Mark Anderson and Barbara Alyn Woods Confirmed to Be Dating
The rumors are true! Bachelor star Joey Graziadei confirmed that Kelsey Anderson’s father, Mark Anderson is dating Barbara Alyn Woods.
“We are going to actually spend [the holidays] with Kelsey’s family and Mark’s new girlfriend as well. The new girlfriend’s family is going to be there, which is gonna be great,” Joey, 29, told “Bachelor Happy Hour” hosts Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt during the Friday, December 20, episode. “Barbara’s awesome.”
He continued, “We got a chance to go out to dinner with her and her family when Mark came to L.A. So, yeah, we spent Thanksgiving with my family and we’re spending Christmas with hers, and we’re excited for it.”
Fans first met Mark, 58, when Kelsey, 26, introduced him to Joey during The Bachelor season 28. Viewers were immediately smitten with the army vet when they saw how kind he was, and the fact that they found him to be so handsome didn’t hurt matters, either.
People were hoping he would appear as a contestant on the debut season of The Golden Bachelorette, and they got their wish when he stepped out of the limo on night one of Joan Vasso’s season. Mark and Joan, 61, formed a connection early on in the season when they bonded over their shared experience of both losing their spouses. Things ultimately didn’t work out between the two when Joan decided that she and Mark weren’t on the same page. Regardless of their split, Joan and Mark ended things amicably after a one-on-one conversation before the rose ceremony during the October 16 episode and she decided it was his time to go home.
Barbara, 62, is best known for playing Debra Scott, Nathan Scott’s mom, on One Tree Hill, and she sparked romance rumors with Mark when she shared a photo of her Halloween costume earlier this year. In the photos, she was dressed up as Cinderella and Mark was dressed as Prince Charming. Her daughter Natalie Alyn Lind, who was in the photos as well, was dressed as Baby Yoda.
“When Cinderella and Prince Charming have a baby …” Barbara wrote alongside the picture shared on October 27 via Instagram.
Kelsey, 26, commented on the snap and wrote, “so cute,” which sent Golden Bachelorette fans into a tailspin.
“My OTH and Bachelor Nation worlds colliding,” wrote one Instagram user.
Another added, “Wait. What’s happening here???? Is this a new couple alert??? Cause I am ON BOARD!!!! LFG!!!!!”
Barbara continued to fuel the speculation when she posted a TikTok video featuring herself and Mark just a few weeks later. The two happily danced in front of a Christmas tree in the video, and Barbara captioned the video, “IN GOOD COMPANY.”
Social media users were thrilled with the presumed news that Barbara and the Golden Bachelorette alum were an item. However, some were a little bummed that Mark was seemingly out of the running for a potential shot as the next Golden Bachelor.
“Sad you won’t be the next Golden Bachelor but beyond thrilled to see you so happy. Yay!!!” chimed in one commenter.