September 10, 2024: In a since-deleted video shared on Instagram, Devin speaks out about the breakup for the first time since the finale.
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“All I’m looking to do here is tell my side, take accountability, and apologize for some of the things that I wasn’t able to say at AFR,” Devin said in the 13-minute video.
“We both had mistakes along the way, but the love that Jenn and I had, and the love especially that I had for Jenn, is not something that I’m attempting to lie about,” he said.
Devin said that navigating their relationship in the real world after the show ended “was an uphill battle” and he felt like he “wasn’t good enough, no matter how much effort I would put in.”
“It continued to take an emotional toll on me,” he said. “At that point, I really did have to make just a decision based on my own happiness because, again, at the end of the day, what’s best for me is what’s best for me.”
Devin also shared supposed text messages between him and Jenn, which were sent during their relationship and after the breakup.
“By no means am I looking to denounce Jenn in any way,” he said. “By no means am I looking to come at her in any way or say anything negative about her. All I’m trying to do here is show this was a two-way relationship, and I think we could both be held accountable.”
Devin’s video was met with backlash, specifically for sharing their private text messages, some of which were intimate ones. According to E! News, he then deleted and reuploaded the video with redacted messages. However, that video has also been deleted from his Instagram profile.
Devin then reportedly shared a since-deleted Instagram Story apologizing for sharing sensitive messages and asking for forgiveness.
“I deeply am so sorry for showing sensitive information from the bottom of my heart,” he reportedly wrote. “That was not my intention. My only intention is to show the relationship from my perspective.”
“I gain nothing from that text conversation being shown. I promise you that was a mistake,” he said, adding, “I honestly missed this one and fucked up.”
