{"id":69702,"date":"2024-01-19T17:59:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/19\/katie-thurston-hints-shes-dating-after-fboy-island-split\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T17:59:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:59:12","slug":"katie-thurston-hints-shes-dating-after-fboy-island-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/19\/katie-thurston-hints-shes-dating-after-fboy-island-split\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Thurston Hints She’s Dating After ‘FBoy Island’ Split"},"content":{"rendered":"


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While Katie Thurston<\/strong><\/a> did not find lasting love on FBoy Island <\/i>season 3<\/a>, she might have found a special connection after the cameras cut.<\/p>\n

Thurston, 32, fielded questions from social media users via Instagram Story <\/i>on <\/i>Thursday, January 18, with one asking for advice about navigating a new relationship.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake things slow those first three months,\u201d Thurston wrote, sharing a video of herself holding onto a mystery man\u2019s hand while lounging on a couch. She set her post to Kasbo<\/strong> and Chelsea Cutler<\/strong>\u2019s duet, \u201cFound You.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thurston last dated Vince Xu<\/strong> after meeting on FBoy Island.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cI just wanted to let you know that I definitely found love. And I love you, Vince,\u201d she gushed during the December 2023 season 3 finale before learning that she and Xu, 31, would split the $100,000 prize since he was a self-proclaimed \u201cnice guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to let you know that I definitely found love. And I love you, Vince,\u201d she gushed during the December 2023 season 3 finale before learning that she and Xu, 31, would split the $100,000 prize since he was a self-proclaimed nice guy.<\/p>\n

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After the episode aired, Thurston took to Instagram to comment on her final decision to choose Xu over runner-up Benedict Polizzi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo @vincexu \u2014 I\u2019m thankful our paths continued to cross and that you are now part of a chapter I\u2019ll never forget,\u201d she wrote via Instagram on Friday night, sharing several selfies of the pair. \u201cGlad we finally experienced those bottomless mimosas we dreamt about while on the island. \ud83e\udd42<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, hours later, Thurston confirmed they were no longer dating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tKeeping it a mystery. Lala Kent, Jana Kramer and more stars have had partners whose identities they kept a secret. The Vanderpump Rules star raised eyebrows when she shared a glimpse of a mystery man via her Instagram Story in November 2022. Kent\u2019s mysterious social media upload came after she made headlines for her high-profile [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what everyone wants to know,\u201d she quipped in an Instagram Story Q&A about whether or not she was in a relationship.\u201cNo. That being said, if I\u2019m ever asked to go on reality TV to date again, please just cancel me. Three times and [it] doesn\u2019t work out? Maybe reality TV isn\u2019t where your husband is, just a thought.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thurston\u2019s reality TV career began<\/a> in 2021 when she appeared on Matt James<\/strong>\u2019 season of The Bachelor<\/i>. After James, now 32, sent her home, she was named the next Bachelorette. During her tenure on The Bachelorette <\/i>season 17, Thurston got engaged to Blake Moynes<\/strong> but they split three months after the season finale aired in October 2021. She moved on with John Hersey<\/strong>, who she eliminated during the second week of her season, before they ultimately split after less than one year together. FBoy Island <\/i>was her first time dating since the breakup.<\/p>\n

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