{"id":288849,"date":"2020-03-01T20:07:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T03:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1127218"},"modified":"2020-03-01T20:07:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T03:07:22","slug":"bachelor-nations-chris-bukowski-and-katrina-badowski-spark-romance-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/bachelor-nations-chris-bukowski-and-katrina-badowski-spark-romance-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor Nation&#8217;s Chris Bukowski and Katrina Badowski Spark Romance Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"40.629590766002\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/202021\/rs_1080x1350-200301182938-1080-katrina-badowski-instagram-am-030120.gif?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Bachelor, Katrina Badowski, Instagram, Chris Bukowski\" alt=\"Bachelor, Katrina Badowski, Instagram, Chris Bukowski\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Instagram<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"25.832449628844\">\n<p>Is there a new Bachelor Nation romance brewing?<\/p>\n<p><em>Bachelor in Paradise<\/em> star <strong>Chris Bukowski<\/strong> is fueling romance rumors with former <em>Bachelor<\/em> contestant, <strong>Katrina Badowski<\/strong>&#8230; again. The dynamic duo&nbsp;was spotted at<strong>&nbsp;JJ Lane <\/strong>and<strong> Kayla Hughes<\/strong>&#8216;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1126324\/the-bachelorette-s-jj-lane-marries-kayla-hughes-in-leap-day-wedding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leap-Day wedding<\/a>&nbsp;in Denver on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>For the special occasion, both Chris and Katrina appeared to attend the ceremony with each other.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Owskis,&#8221; the <em>Bachelor<\/em> star cheekily wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B9Lka1wpB_0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, alongside a photo of her and Chris striking a pose together. &#8220;Congrats @kayhughes9 and @jjhlane on your beautiful new life together!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, people began speculating whether or not they were dating. However, a source tells E! News, they&nbsp;aren&#8217;t&nbsp;and simply decided to attend the wedding with each other&nbsp;because &#8220;they are both single.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;source&nbsp;made it clear it was &#8220;not a date.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the two sparked relationship rumors after they were seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1123960\/what-s-really-going-on-between-bachelor-nation-s-chris-bukowski-and-katrina-badowski?query=katrina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">enjoying a dinner&nbsp;in Chicago on Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4\">\n<p>Of their nighttime outing, an onlooker told us that they were having a good time.&nbsp;But the eyewitness pointed out&nbsp;that they didn&#8217;t appear to be&nbsp;in a relationship.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"35.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"11\">\n<p>&#8220;There wasn&#8217;t any obvious PDA outside of the typical conversation, jokes and laughing,&#8221; the eyewitness said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>A separate insider also shared that they are simply pals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;ve hung out before. They get along and really like each other but they&#8217;re not a couple,&#8221; the insider explained. &#8220;They are friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"58.829526916803\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"14.119086460033\">\n<p>Fans of Chris will recall that just two months ago, he and <strong>Katie Morton<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1101234\/bachelor-in-paradise-s-chris-bukowski-and-katie-morton-break-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called off their engagement<\/a> after becoming exclusive during&nbsp;<em>Bachelor in Paradise<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve reached a point in our story where we agree it&#8217;s best to go our separate ways,&#8221;&nbsp;Chris shared in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B55XHEhpzA5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> post over the news. &#8220;We have chosen to love and respect each other as friends because that&#8217;s the base of our relationship, and it&#8217;s what is most natural for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;We are incredibly thankful for the support we&#8217;ve received from our family, friends and everyone who supported us throughout our journey\u2014from&nbsp;Paradise&nbsp;to this moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-5-img\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"post-content__image\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20191010\/rs_1024x759-191110151212-1024-Chris-Bukowski-mv-111019.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" border=\"0\" title=\"Chris Bukowski, Katie Morton\" alt=\"Chris Bukowski, Katie Morton\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"759\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Rich Fury\/Getty Images for New York Magazine<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"text-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"59\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"8\">\n<p>Katie also commented on her breakup during an interview with iHeartRadio&#8217;s <em>Help! I Suck at Dating<\/em> podcast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had some good times when we would see each other, but it was few and far between,&#8221; she told co-hosts <strong>Dean Unglert<\/strong> and<strong> Jared Haibon<\/strong>. &#8220;I think it comes down to effort on both ends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-7\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"53.076923076923\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4.6153846153846\">\n<p>Katrina appeared on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/peter_weber\">Peter Weber<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s season of <em>The Bachelor<\/em>, which is currently still airing. She was sent home on the first night, unfortunately.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1127218\/bachelor-nation-s-chris-bukowski-and-katrina-badowski-spark-romance-rumors?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>Instagram Is there a new Bachelor Nation romance brewing? Bachelor in Paradise star Chris Bukowski is fueling romance rumors with former Bachelor contestant, Katrina Badowski&#8230; again. The dynamic duo&nbsp;was spotted at&nbsp;JJ Lane and Kayla Hughes&#8216;&nbsp;Leap-Day wedding&nbsp;in Denver on Saturday. For the special occasion, both Chris and Katrina appeared to attend the ceremony with each other. 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