While these contestants may not have found The One on their seasons of The Golden Bachelor or The Golden Bachelorette, many suitors had another chance of love with each other.
After getting engaged to Chock Chapple on The Golden Bachelorette season 1 in 2024, Joan Vassos exclusively told Us Weekly she was playing matchmaker with the two casts. (Joan self-eliminated on Gerry Turner’s season 1 of The Golden Bachelor in 2023 and was later crowned the next lead of the spinoff series.)
“I’ve already set three of them up — we have love connections that are brewing right now. And I have two more that I’m looking at and working on,” Joan told Us at the time. “We have to see how that is going to unfold. There are already five guys from this season [now] involved with somebody. They came off of this and they were popular guys, and I’m not surprised that some of them have girlfriends already!”
Scroll down to see all the rumored and confirmed Golden Bachelor crossovers:
Leslie Fhima and Jordan Heller
Leslie and Jordan sparked romance rumors in October 2024 when they attended the Los Angeles Football Club game together. Jordan set the record straight about the speculation in December 2024.
“She’s great. We talk a lot. I think Leslie’s amazing, but we’re mostly just good friends,” he said on an episode of the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast at the time. “We are not boyfriend, girlfriend.”
Sandra Mason and Charles King
Charles slid into Sandra’s DMs after meeting at Joan’s Men Tell All episode in November 2024. The pair later went on a date while Sandra was visiting Los Angeles for the holidays.
“Sandra and I spent some time together right around New Year’s Eve. We had a really, really great time together,” Charles told BachelorNation.com in January 2025. “The vibe was amazing. Sandra is an incredible woman.”
Susan Noles and Jack Lencioni
Susan and Jack sparked romance rumors when they were spotted sitting together at the After the Final Rose episode in November 2024. Susan, however, admitted in January 2025 that the pair were just friends.
“We’re both loud and we’re both Italian and we both like to cook and we’re both funny at times,” she said on an episode of the “I Do, Part 2” podcast at the time. “Two of the same as me may be not so good.”
Kathy Swarts and Keith Gordon
When Kathy and Keith appeared on the “Almost Famous” podcast in January 2025, host Bob Guiney hinted that there may be a budding romance between the twosome. At the beginning of the episode, Bob claimed that Kathy and Keith were late to recording the episode — which prompted Keith to reply, “Kathy and I are new best friends. Come on.”
Joan pointed out that Kathy was “speechless” at the remark, while Bob teased that her “lipstick does seem smudged.” Kathy replied, “Let’s just say they say follow your man. Never follow anyone when they say follow me on the 10th green because you end up in the bushes backtracking to find the path back.”
Kathy joked that the group needed to “get your minds out of the gutter,” adding, “It’s called friendship.” Kathy went on to deny that she and Keith were “in the bushes” and claimed that Chock was “pointing out the grass stains” on her shirt. After Bob asked about Keith making a move to “kiss” her, Kathy replied, “I cannot tell a lie. Keith and I are just friends. I would love to start a rumor.”