Bachelor in Paradise's Kristina Schulman Explains Why She Rejected Blake Horstmann

Kristina Schulman came to Paradise to find love, but she wasn’t willing to settle.
The 26-year-old dental hygienist shocked viewers when she rejected ex Blake Horstmann on ABC’s Bachelor in Paradise after he told her he wanted a relationship.
“At that point, I had heard a lot,” Schulman, who dated Horstmann on and off before coming to Paradise, tells PEOPLE. “I tried. But mentally, I wasn’t there anymore.”
Horstmann’s pursuit of Schulman came after