Keeping it real.

Bachelor Nation fans saw Monica Brewer look for love on Season 2 of “The Golden Bachelor” and Charles King look for love on Season 1 of “The Golden Bachelorette.”

Since then, the two have been continuing their journey to find love off-screen and have been keeping fans updated with their lives on social media.

Last year, it was shared on Instagram by fellow “Golden Bachelor” star Sandra Mason that Monica and Charles “found love” with each other.

Now, Charles has joined the “Bachelor Happy Hour: Golden Hour” podcast to share an update on their relationship.

While chatting with Kathy Swarts and Susan Noles, Charles revealed the unfortunate news that he and Monica have officially broken up. 

He spilled, “I’m an open book. Kathy, you probably know more than anyone else with respect to where my mindset was about 10 months ago. Because I told you that if four criterias were met with respect to Monica B., that there would probably be a Golden wedding in the spring of 2026.”

Charles continued and said that he was confident he and Monica were going to get married, until the beginning of this year.

“I was defiant. Like, it’s gonna happen, there’s going to be a Golden wedding in 2026. And unfortunately, not only is it not a wedding in 2026 of this spring but Monica B. and I have broken up as of, I think, January of 2026. So that’s where that is. We don’t talk very much. We did speak over the last week or so.”

The Golden Bachelor Nation star revealed why the two broke up, sharing their “goals and values weren’t aligned.” 

“I tried to align myself with where she was,” he admitted. “But it just doesn’t work for me because as much as she wants what she wants, I felt like it was important for me to get what I want. And that’s important as well.”

Sharing what he’s learned since their breakup, he said, “Coming on the heels of my breakup with Monica B., the last six months have taught me that my future is probably more important than my feelings. Like, I can feel one way, but my future’s really important. Now you might say, ‘CK, what the h*ll, you’re going to be 64 in December,’ but I feel like my future’s bright. I’ve got a lot of living to do.”

Hear the rest of Charles’ interview in the full episode of “Bachelor Happy Hour: Golden Hour” below!