In a new interview, Greg Grippo reflected on his relationships with exes Katie Thurston and Victoria Fuller.
With Fuller, Grippo, 31, gushed that the pair “had fun together,” but ultimately it wasn’t meant to be. “It just didn’t work out between us and it was a mutual decision,” Grippo said on the Tuesday, February 25, episode of the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast. “She’s great, but, at the end of the day, it just didn’t work out. We just had to go our separate ways.”
Grippo revealed his split from Fuller in April 2024 after nearly two years of dating. (The twosome met after appearing on separate seasons of The Bachelor/Bachelorette.) He admitted on Tuesday that the pair “for sure” had discussions about marriage. “Especially at this day and age, like I want to date with intention and that relationship, we really tried,” he said. “We really gave it our best shot.”
Now, Grippo said he and Fuller are on good terms. “We don’t talk or anything, but we wish the best for each other. I know that she wishes the best for me as well, and I wish the best for her,” Grippo said, before noting that he wouldn’t be jealous if he saw Fuller with another man. (She was linked to quarterback Will Levis last year.)
Years before he dated Fuller, Bachelor Nation met Grippo when he vied for the affections of Thurston, 34, on season 17 of The Bachelorette in 2021. After Grippo dropped the L-bomb, he began doubting their connection when Thurston didn’t say it back — and ultimately quit the series.
“I remember getting on the plane like an hour after — because I got flown out, I didn’t even have any time to, like, process or think and I went on literally, like, the next flight out — I remember being in the airport being like, ‘Holy s—t, like, did I just really like messed this up?’” Grippo recalled. “I was trying to be like, ‘Hey, like can you guys contact me if anything? Would love to maybe speak with her.’ And I just, I mean, I didn’t hear back.”
Another Bachelor Nation couple bites the dust — Greg Grippo has confirmed his split from girlfriend Victoria Fuller. Grippo, 30, addressed his relationship status on the Monday, April 22, episode of Jason Tartick‘s “Trading Secrets” podcast. “You know, being in a public relationship and if things aren’t working out, it sucks even more,” he explained. […]
Following a tense After the Final rose reunion — which Grippo said felt like “the Hunger Games” —Thurston and Grippo put their differences aside via social media. (Thurston accepted a proposal from Blake Moynes in the season finale, but the twosome split months later. She has since moved on with Jeff Arcuri, whom she got engaged to in August 2024.)
“We, like, hashed it out over, like, a DM,” Grippo said. “I want to say, like, a month after [AFR] and we squashed it.”
Now, as Grippo navigates the dating scene, he hasn’t ruled out the possibility of finding The One within Bachelor Nation. “If the right one was around,” Grippo quipped.
When asked whether he would be open to being the Bachelor to find her, Grippo said that would be “interesting.” He added, “I mean, I think that if I were to do something like that, I would like it to be announced earlier just so people could know who they’re going on for. I wouldn’t want to be a surprise to anyone and I would want to have people genuinely there for me.”