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McBee Dynasty star Steven McBee Jr. opened up about his breakup from Allie Eklund in a new interview.
Additionally, he spoke about his father, Steven McBee Sr.’s, experience in prison.
In an interview with Us Weekly, Steven admitted he has had no contact with Allie since their public split last month.
“I sent all of her stuff back, but no communication,” he shared.
And in a separate conversation with People, Steven noted therapy and self-reflection have aided him in understanding how he reacts to situations that are emotionally charged.
“There’s a moment where you find out information, and then there’s your reaction,” he said. “In that moment, if you can pause and take a breather and just give yourself – for me, it’s literally 20 minutes.”
“If I have 20 minutes of an emotional roller coaster and I come back to the situation 20 minutes later, I’m levelheaded, I’m logical, I’m rational again,” he continued. “I’m over that spike of emotion.”
While Steven had discussed marrying Allie and living with her on the show, he revealed he is now focused on ways to slow down when he feels overwhelmed.
“I definitely put my phone down,” he shared. “I do not have my phone in hand, and I give myself that 20 minutes to come back to the situation whenever I have a clearer head, I’m calm, I’m rational, and I can think through a situation and handle it the way that I should handle it.”
While season three of his show is beginning to air, he noted it will be “bittersweet” to watch the episodes back.
“I had a great relationship that’s going to play out in this season,” he noted. “I thought the world of the girl I was dating and thought that things were going to go certainly a different direction than they have over the last few months.”
Steven also shared there’s “a lot of self-reflection and learning lessons that can be taken from this season.”
“That’s what I plan on doing: looking back, being grateful for the time that I had in that relationship and trying to take the learning lessons from that relationship into my future, my next relationship, whatever it may be,” he added.
Steven also addressed if their family is seeking a presidential pardon for their father.
“We’re just focused on our businesses and what we have in front of us, as far as what’s actually happening,” he explained. “I don’t want to bet on blue sky. I don’t want to bet on things that could or couldn’t happen.”