January JonesacceptedNick Viall‘s rose after all!
The 42-year-old actress revealed Monday onDax Shepard‘sArmchair Expertpodcastthat she went on “a couple dates” with theBachelorNation star despitepreviously saying they were just friends.
Jones explained that during one of Viall’s seasons, she “got so into” the show that she was speaking publicly about her opinions, “and I was just blasting that guy,” she said.
“Nick slid into my DMs, and he’s like, ‘I’m so sorry that your perception of me is so negative, I’d love to take you out to coffee and see if I can change your mind,'” Jones revealed. “And I squealed.”
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“I was like, ‘I hate that guy!'” Jones said, adding that her sister convinced her to meet the reality star. “My sister’s like, ‘if you don’t go, you will forever regret it.'”
“So I agreed to go on a date with him, or to drinks or whatever, and as I met him I was rounding the corner and I saw him and he has a very distinct walk, and I had this instinct to, like, run up to him and wrap my legs around his waist, do you know, like they do [on the show]?” Jones said, adding, “I stopped myself.”
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TheLast Man on Earthstar said that their first date “was good.”
“All I did was grill him about the show,” she said, adding, “we went on a couple dates.”
“The thing that attracted me to Nick was he seemed like — I mean he was cast as the ‘villain’ — but he was actually, he had a bit of a brain, you know, so there was something else there,” she said.
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Though their dating relationship was short-lived, Jones said that she did get some “juicy inside stuff” about theBachelor— and it seems like they’ve stayed friends.
“When they come out of the limo and they have these little schticks or whatever, producers are handing them to them,” she said, referring to the first night contestants arrive at the Bachelor Mansion. “And then I just felt bad for the people who get, like, thedolphin costume.”
In 2018, when whispers of a possible romance first surfaced, the actress dismissed the idea that they were dating.
“He’s a friend of mine. He’s super sweet,” Jones toldEntertainment Tonightat the time. “No, I’m single. But, he’s a friend of mine and tells me lots of inside scoops.”
However, the pair are now officially pals with Jones being a big supporter of Viall.
Last week, Jonesappeared on Viall’s podcast,The Viall Files, to recap the premiere episode of the latest season that starsPeter Weberas the Bachelor. The actress seemed to reference their previous dates in their conversation, as she mentioned that Viall had previously told her behind-the-scenes things about the show.
source: people.com
