Are Cara Maria Sorbello and Paulie Calafiore From ‘The Challenge’ Still Together?

Cara Maria Sorbello is back for The Challenge’s 42nd season, marking her 16th appearance since 2010.She had an on-and-off relationship with fellow contestant Paulie Calafiore after they met on the show in 2018.Paulie recently revealed where he currently stands with Cara Maria after seven years together.The Challenge is officially back for its 42nd season, and one of the show’s most polarizing contestants, Cara Maria Sorbello, is also making her big return to the franchise. ICYMI, Cara Maria has competed in The Challenge 16 times (!!!) since her debut in 2010 and has been a key player in the show’s past two seasons.Since she’s spent much of her life in front of the camera, she also experienced a major milestone when she found love after meeting fellow contestant Paulie Calafiore in 2018. He was romantically linked to The Bachelor’s Danielle Maltby at the time, but fans immediately clocked his flirty vibe with Cara Maria when they both competed in The Challenge.They eventually started dating officially once he (um… sort of) split with Danielle, and the rest is history! But their love story didn’t come without its challenges (pun fully intended). Here’s where Cara Maria Sorbello and Paulie Calafiore currently stand, and whether they’re still together.Paulie Calafiore//InstagramAre Cara Maria Sorbello and Paulie Calafiore still together?Long story short: nope! They started dating after they met on The Challenge in 2018, and while Cara Maria was under the impression that Paulie had cut ties with Danielle, he was actually seeing both of them at the same time as he attempted to patch up his relationship with the Bachelor Nation alum in couples therapy.This kick-started the beginning of an on-again, off-again relationship as Cara Maria broke up with Paulie and got back together with him in February 2019. The couple appeared on two more seasons of The Challenge together that same year before their big return in 2024, when they were seemingly still going strong and in an “invite-only” open relationship.However, Paulie revealed that he and Cara Maria officially broke up sometime in 2025 after seven years together during a March 2026 appearance on Zach Nichols’s podcast.Why did Cara Maria Sorbello and Paulie Calafiore break up?Buckle up, because it’s kind of messy…though Paulie claims he and Cara Maria are still on good terms.Add Cosmopolitan as a preferred source in your Google search results.Use your Google account to add this to your settings.During the aforementioned pod appearance, he got candid about their split and admitted that he noticed a shift in their connection after he came out as bisexual in 2023. He also shared they were no longer on the same page about their future together, alleging that Cara Maria was “never really honest” about whether she wanted to have children.“I want marriage and kids. I want a family,” he said on the Zach Nichols podcast in March. “I feel like that was a big friction point, always. I started to feel within the relationship that she was just kind of kicking the can down the road.”He also revealed that Cara Maria had allegedly agreed to have a child with him, but that he would be the primary caretaker. On top of that, he added that she suggested bringing a third person into their open relationship so they could have a kid together instead.In June, Paulie told Us Weekly that there was no bad blood with Cara Maria despite their differences.“This is my best friend. I could not speak any more highly of this person,” he shared. “Now, with every relationship in seven years, there’s going to be ups and downs.”Cara Maria Sorbello//InstagramHe continued, “We’re never not going to be best friends. We’re never not going to be on the same page when it comes to things. As a matter of fact, we’re on the same page at, like, 97 percent of things. It’s just, unfortunately, sometimes that 3 percent are the breaking points…I know everybody wants to see the dumpster fire. I know everybody wants to see the fireworks and all that stuff, but there’s a lot of love there on both ends here.”