Warning: Love Is Blind spoilers forward. Love Is Blind star Jessica Batten‘s boyfriend exhibits that she discovered love in spite of everything—and with a scorching physician, nonetheless.
Jessica was a contestant on season 1 of Love Is Blind in 2020, the place she met and acquired engaged to his now-ex-fiance, Mark Cuevas. Mark and Jessica met in The Pods, rooms the place they may discuss however not see one another. After they met head to head for the primary time, Mark and Jessica honeymooned with different engaged {couples} in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, earlier than returning to Atlanta, Georgia, the place they lived in an condo in the identical advanced as different {couples} from the present. On the day of their wedding ceremony, Mark and Jessica had been requested in the event that they took one another to be husband and spouse. Ultimately, the 2 determined to not get married and left the present single.
After the Love Is Blind finale, Jessica accused Mark of dishonest after an Instagram person claimed that he was “sleeping with MULTIPLE ladies” once they had been on Love Is Blind. “Mark was sleeping with MULTIPLE ladies on the studio he skilled at DURING the present. Possibly present these interviews along with his staff subsequent time @Netflix,” the person wrote. In her response, Jessica revealed that she knew of 1 girl Mark allegedly cheated on her with, however not “a number of” “Wow. Information to me, I solely find out about one,” she wrote. Mark, for his half, denied the declare. “Whereas Mark was on the present, he was absolutely dedicated to the LIB course of and to Jessica,” his rep mentioned in a press release to Individuals.
After all, Mark wasn’t Jessica’s solely romance on Love Is Blind. Through the present, she additionally met Matthew Barnett, who acquired engaged and married contestant Amber Pike. Nonetheless, regardless of Barnett and Amber’s engagement, Jessica continued to pursue him on Love Is Blind (particularly after she discovered that she appeared like), which led Amber to slam her on the reunion. Quick ahead to the After the Altar particular, and Jessica tried to provide Barnett and Amber a gift at their anniversary occasion, however Barnett wasn’t having it. When Jessica tried to speak to him, Barnett dodged her. Ultimately, he took the reward however instructed her he needed to depart as a result of he wasn’t allowed to speak to her. When Amber discovered that Jessica had a present for her, she instructed the opposite forged members that she didn’t need something from Jessica.
Regardless of her drama, Jessica did have a cheerful ending nevertheless. Through the After the Altar particular, Jessica revealed that she has a boyfriend. “After I left the altar, I didn’t date for a really very long time. I wished to take my time and memorialize the expertise that I simply went by way of,” she mentioned. On the time the particular filmed, Jessica revealed that she and her boyfriend had been courting for seven months and he or she didn’t invite her new beau to the finale occasion due to the possibility Mark may very well be there. So who’s Love Is Blind‘s Jessica’s husband? Meet who she’s courting forward.
Who’s Love Is Blind star Jessica Batten’s husband?
Jessica’s boyfriend is Dr. Benjamin McGrath, a foot and ankle surgeon at Whole Foot and Ankle in Murrieta, California, based on is Linkedin. Dr. Ben went to school at Brigham Younger College and graduated in 2009 with a bachelor’s of science in biology. In 2015, he graduated from the California College of Podiatric Medication. Based on his Instagram, which he has greater than 10,000 followers on, he has two youngsters, a son and daughter, from a earlier relationship. Mark and Jessica are additionally across the similar age, which is far completely different than her relationship with Mark, who was 10 years youthful than her.
In an interview with Brides, they recalled their excellent wedding ceremony and tied the knot on the Santa Barbara Courthouse with two {couples} as their friends. “We additionally had the chance to remain at a non-public residence in Montecito that turned our after-ceremony dinner and in addition our week-long prolonged keep,” the newlyweds say. “We fell in love with the Spanish structure and vintage furnishings within the residence. The peace and privateness had been excellent for our intimate occasion. The villa’s vibrant panorama and bountiful gardens made for a shocking backdrop for our first look and for spending our first days as husband and spouse.”
The 2 have one little one collectively, a child, Dax, 1, and co-parent Ben’s kids from a earlier relationship— a son Ethan, 6, and daughter Poppy, 7.
How did Love Is Blind star Jessica Batten and her husband meet?
Jessica revealed in an Instagram Story in 2020 that she and Dr. Ben met whereas using bikes on the seaside. “Favourite factor to do collectively. Additionally it’s how we met!” she wrote. She went public with their relationship on Fourth of July 2020, which was 4 months after they met. “4 months and it’s flown. We’ve been hiding out throughout quarantine hahah!” Jessica responded to a fan on the time who requested how lengthy they’d been courting.
Jessica went into extra element about assembly her husband in an interview with Brides. “It began initially by way of a Netflix actuality tv look and an Instagram DM. We met for the primary time in Venice the night time earlier than L.A. shut down for COVID. It was actually love at first sight–humorous sufficient,” Jessica instructed the publication. “We determined to fulfill for a motorbike trip the subsequent day. 15 miles later, we had an excellent feeling that we had one thing particular. We acquired to know one another over the subsequent couple weeks in isolation by way of cellphone calls and Facetime.”
By 2021, Ben proposed to Jessica. “Ben rented out a winery for a shock engagement and night occasion with buddies. He was tucked into the grapevines with a giant shock in hand,” the couple recall. “Jess had no thought!”