Are Grant and Juliana Still Together From The Bachelor?
No, Grant and Juliana are not together anymore. I know, right? That was fast—maybe faster than most of us could even finish binge-watching their season's dramatic finale. If you blinked after that “After the Final Rose” special, you might have missed the breakup news entirely, but it’s official: the fairy-tale proposal didn't last. Grant and Juliana confirmed their split in less than three months after the big proposal aired to all of Bachelor Nation’s hopeful hearts.
They wrote, in that gentle breakup language exes are somehow contractually required to use, that there’s “no negativity,” “no resentment,” and the whole thing was “mutual.” (Raise your hand if you’ve seen that before. Now put your hand down; you’re at work.) It sounds a lot like a Hallmark holiday breakup: respect, bittersweet nostalgia, and just a splash of grown-up emotional processing.
It turns out, their relationship was... pretty normal after the cameras turned off. Juliana talked about it honestly: “We had a lot of honest conversations and reflection,” she wrote, “and we’ve come to the decision that this chapter of our lives is meant to continue on separate paths.” She still managed to sound grateful, even when describing something so clearly sad and complicated.
Grant, for his part, sounded like the seasoned post-Bachelor vet in his own statement: “We both gave this our best and poured a lot of love into each other, but after a lot of deep conversations, we've come to the understanding that we're simply not the right fit long term.” Maybe a smidge less poetic, but sweet in its own way. That’s maturity, folks—painful, un-sexy, non-reality-TV-friendly growth.
I have to admit, I rooted for them. Maybe not as much as Team Litia (that “almost” heartbreak still stings, even for us spectators), but I wanted that post-show pasta date and “glass of wine” to be real for them. Instead, we got... a soft landing and some reasonably good communication skills. At least no one burned down the house on Instagram Live.
Let’s set the scene for the uninitiated: Grant Ellis, the former basketball guy with the deadpan humor, proposed to Juliana Pasquarosa during the emotional season 29 finale. He’d just delivered a truly awkward, but classic Bachelor, rejection to fan favorite Litia. Tears, dramatic kisses, a Neil Lane ring... it had all the hallmarks. On “After the Final Rose,” Grant and Juliana looked giddy and grateful, played nice for the cameras, and claimed they were down for a low-key life together (at least for now).
Behind closed doors, though, real life crept in: “There were times in conversations that I watched when he would say certain things, I would get more upset with him because… more as an accountability than being flustered… I reminded myself of that a lot,” Juliana later said. So, maybe less wine-and-roses, more reruns and re-evaluating.
