Matt James is not an eligible ‘Bachelor’.
Rachael Kirkconnell took offense at a sports announcer who claimed several times over the weekend that her 30-year-old boyfriend is single and ready to hang out.
The graphic designer, 25, watched from the sidelines on Sunday as her on-again, off-again partner took part in the Monster Energy Big3 Celebrity Game in Atlanta, with a man at the microphone constantly telling the audience that James was unattached.
“Every time Matt would do something, announcer: ‘Ladies, he’s single,'” Kirkconnell wrote over a video clip of the basketball game posted to her Instagram story (via People).
“like?!!?!” the former reality star went on to write. “literally a good 10 times.”
Kirkconnell and James have been dating and dating since she starred in season 25 of “The Bachelor.”
While they seem to be going strong, the duo’s relationship hasn’t been without its fair share of drama.
Kirkconnell got the last rose at the end of the ABC show, but by the time the episode aired, pictures had surfaced of her dressed for a antebellum plantation-themed party at college celebrating the “Old South.”
Critics accused the contestant of racist behavior. James, for his part, divorced her.
The controversy caused further controversy when Chris Harrison, the show’s longtime host, minimized Kirkconnell’s past actions in a February 2021 Extra interview. The 51-year-old was subsequently fired.
On the “After The Final Rose” special the following month, James admitted that he and Kirkconnell still had feelings for each other.
“We didn’t know what to do with it,” James wrote in his book, First Impressions, which was published in May. “We decided to keep talking, to be open to our love building back.”
James eventually decided to get back together with Kirkconnell, who had publicly apologized for her mistakes in a February 2021 Instagram video.
Seeing that Kirkconnell had “done the work of his own,” James decided to “get better at it too,” the broker wrote.
“She had done herself work that I had not answered,” he added. “I promised her I was all-in. It was the best decision I could have made. I changed. I have grown. I learned about myself, my past trauma and my capacity for love.”
While the couple got back together in April 2021, they waited three months to make their public return to the ESPYs.
Since rekindling their love, Kirkconnell and James have been traveling and showing off many PDAs.