Former Bachelorette Michelle Young Debuts New Romance with Jack Leius After Nate Olukoya Split

Michelle Young has found love again!

After splitting from fiance Nate Olukoya last year, ex Bachelor star Young, 30, announced on Instagram on Friday that she is dating Jack Leius.

“Hit the Jackpot with you 🫶🏾,” the couple captioned a joint Instagram post.

Former Bachelorette Michelle Young says she is ‘happier’ after her split from Nayte Olukoya

Young’s Bachelor National peers flooded the comments section of the post with support.

“I like this for you,” Brittany Galvin from Matt James’ season Bachelor wrote.

Ex-girlfriend Kaitlyn Bristowe left a series of heart emojis in the comments, while Vanessa Grimaldi from Nick Viall’s season chose: “❤️👏❤️👏❤️👏❤️.”

Like Young, Leius hails from Minnesota. Leius attended the University of Minnesota, where he majored in business and marketing education and played on the football team. He has a master’s degree in sports management from Minnesota State University and currently works as a sales consultant.

Michelle Young and new boyfriend Jack Leius on Instagram.

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Young’s last serious relationship was with Olukoya, to whom she got engaged during the finale of her finale in December 2021. Bachelor season. They announced that they were separating in June 2022, and Young later admitted that she didn’t expect it.

“I’m going to say this is not something I envisioned and I’m going to leave it at that,” Young said in a July 2022 episode of the show. Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast.

The teacher, who was second on James’ season, tackled the challenges of re-entering the dating world after appearing on the ABC dating show.

Nayte Olukoya and Michelle Young in LA in February 2022.

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“It’s really weird because, you know, you sit down and you’re like, ‘Okay, are we getting married in like two weeks?’ … You know, should we talk about our favorite colors or how many kids we want on our first date?” she said Life and style in December. “It’s just a really weird balance because Bachelor the world is so fast.”

Young has been teasing a new man on her Instagram Story for weeks, and last month she asked her TikTok followers for advice on whether she should cancel a date she had planned with a man she didn’t name. The reality star explained that she drank a Starbucks drink that had been sitting in her car for two days in the hot sun and expected to get sick.

Nayte Olukoya explains why he broke off his ‘girlfriend’ engagement to Michelle Young over the phone

“I’ll be so sick later, I should go on a date,” Young said. “Should I cancel the date now? Am I just feeling it? Should I just go to sleep and end the day? I also have emetophobia, I don’t tolerate vomiting well or talk about it. This will be character building. Today is about building character.”

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She later posted an update, writing that she “got really sick, but Pepto tried to save the day.”

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