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Brooklyn Willie might not have discovered love on Bachelor in Paradise season 9, however she met her match as soon as she left the seashore.
“Who knew I’d by no means have to go away Gilmer, Tx to be in Paradise,” Willie, 26, gushed by way of Instagram on Wednesday, October 11, referring to her Texas hometown.
Willie uploaded a carousel of romantic snaps taken throughout a photograph shoot with new boyfriend Wilson Nugent. She wore a cap-sleeved, floral sundress as she cuddled together with her man and held his hand. Nugent, who has a personal social media account, opted for a pair of denims, a checkered button-down and a cowboy hat.
Willie — who initially appeared on Zach Shallcross’ season of The Bachelor earlier this 12 months — acquired supportive messages from her fellow Bachelor Nation alums within the feedback part.
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“My Brooklyn, you’re glowing and I’m so completely happy that you’re completely happy!!! 😭,” Charity Lawson, who met Willie on The Bachelor season 27 earlier than being named season 20 Bachelorette, replied. Willie responded that she was “the happiest.”
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Wells Adams, Kylee Russell, Kaity Biggar, Samantha Jeffries and extra actuality TV alums additionally gushed that Willie was “glowing” within the portraits.
“BEEN WAITING ON THIS!! Love seeing you this completely happy!! 😍,” Christina Mandrell, who additionally appeared on Shallcross’ season, added by way of Instagram remark.
Willie moreover shared a behind-the-scenes glimpse at her picture session with Nugent by way of TikTok. “The fact of attempting to get footage achieved,” she jokingly captioned a video on Wednesday.
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Within the clip, Willie sat in a rocking chair and lip-synched that she “was glad [Wilson] received right here whenever you did” after being late. (Willie and Nugent have been replicating a scene from Zach Galifianakis and Kate McKinnon’s 2016 film Masterminds.)
Willie’s reveal comes lower than one week after followers watched her departure from the Bachelor in Paradise seashore. As season 9 premiered final month, Willie mirrored on her actuality TV journey.
“I had such a self-realization second on The Bachelor. It actually put me out of my consolation zone, and I really feel like that’s type of when the perfect issues occur,” she mentioned throughout an episode of the “Bachelor Comfortable Hour” podcast. “So, you already know, once I had the chance to return in[to] an setting the place it’s not regular and also you’re not comfy. I simply wished to leap into that chance as a result of, like I mentioned, once I had these alternatives — to be out of my consolation zone — that’s when the perfect issues occurred. So I wished to place all of it on the market once more.”
Willie was one in every of 4 ladies — together with Greer Blitzer, Cat Wong and Olivia Lewis — hoping to get Peter Cappio’s rose throughout the October 4 episode. Cappio, 33, in the end selected to provide his rose to Lewis, 25.