Love on the Spectrum star Abbey Romeo’s mom, Christine, broke her silence on her daughter’s recent split from David Isaacman.
“Abbey and David had a long relationship of four-and-a-half years … Abbey has grown a ton since she started both social media and Love on the Spectrum,” Christine explained in a YouTube vlog on Sunday, April 19. “She started to understand her own story [and] see herself as a person with autism in the world, learn how to accept her autism and still try to have a relationship and fit in. None of the growth would have happened without David.”
Christine pointed out that Abbey, 27, learned “so much” through her relationship with David, 31, before realizing that “David was happy in his way of doing life” while “Abbey’s was different.”
“I’m personally grateful to David for being a mirror for her to see and figure out what she wants, who she is, what’s [her] love language,” Christine added. “The other part of that is please don’t judge autistic relationships as if they were typical. So many people on the spectrum are not going to do what typical people do.”
She went on, [People on the spectrum are not always] in it to get married, get a house, get a new car, have children. … What they had was a great, great thing, that’s thanks to the show.”
Christine argued that people upset by the breakup may be “missing the point on Abbey and David.”
“I think they will have a forever-bond. There was no fight,” she insisted. “By the way, all the headlines — bulls***. Just so we can be clear over that. There was no fight over engagements and rings being thrown around.”
Later in the video, Christine clarified that Abbey and David had not fully discussed getting engaged before separating.
On April 10, Abbey, David and their families released a joint statement to People confirming that the Love on the Spectrum couple recently broke up.
“Abbey and David spent four and a half years together and truly value the time they shared and each other,” they announced. “At this point, they want different things and have decided to go their separate ways, but they remain friends wishing each other the best.”
When Us Weekly spoke to Abbey and David in October 2024, they both expressed a desire to get engaged in the future.
“We [are] gonna get engaged someday,” David told Us at the time. “[Abbey] likes all the things I like and she tries new things too. She is loving and kind … and she is beautiful and makes me feel like a prince.”
Abbey added, “[We’ll] get engaged someday … [right now] we’re having a blast.”
A year later, Abbey clarified to Us that she and David were enjoying their time together without any pressure or expectations for the relationship.
“We have fun together and do things we both love like going to the Los Angeles Zoo and Griffith Observatory,” she said in October 2025. “We want to take our time getting married because I don’t want to be a divorced lady like my mom.”
Abbey and David originally met during filming of Love on the Spectrum season 1 and had their first date at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in July 2021.
