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Tia Booth<\/strong><\/a> may have not realized it at the time, but she met The One in Taylor Mock<\/strong><\/a> before she even returned to Bachelor Nation for a second stint in Paradise.<\/p>\n Booth didn\u2019t find love when she competed on The Bachelor<\/em> for Arie Luyendyk Jr.<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s heart on the 2018 season. She appeared on season 5 of Bachelor in Paradise<\/em> later that year where she briefly connected with Colton Underwood<\/strong><\/a> (who came out as gay in April 2021).<\/p>\n After years off of TV, Booth appeared on the 2021 season of BiP<\/em>, dating Kenny Braasch, James Bonsall <\/strong>and Blake Monar.<\/strong> In the end, however, she found love when she returned to Nashville and started spending time with Mock, whom she met months before filming the series.<\/p>\n \u201cHe got the balls one day to try to hit on me and get me to hang out with him, and I was like, \u2018Sweetie, I\u2019m going on Bachelor in Paradise<\/em>. I\u2019ll see you later,\u2019\u201d she recalled on the \u201cClick Bait\u201d podcast in October 2021. \u201cThen after I got home, I was like, \u2018Damn, this freaking dude has been right here trying this whole time, which is all I asked for on the show.\u2019 So then I gave it a shot and we\u2019ve been good.\u201d<\/p>\n