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Why Did Roy And Keeley Break Up In 'Ted Lasso'? Fully Explained

Season 3 of Ted Lasso begins six weeks after the events of Season 2. One of the fan-favorite relationships in the show is the gentle giant Roy Kent and the ever-effervescent Keeley Jones. They found their way to one another after Keeley’s relationship with Jamie Tartt (Phil Dunster) fell under, and they stole the hearts of viewers in the process. As a result, the third season premiere episode gives viewers a real shocker with the revelation of Roy and Keeley’s break up. If you are wondering why Roy and Keeley separated? Here is for you.

#1. What Happened Between Roy and Keeley?

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In ‘Ted Lasso’ Keeley Jones (Juno Temple) is the public relations manager of AFC Richmond and a close friend of the owner, Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham). At the show’s start, Keeley is dating Jamie Tartt (Phil Dunster), the team’s star forward and a loan player from Manchester City. Meanwhile, Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) is initially the captain of AFC Richmond. Roy and Jamie often clash, and Keeley slowly becomes tired of the latter’s childishness. After Keeley breaks up with Jamie, she is attracted to Roy, and they grow close to each other.
In the seventh episode, titled ‘Make Rebecca Great Again,’ Roy kisses Keeley after AFC Richmond’s match with Everton. Towards the end of season 1, Roy and Keeley officially start dating. In season 2, Roy and Keeley are in a steady relationship. However, Roy has retired as a player and struggles to find a purpose in life. However, Keeley supports Roy and encourages him to become a pundit. Later, Roy quits his media job to become an assistant coach at AFC Richmond, joining Ted Lasso’s coaching team. At the season’s end, Roy tries to take Keeley on vacation after the team wins promotion to the Premier League. However, Keeley encourages Roy to go alone as she quits her job and starts her own PR firm.
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#2. Why did Roy and Keeley break up in 'Ted Lasso'? Explained

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There are many reasons why we love Roy and Keeley together, but there are also many reasons they might not work. In Ted Lasso’s first two seasons, they brought out the best in each other — Keeley taught Roy how to be vulnerable, and Roy helped Keeley become the powerful girlboss she becomes by the Season 2 finale. However, these better versions of themselves may not actually be as compatible as we want them to be.
At the end of Season 2, Roy surprises Keeley with a six-week vacation to Marbella, but Keeley prioritizes her new job as the head of her own PR firm, aptly titled KJPR. Keeley encourages Roy to take the vacation on his own, and he asks, “Are we breaking up?” She says that they’re not in that moment, but when we come back to Ted Lasso in the Season 3 premiere, they’re no longer together.
That wasn’t the only incident that led to their eventual breakup. The power couple did a photo shoot and profile for Vanity Fair, but Roy was completely left out of the article, leading him to tell the Diamond Dogs that “It. Hurt. My. Feeling.” (Yes, his one feeling.) Roy is worried that Keeley will outgrow him, and to some degree, he’s not wrong. While Roy’s career is winding down, Keeley’s is blowing up. He’s ready to relax and retire, and she’s ready to take over the media industry.

#3. Will Roy and Keeley ever get back together? What did the co-creator say?

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Throughout Season 2, both Roy and Keeley are given new potential love interests for Season 3. Roy shares a flirtation with Phoebe’s teacher, who might have some more time for a relationship. Jamie tells Keeley he still loves her, and after his character development, perhaps he and Keeley are now better matches for one another.
But co-creator Bill Lawrence teased on The Hollywood Reporter’s TV’s Top Five podcast that they may not be endgame. “I think it’s really important for us that even though [that relationship’s] been idealized a little bit, everything, regardless of which way it’s going to go, has bumps and speed bumps,” Bill said.
“The happiest couples in my life are still couples that had amazing splits, issues, and had to overcome something. Other couples that were disastrous just fell apart. I can’t tell you which it’s going to be.”

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“I think Roy and Keeley are a great couple and a fun couple to write,” he continued. “They have things that really work with each other and things that really don’t with each other like any good couple. But the narrative beyond our control that started is they’re a perfect couple and nothing can go wrong with them.”
Unfortunately, that may not be true. Just like we often idealize potential partners, we may have idealized Roy and Keeley’s relationship. Only the next 11 episodes of Ted Lasso, which will be released one by one every Wednesday on Apple TV Plus, can tell us what will happen.
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