Chock Chapple Hangs Out With Surprising Female Bachelor Nation Alum Amid Joan Vassos Long Distance Turmoil

The Golden Bachelorette season 1’s Chock Chapple is spending time with a surprising Bachelor Nation alumni amidst some major issues between him and Joan Vassos in their long-distance relationship. Joan and Chock have been struggling since the end of The Golden Bachelorette season 1, especially since they’ve been trying to move away from their long-distance relationship. With hopes of moving to New York City together, Joan and Chock have been spending more time apart than together, but their long-distance love has been crumbling beneath the miles between them. Chock’s surprise companion may be raising some major brows from Bachelor Nation.

Sharing a video of her and Chock from her Instagram, The Golden Bachelor’s Kathy Swarts revealed she and Chock were traveling together without Joan in tow. According to the comments in Kathy’s post, Chock and Joan’s fellow Golden Bachelor cast member are traveling to be with a larger group of Golden alumni, including Joan. While Joan will be joining Chock and Kathy in Carmel, California, seeing them traveling together on their own was surprising to Bachelor Nation. In Chock’s repost of Kathy, he shared they were “headed to California with some Bachelor Nation friends” to join the Almost Famous podcast.

What Chock's Kathy Hang Out Means Amid Joan Turmoil

The Pair Are Stirring The Pot

Although Chock and Joan were recently with other Bachelor alumni in New York City for her birthday, the couple have been somewhat suspiciously apart for the last few weeks. Joan and Chock spent the busy holiday season together, but after things settled, they each headed back to their separate spaces. With Joan and Chock having come back together in New York, many wondered if they’d be spending more time together, but seeing them apart while Chock’s with another woman likely sent many Bachelor Nation viewers reeling. Joan and Chock may be fine for now, but their relationship may be struggling.

Chock hanging out with Kathy may have been a coincidence, as the pair are headed to the same event where they’ll be spending time with a ton of other Bachelor alumni, but their post together wasn’t an accident. Chock and Joan likely know about the negative buzz surrounding their relationship, and that could change things about how they post online. While they’ve shared a bit of positive content throughout the last few months, allowing Kathy to post that they were traveling together could’ve been a way to keep their names in the press without doing much on their end.

Our Take On Chock's Post With Kathy

He’s Making It Clear What’s Going On

Although Kathy and Chock are likely just sharing that they’re on their way out to a larger event, the fact that they took the time to post together is interesting. Keeping Bachelor Nation engaged requires consistent content, and while Chock and Joan were recently together during her birthday trip to New York City, the couple haven’t been able to share more together in the last few days. Anticipating more press about their next trip to California with other cast members from The Golden Bachelorette, Chock may have wanted to keep Bachelor Nation up to date while stirring the pot.