Alix Earle on Leading The Bachelorette One Day

Then: For the former dancer—who briefly shared lead duties with Britt Nilsson—and trainer Shawn Booth, the 2015 finale wasn’t all that dramatic. “I never, never really had a doubt, like, ever,” the BC Gym founder admitted on podcast Austin AF. “I was always like, ‘Yep, she’s gonna pick me.'”

Though the Nashville-based duo’s engagement lasted three years, the bloom began to come off the rose earlier. “I knew for a year that my relationship wouldn’t work,” Bristowe shared on The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast in 2019. “I was already grieving the relationship.”

Now: Bristowe’s tears dried quickly when she interviewed Jason Tartick—one of Becca Kufrin‘s suitors—on her Off the Vine podcast months later. “It can seem fast,” she acknowledged of their relationship trajectory, “but to me, it was perfect timing.” Engaged in 2021, they called off the wedding in 2023. 

In the years since, Bristowe has been linked to Tayshia Adams‘ ex-fiancé Zac Clark. Though she no longer spills on her dating life, Bristowe admitted to E! News in 2025 that it can be a challenge. 

“I’m so hyper-independent that, when I start dating, I’m like, ‘Alright do long-distance forever and we can do our own thing and then come together on the weekends or whatever,'” she shared. “My therapist always tells me it’s my coping mechanism.”