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Kelsey Anderson Reveals How Joey Graziadei Helps Keep Her Mom’s Memory ‘Present’ in Her Life
Opening up.
Bachelor Nation fans saw Kelsey Anderson find love and get engaged to Joey Graziadei on Season 28 of “The Bachelor.”
During her time on the show, Kelsey opened up about her late mother, who passed away in 2018 after being diagnosed with breast cancer that metastasized to her bones.
Kelsey shared with Joey that she sees her mom through butterflies and the two connected over her whenever they saw butterflies during filming.
Since their time on the show, the two have kept fans updated with their lives online and Kelsey will often share about her mom.
Now, she is revealing on a podcast more about how Joey helps keep her mom’s memory “present” in her life.
In a new video online, Kelsey shared, “I think I told him early on, like, ‘I want you to ask about my mom. That’s not something I want you to feel like you have to avoid.’”
The Bachelor Nation star continued and revealed the specific ways in which Joey helps her celebrate her mom.
“I like talking about my mom. That’s what makes her still feel present in my life and close to me,” Kelsey expressed. “And then also, I always told him, ‘I want you to also make sure we’re celebrating her birthday every year.’ Little things like that. Or remember her death anniversary because that time is hard for me and I don’t want to have to tell you.”
Kelsey then reassured that Joey had been doing those things already but wanted him to know how important it was to her.
“It wasn’t like he really was not doing them. It just, I told him early on because I was like, ‘These are things that are important to me,’” she shared.
We love hearing from Kelsey and we’re so glad that she and Joey have found special ways to remember her mom. We are sending our love to Kelsey and her family always.
