His whole world! Love Is Blind<\/em><\/a>\u2019s Bartise Bowden<\/strong><\/a> has welcomed his first child, a baby boy.<\/p>\n \u201cMight\u2019ve been the villain on tv, but I\u2019m gonna be the hero for him. Instagram, meet my little man \u2764\ufe0f #bigfella,\u201d the Netflix star, 27, announced via Instagram<\/a> on Friday, April 7, alongside a series of snaps that show him cuddling his newborn.<\/p>\n Bartise confirmed the infant \u2014 whose name has yet to be revealed \u2014 was his child in the comments section. \u201cNephew?\u201d one social media user asked, to which the Texas native replied, \u201cSon!\u201d\u00a0The reality star did not reveal the identity of his son\u2019s mother at the time.<\/p>\n The senior analyst went looking for love<\/a> on season 3 of the popular Netflix series, which aired in October 2022. While in the pods, he established a connection with both Nancy Rodriguez<\/strong><\/a> and Raven Ross<\/strong><\/a>, ended up leaving the pods<\/a> with Nancy, 32, and proposed.<\/p>\n However, the finance executive later found himself in hot water<\/a> after he called things off with his fianc\u00e9e on their wedding day. Before walking down the aisle, Bartise confessed that he was not physically attracted to Nancy and told her that he was more attracted to Raven, 30. She later called out the University of Texas alum for gaslighting her<\/a> on the series.<\/p>\n Bartise exclusively opened up to Us Weekly<\/em> about his decision and what he thought would happen if he hadn\u2019t rejected the speech pathologist<\/a> at the altar.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s part of the reason why I said no, because I only wanna make that decision one time. Let\u2019s say I say \u2018yes,\u2019 and we encounter problems or whatever, we\u2019re sticking together,\u201d Bartise, told Us<\/em> in November 2022. \u201cHer parents are divorced; my parents are divorced. I\u2019m not going through that. So yes, if I said yes, we would still be together.\u201d<\/p>\n The reality TV star also revealed that he and Nancy were still friends<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe decided to move forward trying to be friends. Fast forward a few more months, [and] now we\u2019re both in other relationships<\/a>,\u201d he explained at the time. \u201cAnd I found it hard to maintain the level of friendship that Nancy wanted with me while I was also trying to be respectful of a new girl I was dating because, you know, she would get jealous that I was talking to Nancy.\u201d<\/p>\n Three months later, Nancy exclusively gave Us<\/em> an update on where she and Bartise stood<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI think me realizing that, as the year went by, there were just too many attempts of him trying to be a good friend<\/a> that don\u2019t align with what a good friend is,\u201d she claimed in February, revealing that her former fianc\u00e9 barely spoke to her at a Halloween party that she hosted. \u201cOnce he came [inside] with [his new girlfriend], it was just him acting very odd. He said hi to me when he walked in the door \u2026 and I never heard or saw him again. When I did see him, they were, like, making out in the living room. [It was] just little things that I\u2019m just like, \u2018Sir, like, this is my Halloween party. Like, what are you doing?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"\u2018Love](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/%E2%80%98Love-Is-Blind-Alum-Bartise-Bowden-Seemingly-Welcomes-1st-Child-%E2%80%98Im-Gonna-Be-the-Hero-for-Him-926.jpg?w=700&quality=86&strip=all\")
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