The Bachelor alum Maurissa Gunn has continued to fuel speculation that her relationship with fiance Riley Christian is over.
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Rumors Riley and Maurissa broke up and ended their engagement have been swirling for weeks, and Maurissa is leading her followers to believe the rumors are true.
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Earlier this month, Maurissa deleted most photos of Riley from her Instagram account and only chose to keep three slideshows of the couple.
One slideshow contained pictures from the pair’s first photo shoot with People that took place after Bachelor in Paradise’s Season 7 finale, including a close-up photo of Maurissa’s engagement ring.
Another slideshow, posted on September 22, featured photos of Maurissa and Riley cuddling and smiling while on the set of Bachelor in Paradise in Mexico.
And Maurissa’s third display was posted on August 24, when she shared several images from her first date with Riley on Bachelor in Paradise when the pair had been tasked with learning truths about each other and eating unusual foods.
Well, as of January 19, only one slideshow of Riley photos now remains on Maurissa’s Instagram account — the pictures from their first official BIP date that was hosted by Lance Bass.
Riley and Maurissa, who fell in love and got engaged on Bachelor in Paradise’s seventh season in Summer 2021, had been anything but shy when it came to posting adorable photos of each other and gushing about their feelings on Instagram once they took their relationship from Mexico to the real world.
The couple celebrated Christmas together, for example, and had uploaded images of them posing in front of the giant Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center.
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Maurissa had written late last year, “All I want for Christmas is you,” before deleting the photo with Riley on her Instagram, according to Us Weekly.
And there are more signs pointing to a breakup.
Maurissa and Riley have posted cryptic and inspirational content suggesting they’re no longer together in recent weeks.
On January 7, Maurissa posted photos of herself making funny faces and captioned the slideshow, “Don’t worry, be happy.”
Maurissa also received chocolate-covered fruit from her friend Martha amid the breakup rumors, Us reported.
Martha wrote on the card, “If you haven’t heard this today, I’m proud [of you]. You’re an amazing person.”
Maurissa reportedly replied on January 7, “Don’t know what I would do without you sister.”
And on that same day, Maurissa reportedly shared a quote that read, “All that glitters is not gold.”
In addition, Maurissa posted a selfie video on her Instagram Story at the time and she was noticeably not wearing her big engagement ring.
For Riley’s part, he uploaded a video of himself working out in early January with a cryptic caption about getting “knocked down,” which may have been a reference to a rocky romance with Maurissa.
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“We ain’t come this far just to come this far. Work hard, stay humble, but still let ’em know that you got it. No matter how many times we get knocked down we get back up. Giving it everything we got all 2022,” Riley wrote.
Riley also tweeted at the time, “Try not be stagnant when facing obstacles that are beyond your control. Just do what you can. That way, when things finally do fall into place, you’ll be able to hit the ground running.”
While Maurissa’s Instagram page appears to indicate she’s single, Riley apparently chose to keep most — if not all — of his pictures with Maurissa on his account.
On December 31, Riley posted a video montage of special moments from 2021, including many pictures and video clips featuring Maurissa.
“I learned a lot in 2021. At the end of the day, I’m one of the luckiest guys on the planet. Bring on 2022,” Riley captioned the video.
On December 28, Riley also shared a photo featuring two pairs of matching boots, one pair larger than the other, allowing fans to assume they had been worn by Maurissa and himself.
Maurissa also commented on the post, “You always wanna dress like me,” to which Riley replied, “‘Cause you kinda fly.”
And before that, the attorney and fitness enthusiast had posted a December 25 photo of the couple sitting on the floor in front of their little Christmas tree.
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“Merry Christmas to you and yours!” he had captioned the image.
Back in October 2021, Maurissa told People that she planned to move to New York City to be with Riley and then have a “wedding and then some babies.”
When Maurissa accepted a pear-shaped diamond engagement ring from Riley on the beach in Mexico in Summer 2021, the pair became the franchise’s first-ever Black couple to get engaged.
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Riley and Maurissa fell head over heels in love with each other in Paradise, but Riley was still a little unsure as to whether he was going to pop the question after the pair’s overnight Fantasy Suite date.
Riley assured the magazine last year that it “was never a thought” to leave the resort alone but he had to take a moment or two to reflect on the idea of potentially making Maurissa his fiancee.
“[I thought to myself], ‘This is everything that you’ve ever wanted — having a fiancee and being able to start a family.’ I knew where I was already leaning towards,” Riley explained at the time.
“It’s just like, ‘This is a big decision, take some time to think about it. Okay, you thought about it.’ It didn’t take that long. ‘And now, go propose and get your lady.'”
Prior to appearing on Bachelor in Paradise, Maurissa competed on Season 24 of The Bachelor starring Peter Weber and Riley competed on Clare Crawley and Tayshia Adams’ edition of The Bachelorette in 2020.
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Elizabeth Kwiatkowski
Elizabeth Kwiatkowski is Associate Editor of Reality TV World and has been covering the reality TV genre for more than a decade.