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\n Related: <\/span>Bachelorette’s Michelle Young and Jack Leius’ Relationship Timeline<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tMichelle Young wasn\u2019t convinced she\u2019d find a partner back home in Minnesota, but that was before a mutual friend introduced her to fianc\u00e9 Jack Leius. \u201cWe were going through devastating breakups [and] we were in the same stage of our breakups as we were going through \u2018Not ready met someone\u2019 [to] \u2018Ready to meet somebody\u2019 [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Leius proposed to the former Bachelorette<\/a> in December 2024 after nearly a year of dating. He had organized a fake photo shoot to surprise Young.<\/p>\n\u201cI completely froze when I saw Jack standing in the middle of this beautiful flower arch of white roses,\u201d she told People <\/i>at the time. \u201cI was fooled so badly that for a moment I thought the joke was that Jack was one of the male models that I would be working with at the shoot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n![\"Michelle-Young-2-7607624\"](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Michelle-Young-2-7607624.jpeg?w=1000&quality=40&strip=all\")
<\/div>Courtesy of Michelle Young\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nShe added, \u201cI tried to say yes several times but was in shock that no words really came out. There were a lot of happy tears and, of course, I said, \u2018yes.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Young initially met Leius through a mutual friend.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe has a good friend and her friend has a little brother, who I know, and her friend\u2019s little brother posted Michelle in his [Instagram] Story and so I kinda just hit him up a couple times,\u201d Leius said during their joint appearance on the \u201cAlmost Famous\u201d podcast<\/a> in January 2024, adding that he kept pestering his pal for an introduction.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n![\"Former](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Former-Bachelorette-Michelle-Young-Explains-Why-Her-2-Engagements-Don-t-Compare-At-All.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&resize=400%2C225&quality=40&strip=all\")
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\n Related: <\/span>Michelle Young Explains Why Her 2 Engagements ‘Don’t Compare At All’<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tFor Michelle Young, saying \u201cyes\u201d to her fianc\u00e9 Jack Leius\u2019 proposal was much different than her engagement to ex Nayte Olukoya. \u201cThey don\u2019t compare at all,\u201d Young, 31, said of her two engagements on the Tuesday, February 11, episode of the \u201cAlmost Famous\u201d podcast. \u201cJack, he just calms my nervous system so much and he [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Unbeknownst to Leius, Young did the same and asked for a meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had no idea any of this was going on [and] I was with said little brother and my friend, and we were just talking,\u201d Young recalled. \u201cI said, \u2018I have no idea how I\u2019m supposed to meet my person in Minnesota. Like, [he] is definitely not in Minnesota at this point. I gotta start traveling more because they\u2019re not on the apps!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/div>Courtesy of Michelle Young\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nYoung and Leius met within a couple of hours, and immediately clicked.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI think we spent the next four days together,\u201d Leius added on the podcast. \u201cAnd we were dating by Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Young was previously engaged to Nayte Olukoya<\/strong>, whom she met on her season 18 of The Bachelorette<\/i>. They broke up six months after<\/a> their televised proposal aired.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cI completely froze when I saw Jack standing in the middle of this beautiful flower arch of white roses,\u201d she told People <\/i>at the time. \u201cI was fooled so badly that for a moment I thought the joke was that Jack was one of the male models that I would be working with at the shoot.\u201d<\/p>\n She added, \u201cI tried to say yes several times but was in shock that no words really came out. There were a lot of happy tears and, of course, I said, \u2018yes.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Young initially met Leius through a mutual friend.<\/p>\n \u201cShe has a good friend and her friend has a little brother, who I know, and her friend\u2019s little brother posted Michelle in his [Instagram] Story and so I kinda just hit him up a couple times,\u201d Leius said during their joint appearance on the \u201cAlmost Famous\u201d podcast<\/a> in January 2024, adding that he kept pestering his pal for an introduction.<\/p>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\tFor Michelle Young, saying \u201cyes\u201d to her fianc\u00e9 Jack Leius\u2019 proposal was much different than her engagement to ex Nayte Olukoya. \u201cThey don\u2019t compare at all,\u201d Young, 31, said of her two engagements on the Tuesday, February 11, episode of the \u201cAlmost Famous\u201d podcast. \u201cJack, he just calms my nervous system so much and he [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Unbeknownst to Leius, Young did the same and asked for a meeting.<\/p>\n \u201cI had no idea any of this was going on [and] I was with said little brother and my friend, and we were just talking,\u201d Young recalled. \u201cI said, \u2018I have no idea how I\u2019m supposed to meet my person in Minnesota. Like, [he] is definitely not in Minnesota at this point. I gotta start traveling more because they\u2019re not on the apps!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Young and Leius met within a couple of hours, and immediately clicked.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI think we spent the next four days together,\u201d Leius added on the podcast. \u201cAnd we were dating by Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n Young was previously engaged to Nayte Olukoya<\/strong>, whom she met on her season 18 of The Bachelorette<\/i>. They broke up six months after<\/a> their televised proposal aired.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t
\n Related: <\/span>Michelle Young Explains Why Her 2 Engagements ‘Don’t Compare At All’<\/span><\/a>
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