FWAW's Jason shares the brutal way Poppy dumped him straight after the reunion: 'Embarrassed'

Despite confirming they were still together at the Farmer Wants a Wife (FWAW) reunion, there were already clear cracks in Jason and Poppy’s relationship. Now, Farmer Jason has revealed to Chattr in an exclusive interview that Poppy dumped him almost immediately after the FWAW reunion was filmed.

“We flew back to Brisbane [after the reunion], and spent the night in Brisbane at a friend’s place, and then went back to where I lived and she went back to where she lived, and then, she went sort of quiet that week, then we split up. She called it off the following Saturday,” he explained.

The reunion was filmed late last year, one month after the Farmers made their final choices, and Farmer Jason speculated that perhaps Poppy knew she wanted to end things before they filmed the episode.

“Part of me thinks like maybe she already made her decision before the reunion because we obviously filmed it as if we were together, and then like everything seemed alright, and then as soon as we got back, she went quiet for that week, and then she split up on Saturday.”

Farmer Jason explained that Poppy called him with the intention of breaking up with him, and explained that she wasn’t feeling their connection.

“She just said she wasn’t feeling it. She just said, ‘It’s basically just a quick phone call, just letting you know you didn’t do anything wrong, you’re a good person. I’m just not feeling it,'” he explained.

“She seemed like she wanted to quickly have the phone call and get it over and done with, and then she said what she said, and I was in a little bit of shock at how she sort of came across, and then I didn’t really ask why. I just thought, oh well, I don’t want to force someone to like me, so I’ll just leave it at that. It was like a one minute phone call,” he said.

Farmer Jason said their sudden split left him devastated.

“I was in love with her. I had some strong feelings for her and everything, and it was a bit of a shock to me,” he said.

“Everything seemed alright; we were talking and texting every day, and then until it all sort of stopped after we filmed the reunion. I was a bit embarrassed after all, I guess. Obviously, I just went and filmed this whole thing and it’s over, just like straight after filming.”

So, what does Farmer Jason think of Poppy’s decision to dump him not long after the reunion was filmed?

“I’m assuming she’s there for the right intentions, and then, well, she said on the show that she’s never dated anyone with kids, so maybe that was her first experience, and maybe she didn’t like that. I don’t really know why she left. She just said she wasn’t feeling it. That’s all she said.”

Poppy claims that she and Farmer Jason were still together for ‘months’ after they filmed the FWAW Reunion

Poppy remembers things a little differently. Speaking exclusively to Chattr, she claimed she and Farmer Jason spent “months” trying to salvage their relationship after the FWAW reunion aired.

“[The split] wasn’t a week after the reunion. It wasn’t a week after the reunion at all. I don’t know the exact date and time that we broke up, but it certainly wasn’t a week after,” she said.

Poppy explained that she and Farmer Jason spent time together in the four weeks between the last episode and the reunion, and remained together for ‘months’ before she ended things.

“Unfortunately, we aren’t together now, although we did see each other for a good three months or so following [the final episode]. We wanted to try things after filming ended. It’s just a different environment,” she said.

“It was a good chance to get to know each other’s day-to-day lives, and whether we could work. Unfortunately, we didn’t, but it wasn’t for lack of trying.”

Poppy explained that after spending time with Farmer Jason in the real world, she realised her feelings weren’t progressing to the next romantic level.

“You can’t force feelings, and I didn’t have strong feelings towards him, and it certainly wasn’t for lack of trying. Like I definitely wanted to see if there was something there genuinely, and I just had to resign to the fact that I can’t force them, and I need to be upfront with how I’m feeling, and I need to be honest with him, which I was.”

Poppy added there was no ambiguity after the breakup, claiming that once she ended things with Farmer Jason, the relationship was over for good.

“From my side, it was clear-cut, done. I spent a lot of time thinking about it and making sure it was the right decision that I was feeling, and it was, and I stand by that. We spoke platonically afterwards; we spoke not even that long ago, when the final episode aired. So there’s no bad blood at all. There’s no animosity. We get on well. I could text him today or call him today, and we could chat.”