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Bachelor Nation: Which Couples Are Still Together?

August 14, 2021

The Bachelor and The Bachelorette are TV shows with a goal that you don't need Bachelor spoilers to figure out:

Set up a man or woman with his/her soulmate.

Heck, nearly every season ends with a proposal, right? Yet, over time, almost no proposals end in actual marriage.

By the numbers, few duos from Bachelor Nation last months; let alone years; let alone an entire lifetime together.

Have there been exceptions to this rule?

Oh yeah, look at Jason and Molly. Or Sean and Cat. Rachel and Bryan. Even Arie and Lauren ... or JoJo and Jordan.

Nevertheless, it's an arduous, uphill battle.

See Hannah Brown and Jed Wyatt. Oof. Or Peter Weber and Hannah Ann, or Peter and Madison, for that matter.

Their engagements lasted ... days? Hours?

These are unique cases, and yet ... not. Heck, Peter and Kelley Flanagan broke up too. Dude was 0-for-3 in 2020!

The fact is, it's hard out there for duos spawned by this franchise to make it work, as we saw repeatedly last year.

If you recall, Colton and Cassie broke up last summer. Followed by Becca and Garrett. Then even Ashley and J.P.

Such a brutal year, 2020.

Fortunately, 2021 is looking up Clare and Dale back on, Tayshia and Zac going strong, and now Katie and Blake.

Heck, even Matt and Rachael are giving it another go after his disaster of a season. Perhaps there is hope yet!

Looking back now, which duos are still living happily ever after after the final rose was bestowed?

Take a look at notable couples from The Bachelor and Bachelorette and see if they're still a romantic item now.

1. Katie Thurston and Blake Moynes

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Katie Thurston and Blake Moynes are engaged after The Bachelorette finale and banging each other senseless in the honeymoon phase of their surely happy relationship. Will it last is the question. While doubts persist, particularly after the controversial departure of suitor Greg Grippo, and that may make for great gossip fodder, it's way too early to know - and we don't count Blake and Katie out. They are clearly very into each other and seem to have the same shared goals and dreams. Here's hoping they continue the recent hot (or at least lukewarm) streak from the franchise's pairings.

2. Clare Crawley and Dale Moss

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Where to begin with Clare Crawley and Dale Moss? These two got engaged after like two weeks, peaced out of the show, and were head over heels in love before a host of usual suspects - cheating allegations, long-distance relationships, conflicting priorities, the stress of the spotlight, the honeymoon phase wearing off - derailed their romance in spectacular fashion in early 2021. Is it possible for a breakup to be surprising and yet not at all? Not as surprising as the fact that they quietly reconciled after that and appear to be making it work. Honestly, did anyone see that coming?

3. Tayshia Adams and Zac Clark

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Tayshia Adams and Zac Clark, on the other hand, appear happy as can be - at least for the time being. Almost boringly so, from a gossip standpoint! After she took over The Bachelorette when Clare bounced with Dale, she went on to enjoy a relatively conventional season, culminating in an engagement to Zac. We wish these two all the best, as they certainly do seem like a great fit. You just never get your hopes up too high as a fan these days.

4. Matt James and Rachael Kirkconnell

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What a mess. What a complete and utter mess. An unmitigated disaster that the show will take a long time to recover from, if it ever does, no one can take away the fact that it was, truly, the most shocking season in Bachelor history. (Ironically, Chris Harrison stepped down at the end of it.) Of course Matt James, hyped for months as the first Black Bachelor, would end up giving Rachael Kirkconnell - who came under fire for racially insensitive photos and comments - his final rose. He never even proposed to her (no promise ring, no nothing) on the finale, which is probably the only good news producers could've hoped for, as their Valentine's Day breakup (a month before the season finale even aired) was relatively quick and painless. Yet, after all that, we're here eating our words in August 2021, as these two are back together again, living their lives, and seemingly oblivious to criticism. Who would've ever guessed?

5. Colton Underwood and Cassie Randolph

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Colton Underwood and Cassie Randolph, as we mentioned and you probably heard if you're reading this, broke up in late May 2020. By all accounts, Cassie was The One for Colton from the start, and it appeared that she was along for the ride long after he busted the inaugural nut. Whether they actually make it to the altar was always suspect, however, given the hesitation we'd seen on the show ... and some of the bombshells he dropped in his recent memoir ... and just the overall odds of reality TV relationships actually lasting. Not good. But hey. They made it over a year and as they said in their joint statement, some people are just meant to be friends instead. No shame in that truth. Of course, given her recent accusations and the restraining order she filed, there may be plenty of shame we've yet to learn about.

6. Peter Weber and Madison Prewett

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Peter Weber was an iconic disaster on The Bachelor. So much so that it's hard to decide which of his relationships to even include here. He began his season needing "closure" with Hannah Brown, who returned to the show for multiple episodes ... then got engaged to Hannah Ann Sluss on the finale and dumped her a month later (long before the finale actually made it to air). Then Chris Harrison flew to Alabama to set Peter up with runner-up Madison Prewett, who he went public with on the After the Final Rose special. They broke up two days after. Then he got together with Kelley Flanagan, another contestant on his season who didn't even make it to hometown dates. Good luck to her.
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