In Episode 10 of The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 1, Lexi and Rae gathered with the other couples from the experience for the reunion, hosted by Joanna Garcia Swisher. During the special, Joanna asked the lovers to provide updates on their post-show lives.

When Lexi and Rae’s time came to answer, they confirmed they were still together and were doing better in the last year than before going on The Ultimatum. The couple even said they had a “specific date” planned for their wedding, though Lexi clarified that she would marry Rae at any time and place.

While Rae seemed adamant about them getting married on the date they agreed on before the reunion, the couple ended the episode happy with where they were in their relationship. However, just minutes after their declaration, the reunion’s end card confirmed Lexi and Rae broke up in January 2023, several weeks after the reunion.

“Shortly after filming the reunion, Lexi and Rae chose to end their relationship,” the card stated, adding, “The wedding has been called off.”

The end card stunned fans who believed Rae and Lexi were finally on the same page after they proposed to each other on Ultimatum Day. Many jumped to Lexi and Rae’s Instagram handles to share how heartbroken they were about the split.

After the reunion aired, Lexi shared her side of the story with Today and said she and Rae’s breakup happened because they couldn’t agree on many issues that affected them before they joined The Ultimatum: Queer Love. On the show, Lexi discussed how her trial marriage to Mal Wright allowed her to see their cultural differences and worried about how it would affect her and Rae if they had kids.

“We probably spent another month trying to work through some stuff that we just had maybe not gotten through as much as we thought we had (during) the experience,” Lexi explained to the outlet. “Things that just kept coming up for us.”