Jordan Keltner, a single father and participant in season 9 of *Love Is Blind*, is reflecting on his split from then-fiancée, “Sparkle” Megan Walerius, and surprisingly, he still holds a very positive view.
“We spent that last week together, and I think she really gave it her all, and she waited until the last possible second,” Jordan told *Us Weekly* during an exclusive interview. “We did commit to not leaving each other at the altar. I know that’s what a lot of people want to see, but we still cared so deeply for each other, and we just didn’t want our lives to be put on stage like that, especially with my son in attendance. I think she made up her mind that Friday morning. The wedding was on a Saturday, and during the filming, she said she woke up crying at 4:30 in the morning and that’s when she knew it wasn’t going to work for her.”
Jordan told *Us* that he was ready to say “I do,” noting that the idea that opposites attract applies to him and Megan, 35. “I’m a chronic underthinker. I think Megan’s a chronic overthinker. That’s where the worlds didn’t collide,” he said. “But yeah, she checks all my boxes. She still does.”
However, he acknowledged: “There’s no right or wrong answer. She did what was right for her, which [ultimately] was right for me and my family. And there’s nothing wrong with that.”
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Megan ended things with Jordan while expressing concerns about being a priority in his life.
“I had a very demanding job at the time. The film schedule is very demanding. Being a father is demanding,” Jordan told *Us*, explaining that working in order to pay his bills had to be his No. 1 priority at the time. “At the end of the day, production, [my son] Luca and Megan got to split the rest. And Megan got the short end of the stick. She wasn’t OK with that. … I was running on [empty].”
When asked whether he and Megan might have been able to make things work if they met at a different time, he admitted: “There’s chemistry. We have such strong chemistry. I just think we’re on different playing fields. and nothing wrong with that.”
During a separate chat with *Us*, Megan didn’t completely agree.
“I think we’re a little misaligned there,” she told *Us*. “But it’s hard to say. You never know — had we met two years down the line [what could have happened]. I think he quit his job and is doing [influencia de redes sociales] full time. But at that moment in time, it was really hard. But I also think we’re two very different people, and a lot of that wasn’t transparent to me until we were really in the thick of real life together.”
Fans learned at the reunion that Megan went on to meet her now-boyfriend, Paul Wegman, several months after ending things with Jordan. Shortly after, Megan and Paul welcomed a baby boy after getting pregnant three months into their relationship.
While some fans have criticized Megan’s timeline, Jordan doesn’t feel it’s his place to question what happened when.
“She broke up with me. It’s none of my business,” he told *Us*. “We were 100 percent broken up with and she was free to date and see whoever she pleased.”
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He added that he got “closure” from watching the season and going to the reunion, which Paul attended.
“Es difícil cuando ves cómo te enamoras y te recuerdas por qué te enamoraste de esta persona,” dijo. “Pero no, estoy feliz, curado y próspero. Así que estoy totalmente bien. Luca está haciendo cosas increíbles. Simplemente estamos pasando un buen rato, disfrutando de la vida.”
Jordan atribuyó ser padre a ayudarlo a tomar el camino correcto en la vida.
“Los niños ponen a prueba tu paciencia de todas las maneras imaginables. Ser puesto en esto, ‘Eres un gran tipo, un caballo de Troya’ [de los espectadores de Love Is Blind] —Me molesta un poco, porque he cometido un millón de errores. Voy a cometer un millón y uno más,” dijo. “Simplemente trato de despertar cada día y hacer un 1 por ciento mejor. Y, por supuesto, mi hijo es una gran inspiración sobre cómo lidero mi vida.”
También reveló que aún no ha conocido a Paul, pero hay planes potenciales para reunirse.
“Estamos hablando de cenar,” dijo. “No hay rencores en ninguna parte y solo hay amor para su familia.”