The Golden Bachelorette couple Joan Vassos and Chock Chapple have announced they've decided to end their engagement and split after two years together.

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Joan took to Instagram Stories on Friday, November 6, and stunned fans by revealing she and Chock had called it quits on their relationship.

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"Two years ago, Chock and I took a leap of faith and got engaged during our season of The Golden Bachelorette, hoping we had found our forever," Joan wrote.

"We spent the last two years living what we hoped would be the beginning of our love story, sharing our families, amazing adventures, laughter, and supporting each other through challenging times."

Joan continued, "Sadly, our journey hasn't turned out the way we had hoped and we have decided to end our engagement. We truly want each other to be happy, and I'm grateful for the chapter we shared."

Chock posted the same statement on his own Instagram account, but he changed the opening line to "Two years ago, Joan and I took a leap of faith..."

Joan and Chock attended a wedding together in early August, but after that event, they shared very few photos of each other on social media. The lack of couple's content over the last couple of months prompted fans to speculate that their relationship was in trouble.

Many fans now assume Joan and Chock split because they were navigating a difficult long-distance relationship.

Ever since getting engaged on Season 1 of The Golden Bachelorette, which aired its finale in November 2024 on ABC, Joan has been living in Maryland to remain close to her grandchildren, while Chock has been continuing to work in the insurance industry in Kansas.

Neither Joan nor Chock elaborated on why exactly they broke up, but Chock did also have a recent health scare.

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Chock revealed in August that he'd been diagnosed with prostate cancer and had undergone surgery to have his prostate removed.

Joan and Chock's breakup announcement comes just two weeks after The Golden Bachelor's Season 2 winner, Peg Munson, announced she had decided to end her relationship with Mel Owens.

Earlier this year, Joan and Chock had gushed about how their relationship was still going strong and how they still planned on getting married.

"So you might look for something in 2027," Chock revealed of his future wedding with Joan in February 2026.

"Yeah, 2027," Joan echoed, before adding, "We'll get married some time when our kids aren't getting married."

When asked if they had plans to live in the same city, Chock replied, "At some point we do, yeah."

Joan admitted, however, that she and Chock had yet to make any decisions about that.

"We're so busy. I've got a business and Joan does her thing, but then we're traveling all the time," Chock explained. "So it's going to come!"

Joan predicted that they were going to end up in her native Maryland or Kansas, where Chock currently leads staff in selling business insurance.

"I think we will probably keep our houses," Joan said at the time.

"And have a love shack," Chock interjected with a big smile.

But Chock predicted that Joan would eventually want to live Florida due to the hot and sunny weather.

Joan went on to explain how long distance hadn't negatively impacted her romance with Chock.

"We love each other and we talk every day," Chock said.

"Multiple times a day," Joan added.

"And then also, we get to see each other a lot. It's every other week, and I think two times, we went three weeks [apart]," Chock elaborated.

Joan said her relationship with Chock was also "really fun" because instead of visiting each other's homes constantly, they traveled to new places like Punta Cana.

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Prior to falling in love on The Golden Bachelorette in 2024, Joan competed for Gerry Turner's heart on The Golden Bachelor's first season.

Joan chose to quit Gerry's season after a great one-on-one date to be there for her postpartum daughter back home.

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