‘BiP’ Season 9 Finale: Brayden Bowers is in a relationship with Christina Mandrell
Brayden Bowers found no love Bachelor in paradisebut he is still dating within the franchise.
Brayden, 25, surprised viewers by debuting his relationship with fellow Bachelor Nation alum Christina Mandrell during the BiP season 9 finale on Thursday, December 7, as the show offered updates on each contestant.
“Now Brayden is dating Chrisitna from Zach’s season,” read an on-screen message next to an adorable video of the couple. “Brayden teaches Christina’s daughter how to make accessories.”
Christina, 28, first appeared on Zach Shallcross‘ season 27 of The Bachelor, which aired from January to March. She was eliminated during the third week, but revealed that she shares a daughter, Blakely, with her ex-husband Blake Dennis.
Brayden, in turn, caused controversy Charity Lawsonseason 20 of The bachelorette, which ended in April. He eliminated himself during the fourth week of the season.
Following his assignment Bachelor party During his journey, Brayden headed to Mexico for a second chance at love. He immediately connected Cat Izzo (Zach’s season) when season 9 premiered in September, but their flame eventually fizzled out.
“I’m not good at dating multiple people at the same time. And I think that was one of the things that was hard about Paradise – the aspect of dating multiple people at once, because it’s just, how do you really get to know someone when you’re meeting five other people? Brayden admitted this Us in October. “And so for me it was like, ‘I liked Kat. I knew I liked her.’ I knew I had a connection and I was going to keep riding that road until it ended… or until it ended.”
When Kat decided to explore other relationships, Brayden moved on with the former Bachelorette Rachel Recchia – until Becca Serrano (Zach’s season) arrived inside paradise. He broke things off with Rachel to explore a possible relationship with Becca.
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“I know that paradise is really open and has no rules, but for me I have my own rules and I think that’s more exactly what I’ve been following,” Brayden shared Us. “I can’t hold other people to that, but that’s what I hold myself to.”
In the end, both Becca and Rachel eliminated themselves, meaning Brayden wasn’t presented with a rose and was sent home.
Before he started his relationship with Christina, Brayden said paradise was full of ‘hot and sweaty rose ceremonies’, tellingly Us that his journey through the show was “a wild ride.”