Kelsey Anderson has revealed that she and Joey Graziadei have temporarily put their wedding planning on hold after making some exciting progress.
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Kelsey shared that she and Joey recently locked in the venue for their welcome party and managed to get "so much done" for their big day before circumstances forced them to hit pause.
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"We locked in our welcome party venue, which was so exciting," Kelsey, 28, told Us Weekly.
Kelsey said she and Joey managed to get "so much done" before their planning process suddenly came to a halt.
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"But now we're kind of paused," Kelsey admitted.
Kelsey revealed the couple's wedding -- which was initially planned for Spring 2027 in Louisiana -- is now on hold because Joey, 31, is currently in Scotland filming The Traitors' fifth season and has no access to his phone.
(While some media outlets report that the next celebrity version of Peacock's The Traitors is Season 6, The Traitors: New Blood is considered a separate series, given it airs on NBC.)
"We [booked the party venue] right before Joey left for The Traitors," Kelsey explained. "But now we're kind of paused because Joey is filming [and has] no phone access."
Kelsey suggested the timing hasn't caused too much trouble since many of the smaller wedding details won't need to be finalized until closer to their big day.
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"Then a lot of the nitty-gritty things come closer [to the date], where we're tasting the food and all of that. But it's been really exciting," Kelsey gushed.
Kelsey also joked that despite being the bride, Joey is actually the more particular one when it comes to planning their wedding.
"Honestly, Joey is the bridezilla in this duo," Kelsey quipped.
"It's just that he is very definitive, and a lot of times, I'm like, 'Ah, you know. It's like this or that, whatever. I don't really care. As long as you're there.'"
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Kelsey said Joey is especially determined to make sure their welcome party kicks off their wedding weekend on a high note.
"He's like, 'No, the welcome party has got to be a banger because that's how we're starting off the weekend,'" Kelsey recalled.
"And I'm like, 'Okay, period. Then let's do it.' Literally. I just wanted it be, like, the best party ever and I just want to be able to take in every single moment."
Although The Traitors has temporarily interrupted their wedding planning, Kelsey said she's excited about Joey's latest reality TV adventure.
"I can't believe it," Kelsey said.
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Kelsey shared that Joey had a little bit of "jitters" before leaving to film the Peacock reality competition because he didn't know whether he'd be selected to play as a Traitor or Faithful.
"You don't know until you get there at the Round Table," Kelsey explained.
But Kelsey said she had tried to calm Joey's nerves and give him a confidence boost before he left.
"I think that I tried to instill in him a lot of confidence," Kelsey said.
"I'm like, 'You got this. You've already won one show [Dancing with the Stars] and you won The Bachelor, pretty much, because you got me. So it's like, [you've done] two. This is the third. You got it.'"
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Joey won Dancing with the Stars' 33rd season with pro partner Jenna Johnson in 2024 after starring on The Bachelor's 28th season earlier that year.
Joey proposed marriage to Kelsey during The Bachelor's Season 28 finale after choosing her over runner-up Daisy Kent.
Joey will compete on The Traitors next season alongside a cast that includes Kristin Chenoweth, Whitney Leavitt, Craig Conover, Bronwyn Newport and Cody Simpson.
The Traitors is scheduled to return to Peacock in early 2027.
ABC announced in April that The Bachelor's 30th season and Bachelor in Paradise's eleventh season will also both return in 2027.
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