After two seasons of The Bachelorette and his own season of The Bachelor, Nick Viall found love off camera with Natalie Joy. The couple were first linked in 2019, two years before confirming their relationship. Viall revealed in February 2021 that Joy slid into his Instagram DMs. "It was very romantic," he joked during an episode of his "Viall Files" podcast, noting that after hanging out for some time, Joy told him she wanted to "date," but he was hesitant, so Joy did her own thing. "She went and showed me exactly what I'd be missing.