What happens on The Bachelor, doesn’t always stay on The Bachelor! While many couples have found — or lost — love on the reality TV dating franchise over the years, others have met their match within Bachelor Nation after their season ended.

Katie Thurston joined the club of offcamera Bachelor Nation couples in November 2021 when Us Weekly confirmed her relationship with John Hersey — who she sent home in week two of The Bachelorette season 17 — after her broken engagement to Blake Moynes. The duo dated for more than six months before their June 2022 split.

While Thurston and Hersey got a second chance after the cameras stopped rolling, some Bachelor Nation members never crossed paths onscreen before finding love later on, such as Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick, who dated from January 2019 to August 2023 before going their separate ways.

Scroll down to see which former reality stars have found love with other past contestants from the hit ABC series.

What happens on The Bachelor, doesn’t always stay on The Bachelor! While many couples have found — or lost — love on the reality TV dating franchise over the years, others have met their match within Bachelor Nation after their season ended. Katie Thurston joined the club of offcamera Bachelor Nation couples in November 2021 

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Heather Rae El Moussa is finding new ways to honor her and husband Tarek El Moussa’s 10-month-old son, Tristan.

The Selling Sunset star, 36, revealed via Instagram on Wednesday, December 6, that got a tattoo of her little one’s name behind her ear. The moniker was placed right below a heart.

“Before & after Tristan …it’s the little things ,” Heather captioned a photo of the new ink next to a picture of herself with Tarek, 42, while seemingly pregnant.

Heather also took to her Instagram Stories to share videos of herself getting the tattoo, which was crafted by artist Kareem Masarani. She laid down on the table as Tarek, 41, narrated the big moment.

“Got a little something today,” she wrote over the clips. “Got my little love’s name on me.”

Heather and Tarek welcomed Tristan in January after tying the knot in October 2021. Tarek is also the father of Taylor, 13, and Brayden, 8, whom he shares with ex-wife Christina Hall.

Since announcing her pregnancy in July 2022, Heather has been candid about the ups and downs of parenthood. In October, the reality star revealed that she had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder.

“I remember saying to my assistant, ‘I feel like I’m dead,’” she told Today.com at the time. “My brain was so tired. My body was so tired. I was exhausted all the time and no amount of sleep could make it better.”

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Heather initially attributed the issues to “mommy brain” but was later diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease by her doctor: an autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid gland, per the Mayo Clinic. Symptoms of the condition can include fatigue, muscle aches, joint pain and problems with memory. (She has since started medication.)

Motherhood, however, isn’t all challenges. Heather exclusively told Us Weekly in June that she is “obsessed” with being a mom and noted that she is learning every day despite already being a stepmom to Taylor and Brayden. “Going through the newborn stage and having a baby is a completely different ballgame,” she told Us.

“At first it’s chaos, right? You have this new baby at home you’re trying to figure out everything and you’re postpartum,” she continued. “Everything’s different. But I did not think I’d be this obsessed and in love with him. I knew I would love him, obviously, but it’s, like, this obsession and love. It’s so hard to even leave him and go run errands. It’s hard to go to the gym.”

Heather added that it didn’t take long for motherhood to completely change her for the better. “I’m definitely more calm and more patient and just more loving overall,” she shared. “And I’m not letting things upset me and bother me. Like if something stressful is going on, or people are being negative and talking s–t out in public, I’m kind of like, ‘You know what? Whatever?’ Because my peace for Tristan is more important.”

Monica Schipper/Getty Images Heather Rae El Moussa is finding new ways to honor her and husband Tarek El Moussa’s 10-month-old son, Tristan. The Selling Sunset star, 36, revealed via Instagram on Wednesday, December 6, that got a tattoo of her little one’s name behind her ear. The moniker was placed right below a heart. “Before 

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Tom Sandoval would like some sympathy, please.

Nine months after he earned the reputation as maybe the most despicable reality star in Bravo history — due to his stunning affair with Raquel Leviss while he was dating co-star Ariana Madix — the businessman wants everyone to know that he’s hurting.

He’s in pain.

And it’s because his relationship with Leviss was far more than a fling, Sandoval now says.

Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval attend White Fox After Hours At Delilah Los Angeles on October 18, 2022 in West Hollywood. (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for CLD PR / White Fox)

“I fought so hard for Rachel,” Sandoval said on the December 7 episode of the Two T’s in a Pod podcast.

“I stopped drinking. I stopped smoking cigarettes because she went away to a facility. I’m like, ‘She can’t drink, she can’t smoke. I’m gonna quit.’”

Indeed, Leviss checked into a rehab facility in April amid fallout from her romance with Sandoval.

A few months later, Sandoval ripped his ex as immature and petty because Leviss blocked him on Instagram.

Tom Sandoval attends the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 22, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Greg Doherty/Getty Images)

Now, however, Sandoval says he’s been sober for eight months and claims he “was there in any way that [Raquel] needed” before she cut him out of her life and moved to Arizona.

“We were best friends,” Sandoval said on the podcast.

“It’s heartbreaking to go through. I was fully in love with her. She’s not just some hot girl. I was a model for 15 years, it’s deeper than that.”

Sandoval dated Madix for over nine years.

She then discovered FaceTime videos on his phone in the early spring of 2023 from Leviss that exposed her relationship with Sandoval, promptly dumped him… and the scandal has taken on a chaotic life of its own ever since.

Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval attend the 2022 MTV Movie and TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California and broadcast on June 5, 2022. (Photo Credit: Getty)

In this new interview, Sandoval explains that he also wanted to go away for awhile in order to work on his mental health issues… but he had previously agreed to tour with his band.

“I had to make money,” Sandoval says.

“Every single month, all the bills come out of my accounts. The mortgage comes out of my account every month. So, while Ariana’s shooting all these ads, she’s six months behind in bills.”

Sandoval added that he no longer talks to Madix.

Tom Sandoval just doesn’t seem like a very good person. (Photo Credit: Bravo)

As for whether Leviss truly loved him before their split?

Responded Sandoval, who has said he contemplated suicide in the wake of their break-up:

“I hope she did.

“The way she just shooed me away, I don’t know, I’m not in her head.”

Tom Sandoval: I Fought So Hard for Raquel Leviss! She Broke My Heart! was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

Tom Sandoval says he really tried to stay in a relationship with Raquel Leviss. But she went ahead and broke his heart!
Tom Sandoval: I Fought So Hard for Raquel Leviss! She Broke My Heart! was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip. 

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