Steven McBee Jr. thanked therapy and self-reflection for helping him after a difficult year that included a breakup with Allie Eklund.
Speaking to PEOPLE ahead of the season 3 premiere of The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys, Steven acknowledged how the gift of time has helped him during challenges.
“There’s a moment where you find out information, and then there’s your reaction. In that moment, if you can pause and take a breather and just give yourself. For me, it’s literally 20 minutes.”
“If I have 20 minutes of an emotional roller coaster and I come back to the situation 20 minutes later, I’m levelheaded, I’m logical, I’m rational again. I’m over that spike of emotion.”
“I definitely put my phone down,” he says. “I do not have my phone in hand, and I give myself that 20 minutes to come back to the situation whenever I have a clearer head, I’m calm, I’m rational, and I can think through a situation and handle it the way that I should handle it.”
In April, Steven McBee Jr. took to his Instagram story to share that his girlfriend, Allie Eklund, was unfaithful to him. In a separate social media video, Steven McBee seemingly confirmed that any romantic relationship with Allie is over.
“I still don’t know exactly what happened,” began Steven. “I just know there was hand holding, grinding, dancing, and drunken stupor at an after-party” of the Stage Coach music festival.
Steven continued, “I have no f*cking clue what was going through her mind at the after-party other than there’s a hole there that needs attention all the time.”
“I thought there was some loyalty there.”
