- Chelley Bissainthe and Ace Greene connected on the seventh season of Love Island USA this summer.
- On Dec. 12, Chelley confirmed that she and Ace have officially broken up.
- Chelley claims that it was a “tough decision” for them to part ways.
We’re sending our deepest condolences to all the Chellace shippers out there. Nearly five months after they exited the Love Island USA villa this summer, Chelley Bissainthe confirmed that she and Ace Greene have officially broken up during an interview on SiriusXM’s Page Six Radio on Friday, December 12.
“Ace and I actually decided to part ways,” Chelley told the outlet. “It really was a tough decision, like, for the both of us, and very hard to decide.”
She continued, “But, you know, when you love someone, sometimes loving someone means letting go. So I think we just got to a decision that was best.”
Chelley and Ace became a fan-favorite pairing on Love Island USA season 7 when it aired earlier this summer. They were booted from Fiji just before the season finale, but they took their budding romance beyond the villa once they returned to the States.
As for the reason behind their split, Chelley kept details to a minimum as she explained that “sometimes, things don’t work.”
“[There was] a mutual level of respect and understanding that we wanted this to work. But sometimes, things don’t work,” she admitted to Page Six. “Couples go through things that are very challenging, and sometimes the best thing to do is make a decision that needs to be made.”
She revealed that the split wasn’t a sudden decision, either. According to Chelley, she and Ace committed to having open discussions about their emotions before calling it quits.
“We had a lot of conversations,” she explained. “At the end of the day, it was just a mutual agreement of, like, this is for the best.”
Ace has yet to confirm the news himself.
