Their happily ever after! After four years of marriage, Luke Pell Amanda MertzYou are officially engaged.
“When in Rome…🤷🏻♀️ We are so thrilled to finally share the news, WE’RE ENGAGED!! 💍💍,” the Bachelorette alum, 37, and Mertz, 35, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, July 7, about the major milestone.
After meeting in 2017, the couple began dating in 2018. The former reality star took to Instagram to reflect on their close relationship with Mertz. “I haven’t been this happy in my life until you showed up and made it a better place to live in,” he wrote via Instagram in November 2018.
The entrepreneur spoke later about her journey to finding The One. “Really happy that some really weird situations lined up & we both were at the @spotify show last year. A year ago today, you played here & I had to be here so we took a chance & it’s been one of my favorite chances I’ve ever taken,” she captioned a sweet Instagram post in June 2019. “What a difference a year makes.”
Pell and Mertz split after a brief split in 2020. They rekindled their relationship later that year and continued sharing their love on social media. Pell, a real estate agent, rose to fame once he joined. JoJo Fletcher’s season of The Bachelorette2016
Pell, who was in the final four, was replaced later as the season 21 Bachelor by Nick Viall. “We were all satisfied, had agreed to the contracts and everything was moving forward,” he exclusively told Us WeeklySeptember 2016. “I was checked in to my flight to come to L.A. Producers called me Sunday night around 10 p.m. They told me that ABC had decided, quote-unquote to go in another direction. I was supposed to leave Monday morning at 9:15 a.m. I had all my belongings packed. Most dramatic Monday ever!”
At the time, Bachelor Winter Games alum noted that he didn’t have plans to find love on screen again. “I probably wouldn’t do it,” he admitted. “I don’t want to wait in the wings for what decisions they can make for my life. I want to head back into taking control of my own destiny.”
Pell also discussed his search for the perfect person to share his life. “I love somebody that is excited about life and has goals and dreams,” he added. “I love independence. I love confidence. I love somebody that loves family and loves to have fun and who is completely comfortable in their own skin.”
Fletcher, 31, left season 12 of The BacheloretteEngaged Jordan Rodgers. The couple were finally married after multiple attempts to tie it together during the coronavirus pandemic.
