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‘Crying’: Watch Bachelorette star get greeted by girlfriend’s daughter at Florida airport

Jason Tartick/USA Today
Jason Tartick/USA Today

Status update.

Jason Tartick and Kat Stickler’s long distance relationship is progressing ever so nicely.

The pair were first quietly spotted out to dinner by spies in Tampa last May, and have since gone Instagram official.

Now it seems things have moved to a different level for the couple who live about 700 miles from another. The TikTok star is in Tampa where she coparents her 4-year-old daughter, MJ, while the “Bachelorette” contestant resides in Nashville.

Stickler, 29, posted a heartwarming video on Sunday of MJ running to greet Tartick, 35, at the airport, flowers in her little hand. The tear-jerking song “Those Eyes” by New West plays in the background as he swoops the child up in his arms.

“POV: the moment you realize your boyfriend’s officially been welcomed to the family,” read the caption that probably should have carried a trigger warning due to the possibility you could bawl after watching it.

“Flowers are our love language,” said the post.

Fans were feeling it.

“My heart has officially exploded.”

“Crying, for sure crying.”

“One of the sweetest things I have ever seen.”

Mixed among the emojis and comments was Tartick’s response: “I love you both.”

In August 2023, the ex reality contestant ended his engagement with onetime Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe.

The businessman and influencer first sparked rumors in April, when the Internet noticed sparks and flirtation happening on his “Trading Secrets” podcast. And of course, the Internet is never wrong.

This story was originally published August 20, 2024 at 5:20 PM.

Madeleine Marr
Miami Herald
Celebrity/real time news reporter Madeleine Marr has been with The Miami Herald since 2003. She has covered such features as travel, fashion and food. In 2007, she helped launch the newspaper’s daily People Page, attending red carpet events, awards ceremonies and press junkets; interviewing some of the biggest names in show business; and hosting her own online show. She is originally from New York City.
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