Season 29 of The Bachelor was filled with emotion for both the season’s lead, Grant Ellis, and the beautiful women who were all vying for the former pro basketball player’s heart. Ultimately, the final two women left standing were venture capitalist Litia Garr and client service associate Juliana Pasquarosa—both of whom Grant told ‘I love you.’
In the end, Grant felt a stronger connection to Juliana and popped the question in the Dominican Republic, with the 28-year-old excitedly stating, “Yes, a million times, yes.” Today, the couple is still going strong, and taking the next major steps in their new relationship, including Grant’s decision to move closer to his new fiancée.
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The Bachelor’s Grant Ellis And His New Fiancée Juliana Pasquarosa Are Moving To Boston
Grant Ellis Proposed To Juliana In The Season 29 Finale
Season 29 of The Bachelor saw Grant Ellis getting down on one knee and proposing to Juliana Pasquarosa, despite being torn between her and Litia Garr. During the show’s After the Final Rose, Grant and Juliana shared that they are still going strong, and gave fans a very big announcement about the next steps in their relationship.
Grant and Juliana shared that they would be moving to Boston, Massachusetts. Grant was born in Newark, New Jersey and lives in Houston, Texas, but made the big leap to be closer to his new fiancée. Juliana is from Newton, Mass, which is just a little under a 20-minute drive from Boston.
In an interview with People after the airing of The Bachelor finale on March 24th, Grant and Juliana also spoke about his move to Boston. For Grant, he’s excited for the move despite it being a huge change for him.
“I love the dynamic that her town has and that her family has, and I want to be close to that.”
Grant continued, “I’m going to have my house in Houston, but I’m also going to come over there and we’re going to make it work.” Juliana added, “We’ll take a peek at some apartments and see what our vibe is like and where we want to be,” with her fiancé chiming in, “We’re going to figure it out.”
Season 29 of The Bachelor was filmed between September-October 2024, which meant that Grant and Juliana had to keep their engagement under wraps for several months. At the After the Final Rose special, they were still going strong which is certainly a good sign of things to come!
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Grant And Juliana Are In No Rush To Get Married
The Couple Is “Taking It All In”
Of course, the next major milestone for this new Bachelor couple is talks of a wedding. However, Grant and Juliana are in no rush, especially since it felt as if the season was very rushed this time around.
In the aforementioned People interview, the couple agreed to take things slow with Juliana stating there is “no rush.”
“I just feel like we want to live life together for a minute,” she told the outlet, stating that she also had hopes to wed in Italy. “A wedding is a big thing, and there’s so many people we have to meet. I want them all to have an opportunity to see [Grant], see us, and just have it make sense to everybody.”
“We’re going to live it up. There’s going to be wine, there’s going to be family, and it’s going to be a celebration of life. When the time is right, we’re going to handle it and we’re going to talk about it, and we’re going to have a really fun wedding,” Grant added.
“I think that we are taking it one day at a time. Right now, we are learning each other and we’re falling more in love with each other every day.”
Grant may have gotten some great advice from Season 28’s The Bachelor’s Joey Graziadei about not rushing into anything, especially marriage. Joey is still happily engaged to Kelsey Anderson. However, they have yet to get married as they navigate living together and continue to learn more about each other.
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Juliana And Grant Connected On Day One Of The Bachelor
Both Grant And Juliana Opened Up About Having Family Members Who Struggled With Addiction
Both Grant and Juliana expressed having an instant connection when they first met. After her limo entrance where she walked up to meet Grant for the first time, she decided to share a cannoli with him. In their joint People interview, Juliana shared, “I think it was his eye contact and body language when I got out. You know you could tell their was a bit of an instant spark.”
“I think night one I felt a connection, and we were definitely attracted to each other,” Grant expressed, adding that they found a real “emotional connection” during their one-on-one date in Scotland.
“The whole journey has been a bit like a fever dream,” Juliana shared on After the Final Rose.
As for Juliana, she shared that she was completely “locked in” on Grant during their trip to Scotland. The now-engaged couple also shared similar life stories of growing up with a close family member that struggled with addiction.
“Growing up, I was put in a difficult position where someone really close to me had a problem with addiction. It took the time away from me as a small kid from growing up in the loving family I am so appreciative [of] today — I didn’t really have that back then,” she told Grant. She added, “Laughing and smiling is a coping mechanism for me in a lot of ways.”
Grant has been open about his father’s addiction struggles both on his season of The Bachelor and when he was a contestant on Jenn Tran’s The Bachelorette. After speaking to Juliana about her own experience with addiction, he said in a confessional, “It’s like I was looking at a reflection of myself.”
The Bachelor
- Release Date
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March 25, 2002
- Network
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Channel 5, BBC Three
- Writers
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Mike Fleiss
