Steven McBee Jr. is not ready to dip his toe back into the dating pool just yet after his messy split from Allie Eklund earlier this year.
“I am not dating right now. I’m solely focused on my family, myself and, obviously, the businesses,” Steven, 33, exclusively told Us on Thursday, July 16, referring to his family’s McBee Farm & Cattle Co. company and their other ventures, including selling meat and tallow skincare.
The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys star noted that the rush to date after his breakup with Allie, 29, in April goes “back to that pressure that I feel with my family all settling down and starting their lives.”
While two of Steven’s younger brothers have found The One already, he told Us he’s trying not to compare himself to them. (Cole McBee is engaged to Kacie Adkison, with whom he shares daughter Blair. Jesse McBee is married to Alli McBee, and the couple share daughter Summer. The youngest brother, Brayden McBee, is single.)
“I don’t want that to persuade my timeline or affect my timeline. I think that’s a bad way to do a relationship,” Steven confessed. “Obviously, I think it contributed to the downfall of my last one.”
The McBee Farm & Cattle Co. CEO added, “I want to make sure I’m in a relationship on the right timeline and for the right reasons. And so for that, I’m just focused on myself, family and the businesses right now.”
Steven began dating Allie in fall 2025, which fans saw play out on season 3 of the Bravo series, airing now.
Just weeks into their relationship, Steven told his family that he wanted to propose to Allie, calling her The One.
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During the Monday, July 20, episode of the show, which was filmed in November 2025, Steven told his mom, Kristi McBee, that he was trying to figure out how soon was too soon to ask Allie’s dad for her hand in marriage.
“I went into it with really high expectations. I was like, ‘I’m gonna go down there, and her family’s gonna love me. I’m gonna woo her family, and by the end of the week, I’ll be asking for her dad’s blessing to marry her,’” Steven told Us of meeting Allie’s family over Thanksgiving 2025. “I was head over heels, love drunk there.”
During the episode, Steven admitted that Allie’s family wasn’t as all-in on their relationship as he was, which took him aback.
“I went in with way too high of expectations,” he recalled to Us. “Her family ended up loving me. It just took a little bit longer than I expected, but I had some really, really high expectations.”
Steven shared on the episode that he had a list detailing the exact type of engagement ring Allie wanted in his phone. He confessed to Us that he got a little ahead of himself.
“No, I did not buy the ring,” he added. “There was a financial component to it. I was gonna have to save up for a little bit for that.”
Steven never had a chance to pop the question, as he and Allie broke up in April. Their split came after Steven publicly accused Allie of cheating on him at Stagecoach Music Festival, which she denied. (Steven later issued a public apology for his “cruel and degrading” messages about Allie and vowed to be “better.”)
While Steven is not currently focused on finding a new girlfriend, he told Us that he still has a “list” of what his dream girl looks like — both physically and mentally.
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“The list [has] definitely changed a little bit since last November,” he revealed. “And I will say that list was not, like, a hard set of rules that without a doubt, this is exactly what has to happen. It was more of a manifestation. Like, if I had my dream ideal situation, this is what it would be.”
Steven noted that he is no longer set on a blonde, saying, “The physical looks have changed. I’m open to any hair color.”
“As far as what I want to do with my wife and build a life together, not only on the personal side, but professionally, I want to work day in and day out with my wife,” he shared. “I think that is such a cool experience to say that hey, we built something from the ground up together. I still really want to do that.”
Allie, meanwhile, exclusively told Us earlier this month that cowboys aren’t off the table when it comes to who she wants to date next — despite her messy split from Steven.
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“Whenever I was dating Steven, you know, I didn’t think that I was going to have first dates again. So, I’ve been wrapping my head around that,” she confessed.
Allie explained, “I really would prefer to date someone that’s been in my life before, is what I am thinking. [Someone] that I know has a proven track record of supporting me.”
The influencer, who is from Texas, added that having a man who resides in her home state would be “amazing,” because she sees herself being there “long-term.”
“I would love to find someone in Texas, and a lot of Texas boys are cowboys. So they are not off the table for me. We’ll see,” Allie teased.
The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys airs on Bravo Mondays at 9 p.m. ET.
