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Jonathon Johnson — who placed third in Jenn Tran’s season of “The Bachelorette” — teased a reunion with her following the heartbreaking season finale Tuesday night.
After praising her on Instagram Thursday as an “inspiration to women everywhere” for meeting face-to-face with her ex-fiancé Devin Strader on the live finale, he told the 26-year-old star he is “stoked” to have her residing in Los Angeles — where he lives — while she films “Dancing with the Stars.”
She was announced as part of the “DWTS” Season 33 cast on Wednesday along with “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Phaedra Parks, “Beverly Hills, 90210” actress Tori Spelling, Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher and more.
Jonathon Johnson, the second runner-up on Jenn Tran’s “Bachelorette” season, hinted they have plans to meet up in the caption of an Instagram post that included the above photo on Thursday. Instagram/jiggity.jon Johnson, seen holding Tran in another snapshot he posted, said he is “stoked” to have her residing in Los Angeles as she films “Dancing with the Stars.” Instagram/jiggity.jon“I know we’ll have some time to make some really awesome memories!” Johnson, 27, enthusiastically penned in his caption.
He even said they “talked about it a little bit,” hinting that Tran is open to meeting up with him.
In his caption, the creative director also seemingly threw shade at Strader, writing, “I am so sorry that someone had the opportunity to take even a little of the positivity of this experience away from you!”
“I know we’ll have some time to make some really awesome memories!” he added. Instagram/jiggity.jon Johnson, pictured again with Tran, even said they have spoken about meeting up “a little bit.” Instagram/jiggity.jonTran and Strader, 28, got engaged earlier this year after they proposed to each other at the final rose ceremony during Season 21 of the hit ABC series.
However, Tran claimed Tuesday evening that he acted like a new person the day after they got engaged and slowly pulled away from her until he finally ended things via a 15-minute phone call.
The physician assistant student minced no words during the emotional live finale and told Strader his actions “completely invalidated” their entire relationship.
Tran and Devin Strader got engaged at the final rose ceremony during her season of “The Bachelorette.” DISNEY However, at the live finale on Tuesday, she told the audience that he dumped her over the phone after acting like a different person once cameras stopped rolling. DISNEY/John FleenorShe also accused him of following “Bachelor” Season 28 contestant Maria Georgas on Instagram the day after he dumped her.
“Not only is that so disrespectful to everything that we had shared together, I just don’t understand it. Why you would do something like that?” she questioned.
Strader knew better than to argue with his former fiancée. “Obviously I failed you. And there’s nothing I can say other than that. But, everything I felt for you was real,” he replied.
The reality star, seen at Tuesday’s live finale above, also accused him of following another Bachelor Nation member, Maria Georgas, the day after ending things with her. Disney Strader admitted he “failed” her and fell short of the promises he made to her. DisneyThough Tran was clearly crushed by her split from Strader, she told E! News Wednesday that she is looking forward to welcoming a new chapter as she competes for the coveted mirrorball trophy on “Dancing with the Stars.”
“I’m excited it’s over with, and I’m excited to look forward to the future and this amazing time in my life now,” she told the publication.
“To be able to get to do something that I’ve always wanted to do.”
