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23.11.2022 - 09:01 / deadline.com
After a fairytale-worthy whirlwind of a romance, Brandon Jones and Serene Russell got engaged on Tuesday night’s Bachelor in Paradise finale on ABC. They were one of two couples to leave the beach engaged but the only one to make it to the reunion, which was filmed earlier this month.
And despite host Jesse Palmer’s tempting offer to marry them right there on the beach, they revealed during the finale that they have not yet tied the knot. Instead, they’ve spent the past few months as a happily engaged couple, though they’ve had to keep that a secret from the public.
“It’s so tough. We just crave normalcy,” Russell told Deadline of spending the time since production in hiding. “We’ve gotten to do a lot of fun stuff together, like move in together and decorate a home together and learn how to live together, but we just want to go on a date.”
Season 8 of Bachelor in Paradise was filled with drama among the other couples, which was only heightened during Split Week — when the men and women who’d begun to form connections were separated and new prospective romantic interests were brought in to test the strength of each couple. Few relationships made it through that split, but Jones and Russell remained steadfast.
Speaking with Deadline ahead of the finale, the couple explained that they’d been having conversations about the future throughout the entire production. So, while many of their more serious conversations didn’t make it onto the show until the other couples (and their never-ending chaos) began to dwindle, those moments ultimately led them to feel ready to take the next step together.
“When the drama was happening, we were having talks about the future, like ‘What are your plans? Do you plan on having kids or what
EXCLUSIVE: YouTuber Brandon B has opened a London production outfit and launched YouTube celebrity chat format This Interview Will Self Destruct with guests including Tom Holland and Jake Gyllenhaal.
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