‘The Bachelor’ star Kelsey Anderson shares relationship update following recent post
“The Bachelor” winner Kelsey Anderson doesn’t want fans to get the wrong idea about her relationship with fiancé Joey Graziadei.
The 26-year-old, who accepted Graziadei’s final rose in March, took to her Instagram Stories on Nov. 5 to provide an update after taking a brief break from social media.
“Haven’t been on social media much the past couple days due to personal reasons but hoping everyone used their privilege to vote today or mailed in their votes,” she wrote in the Story, according to People.
“And now we all cross our fingers and wait.. and maybe have a glass of wine .. or the whole bottle,” she added, while sharing a photo of her holding a glass of wine.
Anderson didn’t provide any context as to what the “personal reasons” were for the break, which left many Bachelor Nation fans worried that something happened between her and Graziadei.
But Anderson was quick to debunk those worries.
“Don’t want yall to get the wrong idea,” she wrote in a separate Story. “Joey and I are good.”
Anderson and Graziadei have been happily in love ever since the latter proposed to the former during the Season 28 finale of “The Bachelor” on March 25.
They have yet to announce a wedding date, but Anderson warned fans that it might take a while before that day comes.
“(It’s) kind of on pause right now,” she said of her wedding plans at a Raising Cane’s Fashion Week event in September, according to Distractify.
“We also rushed our engagement,” she said. “We don’t want to rush marriage, so we’re taking our time, and then within the next six months, I think we’ll have a date and location, but TBD.”
The holdout is understandable considering Graziadei has his hands full as a celebrity participant on Season 33 of “Dancing With the Stars.”
The season premiered on September 17, nearly six months after “The Bachelor” finale, and Anderson has been by his side every step of the way—including a front row seat during the premiere.
“I’m so lucky to have a supportive fiancée,” Graziadei said in an interview with People following his first taste of the show.
“I texted her immediately after I was done and said, ‘Did I make you proud?’ I just want her to be so happy with how I do this season, but also she’s giving a lot to be here with me, and I know I’m gone a lot, too,” he continued.
But while Graziadei was wowing the judges, Anderson was dodging comments online as fans criticized her fiancé for getting too close to his dance partner while performing.
“I’m just so tired of everyone being like, ‘Kelsey’s so strong, I could not do this, I could not watch this if I was Kelsey,’” Anderson said in an Instagram video on Sept. 19.
“Do y’all remember how Joey and I met? We met on ‘The Bachelor.’ He was dating 31 other women while he was dating me, and I won the Super Bowl ring,” she quipped.
It’s the type of criticism Graziadei was hoping to avoid when he decided to join the show.
In fact, he requested to be paired with a dance pro who was in a healthy relationship to avoid any backlash.
“I didn’t want there to be any chance of noise on this because I know that comes with the show and the territory sometimes,” he said during a Sept. 26 appearance on the “Almost Famous Podcast” with “The Bachelor” alums Ben Higgins and Ashley Iaconetti.
Graziadei and his pro dance partner, Jenna Johnson, are one of just six couples remaining after avoiding elimination during Week 7’s “Halloween Nightmares Night.”
The couple scored a 29 with their Argentine tango to “Ramalama (Bang Bang)” by Róisín Murphy.
They also beat Danny Amendola and Witney Carson in a dance-off to “Time Warp” by Little Nell, Patricia Quinn and Richard O’Brien to earn the week’s highest score.
DWTS returns to ABC on Nov. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT after a week off due to the presidential election.
