Paradise found! While it wasn’t always smooth sailing for Bachelor in Paradise 5 couple Astrid Loch and Kevin Wendt, the pair found their happily ever after once they wrapped their time on the Bachelor spinoff.
While Loch appeared on Nick Viall’s season 21 of The Bachelor, Wendt had a more extensive past with the franchise, winning season 1 of The Bachelorette Canada. After getting down on one knee and proposing to lead Jasmine Lorimer, the twosome split in April 2017, five months after the finale. The firefighter subsequently appeared on Bachelor Winter Games and met Ashley Iaconetti.
After the show finished airing in 2018, fans learned Wendt and Iaconetti, who won the show, continued their relationship. They later split when she reconnected with Jared Haibon. While she initially denied cheating on him, Iaconetti admitted in August 2018 that there was a brief overlap.
“I was dating Kevin, like, out in the real world for two weeks and Jared came out about his feelings and he kissed me in the airport,” the “Almost Famous” podcast host said on her show. “I admitted before I was dating Kevin when Jared kissed. Whether you call that cheating that is up to you, by most definitions that is true, but, it was one of the moments of passion, one of those actions — he pulled me in, I kissed him back.”
Wendt went on to watch Iaconetti and Haibon get engaged on season 5 of BiP when they returned to Mexico to make an appearance on the show. The Canadian, for his part, had started dating Loch on the spinoff show. While the twosome briefly split before the season wrapped, they got back together shortly after calling it quits on the beach.
“It was the craziest scenario that you can meet someone in, and then the breakup was the best thing that ever happened to us because it just let us kind of end the TV show chapter there in Mexico and come out of it and just work on it on our own and kind of figure out what we wanted to do,” Loch told E! News in August 2019 while reflecting on their journey.
Wendt noted at the time that the duo “just enjoy each other’s company.” He explained, ”I feel like the biggest thing about us and that we get feedback about is that we’re pretty normal compared to a lot of people that go on the show … I feel like we’re on our own little island from the Bachelor world over here, which is actually kind of nice. We get left alone a lot, but we also spend most of our time inside, to be honest.”
The couple, who got engaged in August 2019, are set to welcome their first child in June 2022.
Scroll through to revisit Loch and Wendt’s timeline:
The twosome met while filming season 5 of BiP in 2018. ABC/Paul Hebert
Wendt pulled the plug on their relationship during a September 2018 episode of BiP, blindsiding Loch. “Getting dumped was not part of the 12 month plan #BachelorInParadise,” she tweeted at the time. Courtesy Kevin Wendt/Instagram
After Wendt apologized for doubting their romance, Loch forgave him and fans learned of their reconciliation during the BiP reunion in September 2019. Courtesy Astrid Loch/Instagram
Loch confirmed in December 2018 that she was moving to Canada for Wendt. “This summer I took a chance, quit my job, and packed up my apartment … 6 months later this PODS storage box and I are getting shipped to Canada,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “Hope you’re ready for me and all my stuff @kevin.c.wendt.” ABC/Paul Hebert
He popped the question in August 2019. “You’ll never walk alone again,” he gushed via Instagram at the time. “From here on out, we run together. Astrid you are my family, babe. Forever.” Courtesy of Astrid Loch/Instagram
The pair postponed their wedding, which was set for November 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Weirdly enough we’re actually okay with it,” Loch wrote via Instagram. “With everything going on in the world, uncertainty ahead, and so many changes happening in our lives (more on that soon) we realized it was time to take a step back and reevaluate our priorities.” Courtesy of Kevin Wendt/Instagram
After undergoing IVF, the couple announced they are expecting their first child. She called her pregnancy a “dream come true” at the time. “One of the first conversations @kevin.c.wendt and I had was about how we both loved kids and couldn’t wait to have our own. When I think about Kev holding our little angel for the first time my heart flutters. Even in my wildest dreams I couldn’t have imagined how amazing this would all feel,” Loch wrote. “To all the couples trying to get pregnant, my heart is with you. We know first hand how hard it can be to see these kinds of posts and feel sad & discouraged. We too struggled with fertility and conceiving naturally – it’s the toughest thing we’ve ever been through and I can’t wait to share more of how we got here. But today is finally about some good news & we hope you can enjoy it with us. #babywendt #ivf #infertility #infertilityawareness.” Courtesy Astrid Loch/Instagram
Loch told her Instagram followers in July 2021 that the twosome won’t walk down the aisle in November because of her due date. She joked that “third time’s the charm” when it comes to planning their nuptials. Courtesy of Astrid Loch/Instagram
Loch gave birth to son August "Auggy" William. Courtesy of Kevin Wendt/Instagram
“Somewhere around 4 years down & it just keeps getting better,” she gushed via Instagram. “Can’t wait for all that’s ahead @kevin.c.wendt.” Courtesy Astrid Loch/Instagram
“Less than one month to go,” Loch wrote alongside a picture of “bridal things” via Instagram Stories. Courtesy Astrid Loch/Instagram
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