Bachelor in Paradise alums Chris Bukowski and Anna Redman have gone Instagram official and confirmed they are dating.
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Anna, 25, took to Instagram on Friday and posted two pictures with Chris while attending a destination wedding in Costa Rica as dates.
"Hard launch," The Bachelor 25 alum captioned the post, which included one photo of the blonde bachelorette kissing Chris on a beach.
Chris, 35, commented, "Lucky guy," on Anna's upload and also posted a slideshow of photos with her on his own Instagram account.
"When ordering lobster mac n cheese without lobster starts to make total sense," Chris wrote alongside the sweet images, including one picture of Anna kissing him on the cheek.
Anna, who replied, "It always makes sense," also shared more photos of the couple on her Instagram Story on Friday.
She captioned one photo of the pair making out, "Happy and sun-kissed here in Costa Rica," according to Us Weekly.
Anna, who originally competed on Matt James' season of The Bachelor, and Chris, who has appeared on multiple seasons of The Bachelor franchise, both live in Chicago, IL, and so their romance apparently started out as a friendship.
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Many The Bachelor and The Bachelorette alums commented on Anna and Chris' relationship posts over the weekend, showing their excitement for the couple and huge support.
"Love to see it," Blake Horstmann wrote.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELOR' FRANCHISE COUPLES NOWChasen Nick gushed, "My man is in love," and Clay Harbor joked, "Damn they filming Paradise already?!"
Abigail Heringer wrote, "When I tell you I gasped!! Happy for you two cuties."
Maurissa Gunn commented, "So happy for you," and both Serena Pitt and Katie Thurston both wrote, "Finally."
Chris began dating Anna after his failed engagement to Katie Morton, whom he proposed marriage to on Season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise in 2019.
Chris and Katie worked on their relationship for several months but announced they had decided to call it quits and end their engagement in December 2019.
One month later, Chris said on the "She's All Bach" podcast that his dating life was "good," according to the magazine.
"You know, it was bad for a while. After Katie, I didn't date anybody really. Recently, it's been pretty good," Chris said in January.
But Chris wouldn't admit that he had a romantic connection with Anna brewing at the time.
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Chris said he was really enjoying his time dating off-camera and on his own terms.
"I don't want to put an extra spotlight on it by any means because genuinely, like, for the first time in a long time, [I'm] happy with no stress behind it," Chris shared on the podcast.
"[I'm] just kind of, you know, enjoying good company... No stress, very free, very natural. All of it very unexpected, but obviously, you know, happy that it's happening with whoever that might be."
Chris found fame when he competed for Emily Maynard's heart on The Bachelorette's eighth season. He later appeared on Season 3 of Bachelor Pad and finished as the runner-up.
Chris crashed Andi Dorfman's season of The Bachelorette but she rejected his advances and didn't allow him to join the cast.
Chris then returned for Season 1 of Bachelor in Paradise, after which he announced his retirement from The Bachelor franchise. However, he decided to look for love once again on television via Season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise.
For Anna's part, she attempted a relationship with James Bonsall in Paradise in Summer 2021 but left the show single.
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