Why Did Jenn Tran and Grant Ellis Break Up? Reason for Split
Grant Ellis is looking for love with 25 contestants on season 29 of The Bachelor. However, it took getting dumped by Jenn Tran on The Bachelorette for the reality star to score the coveted lead role on the ABC hit.
Why Did Jenn Tran and Grant Ellis Break Up on ‘The Bachelorette’?
Grant made it to fifth place on season 21 of The Bachelorette, getting sent home by Jenn just before her hometown dates, as she just wasn’t that into him.
He went on a group date along with Spencer Conley, Jonathan Johnson, Sam McKinney, and Devin Strader in the August 12, 2024, episode, as they each hoped to win over the aspiring physician’s assistant. Jenn didn’t give out a group date rose, telling the men, “I want to be 100 percent with where I’m feeling.”
At the afterparty ahead of the rose ceremony, Grant told Jenn he was falling in love with her. However, she used the occasion to tell Devin she was in love with him. Grant and Sam weren’t given roses at the end of the evening, with Jenn telling the guys, “I want you to know how sorry I am.”
The Newark, New Jersey, native lamented how his feelings for Jenn were stronger than what she felt about him after getting eliminated.
“I poured everything out, and it wasn’t good enough,” Grant confessed to producers. “It just sucks knowing that you feel some way about somebody, and they don’t feel the same about you.”
When Was Grant Ellis Announced As ‘The Bachelor’ Season 29 Lead?
Even though Jenn didn’t fall hard for Grant during his time on The Bachelorette, fans did. Producers took notice and he was announced as the season 29 Bachelor lead after the episode aired.
Grant’s ABC profile was updated to read, “The adventurous day trader, who captured the hearts of Bachelor Nation with his genuine desire to build a future centered around family, will be handing out roses when his season premieres next year on ABC.”
When Does Grant Ellis’ Season of ‘The Bachelor’ Premiere?
Grant starts handing out roses on January 27, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
What Is Grant Ellis Looking for In His ‘Bachelor’ Contestants?
The “self-proclaimed mama’s boy” is “eager to embark on a journey filled with romance, adventure, and genuine connections. He hopes to find a partner who shares his values of loyalty, humor and a deep appreciation for life’s simple pleasures,” his ABC profile notes.
What Happened to Jenn Tran on ‘The Bachelorette’?
Jenn picked Devin over Marcus Shoberg as her final rose recipient, only to get dumped two months after his romantic proposal. She revealed their split during the After the Final Rose live show on September 3, 2024.
“We left Hawaii engaged,” Jenn told host Jesse Palmer during the special. “I thought I found the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. As soon as we left Hawaii, things were different.”
“I promised my life to somebody who I thought was going to put every effort into the relationship. I didn’t feel that. I felt like I was secondary to everything in his life,” she said through tears during the special. “He wasn’t introducing me to his family anymore. Every little thing made me feel secondary to his life and I didn’t understand why.”
Jenn continued, “We had a happy couple [weekend] planned sometime last month early and the night before I’d gotten a phone call. And he called me and basically broke off the engagement.”
When Devin joined her on stage, he took “accountability” for his “shortcomings” when it came to their romance. Jenn claimed he was “never fully in the relationship” and didn’t see a future with her.
The following day, the Hillsdale, New Jersey, native was announced as a last-minute addition to season 33 of Dancing With the Stars. Jenn was paired with pro dancer Sasha Farber. While they were voted off on the October 29, 2024, Halloween episode, the pair had grown so close that a romance blossomed.
The duo began sharing flirty TikTok posts and went as each other’s dates to the Los Angeles premiere of Wicked on November 9, 2024. Just over a month later, their relationship was confirmed. “Jenn and Sasha are dating,” a source revealed to Journalposts on December 18, 2024.