Whitney Means Thore is getting candid about her break up. In an interview with ET’s Deidre Behar, the star of My Massive Fats Fabulous Life admitted that she’s nonetheless in love together with her ex-boyfriend, who viewers solely know because the Frenchman.”I am nonetheless in love with him. We truly broke up in April a yr in the past,” she stated of the thriller man. “… He is one of the best. He is one of the best man I’ve ever recognized.”As for why they could not make it work, Thore defined, “Sadly, that is one among this stuff that comes with actuality TV, which is, I would say, one of many negatives. He doesn’t desire a public life in any respect.””That is the largest [reason we split] for certain… He isn’t [in reality TV],” she stated. “What occurred after the hypothesis and the this and the that [is] he noticed how loopy folks on the web have been [and] that was it. He was achieved.”Now, Thore is placing herself again into the courting world, although she’s not precisely leaping in with each ft.”I have never been out and about a lot… I have never been approached by a single man in any approach. The courting websites are fairly abysmal in Greensboro… There’s simply not rather a lot to to choose by,” she stated of her North Carolina hometown. “Particularly when you might have this different individual, this different relationship that you just love a lot, it is actually laborious to get enthusiastic about courting. However I don’t need to be alone ceaselessly, [so I’m] attempting to place within the work to satisfy a person.”On the finish of the day, Thore stated she’s “attempting to maneuver on” from the Frenchman.”If any individual superb confirmed up on my doorstep I might be all for it, however you know the way it’s once you love any individual. It units a excessive commonplace,” she stated. “I joke about being determined, however the reality is I want I have been. If I have been really determined, I may have any individual. However I am not. I do know what I would like. I do know what I deserve. I do not even assume that my requirements are too excessive or something. I feel they’re simply sort of the naked minimal. I am nonetheless coping with that, however I am additionally actually open to courting.”Whitney Means Thore speaks at a 2017 occasion. – Bryan Bedder/Getty Pictures for Curvy Occasions, LLCThore’s relationship standing is one cause she feels that she’s “within the throes of a midlife disaster” since her fortieth birthday in April.”I turned 40 and I cared rather a lot. It hit me like a ton of bricks, truly,” she stated. “… A part of it’s not even essentially how I really feel about being 40. I feel that, no matter how I really feel about it, society has sure expectations of a 40-year-old girl and what her life is like. I really feel prefer it’s not that completely different than being fats. I may be assured in myself all day lengthy, however folks will nonetheless understand me with their very own judgments.”One other explanation for her discontent is that she’s “inspecting my fertility.””[I’m asking myself if I] am gonna get to have children and mourning the truth that that basically could not occur,” she stated. “… That is an actual factor that I’ve to sort of come to phrases with. I have been struggling for certain. I am not able to get one other cat at this level.”Whereas many ladies have determined to pursue motherhood on their very own, Thore advised ET that she would not really feel it is an possibility for her.”If I haven’t got a accomplice, then I do not desire a baby. Individuals say you’ll be able to undertake, you are able to do it your self. Completely you’ll be able to. I feel that is fantastic for girls who need to take that on. It is not one thing that I would like,” she stated. “I do know, irrespective of how a lot you propose, you might all the time find yourself being a single mother… however I am [not] gonna do it deliberately. It is not one thing that I really feel assured sufficient in.””I’ve thought rather a lot about it and I may think about my life with out youngsters if I had a accomplice, however I can’t think about the remainder of my life with out a accomplice,” Thore added. “I am nonetheless coping with that… It is simply not one thing that I am used to the considered it. It is simply one thing I’ve all the time assumed would occur, and so coming to phrases with it not taking place looks like a loss… It looks like one thing that I am grieving, truthfully.”Looking forward to the subsequent few years, Thore stated her priorities are threefold: a relationship, her household and a zest for all times.”I desire a accomplice. That’s true. I am not ashamed, embarrassed, to say it in any respect. I feel I may come to phrases with not having youngsters. It might be very tough for me to return to phrases with one other 5 or 10 years with out a accomplice,” she stated. “That doesn’t sound enjoyable to me. It is tough now with courting, since you discover numerous males are usually not in search of a 40-year-old girl.”As for her household, Thore, whose mother, Barbara “Babs” Thore, died in December 2022, stated, “My dad’s nearly 80 years previous, my brother is in a relationship… I’ve all the time been extraordinarily shut with my dad and mom. As soon as you have misplaced a mum or dad, all of it simply turns into slightly bit extra actual about [potentially] dropping one other one. I wanna be sure that I am residing one of the best life I can with my dad, having experiences with him, simply not taking something without any consideration, and having fun with the remainder of my household.”Relating to the third level, Thore famous, “I began this season actually simply attempting to get again in contact with issues that give me pleasure like taking dance courses.””I do know we’re 4 years out from the pandemic, however I nonetheless really feel like I am in that shelter in place, isolation mode. I by no means got here out of it, actually, and it is not been nice,” she stated. “I simply need to proceed to get again to my roots, get again out into the world, and simply attempt to discover pleasure and the little moments in life.”My Massive Fats Fabulous Life returns July 9 on TLC. 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