Katie Thurston and Blake Moynes made things official after the pair got engaged on The Bachelorette.
‘The Bachelorette’: Winner Is Announced As Katie Thurston And Blake Moynes Get Engaged!
The odds of Blake winning Katie over were getting stronger by the minute when the producers confirmed that the ending would be like nothing we had seen before. And given that Blake had arrived late onto the show, fans deemed this to mean that Blake would be the first-ever winner of the show, who was not there from the outset.
And yet, looking back, it was clear that Blake was going to be the one. They both had very similar personalities, as well as being very sex-positive that ultimately drew them together. During an episode of the show, Blake said: “I just had this crazy, weird intuition and feeling that we would hit it off because we’re so similar. It was just wild how it all kind of spiralled out of control in the best way.”
Having said all that, things were not always that easy from the outset. Blake had previously tried to win over Tayshia Adams, which meant that the dynamics of the show were put to the test, given that Tayshia was now hosting it. Not only that, but Katie admitted that she had spoken to Blake via social media before filming had actually started.
By the looks of it, Katie was questioning his motives. During an interview with Us Weekly, she revealed: “I definitely knew who he was, which [was] also Tayshia’s ex-boyfriend! So that’s weird. We had chatted before… so to see him, I was like, ‘Why is he here?’ Like, ‘What’s happening?”
Nevertheless, she had no regrets over choosing Blake. After all, he still stayed on the show after seeing Katie having a meltdown after Greg Grippo had left. In addition, he had managed to convince Katie to stay after she had threatened to leave on the grounds that she was not in the right frame of mind.
But staying there until the end is what impressed Katie. She noted: “I think everyone can agree that this is exactly who I was supposed to be with. He fought to be here for me.” Let us hope this is the start of a long future together.
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