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What Lauren Alaina Blames For Her Split From Her Ex-Fianc Alex Hopkins

Appearing on Ashley Eicher and Hunter Kelly's "All Our Favorite People" podcast, Lauren Alaina spoke further about her broken engagement with Alex Hopkins, saying that the pair had been broken up for some time when they announced their split in January 2019. Together since 2012, Alaina said it was during their brief engagement that she and Hopkins realized they wanted different things in life. "We started dating at 17, and we're now 24 years old," she said at the time. "When we got engaged, it got really real. Not that it wasn't real before, but it was just like, 'Oh.'" She added, "When you start planning your entire future and you're not agreeing on things, it's very hard. But he was all I knew, and I was all he knew."

Though they tried their best to make their relationship work, both Alaina and her ex-fiance knew they'd reached the end of the road. "Like we really tried to figure it out. But I think we both knew it wasn't right," she said. Regardless of how things ended between them, the "Getting Good" singer said she will always have love and respect for Hopkins. "I'll love him until the day that I die," she said, while also stressing that she has no regrets about their relationship. Despite things not working out, she learned a lot during the time they were together and recognizes that while not all relationships are built to last, they're no less meaningful because of it. 

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Lorie Orum

Update: 2024-05-21