When a celebrity couple breaks up, there are almost always signs for weeks or even months leading up to their official announcement. Golden Bachelorette couple Joan Vassos and Chock Chapple aren’t huge Hollywood stars. However, their romance played out on television for millions of viewers to see.
They got engaged during the season finale in November 2024. A year later, Joan Vassos seemingly dropped a huge hint that the engagement is over. Stay on this page to see the photo that has Bachelor Nation talking.
Joan Vassos Sparks Split Rumors With Holiday Post
Joan Vassos and Chock Chapple don’t have a traditional relationship. First of all, they met on a reality TV dating show where she was dating more than a dozen other men. He did propose during the season finale, but they’ve never made any moves to go beyond an engagement.
They don’t live together and see each other once a month or less. Joan Vassos kept her home in Maryland, while Chock Chapple lives in Wichita, Kansas. The together-but-not-together relationship seemed to work for them. But that all changed over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Joan Vassos left her fiance out of her gratitude list, sparking rumors of a failed engagement.
Picture Further Hints At Golden Bachelorette Split
After leaving reality TV, Joan Vassos transitioned into a social media influencer. The 62-year-old recently partnered with Zachary Jewelers for a promotional post. She wrote on social media that the jeweler “feels like home” to her. “Every piece of jewelry that I have from here is special because it was bought with love from someone we love,” she added.
Her followers immediately noticed something interesting in the video. Joan Vassos wasn’t wearing her engagement ring from Chock Chapple. The Golden Bachelorette winner asked Joan to marry him with an $80,000 custom Neil Lane ring. But as Bachelor Nation fans know, if a couple breaks up, the ring goes back to ABC.
Fans flooded the comments with questions and speculation about Chock and Joan’s relationship status.
- “Are you still getting married??????”
- “Where is your engagement ring from Chock?”
- “She definitely is not wearing her engagement ring in this video”
- “I wish they would announce if they are together or not, I noticed she doesn’t have her engagement ring on.”
The missing engagement ring and Joan Vassos not mentioning Chock Chapple during her Thanksgiving video sparked major speculation that the couple is done.
However, several fans shared compelling evidence that the Golden Bachelorette couple is still together. One fan pointed out, “Both families were just at Disney World about two weeks ago. Chock was pushing littles in a double stroller.”
Joan Vassos posted a carousel of photos from the Disney World trip on September 21.
Another fan shared that Bachelor Nation just announced that Joan Vassos and Chock Chapple would be part of the 2026 cruise.
Joan Vassos usually addresses speculation about her relationship with Chock Chapple. Stay tuned to see what she has to say about the split rumors.
Jennifer Havener grew up in a small town in Upstate New York. She earned her B.A in Writing & Literature from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She always knew watching reality TV shows and soap operas, particularly ‘Days of Our Lives’, would come in handy someday. When she’s not writing, she’s playing with her dogs, Lola and Ruger
