{"id":253132,"date":"2026-07-22T23:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/the-ultimatums-jessica-grace-details-edris-split-after-onscreen-proposal-slams-backlash\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T23:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:00:47","slug":"the-ultimatums-jessica-grace-details-edris-split-after-onscreen-proposal-slams-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/the-ultimatums-jessica-grace-details-edris-split-after-onscreen-proposal-slams-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimatum\u2019s Jessica Grace Details Edris Split After Onscreen Proposal, Slams Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/the-ultimatum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Ultimatum<\/em><\/a>\u2019s <strong>Jessica Grace Booker<\/strong> shut down assumptions that her former fianc\u00e9, <strong>Edris Khalieque<\/strong>, proposed for the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, one of the things that would have helped would be to have shown Edris in a better light,\u201d Jessica Grace exclusively told <em>Us<\/em> on Tuesday, July 21, about how her relationship with Edris came off throughout season 4.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Grace specifically addressed how Edris proposed moments before they participated in the dating experiment, saying, \u201cI think that people think that the proposal itself was kind of just like a shut up ring \u2014 or done out of jealousy. Like, \u2018Why would she choose him? He\u2019s such a stoner.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ultimatums-hayley-addresses-blakes-domestic-violence-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The reality star shut down<\/a> certain assumptions about the state of the pair\u2019s relationship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/the-ultimatum-season-4-couples-who-is-still-together\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/the-ultimatum-season-4-couples-who-is-still-together\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">&#8216;The Ultimatum&#8217; Season 4 Couples: Who Is Still Together and Who Broke Up?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe Ultimatum is centered around established couples fighting for their relationships \u2014 but is everyone still together or have some broken up? Netflix\u2019s hit series follows real-life couples who enter \u201ctrial\u201d marriages with a new partner before deciding whether they\u2019re ready to get engaged to their original connection. After finding success, The Ultimatum returned for [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI run a strict program, I\u2019m sober myself, I\u2019m not going to get married to someone who smokes weed in our house,\u201d Jessica Grace noted. \u201cI just wish there was a truer representation of him \u2014 the man that I know and I love and that I wanted to get married to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/the-ultimatum-star-addresses-being-kicked-off-over-note-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seeing what made the final cut<\/a> of the show, Jessica Grace regretted how she \u201cdragged\u201d Edris into the experience. She also offered an update on where the pair stand now after leaving season 4 early amid their engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEdris and I came home and we really wanted to stay involved and connected to the other couples while working on our own issues,\u201d she recalled. \u201cWe didn\u2019t see each other for dating week, so we didn\u2019t really get to address anything. We knew we just had work to do, and so, we went through couples counseling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Grace and Edris were ultimately not able to make it work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just came to a point where we realized we were doing each other more harm than good because of the pain that was there. Not being able to communicate the pain in each other\u2019s language, it just got to where we were just hurting each other,\u201d she told Us. \u201cAs much as I think either one of us wanted to work, we did break up. That\u2019s been really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/celebrity-splits-of-2026-bill-hader-and-ali-wong-more-breakups\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bill-Kennedy-Abby-Elliott-SAG-Awards-2025-Red-Carpet-Hottest-Couples.jpg?crop=0px%2C25px%2C1334px%2C754px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bill-Kennedy-Abby-Elliott-SAG-Awards-2025-Red-Carpet-Hottest-Couples.jpg?crop=0px%2C25px%2C1334px%2C754px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bill-Kennedy-Abby-Elliott-SAG-Awards-2025-Red-Carpet-Hottest-Couples.jpg?crop=0px%2C25px%2C1334px%2C754px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bill-Kennedy-Abby-Elliott-SAG-Awards-2025-Red-Carpet-Hottest-Couples.jpg?crop=0px%2C25px%2C1334px%2C754px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bill-Kennedy-Abby-Elliott-SAG-Awards-2025-Red-Carpet-Hottest-Couples.jpg?crop=0px%2C25px%2C1334px%2C754px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bill-Kennedy-Abby-Elliott-SAG-Awards-2025-Red-Carpet-Hottest-Couples.jpg?crop=0px%2C25px%2C1334px%2C754px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bill-Kennedy-Abby-Elliott-SAG-Awards-2025-Red-Carpet-Hottest-Couples.jpg?crop=0px%2C25px%2C1334px%2C754px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bill-Kennedy-Abby-Elliott-SAG-Awards-2025-Red-Carpet-Hottest-Couples.jpg?crop=0px%2C25px%2C1334px%2C754px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bill-Kennedy-Abby-Elliott-SAG-Awards-2025-Red-Carpet-Hottest-Couples.jpg?crop=0px%2C25px%2C1334px%2C754px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"SAG Awards 2025 Hottest Couples 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/celebrity-splits-of-2026-bill-hader-and-ali-wong-more-breakups\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Celebrity Splits of 2026: Jessie J, Chanan Colman and More<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tA slew of breakups rocked the celebrity world throughout 2026, beginning with Bill Hader and Ali Wong in January. In March, NFL quarterback Dak Prescott and his fianc\u00e9e, Sarah Jane Ramos, called it quits. News broke in April that The Real Housewives of New York City stars Sai De Silva and her husband, David Craig, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The Ultimatum<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/the-ultimatum-season-1-cast-where-are-they-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follows real-life couples<\/a> who enter \u201ctrial\u201d marriages with a new partner before deciding whether they\u2019re ready to get engaged to their original connection.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not the outcome that I wanted. I do wonder how much the unorthodox experience that we went through \u2014 even though it was truncated \u2014 contributed to some of that,\u201d Jessica Grace shared with Us while reflecting on her split. \u201cI think ultimately when two people are in pain and they can\u2019t heal from each other in the relationship, you just have to call it. That was really hard for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201cThe first [time] I consider a more informal breakup was, like, a couple months after filming. Then we got back to a point where we said that we wanted to try and work on things. Then we had a much more formal breakup in September, so we didn\u2019t speak. Seeing him at the reunion was the first time that I had seen him and spoken to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Ultimatum<\/em> is streaming on Netflix.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ultimatums-jessica-grace-addresses-backlash-over-edris-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ultimatum\u2019s Jessica Grace Booker shut down assumptions that her former fianc\u00e9, Edris Khalieque, proposed for the wrong reasons. \u201cFor me, one of the things that would have helped would be to have shown Edris in a better light,\u201d Jessica Grace exclusively told Us on Tuesday, July 21, about how her relationship with Edris came [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":253133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-253132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}