Blake Horstmann, Caelynn Bell.
Getty Images(2)Bachelor Nation graduate Blake Horstman takes a walk down memory lane of Stagecoach.
“I dare say this was the best weekend of 2024.” Jason Tartick captioned an Instagram post on Monday, April 29, sharing photos from his weekend at the country music festival, which ran from Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28.
Horstmann, 35, was quick to comment and alluded to his sordid past at Stagecoach.
“I told you about Stagecoahc [sic] for years 😂😉,” the former Bachelorette Stern wrote.
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Horstmann made his Bachelor Nation debut on season 14 of The BacheloretteDegree in Becca Kufrinis second. He went on to star Bachelor in paradise Season 6 in 2019, where the real drama takes place with co-star Caelynn Bell (née Miller-Keyes) began.
During his BiP When the season aired, Horstmann made headlines off-screen when he sent text messages between himself and 28-year-old Bell before “Paradise” in which he revealed that they had planned to meet at Stagecoach. Bell and Horstmann’s rendezvous took place one night after he slept with his Bachelor Nation colleague Christina Schulmann.
On screen, Bell and Schulman, 31, confronted Horstmann about the events at the music festival. While he stayed on the beach to hang out with Schulman, she rejected him and Horstmann went home.
“To say paradise was hard for me is an understatement,” he wrote on social media in September 2019, following his BiP Elimination. “I can’t blame anyone but myself for this. It’s not easy to expose yourself and all your flaws to the world. No matter how different we all were on that beach, I will always have respect for each and every one of you and be brave enough to be yourself and pursue the love we all believe we deserve.”
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Horstmann continued: “Never forget that we are all people and not characters on television. I want to thank those of you who have sent me kind words and encouraging messages. These have helped more than you will ever know. I hope this isn’t the end of my story and that I can look back on this summer and be grateful for the lessons learned and the friends I made.”
During the discussion about the drama – and its consequences – with Us weekly In March 2021, Horstmann admitted that he did not regret publishing the text messages.
“I’ll never really apologize for that,” he shared. “I will never regret it [or] “I apologize for defending myself.”
Horstmann has now said goodbye to the Bachelor Nation drama and started a relationship with Love is blind alum Giannina Gibelli. The two began dating while filming All Star Shoreand kept their relationship secret until the show aired in June 2022. Us weekly It was announced that the couple welcomed their first child together, a son named Heath Orion Horstmann, earlier this month.