“Grief expressed out loud for someone we have lost, or a country or home we have lost, is in itself the greatest praise we could ever give them.”
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For context, Shailene and Aaron met and got engaged back in 2020. Fast forward to February, and reports claimed that Aaron and Shailene called off their engagement and split up. Aaron then publicly apologized to Shailene for the backlash she encountered after he spread false and misleading claims about the COVID-19 vaccine.
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“While Shailene is supportive of Aaron’s career, he put football first and they were barely spending any time together,” one source told In Touch.
However, shortly after the break up, the two were spotted numerous times together — with accounts of some PDA even making headlines. Then, earlier this week, People and E! reported that the couple had split again — this time, for good.
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“Shailene tried to give it another shot and was spending time with Aaron,” a source told E!. “But she quickly saw that everything was on his terms and nothing was going to change. There was no reason to continue and she’s done with it again.”
While neither Aaron nor Shailene has commented publicly on the reported split so far, Shailene took to her Instagram story to share a quote: “Grief expressed out loud for someone we have lost, or a country or home we have lost, is in itself the greatest praise we could ever give them.”
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The quote is attributed to Martín Prechtel.
“Grief is praise, because it is the natural way love honors what it misses.”
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We’ll keep you posted if Shailene or Aaron comment more formally on the reported split.
