Jeff Perla and Alex Van Gurp made their reality TV debut on Amazon Prime Video’s dating series The One That Got Away. Hence the title, the premise of the show was to reunite couples who had a lot of potential in their respective relationships but ended up going their separate ways.
The One That Got Away was a queer-inclusive dating series hosted by Betty Who and it was definitely exciting to watch a gay couple trying to make amends and work things out. Overall, Van Gurp and Perla both put in the work and stayed together after filming the show. Alas, Out can now officially confirm that they have broken up.
Perla and Van Gurp shared an exclusive joint statement with Out that reads:
“I think adding so much pressure to a new relationship added challenges that we didn’t expect. With...