Ben Higgins has finally addressed his breakup from Lauren Bushnell.

The former Bachelor opened up about his split in his upcoming podcast and he said, just to be as politically correct as possible and to also be as truthful as possible, Lauren will always be one of his best friends. He said he learned a lot about himself in the relationship and she obviously knows him better than anybody else in the world.

He added that the joy they felt toward each other in the beginning of their relationship was for some reason slipping away. And they were both working very hard to bring that joy back and it just never seemed to get there.

Ben went on and said that it was hard to say goodbye to somebody that you spent so much time with and it’s hard to say goodbye to somebody that you really did believe was the one for you.

Ben and Lauren got engaged on the season 20 finale of The Bachelor last year.

The pair moved to Denver Colorado together after the show wrapped and they confirmed their split just a few days ago.