FBoy Island star's savage swipe at celebrity ex: 'Couldn't handle me'

If you were one of the few people who tuned into season 10 of The Bachelor Australia early last year, then you would remember Krystal Thomas. The UK-born contestant was arguably one of the most entertaining people to ever appear on the dating show thanks to her hilarious one-liners and commentary, and ended up being Bachelor Felix Van Hofe’s second runner-up when she was sent home right before the finale.

While she didn’t find love on The Bachelor, she’s currently starring as one of the three leading ladies in the second season of FBoy Island. The BINGE reality series, which is hosted by fellow Bachelor alum Abbie Chatfield, features Krystal and her co-stars Ally Woodfall and Nicole Mitrov as they try to determine which of the 24 contestants are the ‘Nice Guys’ looking for love and who are the self-proclaimed ‘FBoys’ only there to play the game and win the prize money.

Speaking with Yahoo Lifestyle about her decision to join FBoy Island, Krystal admits she knew The Bachelor wouldn’t be the last time she appeared on reality TV.

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“I think for me, post-Bachelor, it was an experience. I had the best time, but it was also very traumatic,” she remarks. “I was like, wow, I really put myself out to the world, I was unapologetically myself, but it was kind of hard. So it took me a few months to kind of recalibrate because I've never been so vulnerable and put my emotions out there.

“But I was also like, with my personality type, I just love spontaneous things. It's just fun. Situations like being asked on a TV show, I'm like, ‘Yeah, f**k it, why not?’. I knew The Bachelor wasn't the end for me, and luckily, I was still single guys. So it worked out perfectly!”

She adds that her experience on The Bachelor put her in a “privileged position” where she knew what to expect when filming FBoy Island and she could offer advice to her co-stars.

“Obviously, it's different being the lead,” she says. “Being in the boys' position and being a contestant is hard because you're making friends with them, but they're also your competition. So it’s a really weird position to be in because you're kind of all dating the same person and it’s a bit of a mind f**k.

“But for me it's like, okay, I've been on that side - don’t ever want to go there again - but now I'm in this position where I relate to the boys and I get it. But also, I’m not going to take your s**t because you’re an FBoy.”

Krystal's savage swipe at Felix

When asked if she believes her former Bachelor Felix would be categorised as an ‘FBoy’ or ‘Nice Guy’ if he was on FBoy Island, she immediately responds without hesitation: “FBoy”.

“Complete FBoy. He screams FBoy,” she declares. “But the thing is about Felix, we actually got on really well. He means well, but when it comes to relationships, back then, he wasn't emotionally intelligent.

“I felt like he couldn't really handle me, I guess. To put it simply, he didn’t have the maturity levels. He couldn’t handle me, which is fair enough! But I’m glad it didn’t work out that way, because here we are now.”

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Although she and Felix still currently follow each other on Instagram, Krystal reveals that she “absolutely [has] not” heard from him since it was announced that she was starring on FBoy Island.

Yahoo Lifestyle has contacted Felix for comment.

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