The singles in search of love in Bachelor Nation aren’t at all times profitable, however there are some veterans of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and Bachelor in Paradise who get their happily-ever-afters from the ABC franchise, and that has been the case for Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt after falling in love on Season 7 of Paradise. Now, the couple has weighed in on the nickname that Amabile earned in his very temporary time as considered one of Becca Kufrin’s Bachelorette suitors: “Grocery Retailer Joe.”
Joe Amabile each debuted in and was lower from the Season 14 premiere of The Bachelorette in 2018, when Becca Kufrin was distributing (or in Amabile’s case, not distributing) the roses. He made an impression on followers along with his attraction and his backstory as a grocery retailer proprietor… and thus, “Grocery Retailer Joe” was born. Being lower from Kufrin’s season was solely the start of his Bachelor Nation journey that culminated with getting engaged to now-wife Serena Pitt on Bachelor in Paradise.
Amabile and Pitt had been each readily available to talk with CinemaBlend at SCAD TVfest in Atlanta forward of a stay taping of Amabile’s Click on Bait with Bachelor Nation podcast together with present Bachelor Zach Shallcross, who revealed what makes him cringe about watching the present. Once I requested Amabile if he’d escaped the “Grocery Retailer Joe” nickname but, he laughed and shared:
I feel ‘Grocery Retailer Joe’ will stick round eternally, and I am okay with that.
Concern not, Bachelor Nation! Joe Amabile is completely okay with the nickname that he earned 5 years in the past. Contemplating that he not solely appeared in The Bachelorette and two seasons of Bachelor in Paradise, but additionally hosts a Bachelor Nation podcast, it’s a superb factor that he hasn’t been bothered by the moniker since 2018. Serena Pitt echoed his ideas on “Grocery Retailer Joe,” saying:
I feel it is caught eternally. It’s going to be in our wedding ceremony vows, in all probability. [laughs]
Whereas Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt formally received married in a courthouse wedding ceremony in late 2022, additionally they advised Folks on the time that they had been planning on “having an enormous wedding ceremony subsequent fall that we’re already planning,” so there’s nonetheless time for Pitt to say “I take you, Grocery Retailer Joe” in her vows!
In all seriousness, the 2 are a comparatively uncommon success story to return out of Bachelor Nation, with Joe Amabile showing in Season 5 of Bachelor in Paradise (and coming into a relationship with Kendall Lengthy) earlier than efficiently proposing to Serena Pitt in Season 7, when she was contemporary off of vying for Matt James’ coronary heart in Season 25 of The Bachelor.
So, since each finally discovered love on Bachelor in Paradise, do they hold an eye fixed out for Bachelor and Bachelorette singles who could be a superb match for the spinoff? With new episodes of The Bachelor now airing weekly, Pitt answered that very query, saying:
You at all times type of attempt to predict how the season is gonna finish. Should you’re a number of the ladies that you just like, you are like, ‘Oh, even when she does not finish with the lead, I would like to see [her] on my display screen once more.’ There’s undoubtedly some ladies we’re actually loving from the season that we predict could be nice matches for Paradise.
At this level, there are nonetheless loads of girls within the working for Zach Shallcross’ coronary heart in Season 27, and fan response to his run as main man of The Bachelor has been robust, full with affectionate roasting of his dad jokes. It’s going to undoubtedly be a while earlier than followers get an concept of how most of the single girls hoping for love will find yourself on Paradise, however Serena Pitt and Joe Amabile are retaining an eye fixed out for good candidates!
See what’s subsequent for Zach Shallcross with new episodes of The Bachelor on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, and get Grocery Retailer Joe’s takes on the newest episodes with the Click on Bait with Bachelor Nation podcast. You may as well revisit earlier seasons of Bachelor Nation streaming with a Hulu subscription now.
