Bachelor Nation’s Victoria Fuller, Chris Soules’ Relationship Timeline

Earlier than she made her debut on Bachelor in Paradise season 8, Victoria Fuller fell for former Bachelor Chris Soules amid the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.

“Chris and I met by way of a mutual buddy, Kelsey Weier, who was additionally on the present — [Peter Weber‘s] ultimate 4 shout-out. She set us up,” the mannequin revealed throughout a September 2020 look on the “Viall Information” podcast. “She was speaking about how there’s solely three folks from Iowa which have ever been on The Bachelor, and he or she was certainly one of them and Chris was certainly one of them. And I used to be like, ‘Oh, Chris is cute.’ … So she principally similar to set it up and he ended up texting me inside, like, 5 minutes of her giving him my quantity.”

Fuller continued: “I used to be like, ‘That’s so candy.’ So, he instantly texted me after which we FaceTimed and we talked to one another on the telephone and thru textual content after which three weeks later, I used to be in Iowa [with him].”

The Virginia native was first linked to the season 19 Bachelor in April 2020, after followers started noticing that the pair have been posting related photographs whereas in quarantine. One month later, Fuller confirmed the connection — and her keep on Soules’ Iowa farm by posting a photograph posing on his espresso desk.

“Farm life,” she wrote by way of her Instagram Story on the time.

Although they regularly gushed about their relationship, Fuller confirmed 4 months later that that they had known as it quits. “I’m simply residing my greatest life. We went a separate route, however I, like, respect him a lot and I believe he’s an incredible man. I simply assume that proper now, I’m in a unique place than he’s,” the fact TV persona instructed Nick Viall in September 2020. “I’m not transferring to Iowa anytime quickly, so I simply wish to deal with me. It’s been a lot about different folks this 12 months, that I simply actually wish to hone in on what I wish to accomplish.”

On the time, Fuller added that their break up was amicable and that they nonetheless spoke to one another regularly. “I nonetheless discuss to him on a regular basis. I believe he’s superb. We’re lots alike, however I simply wish to deal with myself proper now,” she defined, earlier than joking, “I’m not a farmer, however I do know lots about f—king corn now.”

Soules, for his half, described his ex as a “nice individual,” whereas speaking concerning the breakup throughout a November 2020 look on Ben Higgins and Ashley Iaconetti‘s “Nearly Well-known” podcast.

When requested concerning the cause they break up, the farmer added that he prefers to maintain his love life non-public: “Relationships are arduous sufficient, you recognize? Some issues are greatest left unsaid.”

Maintain scrolling to see the entire timeline of Fuller and Soules’ romance: