Bachelor in Paradise bachelorette Teddi Wright has shown a glimpse of what appears to be her new man, making for a soft launch of their relationship on social media.
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Teddi, who briefly appeared on Bachelor in Paradise's eighth season this past summer, returned to Instagram after taking a little break, and she certainly came back with a bang.
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"Guys sorry I've been so MIA but I got COVID and was so down bad. But I'm back though," the 26-year-old surgical unit nurse wrote Tuesday in her Instagram Stories, according to Us Weekly.
"Here's what you missed on my hiatus: Still working, dances with my sweet lil boy and also maybe other things that I'll share later..."
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Teddi posted selfies of herself at the hospital where she works, a clip of herself dancing with a friend's baby, and then finally a mirror selfie that showed a man's lean arm wrapped around her waist and hugging her tightly.
However, Teddi's mystery beau was not revealed, as his face was cropped out of the photo.
Teddi was wearing sweatpants and a tight tank top in the picture, and she was smiling big.
Teddi, who found fame when she competed for Clayton Echard's heart on The Bachelor's 26th season earlier this year, sparked a connection with Andrew Spencer in the first few days of filming Bachelor in Paradise's eighth season.
Although Andrew and Teddi had been waiting to meet each other in Mexico with much anticipation, Teddi seemed to think their chemistry fell a little flat.
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Teddi, for example, noticed how she wasn't as affectionate with Andrew as she had been with other men in past relationships.
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Once The Bachelorette alum Rodney Mathews joined the cast and expressed interest in also dating Teddi, Teddi suddenly realized there was something "missing" with Andrew, and so she dumped the pro football player.
But instead of giving Rodney a chance or waiting for other bachelors to arrive, Teddi just left the beach in Mexico without saying goodbye to anybody -- not even her close friend Serene Russell, who seemed hurt and offended by Teddi's silent exit.
"I want to get married, and I want to have kids... I want to go home and move past this and find that person," Teddi said in a confessional on the show, adding that she was ready to leave the beach.
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"I feel so bad. Like, I just want to go now. I know you wanted me to find love here and I get that, but, like, I'm just not. I want to go. I'm not going in there and doing a big goodbye with everyone."
Following Teddi's abrupt and unexpected Paradise departure, she explained via Instagram she had left a "cruel" environment and took pride in how she had stuck to her "boundaries no matter how many times people in authority try to cross them."
Andrew tested the dating waters in Paradise with subsequent arrivals, but he ended up quitting Paradise as well because no other woman could measure up to Teddi, in his eyes, and he had lingering and unresolved feelings for her.
During a November appearance on the "Talking It Out with Bachelor Nation" podcast, Andrew revealed he actually reached out to Teddi after filming ended, seeking closure for their short-lived but powerful romance.
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"We shared a couple texts, nothing serious; I just really wanted to get a chance to have a conversation with her," Andrew shared with the podcast's co-hosts Mike Johnson and Bryan Abasolo.
But Andrew implied that he never asked Teddi out or asked her for a second chance.
"I just want to be friends at the end of the day," Andrew said.
"We went through this experience together. We spent some good time together and we laughed a lot together. So I just don't want her to be completely out of my life in that way and in that manner and just so shut down."
When asked if there was potential to reconcile and be romantically involved again down the road, Andrew admitted, "I don't think I would ever reach out to her again. I think I did that and that was it."
He elaborated, "But if I ever [saw] her in an organic place and we have a couple chats, I guarantee I would be a lot better than I was on the beach. I'd be a lot smoother and I'd definitely shoot my shot again."
But Andrew clarified on the podcast that "there's no way" he'd reach out to Teddi again "over social media or texts."
"It would be coming from her [at a later time] if she felt the need to," Andrew confirmed.
Andrew still appears to be single and having fun with his fellow Bachelor in Paradise bros.
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