BachelorInParadise’s Michael Allio explained why he broke up with Sierra Jackson ahead of the rose ceremony.
“[Sierra] exhibits all of the characteristics that I’m looking for in a partner, but I’m noticing that every time I take a step forward, I start taking a few steps back because I’m guarded and I’m concerned based on my traumatic past finding its way to the surface,” Michael, whose late wife died in 2019 after battling breast cancer,. “I’m dealing with the grief element in my life.
There’s just this weird, weird thing that happens where I think I’ve found it, it feels good, and then I get in my head and I push people away. And I feel really bad about that.”“Just know … I’m OK & well,” the ABC personalityafter the episode aired. “At the time, I knew what I could/couldn’t handle mentally & emotionally. I had enough self-awareness to recognize that staying on the beach wasn’t in my best interest.