Olivia Culpo Reflects on Her Breakup with Nick Jonas: ‘I Thought We Were Going to Get Married’
Olivia Culpo thought she and Nick Jonas would get married but when he broke up with her, she was left with no sense of identity.
On the premiere episode of TLC’s The Culpo Sisters, the 30-year-old model opened up about her former relationship with Jonas, also 30. Culpo and Jonas broke up in 2015 after nearly two years together.
After being pressed by producers of the reality show, Culpo discussed her relationship with the singer.
“Do I have to talk about that?” she began, before adding, “I did date Nick and that was a very formative experience for me.”
Reflecting on the earlier days of their relationship, as well as how their breakup impacted her, she continued, “I moved to L.A. with him. I had no brand, no money and I was in love. That was great right, but when he broke up with me, I was kind of left with no sense of identity.
“My whole identity was in him,” she added, “which is a very common story of a young person in love. I thought we were going to get married, I thought all the things, and I just remember night after night looking up at my ceiling in my apartment that I couldn’t afford thinking to myself how am I going to pay my rent.”
Olivia Culpo confessed that at the time, “I couldn’t even afford my groceries. It was a serious, pivotal moment for me, but it was something that taught me that you can’t give up.”
Since their split, Culpo has happily moved on with San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey, whom she began dating in 2019. Jonas is now married to actress Priyanka Chopra.
After also dating football players Danny Amendola and Tim Tebow, as well as Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, Culpo made McCaffrey an exception to her “no athletes ever again” dating rule.
She told Entertainment Tonight earlier this month that with her current boyfriend, she doesn’t have some of the concerns she had with other athletes.
