What Happened to ‘RHORI’s Ashley Iaconetti on ‘The Bachelor’?
Years before Ashley Iaconetti joined The Real Housewives franchise as a cast member on The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, she made her reality television debut on The Bachelor. From there, she went on to star on multiple Bachelor spinoffs, which ultimately led her to meet her husband, Jared Haibon.
It was through her marriage to Jared that Ashley moved to Rhode Island in the first place. The couple relocated from Los Angeles to Jared’s home state in 2021, and Ashley has been working on finding her place there ever since.
As Ashley makes her Real Housewives debut, we’re looking back at her time in Bachelor Nation. Scroll down for a complete refresh.
What season of The Bachelor was Ashley Iaconetti on?
Ashley was a contestant on Season 19 of The Bachelor with Chris Soules in 2015. She made it to Week 6 before being eliminated, but went viral throughout the season when memes were made of her crying during the show.
How did Ashley Iaconetti meet her husband?
Ashley and Jared met on Season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise in 2015, but their relationship took years to marinate. Ashley fell hard for Jared on the beach, and they began a romance, but it ended when he friend-zoned her. This ultimately led to their split in Week 5.
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Both reality stars returned for Bachelor in Paradise Season 3 the following year. Ashley was hoping for a second chance with Jared, but he made it clear from the jump that he was not interested in a romantic relationship with her. Instead, he pursued Caila Quinn. They left the show together in Week 5 and dated for a few weeks afterward before breaking up. Meanwhile, Ashley had a brief romance with Wells Adams, but they broke up in Week 6.
Ashley and Jared continued to run in the same circles after BIP and formed a close friendship. The platonic relationship finally turned romantic in March 2018, with Jared proposing that June. He popped the question when he and Ashley returned to Mexico to make a guest appearance on Bachelor in Paradise.
The two tied the knot in 2019 and have since welcomed sons Dawson and Hayden, born in January 2022 and July 2024, respectively.
What happened to Ashley Iaconetti on The Bachelor Winter Games?
Before settling down with Jared, Ashley was a contestant on The Bachelor Winter Games, which filmed at the end of 2017 and aired the following February. She ended up winning the show with Kevin Wendt, and they continued to date after the finale aired.
The relationship was short-lived. Once they were back in the real world, Ashley and Kevin realized their romance was missing a “spark” and that their lifestyles didn’t fully line up. He had to miss her March 2018 birthday for work, which is when Ashley pulled the plug, and the relationship ended on “friendly terms.”
Seeing Ashley in a relationship with Kevin is ultimately what made Jared realize that he had feelings for her. They went public in May 2018.
Ashley later admitted that she technically cheated on Kevin with Jared. “I was dating Kevin, like, out in the real world for two weeks, and Jared came out about his feelings, and he kissed me in the airport,” she shared in August 2018. “Whether you call that cheating, that is up to you, [but] by most definitions, that is true. But it was one of the moments of passion, one of those actions. He pulled me in, I kissed him back.”
The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, Series Premiere, Thursday, April 2, 9/8c, Bravo
