Every Sign Tayshia Adams and Zac Clark Were Headed for a Split

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Every Sign Tayshia Adams and Zac Clark Were Headed for a Split

Reading between the lines. Tayshia Adams and Zac Clark's split comes after fans of the couple were starting to question whether there was trouble in paradise. After several weeks of speculation, a rep confirmed to Us Weekly on Monday, November 22, that the pair were "no longer a couple. The news came after Life & Style previously reported that they were on a break. Bachelorette viewers started to root for the duo when Adams, 31, replaced Clare Crawley during season 16 of the ABC show. The connection between the former phlebotomist and Clark, 37, led up to a memorable proposal during the December 2020 finale. “I came here because I was supposed to be here, and I came here because I was supposed to fall in love with you,” Clark said during his speech. “Nothing has felt so right my entire life. You’ve helped me experience the love I didn’t know existed ... I love you because you are a strong, independent woman, who makes everyone better. I love you because you believe in me.” Adams returned the romantic sentiment, saying, “I know that I told you that I loved you, but it’s more than that. It’s this wild, wild, wild love that I’ve tried to come up with so many reasons not to believe. You truly made me believe there doesn’t need to be flaws, and I deserve love with a man who won’t run away ... Yes, it is real and I feel it, too.” As Clark and Adams continued to get to know each other off screen, the New Jersey native addressed how he adjusted to having his relationship in the spotlight. "I know that at the end of the day, there’s our relationship, me and her, and then there’s everything else kind of around it. And if this isn’t solid, which it is, then this stuff can kind of work itself into it,” he exclusively told Us in April. “But it is solid. And at the end of the day, none of that other stuff really, truly matters. I think you need to be aware and I think you need to acknowledge that it could be difficult … but no, that’s why we have each other to support us through those difficult times or whatever it might be." Adams, for her part, also opened up about fans weighing in on their romance after watching their love story play out on TV. “It’s so funny because people do have lives outside of social media,” she shared with Us in June. “And it's so amazing to have the love and support of Bachelor Nation. Because to be honest with you, we go through it kind of together when we're all watching the show. However, you have to realize that it's a real relationship behind the scenes.” Scroll through for the signs that a split was coming: [podcast_block]

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Post-Marathon Hints

The twosome offered fans glimpses at their journey to finish the New York City Marathon together earlier this month, but some followers had questions after the competitive event was over.

After Adams and Clark finished the marathon with a time of 4:40:24, they both took to social media with very different messages. The addiction specialist gushed about the "humility and courage" that Adams showed leading up to the strenuous event.

"She would never tell the world how truly inspiring her performance was yesterday at the @nycmarathon but I will," he wrote in his lengthy post dedicated to the Bachelorette host on November 8. "She is allergic to excuses. She could have bailed at anytime in the past four months, her PR team would have handled it, but that is just not who she is. She said she was going to do something and she did it."

Meanwhile, Adams reflected on her achievement by highlighting the experience and including one mention of her then-fiancé, adding, "And for Z, for running with me every step of the way."

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Health Scare

Days after Adams finished the New York City Marathon on November 7, the California native shared a video of herself in the hospital, writing, “Welp, I’ve been here since 9:30 a.m. What a day 🤒.”

Adams later posted an update via her Instagram, writing, "Hiii- thank you all so much for your loving messages. I'm home & resting up. Sorry for scaring so many of you. Gonna nap & I'll follow up with y'all soon! Xo."

The Bachelor in Paradise alum later clarified that she was hospitalized due to serious stomach pain.

“Thankfully, we were able to rule out things like it’s my appendix or kidney stones,” Adams said in a video via her Instagram Stories on November 13. “[It] just looks like it was a really bad kidney infection, which, also not really good. They were thinking about possibly keeping me overnight just because my pain kept coming back, but I thought it’d be best to go back home, sleep in my own bed [and] do all those things.”

Some followers questioned whether Clark was with his then-fiancée after her shocking health scare because Adams didn't appear to be recovering in his apartment.

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Cryptic Quotes

The reality star made headlines when she tweeted “Trust the process" on November 15 amid rumors of a possible split. Several days later, Adams "liked" a post on an Instagram page that said, “Finally, I realized that I was never asking for too much. I was just asking the wrong person."

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Missing Ring

Adams was spotted without her engagement ring during two new episodes of her “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast earlier this month. The former Bachelorette was also missing the diamond when she made an appearance at the House of Gucci premiere in New York on November 16.