Michele Fitzgerald and Jay Starrett: Relationship Timeline

What happened between Justin Starrett and Michele Fitzgerald?

Former couple; later friends and teammates. They competed on different Survivor seasons, met through the franchise, and dated years before partnering on The Challenge: Ride or Dies.

Michele Fitzgerald and Justin “Jay” Starrett were Survivor alumni from different seasons who dated away from the show. Entertainment coverage traces their public connection to 2016, although neither published a detailed relationship timeline. By 2022, the romance was firmly in the past: they entered The Challenge: Ride or Dies as a close pair and appeared together on MTV’s official podcast to discuss their game. Michele later said that competing together helped repair their post-relationship friendship. Asked in January 2024 whether she would date Jay again, she answered with an emphatic no while describing their improved communication and personal growth. The supported status is therefore split, not a rekindled romance. Exact dating and breakup dates remain private, and their later affection as friends should not be repackaged as evidence that they resumed dating.