Dotun Olubeko and Charity Lawson are officially engaged after falling in love on The Bachelorette! But obviously, their experience watching the show back as a couple and navigating Charity’s other relationships—specifically with Joey Graziadei—was somewhat challenging.
“It started off kind of easy and light, like, it’s all goofy and we’re in Barbie outfits, but then it gets more real and you see her feelings start to develop for someone else and that’s tough,” Dotun told Entertainment Tonight. “We’re in a relationship now, so I can’t really just compartmentalize and be like, ‘It’s OK.’ I’m dealing with those feelings.”
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Dotun added that Charity checked on him as The Bachelorette was airing, saying that he “couldn’t have made it through without her, truly.” The couple also confirmed that they only watched scenes from the show that were “really crucial to us,” though Dotun did catch Charity locking lips with other contestants.
As she put it, “a minor kiss wasn’t as hard for him to watch, but you get to a point where the connections definitely start to become a lot deeper and then a lot more feelings are involved.”
When it came to Charity’s connection with Joey, Dotun said “Watching the connection grow and then watching someone else cry happy tears was really tough because that’s something I hold so special, is the moments that we shared that brought me closer to her. To see that with someone [else was hard]. There’s an inside joke every time that would happen — it was mainly with Joey — I’d be like, ‘Shut up, Joey.’ But it’s a joke. It’s a total joke. It’s just between us ’cause we love Joey, but it just gets harder to watch that.”
Nowadays, Charity and Dotun couldn’t be happier for Joey being The Bachelor! And Dotun seems confident he’ll find his person, saying “The intentionality is there with him. I think that’s gonna lend really well to his season and finding someone.”
Mehera Bonner is a celebrity and entertainment news writer who enjoys Bravo and Antiques Roadshow with equal enthusiasm, She was previously entertainment editor at Marie Claire and has covered pop culture for over a decade.