Are Kat & Brayden Still Together From Bachelor in Paradise? Their Drama With Tanner
Given their love triangle with Tanner, Rachel and more contestants, it’s understandable why there’s so much interest in if Kat and Brayden are still together from Bachelor in Paradise 2023 and if they got engaged in the BIP Season 9 finale.
Kat Izzo (who was on The Bachelor Season 27) and Brayden Bowers (who was on The Bachelorette Season 20) are two contestants on Bachelor in Paradise Season 9. Bachelor in Paradise is a spinoff of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. The Bachelor franchise premiered on ABC in March 2002 with businessman Alex Michel as the first Bachelor. The show has since aired for more than 27 seasons and produced several spin-offs including The Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise, Bachelor Pad, The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart, and The Bachelor Winter Games.
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Bachelor in Paradise premiered in August 2014 as a reality TV dating series featuring former contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. The show starts with an uneven number of women and men from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. Each week, there’s a Rose Ceremony where either the men or women give roses to the contestants they feel the strongest connection to. The contestants who don’t receive a rose are sent home.
The next week, the roles are reversed, and the gender that didn’t give out roses the previous week now chooses who to give a rose to and who to send home. Each week, more contestants from past seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette join the show to create an uneven number between the women and men and force the contestants already there to either couple up with someone new or stay in their current relationship. Contestants are also given date cards at random to choose contestants they want to spend alone time with. Many new contestants join the show with a date card.
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At the end of Bachelor in Paradise, the contestants are offered an opportunity to have an overnight date with no cameras or microphones (much like Fantasy Suites on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.) After the overnight dates is the finale, where contestants either choose to break up or get engaged. Like The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise also has an “After the Final Rose” special, where contestants reunite to hash out drama and update viewers on their relationship.
But back to Kat and Brayden. So… are Kat and Brayden still together from Bachelor in Paradise 2023 and did they get engaged in the BIP Season 9 finale? Read on for what happened to Kat and Brayden on Bachelor in Paradise 2023—including their love triangles with Tanner, Rachel, and more contestants.
Are Kat and Brayden still together from Bachelor in Paradise Season 9?
Are Kat and Brayden still together from Bachelor in Paradise 2023? The answer is no. Kat Izzo (The Bachelor Season 27) and Brayden Bowers (The Bachelorette Season 20) are not still together after they broke up in the middle of Bachelor in Paradise Season 9, according to Reality Steve.
Brayden is sent home in the fourth Rose Ceremony, while Kat gets engaged to John Henry Spurlock, a contestant from The Bachelorette Season 20 with Charity Lawson, according to Reality Steve. Before he’s sent home, Brayden dates Rachel Recchia, who was on The Bachelor Season 26 and The Bachelorette Season 19. Before her engagement, Kat also dated Tanner Courtad, who was on The Bachelorette Season 20 with Charity Lawson. Rachel and Tanner also dated each other before Rachel eliminated herself in the middle of Bachelor in Paradise Season 9.
In July 2023, Reality Steve tweeted a video of them at the restaurant Rudee’s on the Inlet in Virginia Beach, where John Henry is from, after Bachelor in Paradise Season 9 finished filming. “Kat and John Henry are absolutely together, and I’m pretty sure they got engaged at the end of BIP filming. Here is a video of them last Sat night July 8th at Rudee’s in Virginia Beach. Onlookers said they were holding hands and were an obvious couple,” he wrote at the time.
Who’s Kat from Bachelor in Paradise Season 9?
Who’s Kat from Bachelor in Paradise 2023? Katherine “Kat” Izzo is a 27-year-old Registered Nurse from Tampa, Florida. She was a contestant on The Bachelor Season 27 with Zach Shallcross, where she was sent home in fifth place. Read Kat’s biography for The Bachelor Season 27 ahead:
“Katherine is a vibrant go-getter with a witty sense of humor and a glass-half-full attitude. She loves spending time with her nieces and nephews and can’t wait to have a family of her own. Katherine’s career as a registered nurse is extremely important to her, but her No. 1 priority is to find her perfect match. Katherine’s dream man is loyal, trustworthy, a great communicator and, most importantly, her best friend. She is looking for a real man who will enhance her life, and she’s ready to put it all on the line to pursue love.
People tell Katherine that she looks like Julia Roberts all the time.
Katherine doesn’t camp; she only glamps.
Katherine could live off breakfast pastries.”
Who’s Brayden from Bachelor in Paradise Season 9?
Who’s Brayden from Bachelor in Paradise Season 9? Brayden Bowers is a 25-year-old Travel Nurse from Murrieta, California. He was a contestant on The Bachelorette Season 20 with Charity Lawson, where he was sent home in 10th place. Read Brayden’s biography for The Bachelorette Season 20 ahead:
“Brayden is as hardworking, romantic and funny as he is handsome. The travel nurse has big goals for his future but says there’s one major piece missing from his life – a wife. Brayden has been in serious relationships before but is excited about this unique opportunity to date Charity. When Brayden loves, he loves hard and he is ready to put it all on the line to find his perfect match. Brayden is hoping his future wife is honest, adventurous and, most importantly, will love his dog, River, as much as he does! Could Charity be the perfect match Brayden (and River) have been looking for?!
Brayden loves a good cigar lounge.
Brayden is not into meditation.
Brayden is looking for someone to teach him how to salsa dance.”
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