Trista and Ryan (Season 1)
Relationship status: Still together
Trista Rehn was the lead of The Bachelorette Season 1 in 2003, which Ryan Sutter was a contestant on and won. Trista gave her final rose to Ryan over her runner-up, Charlie Maher, at the Final Rose Ceremony, where Ryan proposed to her and the two got engaged. Before The Bachelorette Season 1, Trista was a contestant on The Bachelor Season 1 with Alex Michel, where she was the runner-up.
Trista and Ryan married on December 6, 2003. Their wedding aired in a three-episode TV special titled Trista & Ryan’s Wedding, which was viewed by more than 26 million households. Trista and Ryan welcomed their first child, a son named Maxwell Alston, on July 26, 2007. Their second child, a daughter named Blakesley Grace, was born on April 3, 2009.
In an interview with Us Weekly in 2023, Trista revealed the secret to her and Ryan’s long-lasting marriage. “I feel like when we first got married, the advice that I was giving —at least the people who were coming off of the show — was really focus on your relationship. Enjoy all the things that are coming your way — all the fun invites that you’re getting — [but remember] it’s about your relationship,” she said. “So put that first and we did that in moving to Vail (Colorado) and really prioritizing him and me.”
She continued, “We prioritized ourselves and our relationship and now I feel like [the advice is] similar. It’s the same. You constantly have to prioritize your relationship, especially when you have kids because they kind of take over, you know, as they should. But your relationship with your significant other, I feel like is the foundation of your family and should be the most important. … Have fun together, enjoy life together, make time for each other.”
She also looked back on her two-plus decades in Bachelor Nation. “It was a little shocking, thinking that it’s 20 years because we’re just living life, you know?” she said. “And it is kind of crazy to think that that’s how we met it. You have to remind yourself sometimes because we are just a normal couple. 20 years ago, it feels a little like [a long time ago and like yesterday]. I feel like I met him yesterday, but at the same time I look at my kids who are taller than me now and think, ‘Yeah, that didn’t happen yesterday.’”



















