Former Bachelor star Keira Maguire admits she thought Richie Strahan was her ‘soul mate’

Keira Maguire rose to fame on Richie Strahan’s season of The Bachelor in 2016.

And the 35-year-old has admitted she thought Richie was her ‘soulmate’ during her time on the dating show.

Speaking on The Real House Husbands Podcast hosted by Tim & Rod Sattler-Jones, Keira said: ‘At that point in my life, I actually believed that I was meant to be there and Richie was my soulmate.’

‘I felt like if I was going to do something like this, it was meant to be,’ she added.

Keira went on to say: ‘I’ve also had this mentality that if I do something, I’ve always got to let it ride out until my time has come.’

‘But I didn’t know how I felt, I was really overwhelmed by the whole experience,’ she admitted.

Keira rose to fame in 2016 after failing to find love with Richie on the fourth season of The Bachelor. He dumped her on the show and ended up picking Alex Nation as his winner. 

She then appeared on Bachelor In Paradise in 2017 where she found love with Jarrod Woodgate.

In 2019, Keira confirmed she’d split from Jarrod just months after they had rekindled their relationship following a split the year prior.

Meanwhile, Richie was last seen on TV screens in 2018, on Channel 10’s Bachelor in Paradise.

He had a tough ride on the show, which began with a tense confrontation with his ex-girlfriend Alex Nation over their 2017 break-up.

Alex and Richie had fallen in love on The Bachelor in 2016, but split the following year. Alex later came out as bisexual and started dating a woman.

Before starring on The Bachelor, he had been one of the contestants on Sam Frost’s season of The Bachelorette in 2015.