March 23, 2021 • bachelor insider
Ashley Iaconetti Gushes Over Nick Viall's Girlfriend Natalie Joy: His 'Perfect Complement'
A super sweet seal of approval! Ashley Iaconetti and husband Jared Haibon recently met up with fellow Bachelor Nation star Nick Viall and his girlfriend, Natalie Joy, for a double date.
Afterward, Ashley headed over to Instagram to gush over Natalie, who she believes is an ideal match for Nick. “She’s everything we hoped he’d find,” Ashley captioned a photo of herself posing with Jared, Nick, and Natalie. “Perfect complement.”
Natalie responded to Ashley’s glowing endorsement in the comments section. “Aw I love you guys!!” the stunning surgical technologist wrote, before joking, “It’s a hard job but I’m up for it.”
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Last month, Nick opened up about his love life with Natalie, with whom he made his romance Instagram official in January.
“Yeah, I’m in a relationship. It’s fun,” he said while speaking with guest Esther Povitsky on his “Viall Files” podcast. “It’s great.”
He added, “I have those moments of gratitude and thankfulness. There’s moments where I’m like, ‘You’re really great and I’m really happy you’re a part of my life.’”
Describing his attraction to Natalie, Nick said he was instantly drawn to her laid-back personality. “Between the two of us, I am easily the most dramatic. I’m the drama queen,” the TV personality said of the brunette beauty, who first caught his attention by sliding into his Instagram DMs. “She is a voice of reason, which is a breath of fresh air.”
He continued, “She might have the highest amount of character in anyone I’ve dated. She’s always present with what’s going on in the world... She’s always helping people out. She does make me want to be better.”
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Prior to dating Natalie, Nick pursued love within the Bachelor franchise. He appeared on “The Bachelorette” in 2014 to compete for Andi Dorfman’s final rose but ended Season 10 as the runner-up to Josh Murray. He was a runner-up again on Kaitlyn Bristowe’s Season 11 in 2015, which he joined in Week 4.
Nick then formed a connection with Jennifer Saviano during 2016’s Season 3 of “Bachelor in Paradise” but called it quits with her before leaving the summer series. Though he proposed to finalist Vanessa Grimaldi on the “Bachelor” Season 21 finale, the pair split months later in August 2017.
