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Demi Burnettis explaining her decision to remain celibate for the last two years.
In the latest episode of theAlmost Famouspodcast, theBachelor in Paradisealum, 29, told hostsBen HigginsandAshley Iaconettithat it was “rich of you to assume that I’ve been on a date” since she publicly announced herautism diagnosisin February 2022.
Demi Burnett on “Bachelor in Paradise”.Craig Sjodin/ABC via Getty
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Burnett — who will mark three years of sobriety in July — went to explain that she has stayed away from physical intimacy for much of that time.
“I’ve been celibate for two years. I’m not having sex,” she admitted. “Since I stopped drinking, I really — I went back to my old high school ways of being a prude.”
“The act of it is disgusting, our bodily fluids touching each other. Have they washed their hands? Am I going to have to ask them, like, brush your teeth?” she continued. “All of these things that I’m just like, it’s not worth it to me. Whereas when I was younger, I didn’t really care about all that stuff. Now that I’m not, I am very weird about all of that, and I can get turned off so easily because of the smell.”
Burnett first appeared onColton Underwood’s season ofThe Bachelorin 2019. She went on to star onBachelor in Paradise, eventually becoming one half of theBachelorfranchise’sfirst same-sex coupleafter getting engaged to then-girlfriendKristian Haggerty. The paircalled it quitsin October 2019, and Burnett datedSlater Davisafter that until theysplitin June 2020.
The reality star also gave an update on her sobriety, sharing, ““It’s been great. I would say the best thing is … not feeling sick. Not feeling like you’re dying.”
She added, “That was the worst part, for sure. I always felt like I was dying and the anxiety. Don’t get me wrong, I still have anxiety but it’s not about dying from drinking.”
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In June 2022, Burnett shared a candid message onX (formerly known as Twitter)abouther sobriety journey.
“I haven’t had a sip of alcohol in 11 months,” she wrote at the time. “I used to be drunk all day every day. I used to drink almost a bottle of Tito’s a day. I honestly never thought I could do this. I never thought I would be able to not drink. This is wild man.”
source: people.com
