Joe Amabile Reacts to Ex Kendall Lengthy’s Engagement to Mitchell Sage

Whereas protecting Bachelor Nation information on his podcast, Joe Amabile addressed ex-girlfriend Kendall Lengthy’s engagement to Mitchell Sage.

“Most individuals know we dated for a bit bit. I’m very pleased for her. She looks as if she’s pleased,” Amabile, 36, mentioned on the Thursday, December 1, episode of the “Click on Bait” podcast. “It looks as if they’re one another’s individual. So yeah, good for her.”

Lengthy, 31, introduced her engagement on Tuesday, November 29. “We’re engaged!! 💍✨ It’s at all times been a HECK YES with you Mitch,” she wrote through Instagram. “I really like your mind, I really like your loved ones, I just about simply love each single factor about you!”

Previous to his relationship with now-wife Serena Pitt, Amabile dated Lengthy after assembly her on season 5 of BiP in the summertime of 2018. Though the pair didn’t go away the present collectively, they later rekindled their romance and subsequently moved in collectively in Los Angeles. They introduced their break up in January 2020.

“If anybody is aware of me, I’m not the person who plans my marriage ceremony and I used to be actually doing that with Joe,” the artistic director mentioned on her “Right down to Date” podcast in February 2020, one month after she and the grocery retailer proprietor referred to as it quits. “However one thing bizarre about ending one thing with somebody that you just thought you have been going to marry [is] you virtually really feel like you might have such a greater thought of what you’re in search of.”

The California native added that she “didn’t see” their breakup coming. “Each relationship has points, however I really feel like — with Joe and I — we have been greatest mates. The whole lot was enjoyable, we have been getting a canine collectively. We had simply moved in. … Finally what occurred was that Joe felt like he would have a greater [life] in Chicago.”

The break up was amicable and the fact TV personalities continued to be a part of one another’s lives for some time. “We remained shut mates and we in all probability at all times will, I believe,” Amabile completely informed Us Weekly in Might 2020, after he and his ex have been caught Venmoing one another for sushi. “She’s from L.A. and I’m from Chicago, so it simply turned too massive of a hurdle right now in our lives, however we stay shut. We nonetheless discuss virtually day by day.”

The exes each returned to BiP for season 7 — a state of affairs that Lengthy knew could be troublesome from the beginning. “I’d not wish to watch him fall in love with another person. That will suck a lot. I nonetheless have an amazing quantity of affection for him,” she mentioned throughout a Might 2021 look on the “Nearly Well-known” podcast.

The “Right down to Date” podcaster ended up leaving Paradise early after watching her former flame get nearer with Pitt. Nonetheless, she returned for the finale to get closure from Amabile, as he was making ready to pop the query.

“The timing, I’d say, wasn’t the most effective. I used to be simply actually centered on Serena and attending to that second,” the Bachelorette alum informed Us in October 2021 of the tense second. “I had a hoop in my again pocket. So, it was extra like, ‘OK, I get that you just’re right here, you understand, I want you the most effective, however it’s not the time. Now isn’t the time.’ However I hope she’s pleased.”

Amabile and Pitt, 25, in the meantime, exchanged vows earlier this yr after getting engaged on the BiP season 7 finale. “We determined to get married this morning on the New York courthouse,” the duo introduced through YouTube on Thursday, October 27, including that they may maintain a full ceremony “subsequent yr round September” 2023.