Beauty queen Olivia Culpo and former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow have split up, possibly because of his decision to stay chaste until marriage, according to media celebrity watchers.
E! News said an insider told it that the Tebow-Culpo split was amicable and they are still friends, while another said that they were never serious as a couple. ET News reported less than two months ago that they were an item.
The
New York Daily News said a source told it that the former Miss Universe struggled with Tebow's decision not to have sex.
"She had to break up with him because she just couldn't handle it," the source told the Daily News. "He still hits her up, but she just can't deal with the sex thing. He's pretty adamant about it, I guess."
The Daily News said that when Tebow, 28, broke up with actress Camilla Belle in 2009, after dating a couple of months, it was possibly because of the chastity issue.
But one of the E! News insiders said chastity had "nothing to do" with the breakup between Tebow and Culpo, 23.
Culpo, who had dated singer Nick Jonas for two years, and Tebow tried to keep their relationship on the down low, said an E! News source last month
"Tim and Olivia are dating but trying to keep out of the public eye as much as they can," said the source. "Olivia had a hard time after the break up with Nick Jonas but took time for herself and focused on work and is in a great place now."
Culpo was crowned Miss USA and Miss Universe in 2012, according to
Hollywood Life.com.
Tebow, a former Heisman Trophy winner, started for the Denver Broncos and played for the New York Jets for one season. The SEC Network and ESPN analyst was cut from the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles this year after preseason tryouts.
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