Bachelorette’s Nate Mitchell: What to Know About His Daughter, Two-Timing Claims and More

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Bachelorette's Nate Mitchell: What to Know About His Daughter, Two-Timing Claims and More

Gabby Windey was quick to fall for Nate Mitchell on The Bachelorette, but is the single dad The One for the co-lead? Scoring the first one-on-one date of season 19 with the former Denver Broncos cheerleader, Nate was quick to open up about his 6-year-old daughter. “She is my world. Like, a pocket of my heart just burst open for the first time when she said, ‘Dad,’ [and] the first time she told me she loved me,” he said, describing himself as a “girl dad.” “Listening to you speak about your daughter, watching you be able to give this unconditional love that’s going to go with her forever is, like, really the best thing I could ask for in a partner,” Gabby told her suitor, who didn’t go into details about the mother of his child. During her confessional, however, Gabby admitted that she isn’t sure she is ready to be a stepmother. “I started to think, ‘Am I there yet? Can I be a mother? Is this the life I want?’ But I don’t have to make that decision right now,” she said, noting that she is estranged from her own mother. [jwplayer YSn6v6Cy-zhNYySv2] Nate continued to make an impression on Gabby, scoring the group date rose in episode five. And while Bachelor Nation was quick to praise Nate, with many alums even tweeting that he would make a good Bachelor, he made headlines ahead of episode six when two women alleged that he dated both of them at the same time. Kelsey Fankhauser, one of the women who shared her alleged messages with Nate and a woman named Laree Starke with Reality Steve, also claimed that Nate never told her about his daughter. “I cried for a guy who kept his kid a secret from me for 1.5 years when we were dating and I found out on reality TV,” Kelsey wrote via TikTok. She added in a statement, “I wish Nate all the best. I don’t want to affect his future, but it’s important for me to try and prevent another girl from being blindsided by his secrecies.” Nate, for his part, wrote via Instagram that there are “two sides to every story 🙏” after a social media user asked, “Why you playing girls?” The Bachelorette airs on ABC Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. Scroll through for more about Nate:

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Bachelorette's Nate Mitchell: What to Know About His Daughter, Two-Timing Claims and More

Gabby Windey was quick to fall for Nate Mitchell on The Bachelorette, but is the single dad The One for the co-lead? Scoring the first one-on-one date of season 19 with the former Denver Broncos cheerleader, Nate was quick to open up about his 6-year-old daughter. “She is my world. Like, a pocket of my heart just burst open for the first time when she said, ‘Dad,’ [and] the first time she told me she loved me,” he said, describing himself as a “girl dad.” “Listening to you speak about your daughter, watching you be able to give this unconditional love that’s going to go with her forever is, like, really the best thing I could ask for in a partner,” Gabby told her suitor, who didn’t go into details about the mother of his child. During her confessional, however, Gabby admitted that she isn’t sure she is ready to be a stepmother. “I started to think, ‘Am I there yet? Can I be a mother? Is this the life I want?’ But I don’t have to make that decision right now,” she said, noting that she is estranged from her own mother. [jwplayer YSn6v6Cy-zhNYySv2] Nate continued to make an impression on Gabby, scoring the group date rose in episode five. And while Bachelor Nation was quick to praise Nate, with many alums even tweeting that he would make a good Bachelor, he made headlines ahead of episode six when two women alleged that he dated both of them at the same time. Kelsey Fankhauser, one of the women who shared her alleged messages with Nate and a woman named Laree Starke with Reality Steve, also claimed that Nate never told her about his daughter. “I cried for a guy who kept his kid a secret from me for 1.5 years when we were dating and I found out on reality TV,” Kelsey wrote via TikTok. She added in a statement, “I wish Nate all the best. I don’t want to affect his future, but it’s important for me to try and prevent another girl from being blindsided by his secrecies.” Nate, for his part, wrote via Instagram that there are “two sides to every story 🙏” after a social media user asked, “Why you playing girls?” The Bachelorette airs on ABC Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. Scroll through for more about Nate:

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1. He Has a Daughter

“Can’t call me lucky when it’s clear that I’m blessed,” he captioned a sweet snap with his daughter, whose name appears to be Mila.

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2. He’s Friends With Peter Weber and Dustin Kendrick

“I’ve known Nate since, I believe, eighth grade going into freshman year,” Dustin, who appeared on season 15 of The Bachelorette alongside Peter, said on their “Bachelors in the City” podcast. “We’ve known each other for so long. We're from Southern Illinois, we moved to Chicago. And we've just always been together through so many hard times and great times and, like, our love language is, like, s—ting on each other. It's always been, like, for a while.”

The former Bachelor, who met Nate through Dustin two years ago, added, “America's got to fall in love with this man. He is just a solid, solid individual.”

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3. What He’s Said About the Cheating Allegations

After a viewer wrote, “A leopard doesn’t change its spots,” in the comments section of one of Nate’s posts, he replied, “Good thing I’m human.”

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4. Nate’s Job

He’s a senior associate at Sargent & Lundy, a construction engineering company in Chicago.

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5. What He’s Looking for in a Partner

“Nate is looking for a woman who is kind, adventurous, smart and ready to complete his beautiful family,” his ABC bio reads. “He also has a weakness for a woman who can make him laugh so hard his belly hurts. Nate loves to do thoughtful things for the woman he loves."