{"id":286432,"date":"2020-01-14T06:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T13:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1111464"},"modified":"2020-01-14T06:06:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T13:06:00","slug":"january-jones-finally-confirms-she-dated-the-bachelors-nick-viall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/january-jones-finally-confirms-she-dated-the-bachelors-nick-viall\/","title":{"rendered":"January Jones Finally Confirms She Dated The Bachelor&#8217;s Nick Viall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2018120\/rs_600x600-180220183859-600_----january-jones-nick-viall--22018.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"45.926158680283\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"34.444619010212\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/january_jones\">January Jones<\/a><\/strong> is setting the record straight on if she ever dated&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/nick_viall\">Nick Viall<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The actress spilled the tea on Monday&#8217;s episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/armchairexpertpod.com\/pods\/january-jones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As fans will recall, Viall starred on <em>The Bachelor<\/em> in 2017 after appearing on two seasons of <em>The Bachelorette<\/em> and one season of <em>Bachelor in Paradise<\/em>. Not only did Jones watch his season but she also gave her take on the show during segments for <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> and <em>The Late Late Show With James Corden<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was just blasting that guy,&#8221; Jones recalled.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Viall caught wind of Jones&#8217; words and decided to hit her up on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nick slid into my DMs and he&#8217;s like, &#8216;I&#8217;m so sorry that your perception of me is no negative. I&#8217;d love to take you out to coffee and see if I can change your mind,'&#8221; she said during the podcast, summarizing the alleged message. &#8220;I squealed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Jones said she initially considered turning the invitation down, she claimed her sister changed her mind.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was good. All I did was grill him about the show,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We went on a couple dates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jones said the &#8220;thing that attracted&#8221; her to Viall was that he was &#8220;cast as the &#8216;villain'&#8221; but that &#8220;he had a bit of a brain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s all we were talking about really,&#8221; she said. &#8220;But I got a lot of juicy inside stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"52.343866171004\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"13.293680297398\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/01\/15\/january-jones-is-dating-bachelor-nick-viall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rumors started spreading<\/a> that the two were dating in early 2018\u2014about five months after Viall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/875795\/the-bachelor-s-nick-viall-and-vanessa-grimaldi-end-their-engagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> he had called off his engagement with season 21 star <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/vanessa_grimaldi\">Vanessa Grimaldi<\/a><\/strong>. However, Jones denied the reports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a friend of mine. He&#8217;s super sweet,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/915179\/january-jones-addresses-nick-viall-dating-rumors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she told <em>Entertainment Tonight<\/em> at the time<\/a>. &#8220;No, I&#8217;m single. But, he&#8217;s a friend of mine and tells me lots of inside scoops.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Viall also confirmed&nbsp;he was single and that the two were &#8220;good friends&#8221; later that year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve hung out. I&#8217;ll leave it at that,&#8221; he told E! News at the time.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"31.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"3\">\n<p>To hear the rest of Jones&#8217; interview, check out <em>Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1111464\/january-jones-finally-confirms-she-dated-the-bachelor-s-nick-viall?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January Jones is setting the record straight on if she ever dated&nbsp;Nick Viall. The actress spilled the tea on Monday&#8217;s episode of Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard.&nbsp; As fans will recall, Viall starred on The Bachelor in 2017 after appearing on two seasons of The Bachelorette and one season of Bachelor in Paradise. 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