Becca Tilley Praises Hayley Kiyoko Amid 4-Year Private Romance

Her last rose! Now that is what I call her final rose! Becca TilleyHayley KiyokoOfficially, they have confirmed their relationship. Bachelor alum couldn’t be happier to share their journey.

“I have been crying on & and off all day. I don’t know that I can properly form adequate words to express how much the love and support means, but I just want to say thank you ♥️,” the Bachelor Season 19 runner up, 33, posted via Instagram Story on Friday May 20. “And to everyone who has known about us for the last 4 years and gave us the time and space to do it in our own time — the magnitude of that alone is not lost on me. I am so grateful.”

Becca Tilley Praises Girlfriend Hayley Kiyoko for Teaching Her to 'Be Brave' and 'Love Myself' Amid Private Romance
Courtesy Becca Tilley/Instagram

The Jem and the Holograms star, 31, teased the pair’s romance with a brief cameo in her “For the Girls” music video, which dropped hours earlier on Friday. Kiyoko was the featured actor in the footage. Bachelorette-esque lead of a queer version of the show, a nod to Tilley’s reality TV past. The Louisiana native — who shared a sweet kiss with her partner at the release party — even received Kiyoko’s final rose in the video.

Following the song’s release, Tilley confirmed the pair’s romance via Instagram. She shared a montage of their milestones, writing, “Hard to say if this is a hard or soft launch, but it is a launch ❤️ #95p. … Time flies when you’re livinge [sic]Joking [sic]Love and care [sic]! I love you. ❤️

The “Girls Love Girls” musician — who has been candid about her sexuality and publicly coming out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community — replied: “The best four years ever. I love you Becca.”

The “Scrubbing In” podcast host, who previously dated Robert GrahamIn late 2016 and early 2017 she ended her Friday Story with an email to Kiyoko.

“Hayley, thank you for showing me how to be brave and how to love myself. I’m so glad I don’t have to avoid pronouns on the podcast now,” Tilley wrote. “I love you 💜.”

Nearly two years have passed since her split with the 38-yearold Bachelor in Paradise Tilley, an alumnus, confirmed to Us Weekly She moved on with a new partner.

“I just think that my relationship that I’m in is just, I like that it’s private and it’s my own,” the reality TV alum exclusively told Us September 2019. “I had a public relationship before and it just felt like I had a lot of people involved, which I know that’s why they sort of watched me in the first place. I’m really happy and I hope to eventually start opening up about it more, but I’m happy with it being private right now.”

She continued at the time: “I just feel if the moment comes where I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m just going to say something,’ then I will.”

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