Weeks earlier than Julianne Hough and The Bachelorette alum Tanner Courtad met up for dinner, he maybe obtained a tease about her relationship mindset.
Courtad, 31, was noticed within the Dancing With the Stars ballroom in the course of the November 19 stay semifinal present. He sat subsequent to Kelsey Anderson, cheering on eventual winner Joey Graziadei. (Courtad attended many DWTS season 33 episodes in assist of the 29-year-old former Bachelor.)
“Couldn’t be extra happy with you my man! It’s been a wild trip watching you dance week after week,” Courtad wrote by way of Instagram final month forward of the DWTS finale. “Your consideration to element and work ethic is second to none. No surprise you’re doing massive issues. Thanks for bringing me alongside for the trip. Now go win the entire rattling factor!”
Along with Graziadei and professional associate Jenna Johnson slaying their two semifinal routines, Hough, 36, obtained in on the motion. Amid her internet hosting duties, Hough carried out a shock quantity set to the viral “In search of a Man in Finance” TikTok sound.
“Properly, you understand, I’m single and I’m in search of a man anyplace I can discover one,” Hough quipped afterward.
Cohost Alfonso Ribeiro then joked that any suitors might “textual content Julianne’s first identify” for a date, riffing on the standard means he and Hough known as for DWTS votes every week.
“That received’t work, please don’t do this,” Hough added with a smile.
Reduce to Thursday, December 5, when Hough and Courtad have been noticed having fun with dinner at Sportsman’s Lodge purchasing heart in Studio Metropolis, California.
Courtad was one in every of Charity Lawson’s suitors on The Bachelorette season 20, which is the place he met Graziadei. Courtad didn’t obtain her ultimate rose after which appeared on Bachelor in Paradise in summer season 2023, however he additionally left single. He has additionally been noticed with Brittany Cartwright amid her divorce from Jax Taylor.
Hough, in the meantime, was beforehand married to Brooks Laich between 2017 and 2020. Forward of their divorce, she publicly got here out as “not straight” however nonetheless believes that The One might be a person.
“I really feel like I’m going to finish up with a person,” she mentioned on “The Jamie Kern Lima Present” in September. “I need to be dwelling and vibrating within the tempo of my most genuine self for that to be what attracts whoever it’s versus I’m gonna put what I believe I need and want on the market after which actually force-create it.”
In line with Hough, she is searching for “a associate” to “construct a life with” and begin a household.
“Individuals are like, ‘Properly, what are you in search of?’ And I used to be like, ‘I’m a grasp manifester. I don’t need to put out precisely what I believe I need as a result of I’ll get that,’” Hough added on the time. “There are particular emotions that I need to really feel in a relationship and there are particular qualities and values which can be necessary to me [and] sure non-negotiables.”