According to various juice channels, Thomas and Merel are said to have split up. Other rumors say that Thomas is still together with the winner of the program, but that he is cheating with other women. on SLAM! tells the StukTV presenter that they are still happy, however. “We’re still dating, so we still see each other.” Yet the two continue to take it easy. “We give it time, because such a program creates a huge buzz and you can’t really do anything. Only now do you have time to really get to know each other.” The rumors are not discussed further.
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Earlier this week, the By Bachelor-winner indicates that she is taking a step back on her social media channels. She can no longer handle all the responses she receives after the program, she explains. The rumors surrounding Thomas also seem to affect her. “Everyone’s opinion just gets stuck in my head and I take it with me and can’t quite let it go,” she writes. ‘You want to react, but then again you don’t and I experience that as quite heavy.’
Nevertheless, Merel decided to respond to TikTok yesterday. In a video she lists all the rumors, after which she ends her plea with two middle fingers towards the camera. She also suppresses the gossip that Thomas would have signed a six-month contract to stay with Merel.
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Thomas chose Merel in the final of De Bachelor. Runner-up Maureen told her story in the RTL Boulevard Reality Podcast:
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