If you caught season 4 of “The Ultimatum: Marry or Move on” and wondered where Blake Robertson stands with the girlfriend he entered the show with, Hayley Hendrich, and his partner during his trial marriage, Ashley Wilson, you’re not alone. Now that cameras have stopped rolling, and it is months after the engagements, is Blake still with Hayley? Or did he and Ashley pick up where they left off during the show?
During an exclusive interview with The Blast, the reality star shares some details on what happened after the engagement and what’s happened since the reunion was filmed (and you might be a bit surprised).
If you watched the finale of the show, you know that Blake asked Hayley to marry him. They looked ready for some happily ever after vibes, but that didn’t last long after the cameras stopped rolling. If you watched the reunion, you know they are no longer together. But what happened between the finale and the reunion? A lot, apparently.
One thing that recently broke was the fact that Blake was arrested for allegedly assaulting Hayley shortly after their engagement.
“Hayley and I communicated even after the arrest situation. She continued to stay with me and we were together for another week-and-a-half, two weeks. We communicated until ultimately, I told her I don’t want my card on her Apple Pay anymore, and that’s kind of what made her stop communication with me,” he told The Blast exclusively.
“We went to the reunion and after we finished the reunion and she saw her edit, how she kind of came across, and ever since then we’ve been in contact. For some reason she wants to keep me blocked on social media, which I don’t think is fair, but she wants to communicate with me in private and say, ‘Hey Blake, please help me out. I don’t like my edit. I want you to make me look less dramatic or crazy.’”
Let’s Talk About The Arrest…
The arrest news recently made headlines, and Blake gave a little more insight into what happened.
“I just did a longform podcast on that and all the details of it will drop. But just to break it down into the lowest common denominator, this was a class C misdemeanor. They kind of broad term group everything into family violence when in reality, it can be as little as unwelcomed touching,” he said. “So that’s kind of the essence of it, in a sense where Hayley has got a lot of accountability that she needs to take too. I definitely do take full accountability for the things that I am responsible for.”
Blake said there was “physical violence” in his relationship with Hayley, and he was “on the receiving side of it all the time.” He hopes that she will soon “take the accountability that she’s asking everyone else to take” and stop making excuses.
“The constant recording that I lived under where everything was said, hundreds and hundreds of times constantly being recorded by her, that is not the way that anyone should live in a healthy relationship or engagement where someone loves them,” he added. “That to me is something where I look forward to her taking a lot of accountability for as well.”
After the show wrapped, the two managed to stay together for about four to five months.
What About Blake And His Trial Marriage Partner, Ashley?
Blake and Ashley bonded during their trial marriage, but there were also a lot of distractions and chaos with Killian (Ashley’s boyfriend) and Hayley that derailed their experience in many ways.
When asked if Blake is still in contact with Ashley, he said they have spoken.
“I talked to her like three days ago and she said she wanted to be there to help support me throughout everything,” Blake revealed. “So yeah, we’ve been in contact.”
As far as the rest of the cast, Blake said he’s also spoken to Killian, Jebin, Edris, and Jessica Grace. While Blake and David were great friends on the show, he hasn’t really spoken to him since the show.
“David and I were obviously best friends on the show, and due to Hayley and I’s falling out, he and Casey have kind of gone their own separate ways to stay out of the drama of it all, which I respect,” he said. “Then Luke and Monica are just kind of solo out in California.”
The ‘Fearless Foursome’ On ‘The Ultimatum’
Referred to as the “fearless foursome” by host Vanessa Lachey, Blake, Hayley, Killian, and Ashley had many interactions that weren’t seen on camera.
“There is so much behind the scenes that I can’t wait to just open up more about,” he told The Blast. “We really were like this fearless foursome that you know, I really don’t feel like got to be explored in a sense.”
Blake shared that he and Killian got into “so many arguments where we went at it.” And as far as the infamous “group chat,” many have asked Blake why he didn’t stand up for Hayley, and he said there’s a lot that wasn’t shown on camera.
“One of the things that wasn’t shown is I actually went over to Killian’s apartment and him and I had a full on conversation for an hour where we just went back and forth,” Blake shared. “And you know I was just getting in his face and he was getting in mine. So that was left out.”
The Best And Worst Parts Of Filming ‘The Ultimatum’
As with any experience, there’s always something that stands out as the best and the worst part. For Blake, the best parts were some of the things the viewers didn’t get to see.
“They don’t tell us what to say, but they give us good prompts, like they would give us a little sheet that would ask us questions we haven’t thought of before that might be good questions to ask your current partner or trial marriage partner. Just to kind of get deeper. I think that was great,” Blake shared. “And then getting to experience the city of Las Vegas as well in its entirety. Ashley and I on the show had some really cool dates. I think getting to go drive the boat on Lake Las Vegas was a lot of fun.”
He added that living the “single life” again before going back to his relationship was an interesting part of the experience. As far as the worst part, Blake said it’s all about your flaws.
“Your flaws are heightened. You know everything that I did that I am not proud of, such as the conversations with Ashley or the breakup, or you know Hayley and I’s arguments. Those are put on blast,” he said. “And you get to hear a lot of people’s opinions on what they would have done in your shoes, which of course, they don’t understand what you’re going through at the time, nor they’ve never been in it. Just seeing your life on public display and maybe your flaws. That’s something that’s a bit tough.”
He also shared that it was a great experience living at Ariva Serviced Residences in Southwest Las Vegas, noting that he enjoyed the amenities, mountain views, and being so close to so many great things in Sin City.