More than one year after meeting on season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise Canada, Chelsea Vaughn and Austin Tinsley are ready to share their love story exclusively with Us Weekly.
“Chelsea was obviously attractive, but she had a lot more depth to her than people give her credit for,” Austin, who was eliminated on night 1 of Katie Thurston’s season 17 of The Bachelorette, told Us. “Even just in general, like, people think models are just a pretty face. She has a lot of depth — like, you think you know one thing about her and then you ask her a different question, she takes a left turn. It was the fact that she has so much going on and so much perspective on things that I don’t know normally think about in certain ways that drew me [to her] initially. And I think the fact that we think so differently is what’s going to drive us toward more growth.”
Chelsea, who appeared on Matt James’ season 25 of The Bachelor and season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise, admitted that she was “scared to be attracted” to Austin after failed dating attempts within Bachelor Nation.
“I just looked at him and I just thought like, ‘OK, he’s that good looking, he’s 6’6. He’s a California guy.’ I just didn’t think I was gonna be his type. And I told him this, like, … ‘He’s not going for me.’ And then he caught me by surprise and then the whole time he just kept catching me by surprise,” she told Us. “But it was really once we started talking more that it was really like, ‘Wow, we really connect mentally and emotionally a lot. I was just drawn to that and attracted to that. And I think I was just really intrigued by the way that [Austin] thinks in general because like he said, we don’t really think the same. And so it made both of us gain a new perspective and see where the other person was coming from. And we continue to do that now.”
Bachelor in Paradise Canada wrapped in mid-2022 but didn’t air its finale until Sunday, July…
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