‘Bachelorette’ Star Tayshia Adams’ Dating History: Colton Underwood, John Paul Jones and More

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'Bachelorette' Star Tayshia Adams' Dating History: Colton Underwood, John Paul Jones and More

From Bachelorette to Bravo. Tayshia Adams has fielded her fair share of public romances over the years. Before Bachelor Nation met Adams on season 23 of The Bachelor in 2019, she was married to her college sweetheart, Josh Bourelle. “I actually married my first boyfriend, and I was with him for about six years or so. I guess I could, kind of, sense we weren’t doing very well,” Adams told Colton Underwood on the ABC show. “And I think that’s why I fought so hard just to try to do as much as I possibly could [to save the marriage].” The twosome split in August 2017 and he filed for divorce that October after less than two years of marriage. She accused Bourelle of infidelity. “Her going out and saying that I cheated on her and that was the reason for our divorce on national TV, I felt like, kind of crossed the line a little bit,” Bourelle said on the “Reality Steve Podcast” in December 2020. “I feel like she was using that as her sob story to make her look better. It was hurtful to me. We’re humans. She made just as many mistakes — maybe even more mistakes than I did over the course of our relationship.” [jwplayer shgHlc16-zhNYySv2] After her stint on The Bachelor, Adams appeared on Bachelor in Paradise before she was named the season 16 Bachelorette — taking over for Clare Crawley after she thought she found The One in Dale Moss within the first two weeks of production in 2020. During the December 2020 finale, Adams got engaged to Zac Clark. Nearly one year later, the twosome announced that they had called their engagement off, but stayed mum on the reason why. “Him and I both know the truth and where we stand, and I’ve actually never said anything in the media about our relationship except for [that] we’re no longer together,” Adams told Us Weekly in December 2022. “And I know people might think otherwise, but that’s literally the only statement we’ve ever given out. I think that’s just something about maturity and how we decided to proceed and yeah, at the end of the day, no one else needs to know anything else.” Adams added at the time that she wasn’t sure she was ready to be in another public relationship. “I think that’s another lesson I’ve learned is I really wanna protect that in the future, and kind of, maybe, keep it quiet and under wraps for a minute and then maybe let the people in on the news after a little while,” she said. “People are private investigators. I don’t even know how they figure out half the things they do now.”

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Joshua Bourelle

The former couple split in October 2017 after less than two years of marriage. Their divorce was finalized in April 2018. Adams explained in January 2019 why she was hesitant to open up about her divorce on the Bachelor.

“My divorce used to be something I was ashamed of,” she wrote via Instagram. “Because to me it represented, not only to myself but to everyone that knew me, that I had failed at marriage, something I value so highly. It made me question my worth and completely dimmed the light inside of me that used to shine so brightly.”

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Chase Olswang

Adams began dating the model in November 2017 after meeting at a bar in their hometown of Newport Beach, California. Us broke the news in February 2019 that Adams was dating Olswang right before she left to film Underwood's season in September 2018.

“I moved some things around … before she ended up deciding to leave [for The Bachelor], because she still wasn’t really sure if she was going to go on the show or not,” Olswang told Us at the time. “She was still back and forth … she wasn’t sure. As it got closer, I could kind of see changes between us and I could kind of tell that she was leaning toward going. I don’t know all of the exact reasons for that. … There is an open line of communication. We’re there for each other if we need to be, but things have changed quite a bit since she’s come back.”

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Colton Underwood

Underwood sent Adams home after the fantasy suite dates during season 23 of The Bachelor in 2019. She revealed during the show that she thought The First Time author was a bad kisser. “Yeah, not gonna lie. But he got better by the end of the season! I think I’m a good teacher,” she said at the time.

The Indiana native referenced her criticism when he congratulated her on becoming the Bachelorette. “Congrats @TayshiaAdams — good luck and I hope you find yourself a better kisser 😉," he tweeted in August 2020.

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Derek Peth

Adams found herself in a love triangle between Peth and Jones during season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise in 2019. Things heated up between Peth and Adams after Demi Burnett broke up with the banker to be with Kristian Haggerty. However, Adams ended her fling with Peth later in the show.

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John Paul Jones

Adams and the actor began dating during season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise in 2019. The pair called it quits before the finale, but reunited on the After the Final Rose episode after she flew to his home state of Maryland to win him back. Although Jones moved to California to be closer to her, they split again in October 2019.

Jones told Us in August 2020 that he's "happy" Adams is the new Bachelorette. “I’m really happy and excited for her on this new journey,” he said at the time. “I hope she finds the love and happiness that she deserves.”

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Zac Clark

During Adams’ stint as the season 16 Bachelorette, she developed strong feelings for her final four: Zac Clark, Ben Smith, Ivan Hall and Brendan Morais. In the end, however, Clark won her heart and proposed during the December 2020 finale.

“It’s this wild, wild love that I have tried to come up with so many reasons to not believe, and you have truly just made me believe there doesn’t need to be flaws, and that I deserve a love with a man that won’t run away,” she gushed ahead of the proposal. “You’ve truly woken up my heart, and yes, it is real. I feel it too.”

Zac replied, “If you’ll let me, I’m going to choose you right now. I’m going to choose you tomorrow morning. I’m going to choose you next week and next year. I’m going to choose you forever, because I love you.”

In November 2021, the duo called it quits nearly one year after their engagement aired. “Tayshia Adams and Zac Clark are no longer a couple,” a representative told Us at the time.

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Luke Gulbranson

Adams sparked dating speculation with the Summer House alum in early 2023. That April, his former costar Lindsay Hubbard shared — and deleted — a pic of the pair holding hands at an Easter celebration. When asked about removing the photo, Hubbard confirmed they were dating but trying to keep things quiet.

“I understand what it’s like to be in the public and the pressure that you feel from viewers and fans [and] everywhere,” she said on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen that month.