Josh Reynolds’ ex Arabella Del Busso reveals she’s ‘very single’

Arabella Del Russo has revealed she’s not looking for love following her tumultuous split from NRL star Josh Reynolds. 

Speaking exclusively to Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday, the 30-year-old (whose real name is Donna Preusker) revealed that dating is definitely off the cards for the time being.  

‘I’m very single. To be honest with you, I’m just focussing on myself,’ the former WAG explained. 

‘That’s the best thing that I can do because I don’t know anyone who can go through this and be as strong as what I have been. It has been very difficult mentally and physically,’ she added. 

While she may not be looking for a new squeeze, the brunette is no stranger to men ‘sliding into her Instagram DMs’.  

Arabella also said she’s so determined to prevent the spread of tabloid gossip about her love life that she avoids going out with male friends.  

‘I’m even too scared to go out in public with my guy friends because [paparazzi are] going to picture me with someone and then all of a sudden we’re dating,’ she said.  

Arabella sparked headlines after her emotional interview with 60 Minutes went to air late last month.  

During the interview, for which she reportedly earned a five figure sum, Arabella tearfully denied faking pregnancies and miscarriages during her tumultuous relationship with Josh. 

She also admitted to passing off another woman’s ultrasound scan as her own in order to ‘spite’ her then-boyfriend. 

When asked by reporter Tom Steinfort if she had lied about getting pregnant, she sheepishly responded: ‘I’m denying those claims.’ 

‘Is that a no?’ Tom asked, to which she replied: ‘I didn’t say that.’

‘I’m here to tell you what’s actually happened. Especially with headlines, you know people think I’m a psycho, they all think I’m crazy,’ she added.

Arabella and Josh had met on Instagram in 2018 and had a one-night stand, after which she claimed she fell pregnant with twins. 

Despite initial concerns about having children with a woman he had just met and wasn’t in a relationship with, Josh embraced the idea of becoming a father.

‘When I got over the first period of shock, natural instincts kicked in,’ the Wests Tigers five-eighth said.

Josh announced he was expecting twins by sharing footage of his gender reveal on social media in December 2018, and said the parents-to-be had set up a nursery.

But Josh’s excitement soon turned to suspicion when Arabella failed to ever show him any ultrasound sonograms.

‘Every time there was a scan, there was always an excuse,’ he said. ‘I was going, ‘You can’t find a baby scan, the photos? This is a bit fishy.”

But then at 19 weeks’ pregnant, Arabella claimed she had miscarried.

‘At that stage I was so into this whole relationship/baby thing. I was hurting so much. It broke me,’ an emotional Josh said on 60 Minutes.

‘It was the most exciting time of my life and I had feelings for this girl.’

Then in March 2019, Arabella claimed she had fallen pregnant a second time, but only weeks later miscarried again.

The couple’s heartache was short-lived, and in June she was pregnant for a third time.

But Josh’s suspicions were once again raised in August that year after Arabella sent him her 12-week ultrasound scans. 

‘The scan she sent me was off. I went to my mates and showed them and they were like, “Mate, that is not a proper scan”,” Josh said.

Arabella claimed she couldn’t remember where she’d had the ultrasound done.

When asked on 60 Minutes if the scan actually belonged to her, Arabella clarified: ‘No… [I did it] because I was being spiteful.’