Bachelor Nation doesn't have a great track record when it comes to long-lasting love,
but they sure do create some memorable moments.
Here's a look at what our fave Bachelor couples are up to, whether they're planning their
wedding, welcoming a new baby, or licking their break-up wounds.
Once Ben Higgins' Bachelor season came to an end in March 2016, he and fiancée Lauren
Bushnell found it difficult to keep writing the fairy tale they seemed to have found on
TV.
After The Bachelor, the couple went on to star in Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After?
a Freeform reality show that documented the couple as they tried to navigate their new
normal and plan a wedding.
However, they eventually called the whole thing off when Higgins revealed he wasn't
yet, quote, "comfortable getting married."
In May 2017, the pair announced they'd split for good.
As of the making of this video, Bushnell is engaged to country singer Chris Lane, who
proposed in June 2019.
After learning of Bushnell's engagement, Higgins, who announced his relationship with Jessica
Clarke in February 2019, expressed well wishes for his former flame on his podcast, Almost
Famous, saying,
"Lauren, congratulations.
We're thrilled for you.
You found a man that you love without any pressure, and I could not be more excited
for you."
It's safe to say that no one expected that Bachelor in Paradise Season 5 would end with
Chris Randone and Krystal Nielson leaving the beach an engaged couple.
For starters, Nielson received the "villain edit" while on The Bachelor, making the fitness
coach a bit of a polarizing figure within Bachelor Nation.
Randone also had a history of stirring up drama something that led to his early elimination
on The Bachelorette.
Fortunately, this Bachelor couple found their way to each other in paradise, leaving behind
their former questionable reputations and saying hello to forever when Nielson accepted
Randone's proposal, which fans witnessed during the September 2018 season finale.
The lovebirds went on to wed in June 2019 with Bachelor host Chris Harrison as their
officiant, and their dreamy ceremony was aired during Bachelor in Paradise Season 6.
In August 2019, Nielson revealed to Entertainment Tonight that she and Randone were already
planning to start a family, saying,
"I've gotten off of birth control.
We're talking about the beginning of the year, starting to try for a family."
Carly Waddell and Evan Bass made a connection in 2016 as cast members on Bachelor in Paradise
Season 3 however, their initial connection was pretty faulty.
Bass was steady in his feelings, but Waddell just didn't quite seem as smitten.
Though she eventually agreed to accompany him on a date, the reality star said in a
one-on-one interview that kissing Bass was vomit-inducing.
Ouch.
As much as she tried to resist a relationship, Waddell eventually fell for Bass' "weird"
charm, and the two left Paradise engaged and very much in love.
The happy couple tied the knot in a June 2017 beachside wedding, and welcomed their first
child, Isabella, together in February 2018.
In May 2019, the Bachelor couple announced they were expecting their second child together,
with Waddell posting on Instagram,
"[We're] so SO EXCITED to FINALLY announce Bella's little brother or sister will be here
in November!!!"
Baby brother Charles was born on November 12th, 2019.
Bachelor in Paradise Season 6 was "the most dramatic season ever" before the season even
premiered largely due to the rumors swirling around contestant Blake Horstmann's reported
hookups/relationships with multiple Bachelor Nation women.
Hannah Godwin was at the center of those rumors, and, as fans saw during the early episodes
of Season 6, she felt a connection with Horstmann that she wanted to explore.
Of course, this was much to the chagrin of Dylan Barbour, who only had eyes for Godwin
from the moment he met her.
Luckily for him, Godwin soon realized her feelings for Horstmann paled in comparison
to her connection with Barbour, and the two remained a constant throughout the season,
leaving Paradise an engaged couple.
In a September 2019 interview with Glamour, Godwin revealed that the two were enjoying
their time as a newly engaged Bachelor couple instead of rushing a wedding, saying,
"We are younger, but we both are ready for [marriage].
Whenever we are both able to move in together, that's going to be a good time for us to start
discussing a wedding and everything like that."
Deami Burnett first appeared as a contestant on Colton Underwood's season of The Bachelor,
quickly becoming a Bachelor Nation fan-favorite for her quick wit, sass, and memorable quips.
While she ultimately didn't win Underwood's heart, Burnett did score herself a spot in
the cast of Bachelor in Paradise Season 6 coming out as bisexual in the season's first
episode.
After a short romance with contestant Derek Peth, Burnett was surprised by the arrival
of Kristian Haggerty, the woman she'd been casually seeing before leaving for Bachelor
in Paradise.
Burnett and Haggerty spent the rest of their time on the show further exploring their reignited
relationship and when Burnett proposed in the season finale, the two made history as
the Bachelor franchise's first same-sex proposal and engagement.
However happy they may be, the couple is taking their time in planning a wedding.
Burnett told People in September 2019,
"I don't think we should jump into moving in together.
We already got engaged in such a short amount of time.
We need to have time to date and have a steady-paced relationship."
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