After two children and nearly five years of dating, The Bachelor alumna Bekah Martinez and her partner Grayston Leonard are now engaged. On July 10, the couple posted images of their relationship to Instagram, including her diamond-studded gold wedding band.
Grayston Leonard and Evan Ambrose co-host a podcast
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33-year-old Since 2018, Grayston Leonard, the owner of Long Beach Rising, has dated Bekah Martinez. Born in 1988, Leonard is a fitness trainer, dietician, and rock climber. Leonard has acted in the 2005 television series Close to Home and the 2008 short film Driven.
“He is also a podcast host.” Evan Ambrose is featured on @chattybrospodcast. Also, he directs “allriseoutdoors,” a pilot program designed to “make outdoor activities more accessible to disadvantaged individuals.”
The Bachelor’s Bekah Martinez and Grayston Leonard’s relationship
Grayston Leonard and Bekah Martinez began dating in 2018 at the conclusion of her season of The Bachelor with Arie Luyendyk Jr. In February of that year, they began dating.
After three years of dating, the couple welcomed their first child, a daughter named Ruth Ray De La Luz, in February 2019. The couple’s son, Franklin James, was born a year later in 2020.
This was the second proposal by the pair. Leonard has previously proposed to the podcast co-host. In a June TikTok video, the Bachelor alum claimed to fantasize about her boyfriend’s forthcoming proposal and afterward presented a photo of her hand with an engagement ring. She authored the caption:
Three years ago, when he proposed to me, I declined but still snapped photographs.
She declined his request because the timing seemed inappropriate. Leonard proposed to Martinez just 14 days after the birth of the couple’s first child. She explains in a subsequent TikTok video:
Two weeks later, the day after Valentine’s Day, he proposed, and I thought, “This is great, but now is not the time.” I’m still extremely hormonal. I am experiencing postpartum depression.”
She then continued:
“In addition, our relationship was not in the best condition. We had a lot to figure out, and a lot to discuss, and I didn’t want an engagement and wedding just because we had a child. I desired that it be something special, something that we both felt compelled to do for one another. There are only two of us.”
Martinez’s life changed after they had relationship counseling and had a second child. She was prepared to accept his proposal the second time around. She declared:
Now that we’ve worked through a lot in couple’s counseling and have two children, I’m ready to say yes.”
Then when Leonard again got down on one knee and proposed to his lady love, Martinez enthusiastically accepted.
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