Third Time's the Charm? Kaitlyn Bristowe Hints at New Engagement

Kaitlyn Bristowe is cautiously optimistic about love again—and this time, she’s hoping the third engagement sticks.

The 41-year-old Bachelor Nation veteran opened up on Amanda Hirsch’s“Not Skinny But Not Fat”podcast about where she stands romantically, dropping a telling line:“Now, I’m on this third possible engagement. If I’m gonna finally talk about someone out loud after however long, I hope this is the person.”It’s a measured way of saying she’s ready to go public with her relationship—if things keep moving forward.

That someone is widely believed to be fellow Bachelor alum Zac Clark, 42, though neither has officially confirmed they’re together. The two have been linked since January 2024, and fans have pieced together clues like Kaitlyn’s April move to New York City, where Zac lives. She’s also mentioned having“chemistry”with a mystery man right away and that they“went through a blip”before things progressed.

Bristowe’s romantic history reads like a cautionary tale about the pressure cooker that is reality TV romance. She left her Bachelorette season in 2015 engaged to Shawn Booth, but they split three years later. Then came Jason Tartick, whom she dated for two years before he proposed in 2021—only for that relationship to end by August 2023. That’s a lot of ring, a lot of heartbreak, and a lot of questions about what went wrong.

But here’s what makes this moment different. On the podcast, Kaitlyn acknowledged the toll those experiences took on her confidence.“My ego holds me back too because I’m like,‘What if I’m just a failure again in a relationship?'”she admitted. Yet she also stressed that she’s learned from those chapters and become“a better”girlfriend as a result. She’s not dismissing her past relationships as disasters—just as lessons that prepared her for something more grounded.

Whether Zac is the one or not remains to be seen. But Kaitlyn’s willingness to be vulnerable about her fears and growth suggests she’s approaching this with more self-awareness than before. The full episode of“Not Skinny But Not Fat”drops Tuesday, July 14, on all podcast platforms—so we might get more clues soon.