Former Bachelor education star Demi Burnett becomes ‘vulnerable’ about her sex life – or lack thereof.
“I have been celibate for two years. I don’t have sex,” Burnett, 29, said Ben Higgins And Ashley Iaconetti during the Wednesday, March 6 episode of the Podcast ‘Almost famous’. “Since I stopped drinking, I really went back to my old way of being prudish in high school.”
Burnett went on to say that she is “disgusted” by the general idea of sex.
“It’s disgusting, our bodily fluids are touching. Have they washed their hands? Should I ask them to brush your teeth? All these things that I think about like this are not worth it to me,” she continued. “Whereas when I was younger, I didn’t really care about all that stuff. Now that it doesn’t, I’m really weird about it, and can be so easily turned off because of the smell.
Burnett made her reality TV debut during Colton Underwood‘s season of The Bachelor in 2019 and quickly became a polarizing figure in the franchise. She was ultimately eliminated in week 6.
After her period The BachelorBurnett appeared on Bachelor in paradise season 6. She brought her off-screen relationship with her Kristian Haggerty to the beach in Mexico, and they got engaged before calling it quits in October 2019.
Burnett had a brief relationship with a musician Slater Davis for five months in 2020, with a split in June of that year. Then she returned to Bachelor in paradise for season 7, but was eliminated in week 3.
When discussing her relationship status with We weekly in 2022, Burnett exclusively revealed that she was “so single” and had put dating on the back burner.
“I haven’t focused on dating because I had to figure out everything about myself, understand myself, work on that, heal from trauma, work on where I want to be and, you know, just everything about Demi,” she said. . “And I feel like I have to do that before I’m ready to start dating, so I’m not there yet.”
Burnett appeared to be referring to the announcement she made in February 2022, which revealed she had been diagnosed as autistic following a psychological test.
Burnett also told us at the time that she keeps in touch with the women she’s met The Bachelorsome of whom were also single.
“I still talk to the women and I think we have such incredibly strong women and a lot of us are still single,” Burnett said. “I continue to be inspired by them because they showed me my heart, and whenever I needed them, they showed up for me.”