Nick Viall, 42, ‘carded’ Natalie Joy, 24, earlier than they dated

Nick Viall revealed that he checked Natalie Joy’s ID to verify she was of authorized age earlier than agreeing up to now her.

“We began messaging, and I carded her,” the “Bachelor” alum, 42, admitted whereas on Taylor Lautner and spouse Tay Lautner’s podcast “The Squeeze” Wednesday.

Agreeing along with her fiancée’s sentiment, Joy, 24, recalled, “He was like, ‘I need to see your ID.’”

Explaining that Joy “slid into” his Instagram “DMs” earlier than they agreed to fulfill for the primary time in New York City, Viall expressed that they have been “each fairly guarded” to start with.

Viall — who proposed to Joy in January — mentioned that the couple’s 18-year age hole was one thing he was “self-conscious” about earlier than he agreed up to now, however the two finally took their informal relationship to the subsequent degree.

Revealing that Viall had turned down Joy’s proposition to be in a relationship “so many occasions” as the 2 casually dated, Viall elaborated that, on the time, he simply “wasn’t certain” and “wished to get to know [Joy] higher.”

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However, Joy apparently knew that the fact star would come to his senses.

“I used to be like, I’m going to spend the remainder of my life with this man, and I knew it and he didn’t, so I used to be like, I’m gonna hold on as a result of he’ll come round,” she mentioned.

The couple was first romantically linked again in 2020, initially denying romance rumors earlier than going Instagram-official in January 2021.

Despite having dated for a while, the mannequin shared that after they lastly went public, she would get “DMs of imply feedback” calling Joy a “baby bride” and different “horrible, horrible issues.”

The on-line hate hasn’t stopped this couple, as the 2 bought engaged this previous January.

“For the remainder of my life, it’s you,” Viall wrote on a joint Instagram publish that includes the sparkler within the couple’s engagement announcement.

Just a few days later, Viall shared that he arrange a video to play in a candle-lit room confessing his emotions to Joy earlier than he walked downstairs and bought down on one knee.

With tears in his eyes, Viall mentioned within the video, “I can’t wait to begin a household with you. It’s unreal to me that you just get to be the mom of my kids. I really like you.”