Former Bachelorette Michelle Young and her new boyfriend Jack Leius on Instagram.Photo:Michelle Young/Instagram
Michelle Young/Instagram
Michelle Younghas found love again!
After splitting from her fiancéNayte Olukoyalast year, formerBachelorettestar Young, 30, announcedon InstagramFriday that she’s dating Jack Leius.
“Hit the Jackpot with you 🫶🏾,” the couple captioned a joint Instagram post.
“I love this for you,”Brittany GalvinfromMatt James’ season ofThe Bachelorwrote.
Like Young, Leius hails from Minnesota. Leius attended the University of Minnesota, where he majored in business and marketing education and played on the football team. He received a masters degree in sports management from Minnesota State University and currently works as a sales consultant.
Michelle Young and new boyfriend Jack Leius on Instagram.Michelle Young/Instagram
Young’s last serious relationship was with Olukoya, who she gotengaged to during the December 2021 finaleof herBacheloretteseason. They announced their split in June 2022, and Young later admitted shedidn’t see it coming.
“I will say that this is not something that I foresaw and I’ll leave it there,” Young said on a July 2022 episode ofThe Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast.
The teacher, who came in second on James’s season, addressed the challenges ofreentering the dating worldafter appearing on the ABC dating show.
Nayte Olukoya and Michelle Young in L.A. in Feb. 2022.Frazer Harrison/Getty
Frazer Harrison/Getty
“It’s really weird because, you know, you sit down and you’re like, ‘Okay, so are we getting married in like two weeks?’ … You know, like should we talk about our favorite colors, or should we talk about how many kids we want on the first date?” she toldLife & Stylein December. “It’s just a really weird balance becauseThe Bachelorworld is so quick.”
Young has been teasing a new man on her Instagram Story for weeks andasked her TikTok followerslast month for advice on whether she should cancel a date she had planned with a man whom she did not name. The reality star explained that she drank a Starbucks drink that had been sitting in her car for two days in the hot sun and anticipated feeling sick.
“I’m going to be so sick later, I’m supposed to go on a date,” Young said. “Do I cancel the date now? Do I just feel it out? Should I just go to sleep and call it a day? I have emetophobia too, I don’t do well with vomit or talking about it. This is going to be character building. Today is about character building.”
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source: people.com
