In our thoughts.

Bachelor Nation first got to know Noah Erb on Season 16 of The Bachelorette and later on Season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise.

Most recently, Noah appeared on the HGTV design competition show Bachelor Mansion Takeover, where he was crowned the winner and took home $100,000.

During filming, Noah considered leaving the show after learning his mom was sick. And in October 2025, he and his twin brother, Aaron Erb, shared the heartbreaking news that their mother had passed away.

Now, Noah is opening up on the Bachelor Happy Hour: Golden Hour podcast about a beautiful moment he got to share with his mom after returning home from the show.

Reflecting on the challenges he faced during filming, Noah said, “About midway through the show, my mom had – I knew she was having some sort of health issues before. She had an ultrasound that showed some hot spots and stuff, and she was coming over and doing the sauna, everything, before I left. And then about midway through that show, I got a CT actually. And I know how to understand CT reports and it was pretty much me reading this thinking, ‘Okay this is not even what I thought it was. This is past that point.’ I debated going home.”

Noah went on to reveal that his mom ultimately inspired him to stay and continue competing.

“I was struggling because I’m talking to her and she’s saying everything’s okay but I’m like, ‘I know you’re gonna die,’” he said. “I said that in the interview, like I don’t know if my mom will be able to watch this. So there were those things where it’s like, okay I either need to do this or not…Once I kind of decided like, okay mom doesn’t want me to come home. And she had her own wishes and I’m like, ‘However I can use the money to help go do whatever treatments or whatever you want to do, whatever you think is gonna give you peace.’...If I could do that and she was like, ‘Win the show, you can win the show,’ [I was like] dude I’m gonna win the show. So that kind of switched. That was a little switch. I’m like dude I’m gonna win this show.”

After returning home, Noah was able to share his winnings with his mom and help care for her.

“My mom passed in October so we got time with her, I got to take care of her, and it was a beautiful moment,” he said. “I wish she would’ve got to watch it, obviously, but I did get to come home with – I stole the briefcase of money. They gave us a briefcase of money, I put that on my flight, it’s in Tulsa. Obviously I’m keeping that, so I walked home with the silver Howie Mandel kind of briefcase of money, and it was also good because I got to be like, ‘Order your supplements. Order whatever things you’re doing because this is why I won anyways.’ It was awesome, I’m glad it worked out.”

We’re sending our love to Noah and his entire family and keeping them in our thoughts. Listen to his full interview in the complete episode below.