Kelsey Anderson is getting in her head about her future with Joey Graziadei on The Bachelor, even though she’s in love with him.
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Kelsey A. is a 25-year-old junior project manager from New Orleans, Louisiana.
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During Fantasy Suites, Kelsey told Joey that her family totally approved of their relationship, and then she decided to open up to him like never before.
“I want to tell you that I do love you, Joey,” Kelsey announced. “I feel confident in saying it… It’s honestly so exciting to say it, and I can’t stop smiling!”
Kelsey had blown Joey’s expectations out of the water, and he told the bachelorette in return, “I have wanted to express to you where my feelings are at, but I can be closed off sometimes… I haven’t had a doubt about how I’m feeling for you for a very long time.”
Joey added, “I am falling in love with you fully. I’ve felt it for a while, and I am so excited about what can be and what can happen between us… I am falling in love with you, and I know how real it is.”
But after their date, Kelsey began worrying about Joey crushing her in the end, and so she wrote him a note that read, “We need to talk,” and it shook Joey to his core.
Until The Bachelor viewers can find out what happens next between Kelsey A. and Joey, let’s get to know this bachelorette a little better right now.
Below is a list of 11 facts Reality TV World has compiled about The Bachelor bachelorette Kelsey Anderson.
Kelsey A. didn’t have a traditional childhood
Both of Kelsey A.’s parents were in the military. The bachelorette therefore spent most of her childhood growing up in Germany on a U.S. military base.
Kelsey A. is extremely close with her big, loving family, and she’d like to start a family of her own one day.
Kelsey A.’s mother died after cancer diagnosis
Kelsey A.’s mother was diagnosed with cancer about 10 years ago, and then the cancer metastasized to her mother’s bones. She unfortunately passed away in a matter of months.
Kelsey A. misses her mother’s bright light and positive energy, but going through such a heartbreaking event has brought her closer to her father than ever before.
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The Bachelor bachelorette is so proud of her current city
The project manager now lives in New Orleans, where she enjoys taking the streetcar to new restaurants, walking around the French market, and having a picnic with her friends.
Kelsey A. boasts about the food, music and culture in New Orleans — but not the men.
“I don’t feel like the guys I meet when I’m out are the type of guys I want to date. I don’t like bad boys,” Kelsey A. explains. “I like boys that treat me right that are nice.”
Kelsey A., however, doesn’t have deep roots in New Orleans, and so she’d be willing to move for love.
The Bachelor bachelorette prides herself on being thoughtful
Kelsey A. likes making thoughtful gifts and giving homemade tokens of affection to her partner when she’s in love.
The bachelorette wants to meet a man with a great sense of humor who’s understanding and who loves giving back as much as she does. She hopes to start her own nonprofit one day.
It also wouldn’t hurt if Kelsey A.’s future boyfriend — or husband — loves Mardi Gras, just like she does.
Kelsey A. attended college in Florida
The Bachelor bachelorette received her Bachelor of Business Administration from Saint Leo University, a private university in St. Leo, FL.
Kelsey A. also earned an Associate of Arts degree in 2021 after studying Liberal Arts and Sciences as well as General Studies and Humanities.
Kelsey A. kicked off her career as an aftercare teacher
Once she graduated college, Kelsey A. worked part-time as an aftercare teacher at Ascension Episcopal School in Lafayette for one year.
Kelsey A. then got hired at Landmark Consulting LLC, where she has been working since September 2022.
The Bachelor bachelorette is a runner who appreciates a good cause
Kelsey A. is running in the Crescent City Classic as a charity runner for Covenant House New Orleans in March.
“This organization serves young people overcoming homelessness and trafficking,” Kelsey A. wrote on Instagram in mid-January.
“If you are unable to donate monetarily, I still hope you can look into the organization and let it inspire you to spread kindness, love and compassion because we all could use a little more of that!”
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According to ABC, Kelsey A. is “really something special”
Kelsey A. is a “southern sweetheart,” according to ABC, and she’s pretty fearless.
When Kelsey A. was only 17-years-old, she gave herself a tattoo.
Kelsey also has a tattoo on her inner bottom lip in dedication of a homeless person she had befriended in New Orleans.
Kelsey A. reveals her best relationship advice and #relationshipgoals
Kelsey A. would advise couples to choose each other every day, according to BachelorNation.com.
“I think with any relationship, platonic or romantic, it is really important to take a second to see things from the other perspective when conflict arises,” Kelsey A. says.
Her #relationshipgoals is Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively because of how fun and loving they appear to be. She also thinks they both have a great sense of humor.
Kelsey A. fires back at trolls for calling her “boring”
Kelsey recently took to Tiktok and slammed the haters out there who have claimed she’s really boring on The Bachelor.
“I’m not offended when people are telling me that my teeth are yellow. I’m not offended is somebody is telling me something about my hair. I’m not offended by none of it. But when someone calls me ‘boring,’ I’m not f-cking — I’m not boring,” Kelsey quipped.
“I’m not freakin’ boring y’all! I’m freakin’ cool! Well, I think I’m cool. I do cool things. I drink alcohol. No, I’m just kidding. No, I’ve been skydiving, I love going on sporadic trips, I planned a trip out of the country in 12 hours and went!”
Kelsey continued to argue, “I have fun and I like to laugh, and I like to do things that are cool that other people than me do, I think! I don’t know, but I’m freakin’ cool and you know what? I don’t care what y’all say! I don’t care. Whatever y’all say, I don’t care, because I’m not boring.”
Kelsey added, “I have a freakin’ lip tattoo in honor of a homeless man that I would go and hang out with when I would go downtown [in New Orleans]. I’m cool.”
Kelsey reacts to fans eager to see her dad as The Golden Bachelor star
Kelsey took to TikTok after her hometowns aired on The Bachelor and playfully vented about how fans all over the world were obsessing about how her handsome New Orleans-based father, Mark, should star on Season 2 of The Golden Bachelor.
“Please just no more Sexy Red edits of my dad.. Use Billy Joel or something. That’s all.. I’ll let Mark have his moment,” Kelsey captioned her post, referring to how fans have made video montages of Kelsey’s dad set to the sexually-explicit song “SkeeYee” by Sexyy Red.
Kelsey said in the video, “I would just like to thank everyone for the nightmares that I will have tonight in regards to the posts y’all have made about my dad. It is frightful indeed — very!”
“Why are there thirst traps of my father on TikTok?” the bachelorette went on. “I don’t even have thirst traps y’all!”
One fan wrote how Mark was her “favorite” part of the hometown dates, and Kelsey called that shoutout “tasteful” and “beautiful.”
But then Kelsey proceeded to lament about how she’s “scarred for life” after seeing people match clips of her dad to the lyrics of “SkeeYee.”
Kelsey suggested that she’d be open to her dad dating on a reality TV show, or at least in the public eye.
“I feel like I need to make my dad a business email for all of these people, trying to set him up with their mom, their sister, their aunt, their niece or themselves,” Kelsey quipped.
“I’m like, ‘Y’all, Marky Mark for Golden Bachelor!’ Come on! Can they just do that?! I don’t know. I feel like we should riot? Should we riot? I’ll riot. Okay, guys.”
Earlier that day, Kelsey had posted a different TikTok video that showed Mark revealing if he’d even be interested in starring on The Golden Bachelor, following in Gerry Turner’s footsteps.
“Are you going to be the next The Golden Bachelor?” Kelsey asked.
“No,” Mark responded.
“Maybe,” Kelsey insisted.
“I’m too young!” Mark concluded.
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About The Author:
Elizabeth Kwiatkowski
Elizabeth Kwiatkowski is Associate Editor of Reality TV World and has been covering the reality TV genre for more than a decade.