They’ve been one of the crucial stunning success tales to come back out of The Problem, however are Paulie Calafiore and Cara Maria Sorbello nonetheless collectively? After years of ups and downs, it appears like one in every of actuality TV’s most poisonous {couples} might formally be over, and a minimum of one in every of them could possibly be transferring on with one other actuality star.
Are Paulie and Cara nonetheless collectively from The Problem?
Whereas Paulie and Cara haven’t formally revealed their relationship standing (and nonetheless comply with one another on Instagram), Paulie appeared to have confirmed their cut up on Netflix’s actuality courting present, Pop the Balloon. “My title is Paulie. I’m 36 years previous. I’m forwards and backwards between Montana and Florida. I’m initially from Jersey, so I’ve acquired slightly little bit of spice to me. Let’s press that slightly bit,” Paulie mentioned on Pop the Balloon as he launched himself to a number of ladies.
Whereas Paulie didn’t title Cara, Paulie did reference a previous relationship that ended a few 12 months in the past. “My final relationship had plenty of historical past, however I’ve spent the final 12 months engaged on myself in remedy to ensure the following king or queen that comes into my life might help me transfer the empire that I’m constructing as a result of I’m an entrepreneur and a inventive in the actual property area,” he mentioned.
Paulie went on to disclose his pink flags, which can counsel what went fallacious in his relationship with Cara. “One thing by way of jealousy, possessiveness, management, plenty of that stuff. Communication is essential with me. I really feel like there ought to by no means be something fallacious so long as you’ll be able to talk completely, confidently, and you need to be capable to be susceptible and specific your emotions. So long as you’ll be able to susceptible and be like, ‘Hey, I’m feeling this sort of means and I’m simply letting you already know,’ we are able to have a have dialog about it. However don’t masks it with arguments after which it comes out later like, ‘Truly, I used to be feeling this fashion and that’s why I began that argument,’” he mentioned.
Together with starring on Pop the Balloon, Paulie additionally sparked hypothesis that he cut up from Cara after he made a shock look in the course of the Vanderpump Villa Season 2 reunion, the place he kissed forged member Aidan McHugh. Paulie and Aidan met on Vanderpump Villa Season 2 when Paulie and Cara, who had been nonetheless collectively on the time, had been friends at Lisa Vanderpump‘s Castello Rosato. Aidan and Paulie (whom Aidan nicknamed the “Crop High Daddy” had considerably of a bromance on the episode, although nothing romantic occurred between them till the Vanderpump Villa Season 2 reunion when Paulie shocked Aidan on stage and gave him a kiss.
“Good to see you, buddy,” Paulie mentioned as he lifted Aidan up. “The place’s my crop high?” Aidan requested Paulie. The scene continued with Aidan confronting Paulie for not responding to him. “Maintain up. I texted you, canine,” Aidan mentioned, to which Paulie responded, “You DM’d me.” Aidan then replied, “I DM’d you and I texted you.” That’s when Paulie interrupted Aidan and requested him, “Are you going to argue with me or are we going to kiss and make up?” The scene continued with Paulie and Aidan making out on the reunion stage. Earlier than Paulie left the reunion, nevertheless, Aidan made plans to see him once more.
“So are we going to the Eiffel Tower?” Aidan requested Paulie, who responded, “You wanna go to Paris?” Aidan replied, “Let’s catch a flight,” to which Paulie mentioned again, “Simply textual content me.” “Anybody gonna inform Cara Marie 🥺,” a person feedback on Vanderpump Villa‘s TikTok video of the clip. One other person wrote, “cara within the again simply as shook as us!!” On the time of writing, each Paulie and Aidan nonetheless comply with one another on Instagram.
Paulie and Cara met on The Problem: Closing Reckoning in 2018 whereas Paulie was nonetheless in a relationship with Bachelor Nation alum Danielle Maltby. The 2 cut up that very same 12 months when Cara discovered that Paulie had been speaking to each her and Danielle on the identical time.
They reunited months later and went on to star on a number of Problem seasons earlier than their rumored breakup in 2025. As for when Paulie and Cara broke up, if the couple cut up, it probably occurred in late 2024, on condition that they had been nonetheless collectively once they filmed Vanderpump Villa Season 2. The season, in line with star Stassi Schroeder, filmed in the summertime of 2024.
