Failing Fabulously: Why Rosie Waterland's breakup made news in the US

Being dumped via a text message could possibly be worst way to end a relationship.

But when it happened to Rosie Waterland, she somehow managed to turn the horrible event into something positive.

The best-selling author, 9Honey columnist actor and comedian talks about her "millennial dumping" in this week's Failing Fabulously podcast, hosted by Shelly Horton.

"We'd been dating for six or seven months and things hadn't been going well," Rosie says.

"And I just got this message from him one day. I went to call him and he'd blocked my number already, Twitter – blocked, Instagram – blocked, Facebook – blocked.

"He'd just done this blanket sweep. And then I was like, 'Oh my God, he ghosted me.'"

Find out what happened when Rosie shared her story with her followers on social media – and how the story ended up making news in the United States.

Listen below.