Are “Golden Bachelorette” Joan Vassos and Chock Chapple still together?

Warning: This story contains spoilers for “The Golden Bachelorette.”

It was a love story for the (golden) age! In the emotional finale of “The Golden Bachelorette,” Joan Vassos chose her winner on the island of Bora Bora.

They chose Chock Chapple, a 60-year-old insurance executive from Wichita, Kansas, and Guy Gansert, a 66-year-old emergency room physician from Reno, Nevada. Ultimately, she chose Chock – the man who kept saying he was “crazy about her.”

Joan, who lost her husband John Vassos to pancreatic cancer in 2021, was previously a contestant on “The Golden Bachelor.” She voluntarily left the squadron to care for her daughter, who had just given birth.

“I am happy about my future now as it looks much brighter. Chock is the reason for all of this,” Joan said in a confessional interview.

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Chock proved to be a frontrunner early on, but his bond with Joan was cemented after he met her adult children.

The meeting was emotional – Joan’s son Nick initially seemed reluctant when Chock kissed Joan on the lips in greeting.

But her children came over. Chock promised that he was not here to “replace” her late father in any way.

Joan and her children also realized how difficult it was for them to have a romantic future. “If I loved Dad so much, could I fall in love again?” Joan asked. Nick cheered her on, saying he and his sister were “proud” to see her “take risks” and proud of the “incredible strength” she showed.

For his part, Chock said he had a “great time” and called her family “good people.”

After the date, Chock declared his love for Joan. Although Joan didn’t respond, it was enough for her to decide that Chock would be her future husband. She recognized it Was worthy of love – which was questioned after her split from Pascal Ibgui.

In the episode before the finale, Pascal, a salon owner from Chicago, broke up with Joan during an emotional boat trip in Tahiti, telling her that he didn’t feel a strong connection.

“It just makes me feel unlovable,” Joan said at the time of the breakup. “If he couldn’t love me, how could anyone love me?”

And before Guy had the chance to meet Joan’s family, Joan broke up with him. During the After the Final Rose special, she made it clear that she was “getting there” with Guy, but they needed more time.

“In the end it was really, really hard to say goodbye to you because in any other situation I would have been with you because we would have had more time,” she said. “It was absolutely nothing you did. I missed you. It was really hard being away from you.”

She said she hopes she and Guy can remain friends and go on a double date.

Chock proposes to him on the beach

As the final scenes began, Joan and Chock shared that they felt ready and excited to get engaged.

Joan said she wanted to spend “the rest of her life” with Chock. She had lost hope in her future – and he helped her regain it. Chock, meanwhile, said he couldn’t believe he found this “incredible opportunity” at this point in his life.

In his application, Chock said he was “so absolutely happy” to be in her life and have her in his. He paid tribute to their late spouses and said he would “honor” John by “loving them every day.”

Joan also acknowledged how difficult it was to let Chock stop filming because his mother had passed away. This, she said, was the moment she realized she couldn’t complete the show’s journey without him.

“We are living proof that no matter what life throws at us, there is still hope, even at our age,” Joan said, telling Chock that she loved him for the first time.

And with that, Chock got down on one knee and proposed (of course) with a Neil Lane ring. She gave him the last golden rose.

After the proposal, the happy couple FaceTimed with Joan’s mother from the beach, who expressed her shock and joy at meeting her daughter’s new partner.

“I never thought in a million years that I would feel love like that again. Never,” said Joan.

So are Joan Vassos and Chock still together?

Host Jesse Palmer revealed that Joan and Chock are the franchise’s “newest ‘Golden Bachelorette’ couple,” suggesting they are still together.

The couple confirmed this in an interview.

“This feels so good. “I’m looking at our family and friends who we’ve never been with before, so it’s so nice to finally be able to share our love, our story and our future with them,” Joan said to her loved ones sitting in the audience.

“I couldn’t be happier and I want the world to know it,” Chock said. He then spoke out about his fiancée’s behavior on the show. “I want to tell the world and fans how classy Joan is and the respect she has for all the other guys,” he added.

Since their engagement, Joan and Chock have been able to spend quality time together outside of the public eye.

“We cooked, we played crossword puzzles, I mean, we did everything,” Chock said.

At the end of the finale, Jesse said to his surprise that the show would send both of their families on a trip to Disney World, which earned much applause from Joan’s grandson.