'Bachelorette' star Clare Crawley apparently blocked Dale Moss' number amid split

Clare Crawley was the lead of The Bachelorette's 16th season for just four episodes last October before she decided to leave engaged to Dale Moss, and Tayshia Adams replaced her for the remaining eight episodes.

Four episodes was enough to generate public interest in Crawley, 40, and Moss, 33, who have recently gone through another messy split.

Moss released a statement through his representative to People on Monday (Oct. 4) to address it:

"Dale and Clare broke up in mid September when Clare was in New York City spending time with him. Clare then chose to fly home to Sacramento and asked Dale to send her things. A couple of weeks later, Clare's mother's condition worsened, and Dale chose to immediately fly out to Sacramento to be with her. 

"Dale flew to Sacramento last Tuesday morning to be with Clare, her mother and their family. On Wednesday, Dale flew to Los Angeles for a work obligation and had every intention to travel back to Sacramento to be with her but his number was blocked, which made it impossible to communicate with Clare. It is unfortunate that the next time Dale heard anything from Clare it was on social media."

People reported last Tuesday (Sept. 28) that the now-exes broke up two weeks prior, and "it was mutual." Crawley then vaguely addressed the news on Instagram two days later with a photo of her holding her mom's hand. She had spoken about her mother's battle with Alzheimer's and dementia on the season premiere of The Bachelorette.

Crawley and Moss first broke up in January, which included Crawley claiming Moss posted a mutual statement without telling her, before reconciling in April.

In the latest statement from Moss, he opted "not to speak publicly" about this rumor that he was involved with Abigail Heringer "because he wants to give Clare and her family the respect they need during this difficult time."