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Thriller solved. Love Is Blind star Bartise Bowden introduced earlier this month that he secretly welcomed a toddler, and the newborn boy’s mom’s id is now identified.
Bowden (whose authorized title Robert Bartise Bowden) shares his new child son with Olivia Gross. Courtroom paperwork obtained by Us Weekly reveal that the Netflix star, 27, filed authorized paperwork associated to their bundle of pleasure. Gross is listed because the child boy’s mom.
The Texas-based mother, 25, has gone personal on her social media profiles. Life & Type first confirmed her id on Sunday, April 9.
The Excellent Match star first revealed that he was a dad on Friday, April 7. “Would possibly’ve been the villain on television, however I’m gonna be the hero for him. Instagram, meet my little man ❤️ #bigfella,” Bowden introduced by way of Instagram on the time alongside a sequence of snaps together with his little man.
Bowden confirmed the toddler — whose title has but to be revealed — was his baby within the feedback part. “Nephew?” one commenter on Instagram requested. The Texas native replied, “Son!”
He celebrated Easter together with his son on Sunday, exhibiting his son’s bunny onesie and matching hat by way of TikTok. The fact star added by way of his Instagram Story: “We went from zaddy onscreen to daddy in actual life. Yep, have a look at that, he simply spit up throughout us, didn’t he?”

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One fellow Netflix star threw shade at him after his “zaddy” remark. In response, Chrishell Stause of Promoting Sundown wrote within the feedback part, “Who retains mendacity to this man.”
Throughout his time on Netflix’s Love Is Blind season 3, the senior analyst stunned viewers when he bonded with each Nancy Rodriguez and Raven Ross. Whereas Bowden initially fashioned a reference to Ross, 30, he finally left the pods with Rodriguez, 32.
He proposed to the speech pathologist however finally known as issues off on their wedding ceremony day. On the time, Bowden stated he pulled the plug on their nuptials as a result of he was not bodily drawn to his then-fiancée.
Bowden was thought-about a villain on LIB, which he later informed Us Weekly was troublesome to simply accept. “It was undoubtedly exhausting and … embarrassing to look at. … I undoubtedly really feel dangerous about that,” he informed Us in November 2022.
Following his look on Love Is Blind, Bowden looked for love on The Excellent Match, which debuted in February. He ended the season partnered with Too Sizzling to Deal with alum Izzy Fairthorne, however they finally known as it quits after they returned dwelling.
