Bachelor Nation’s Susie Evans and Justin Glaze confirm they’re dating – Gudstory

Susie Evans And Justin Glaze Love has finally been found in Bachelor Nation.

“Justin is my boyfriend. We’re dating,” Evans, 30, said And! news In an interview published on Wednesday, January 24.

Evans, 29, and Glaze began a friendship after their respective appearances clayton ackerd And Katie Thurstonseason of the Bachelor And The Bachelorette, Despite repeatedly getting cozy in social media photos, they insisted that their bond was entirely platonic with a slightly flirtatious tone.

However, in October 2023, Evans told Glaze to stop “messing up” about their flirty banter.

“I was like, ‘Oh, this tone sounds a little different,'” Glaze recalled. And! news, “In the back of my mind, I was like, ‘If you’re serious, I’m serious.’ That was kind of my mindset. I was always testing the lines, and I wasn’t sure whether she would go for it or not. So, I didn’t want to cross those boundaries.”

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After a “really good conversation”, Glaze “just went for it” and expressed his feelings.

“I said, ‘Hey listen, I don’t know where you stand on our friendship or relationship. Obviously, I respect you a lot and appreciate our friendship. But I would be lying. [said I] We didn’t think about whether there was potential for something more than a friendship, just given the natural chemistry we had as friends,” he recalled, adding that they shared a kiss that night. Was.

Glaze and Evans kept their new romance a secret for a few weeks for “safety” [their] Privacy” and “No Pressure.” [their] relationship.”

Nearly a year ago, Evans exclusively told us weekly How she first met Glaze.

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He quipped, “We are starting a collaboration with hard work.” We When asked about meeting Glaze in December 2022. “I was there to help them film an ad that had nothing to do with my blog. … Their videographer was not available and I live three hours away from them and they said, ‘Hey, is there any chance you’d be available on this date to do the videography work?’ And I said, ‘Can we exchange yes for a blog collaboration?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah, absolutely.’ We really had a lot of fun.”

While Evans and Glaze were just friends at the time, she was set to date another member of Bachelor Nation. (Evans last dated Eckerd, 30, until their breakup in September 2022.)

“I think I have to be really interested in the person and I want to get to know them already, like, go out with them in public. I’d really want to investigate that call,” she explained. We, “I really want to make sure it’s someone that a photo was taken of or something like that – not that it really matters, I don’t care about things like that – but it’s a more public relations thing. … So I have to really make sure that I really, really, really like the person before I even give the first date a chance, just because I think when people are If you want to talk about it, it gets complicated.