How Keira and Jarrod are making their romance work for the second time
After announcing they were back together on New Year’s Eve, Keira Maguire has opened up about her sweet reconciliation with Bachelor In Paradise boyfriend Jarrod Woodgate.
The 32-year-old, who has teamed up with Deliveroo for its National Cheese Lovers Day campaign, says the couple are approaching the romance differently as it had been “too much too soon” following their stint on reality TV last year.
“We really missed each other and it just got to a point where we couldn’t just not see each other,” Keira tells Yahoo Lifestyle of how the pair got back together, confirming it was Jarrod who made the first move.
The reality star had previously revealed that living with Jarrod’s parents had taken a toll on their relationship after Bachelor In Paradise.
“I packed up my life, I moved to Melbourne and I moved into his family home because when we first decided to live together we were in hiding [before Bachelor in Paradise went to air],” she told Yahoo Lifestyle in September last year.
“Because I was living in the family home, I lost my independence and then I lost myself and therefore he lost the girl that he fell in love with.”
Now the couple has acknowledged the impact this had, and has made changes accordingly.
“That was a massive pressure for us,” Keira explains. “But I’ve got my own place now. So I’m pretty much myself.”
“When we referred back to the relationship, we saw the things that we did wrong. We’ve acknowledged it, we’ve talked about it and we’re moving forward knowing where we went wrong and there’s no blame.”
Keira confirmed the couple’s reconciliation a few weeks ago by sharing loved-up snaps on New Year’s Eve. However, the pair had rekindled their romance a lot earlier.
A post shared by KEIRA MAGUIRE (@keiramaguire) on Dec 31, 2018 at 4:21pm PST
Since we are all sharing our favourite pics from the year… this is mine …💚
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“We had obviously in our minds been together a little bit longer than that,” says Keira.
Now she is proudly working on new projects, one of them being her collaboration with Deliveroo ahead of National Cheeselovers Day on January 20.
“Jarrod and I met eating cheese and wine,” she gushes, referring to her first date with him on Bachelor In Paradise.
With the “cute” first date connection and Jarrod’s Tom Caps wines from his own vineyard being sold with cheeseboards to Deliveroo customers, Keira can’t help but think: “We’ve come full circle”.
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