BIP: How Maurissa Gunn & Riley Christian Are Moving On After Breaking Up
Bachelor In Paradise stars Maurissa Gunn and Riley Christian are moving on after officially announcing their breakup in January. Riley, a 32-year-old attorney from New York, and Maurissa, a 25-year-old patient care coordinator from Atlanta, fell in love on Bachelor In Paradise season 7. They made franchise history as the first Black couple to get engaged on the show. Riley had been searching for someone with whom he could spend Sunday mornings making breakfast and spending time together, eventually as husband and wife with children. When the show ended, Riley and Maurissa began sharing photographs and videos of their Sunday mornings together on Instagram, along with their everyday life and holidays such as Halloween and Christmas.
However, things began to change in the new year for the couple. Fans noticed that Maurissa had removed almost all of the pictures of herself and Riley from her Instagram page. Both she and Riley were posting cryptic quotations about life that hinted at a breakup. Bachelor Nation began to speculate that they had broken up. In late January, Maurissa and Riley released a joint statement to People revealing their split that had occurred a couple of weeks before.
Related: BIP: Maurissa Gunn & Riley Christian Officially Announce Breakup
Maurissa and Riley had been in a long-distance relationship, splitting their time between New York City and Atlanta, but Maurissa had eventually moved to New York. On the Click Bait with Bachelor Nation podcast, co-host Natasha Parker, who is friends with Maurissa, revealed that Maurissa had expressed that she and Riley have very different lives, and that she had integrated into Riley's life and she missed her family and friends when she moved away from Atlanta.
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