{"id":268320,"date":"2019-02-26T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1018717"},"modified":"2019-02-26T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T18:31:00","slug":"why-ben-higgins-new-romance-with-jessica-clarke-has-bachelor-fans-so-excited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/why-ben-higgins-new-romance-with-jessica-clarke-has-bachelor-fans-so-excited\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ben Higgins’ New Romance With Jessica Clarke Has Bachelor Fans So Excited"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Everything is coming up roses in Ben Higgins<\/strong>‘ romantic life.<\/p>\n

Less than a week after The Bachelor<\/em> fan-favorite made his relationship with Jessica Clarke<\/strong> Instagram official<\/a>, fans are learning more about this special romance.<\/p>\n

In this week’s all-new episode of iHeartRadio’s Almost Famous<\/a><\/em> podcast, Ben and co-host Ashley Iaconetti<\/strong> had the pleasure of chatting with Jessica on the phone.<\/p>\n

What came next were more than a few sweet details that has Bachelor<\/em> fans so happy for the pair. For starters, Ben first spotted Jessica on Instagram when he was visiting Nashville. But after screengrabbing her profile, The Bachelor<\/em> star waited close to six months before sliding into her DMs.<\/p>\n

“I saw this picture and I said, ‘Holy cow. This girl is gorgeous,'” Ben shared in the episode. “I said something along the lines of, ‘Don’t ask too much about how I saw your profile. I can explain later but if you’re single, please message back.'”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Spoiler alert: She responded\u2014with the help of her brother\u2014and the rest is history.<\/p>\n

“One of my favorite qualities about Ben is he’s humble and I don’t think he realizes how great he is,” Jessica shared. “His whole approach to it was hilarious and really cute.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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While she hasn’t watched Ben’s season as The Bachelor<\/em>, some of her cousins listen to her boyfriend’s podcast.<\/p>\n

And for those wondering why Wells Adams<\/strong> was following her on Instagram, they simply went to the same school. In other words, there’s no crossover with other members of Bachelor Nation.<\/p>\n

“Jess went to Ole Miss with Wells Adams and so when I first started talking to Jess, I texted Wells because I saw that we both followed her and I asked what do you know about this Jessica Clarke girl?” Ben shared. “And he goes I know she’s beautiful and if you’re talking to her, you’re a lucky guy.”<\/p>\n

During the podcast episode, Ben revealed that he has met Jessica’s family and shares the same faith as his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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The longest they have gone without seeing each other is a month. Fortunately, FaceTime has helped with distance and busy schedules.<\/p>\n

As for their first kiss together<\/a>, it happened the first time they saw each other in person.<\/p>\n

“I think I walked outside and just laid it, yeah,” Ben confessed. Jessica added, “Yeah, I mean, I thought it was romantic.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Ben first appeared as a contestant on The Bachelorette<\/em> during Kaitlyn Bristowe<\/strong>‘s season. After he was the second runner-up, the businessman was chosen to become The Bachelor<\/em> where he got engaged to Lauren Bushnell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

After appearing on Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After?<\/em>, the couple decided to part ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Life’s been a little crazy for me, and it took me a while to get my mind and heart back in the place to start dating again,” Ben previously explained<\/a> to E! News. “But I’m starting to, and I think that’s the best step. I didn’t know how to start, and I’m starting. But that’s about as far as it goes. There’s some great people in my life. Hopefully soon I will be able to show somebody off.”<\/p>\n

Safe to say many are happy to see Ben so happy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Don’t miss E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everything is coming up roses in Ben Higgins‘ romantic life. Less than a week after The Bachelor fan-favorite made his relationship with Jessica Clarke Instagram official, fans are learning more about this special romance. In this week’s all-new episode of iHeartRadio’s Almost Famous podcast, Ben and co-host Ashley Iaconetti had the pleasure of chatting with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-268320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 17:46:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}