Lizzi Evans and Gable Tostee. Photo / Daily Mail Australia
Lizzi Evans and Gable Tostee. Photo / Daily Mail Australia
Tinder identity Gable Tostee has rejected his ex-girlfriend's claims she dumped him - saying he was the one who ended their relationship.
"I love her and couldn't be what she ultimately wanted. I was extremely upset and reluctant to end it," Tostee told the Daily Mail.
New Zealand woman LizziEvans this week criticised the Gold Coast 30-year-old as "obsessed" with his past life of drinking, girls and partying.
Evans claimed Tostee is 'obsessed' with his old life of partying and drinking. Photo / Daily Mail Australia
Since the break-up Evans, 28, has returned to her native New Zealand - telling the Daily Mail her former partner left her "emotionally starved" and "hurt me in ways he said he wouldn't".
In a separate interview with Woman's Day, Evans said she was concerned over how the pair would track each others' whereabouts with a Google app and claimed he wanted her to get breast implants.
And Tostee has now told his side of the story, saying he was the one who made the painful decision to shut the doors on their year-long relationship.
"I will say I was the one who decided to end our relationship, she didn't 'dump me'," he said.
"I love her and couldn't be what she ultimately wanted so I decided it would be better in the long run for both of us to end it now.
"I was extremely upset and reluctant to end it and so was she but I feel it's the right thing to do for the long run."
His remarks come after Evans told Woman's Day how she and Tostee would use a Google tracking app to pinpoint each others' locations at all times.
She told the publication she thought it was a "sweet" gesture at first.
Tostee has told his side of the story, saying he was the one who made the decision to shut the door on the year-long relationship with Evans. Photo / Daily Mail Australia
"I wonder now it if was just an obsession [of knowing where I was all the time]," she was quoted as saying.
In response, Tostee said: "We were both able to see each others' locations on Google Plus, it was a completely mutual idea."
Evans told the magazine Tostee wanted her to get breast implants.
Tostee in an interview with 60 Minutes. Photo / Supplied
"He told me to get a boob job, and that this girl we knew with big boobs should be my idol," she claimed.
Tostee replied by claiming "Liz told me first she wanted implants and I never objected".
When asked if he wanted a different lifestyle to Evans, Tostee agreed.
On Sunday, Evans told the Daily Mail Australia she broke off their relationship after telling him "we had no future" and becoming frustrated by his behaviour.
"We had hoped to begin a new chapter of life but he became resistant," she said.
"I just had no more to give in the end but he seems [unfazed] as to be expected I suppose."
She said she told him "we had no future" - and described his parents as "incredible" people.
Tostee's Tinder date Kiwi Warriena Wright plunged from Tostee's 14th-floor Surfers Paradise apartment to her death on August 8, 2014.
Tostee's subsequent murder trial received international attention - news anchors broadcast live from the grounds outside the Brisbane courtroom - because of the involvement of the popular dating app.
Evans declined to go into the specific circumstances of their break-up - except to say it was not related to the trial but rather his personal behaviour.
