast host Keltie Knight famous that he appeared rich primarily based on his Bachelorette promo photograph. “He has since offered the van. I don’t know what he’s doing, however wealthy will not be what I’d describe [him].”