She added, “You have this ring on your finger, and there’s this man, and for the first time you ride in the car together, you’re going to the same hotel room together. It’s like, this is the beginning of your new life.”

But Rachel made positive the 2 did not bounce straight into marriage, insisting that they first stay collectively and date, which she and Bryan did for 2 years earlier than tying the knot in August 2019.

“It was great,” she mentioned of that call. “And I thought, ‘OK I actually have a lot in common with him. We’re really good together and I’m excited about what’s to come.”

And even if their relationship “ran its course,” she’s grateful for the greater than six years she and Bryan, 44, had collectively.

“I learned a lot,” she mentioned. “I had new experiences. I learned how I am living with somebody, working in a partnership in a way that I hadn’t before.”

Rachel and Bryan introduced their cut up in January, with Bryan writing on Instagram on the time that they’d made the “difficult decision” to “part ways and start anew.”