Aurora Culpo doesn’t need anyone’s approval of her new romance—including pregnant sister Olivia Culpo.
The Barely Filtered podcast host teased her new relationship on social media, posting a photo of herself planting a kiss on her mystery man’s cheek on her Instagram Stories March 23 along with the hashtag “#LOML” (a.k.a. “love of my life”)—much to her younger sister’s chagrin.
“Too soon for this hashtag Aurora,” the Miss Universe winner wrote in a direct message shared on Aurora’s Instagram Stories, to which Aurora replied, “Lol no it’s not.”
In a follow-up screenshot, the 32-year-old—who is expecting her first baby with husband Christian McCaffrey—continued to playfully scold Aurora, 35, writing back, “It’s giving: ‘I’m not thinking with my right mind.’”
But the sisters evidently had different points of view as Aurora cheekily dismissed Olivia’s concerns with hashtags including “#snoozefestsister” and “#pregnancybrain.”
Aurora—who shares kids Remi, 6, and Solei, 4, with ex-husband Michael Bortone—previously dated Bethenny Frankel’s former fiancé Paul Bernon, though the pair parted ways in July after a two-month romance.
“I would’ve preferred it to go longer, but unfortunately, he dumped me,” Aurora said on an episode of Barely Filtered at the time. “I was disappointed. It never feels good to be broken up with. It’s a bruise to the ego.”
The Culpo Sisters alum cited Paul’s desire for a more private relationship as part of the reason for the split, noting that the headlines about their courtship didn’t help matters—nor Bethenny’s decision to discuss Paul and Aurora’s breakup on her own podcast.
“It’s not a good look to announce the breakup of your ex-boyfriend with his new girlfriend,” Aurora continued. “It’s not your story to tell, but she did.”
Despite the sting of the split, Aurora was able to draw positive takeaways from the short-lived relationship.
“You learn something new from every person that you date,” she told E! News in October. “And that’s dating. It’s just figuring out what works and what doesn’t work.”
Aurora added, “Hopefully, you take a little bit of what you learned last time and you implement it.”
