The Ultimatum's April Marie Is Pregnant with Baby No. 2

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You don't request an ultimatum to consciousness excited astir this news.

April Marie—who appeared connected play 1 of the Netflix world show—is expecting her 2nd kid with boyfriend Cody Cooper, with whom she shares 8-month-old girl Mila

"SURPRISE," April began her April 30 announcement post, which featured the household of 3 connected the formation with a sonogram. "I don't cognize however we managed to support this a concealed for truthful long… but this 2024 we go a household of 4!"

She and Cody then shared a associated post—featuring a fig of photos with of the brace holding Mila, who is wearing a jean overgarment with the words "Big Sister" crossed the back—in which they elaborated connected their excitement to beryllium increasing their family. 

"Our small babe Mila is gonna beryllium a BIG SISTER," they began the consequent post. "So affectional yet sharing this contiguous particularly aft keeping it a concealed for truthful long!!!"

The station continued, "We're overwhelmed with joyousness and truthful precise appreciative of each of the emotion and excitement we've received from everyone. The excitement we person for Mila to person a champion person truthful adjacent successful property is unreal. I cognize Cody is an existent twin, truthful see this his Irish twins!"

April besides included a peculiar shoutout to her fellow of much than 2 years. 

"I emotion you & this beingness we've created beyond words," she wrote. "I convey God for you & our beauteous babies each day… And present the 3 of you volition everlastingly beryllium my small spot of eden connected earth."

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The mates besides joked astir the information their newest addition's owed day is successful August—just similar Mila's was. 

"August 2024, present we spell again," they wrote. "Except this time, readying a 1st day & different sojourn backmost to the hospital. Let's GOOOO!" 

Though April participated successful season 1 of The Ultimatum with her then-boyfriend Jake Cunningham, the brace yet parted ways successful the play finale. She past revealed during the show's reunion occurrence that she'd recovered love with a caller man, contempt her intentions to stay azygous astatine the time.

As she noted to E! News successful April 2022, "Mr. Right came on and swept maine disconnected my feet. While I was expected to person my hot-girl winter, helium interrupted it and we've been dating for six months."

For much connected wherever of your favourite couples from The Ultimatum are today, support reading. 

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Brian Okoye and Lisa Horne: In a Relationship

Two episodes into The Ultimatum's sophomore season, nary 1 was expecting a mates to driblet retired of the process. And decidedly not due to the fact that they learned they were expecting. But that's precisely what Brian and Lisa did, making the determination not to look astatine The Choice meal aft she took a gestation test. 

So, what happened to Brian and Lisa? "It's been truthful good," Lisa told E! News successful an exclusive interview. "We person a babe boy! He's truthful cute."

The mates has been enjoying the process of happily raising their lad Mason

"This travel arsenic parents unneurotic has been a beauteous one," Lisa said. I cognize that not everyone gets that acquisition for galore antithetic reasons, but it's been a blessing. It's been a truly nice, peaceful journey."

Still, there's "no ringing yet," she acknowledged, oregon contiguous plans for an engagement.

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James Morris and Ryann Taylor: Married and Expecting

This mates proved that precocious schoolhouse sweethearts tin marque it enactment erstwhile James got down connected 1 genu and asked Ryann to wed him aft 7 years of dating. And it's harmless to accidental they won't beryllium taking arsenic agelong to get married.

"We person a wedding coming up soon," Ryann confirmed during The Ultimatum's reunion special, sharing that they'll wed September 30.

James revealed helium staged a 2nd connection during the couple's play travel to the mountains truthful that they could person "a much intimate" experience. "It was much unexpected and natural," Ryann said. "It took maine by surprise."

After the amusement ended, James moved successful with Ryann and her household and tied the knot arsenic promised. In April 2024, the mates announced they're expecting their archetypal baby.

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Alex Nelson and Kat Shelton: Engaged

While it seemed arsenic though the soft-spoken Kat was perchance excessively passive for ambitious Alex, the brace ended their travel engaged. And they already person acceptable a wedding date: Alex brought a Save the Date paper to the reunion that revealed they volition wed connected May 10, 2024.

Kat besides shared that Alex seems to person much "baby fever" and tendency to settee down, including buying a location together, since proposing. When it comes to their future, confirmed Alex, "I'm excited."

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Trey Brunson and Riah Nelson: Engaged

While Trey admitted to processing feelings for Ryann during their proceedings marriage, helium and Riah were capable to enactment done their issues and ended the experimentation with plans to get married.

"We're reasoning astir a destination wedding," Riah shared astatine the reunion. "Spring of 2025. It's going to get present accelerated earlier you cognize it, but I said I wanted a bully wedding, truthful I privation it to beryllium perfect."

However, the brace has had immoderate rocky moments since The Ultimatum ended, with Trey admitting they person struggled due to the fact that of their enactment schedules. "Real beingness deed america again," helium explained. "We've inactive been moving connected that, arsenic acold arsenic getting connected the aforesaid page."

Still, helium said, their narration is "night and time from what it was earlier the show."

Fast-forward to January 2024, and the mates announced they welcomed their archetypal babe together.

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Antonio Mattei and Roxanne Kaiser: Engaged

Everyone connected the formed was admittedly amazed erstwhile business-minded Roxanne accepted Antonio's matrimony proposal—especially Roxanne.

"I did a batch of enactment connected myself with wherever I americium being engaged," she explained during the reunion. "I truly never, ever, ever thought I'd get to the spot I am, saying I person a fiance."

While Roxanne said yes, she wasn't wearing her engagement ringing astatine the special, but not due to the fact that the mates had breached up. "I don't get wherefore I person to deterioration 1 and helium doesn't," she explained. "It feels precise possessive...maybe I'm conscionable weird arsenic shit?" But erstwhile Antonio admitted it "hurts" that she doesn't athletics it, she promised to commencement wearing it more. Not that they are readying to speech vows anytime soon, with some Antonio and Roxanne focusing connected their careers.

"We're inactive not wherever we privation to be," Roxanne said, portion Antonio revealed helium recently bought a car lavation successful South Georgia and volition besides beryllium opening 2 car customization shops successful Atlanta.

And erstwhile Vanessa Lachey asked Roxanne if she would wed her spouse close then, she admitted, "It's not apical of caput close present for me."

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Madlyn Ballatori and Colby Kissinger: Married and Expecting Again

This household is going to request different cowboy hat.

After welcoming their daughter Josie successful May 2022, Madlyn and Colby, who amazed fans by getting joined successful the finale, announced earlier this twelvemonth that they were expecting their 2nd child. 

"Baby Kissinger coming Sept '23!" Madlyn captioned a associated Instagram station Jan. 23. "Colby and I could not beryllium much excited and THANKFUL for the blessing we already person successful Josie and present for this caller small 1 to come."

"I'm not definite however our hearts tin adjacent clasp much emotion but I cannot hold to find out!" she added. "&& to spot our small Josephine beryllium a large sister."

In an interrogation with E! News aft giving commencement to Josie, Texas-based Madelyn said that she "really loved each infinitesimal of being pregnant," adding, "I felt similar a champ. It gave maine a full caller consciousness of assurance and emotion for myself and for Colby. It conscionable wholly grew maine arsenic an idiosyncratic and america arsenic a couple."

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Alexis Maloney and Hunter Parr: Married

Alexis and Hunter, who near the experimentation aboriginal aft Hunter proposed, are present hubby and wife, getting joined successful Palos, Verdes, Calif., successful June 2022

Alexis documented the peculiar time connected her Instagram Story, posting photos of the wedding party—which featured 10 bridesmaids and 10 groomsmen—as good arsenic videos of the blessed mates dancing the nighttime distant astatine the reception to wedding set renditions of Elton John's "Tiny Dancer," Beyoncé's "Crazy In Love" and more. The couple, who went to Santorini, Mykonos and Athens for their honeymoon, present lives successful Los Angeles.

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Shanique Imari and Randall Griffin: Still Together and Engaged (Again)

Even though Shanique revealed that the brace broke up for six months aft Randall's finale proposal, the couple revealed they aboriginal reconciled deciding to clasp disconnected connected a caller engagement. "We are inactive together," Shanique told E! News. "I'm conscionable moving successful a antithetic determination truthful [we're] not successful the aforesaid metropolis together, but we're decidedly inactive moving connected our narration and moving toward that."

All that effort led to a 2nd engagement this past July, with Randall popping the question to Shanique successful beforehand of a bosom covered successful achromatic flowers with a neon motion that work "Marry me." 

In a word, "Yes!" Shanique captioned an Instagram post. "Today and each of our tomorrows."

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Nate Ruggles and Lauren Pounds: Married

Even though immoderate formed members viewed Nate's proposal to Lauren as fake (Yikes!) during the reunion, the brace got joined successful October 2022 successful a Colorado ceremonial that was "everything we could person asked for," Lauren wrote connected Instagram. "Thank you to each of our astonishing vendors, household & friends for making this wedding an implicit dream."

 Since getting married, the pair, who inactive unrecorded successful Austin, person shared photos connected societal media from their travels to Turkey, Switzerland and Japan. 

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April Marie: In a Relationship and Expecting Again

April's clip connected the amusement whitethorn not person ended the mode she wanted, but that doesn't mean she didn't get her happily ever after. 

The 26-year-old welcomed her archetypal babe with boyfriend Cody Cooper, she shared Aug. 11.

"Baby Girl IS HERE!" April wrote connected Instagram alongside photos of the mates successful the hospital. "I knew I wanted to spell done the acquisition of our transportation & clip astatine the infirmary successful private. As hard arsenic it was a concealed to keep, I'm truthful blessed to yet stock with you guys... Just cognize it's been a agelong week for us, but we made it!"

April archetypal revealed she was dating Cody during the 2022 reunion show, though she didn't place the Texas-based existent property broker and vape entrepreneur astatine the time. "Mr. Right came on and swept maine disconnected my feet," April later told E! News. "While I was expected to person my hot-girl winter, helium interrupted it and we've been dating for six months."

In May 2024, April shared she Cody are expecting their 2nd kid together.

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Jake Cunningham: Still Single (We Think?)

Although Jake Cunningham broke up with April to beryllium with Rae Williams, the 28-year-old revealed during the reunion that helium is single. Since then, Jake has remained nether the radar (his astir caller Instagram station was successful August 2022), though Rae revealed connected the Zachary Reality podcast that the producers of Netflix's spinoff bid Perfect Match had contacted Jake astir doing the show. 

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Rae Williams: In a Relationship

At the reunion, Rae revealed she'd taken a stab astatine romance with erstwhile fellow Rae concisely "tried to hole things" with Zay Wilson and her proceedings matrimony spouse Jake to nary avail, sharing she was enjoying a "casual" narration with a woman. "I'm kinda figuring retired myself and my sexuality," Rae explained astatine the time, though she aboriginal confirmed to E! News that she was azygous and had moved to Houston. "After the full process, I request to heal and instrumentality immoderate clip to myself," she explained, "to conscionable benignant of get done everything."

But Rae has since moved backmost to Austin and is moving arsenic a 9-1-1 relation and bartender. And though she was asked to look on Perfect Match, she yet decided against joining the amusement due to the fact that Zay had already signed on. 

"I deliberation yet it was conscionable much Zay's vibe," she said connected the Zachary Reality podcast. "I deliberation if I had really been formed for play 1 astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic him that would've conscionable been a messiness due to the fact that him and I conscionable can't look to get along." 

Not that Rae needed a TV amusement to find emotion again as she revealed her caller narration successful a July 25 TikTok. Though she declined to corroborate her boyfriend's identity, she captioned the clip, "Hard launch?" 

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Zay Wilson: Still Single

A 4-1-1 to each the ladies: Zay is inactive connected the market. 

After his narration with Rae ended, Zay was a formed subordinate connected the archetypal play of Perfect Match, which featured azygous stars from Love Is Blind, Sexy Beasts and The Circle. Alas, Zay near the amusement azygous aft failing to find a connection. He's presently moving arsenic a exemplary and splitting his clip betwixt Austin and Los Angeles. 

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Vanessa Papa and Xander Boger: Split

The Ultimatum: Queer Love pair Xander and Vanessa chose to extremity their four-year narration aft Xander developed feelings for Yoly Rojas during their proceedings marriage.

"I privation I could springiness you the world," Xander told Vanessa. "I thought I was going to beryllium capable to. You merit a batch much than I tin connection you close now."

While they some talked astir imaginable rekindling things successful the future, Vanessa revealed during the reunion that they person not been successful connection since the acquisition ended.

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Yoly Rojas and Mal Wright: Split

Despite Yoly falling successful emotion with Xander during their 3 weeks together, Mal ne'er wavered successful their commitment. 

"It's ever been you," Mal told Yoly, earlier getting down connected 1 knee. "Will you bash beingness with me? Will you wed me?" After a little pause, Yoly said yes, asking, "What took you truthful long?"

Still, Yoly had doubts that she made the close choice. "If Xander were to combat for me," she admitted, "I don't cognize what I would say."

No astonishment past that portion Yoly and Mal near the experimentation engaged, Mal revealed they were "happily breached up" during the reunion, the brace clashing implicit the nonstop timeline of their breakup.

"My fearfulness was that arsenic soon arsenic the cameras stopped filming, we were going to spell backmost to our ways that I cognize of," Yoly explained. "That happened, we spent immoderate clip apart. During that clip apart, she said, 'This isn't going to enactment out.' I didn't combat back."

After watching the amusement and seeing Yoly's interactions with Xander, Mal said she present views their narration done a wholly antithetic lens. "You consciousness similar a unsafe alien to me," Mal said. "I had your backmost truthful hard and each you did was marque a implicit fool retired of me."

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Xander and Yoly: Just Friends

After Yoly's engagement to Mal and Xander's breakup with Vanessa, the duo had an affectional speech wherever they expressed their emotion for 1 another.

"I don't privation to fto you go," Yoly told Xander. "This isn't a substance of not loving you. It's not from deficiency of love."

And, it turns out, their feelings didn't spell distant arsenic they revealed during the reunion they tried to rekindle their romance aft Yoly's engagement ended.

"We stayed successful connection some," Xander shared, "and we saw each different portion we were astatine Coachella." The brace denied thing carnal happening during their clip astatine the euphony festival, but aboriginal admitted they were making plans for Yoly to sojourn Xander successful Hawaii. "I had a large clip with Xander," Yoly explained. "I was hoping to reconnect and effort successful immoderate mode possible."

Ultimately, they went their abstracted ways.

"We were successful each other's travel for a small bit, but present we're backmost to doing our ain stuff," Xander said. "I consciousness similar I truly needed to perpetrate to myself. And fig retired however to alteration the things I wanted to truthful I could amusement up amended for myself and immoderate spouse that I had.

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Lexi Goldberg and Rae Cheung-Sutton: Engaged and Then Broke Up

Learning Rae was physically intimate with Vanessa during their proceedings marriage, devastated Lexi. But the mates of 3 years was capable to travel backmost unneurotic and some projected to each different successful the finale. They past revealed they were moving to Philadelphia unneurotic aft Rae got a caller job. 

During the reunion, the brace confirmed that they are inactive engaged.

"The past twelvemonth has been amazing," Lexi said. "Proposal, vacations, we moved backmost to California a fewer months ago. It wholeheartedly has been the champion twelvemonth of my life." 

Lexi and Rae were truthful happy, successful fact, that Lexi said she would get joined astatine the reunion if Rae would fto her. "I americium really an ordained minister," host JoAnna Garcia Swisher offered, earlier Lexi revealed they already person a wedding date.

But a rubric paper that aired aft the occurrence ended offered a shocking update: "Shortly aft filming the reunion, Lexi and Rae chose to extremity their relationship. The wedding has been called off."

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Lexi: In a New Relationship

Following her breakup with Rae, Lexi debuted her romance with photographer Kristin "Zanc" Zancanelli. "Never felt much live than with you," Lexi told her new partner successful a June 8 TikTok for their "hard launch."

So, however did the caller romance travel to be? "Back during 1 of the hardest months of my life, I fto my champion person bash a photoshoot of maine wearing my reunion dress," she recalled connected Instagram. "It's truthful incredibly astonishing to spot the grin that this pistillate enactment connected my look adjacent arsenic a person successful immoderate of my darkest moments. I consciousness overwhelmed by however I spot myself done her lens, however intelligibly blessed she made me."

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Sam Mark and Aussie Chau: Engaged

After initially presenting a baffled Sam with a heart-shaped stone, Aussie pulled retired a precise antithetic benignant of stone and proposed.

During the reunion, the mates confirmed they are inactive engaged, but aren't rushing the wedding readying process.

"We're benignant of waiting," Sam sad. "It was like, 'How bash we explicate this to people?' It's conscionable truthful awkward."

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Mildred Woody and Tiff Der: Split

"We're crazy," Mildred told Tiff successful the finale aft they got engaged. "But we're brainsick together." Cut to the reunion and Mildred's tune was wildly different: "We're nary longer connected speaking terms."

So what happened?

They moved successful unneurotic aft their engagement, but instantly reverted backmost to their aged ways. "There were nary plans for the future" Mildred said. "We could ne'er speech astir a wedding. There were truthful galore problems."

But, erstwhile Mildred described leaving Tiff as "one of the hardest decisions that I ever made ever," Tiff fired backmost that they were the 1 to extremity their engagement. "I conscionable consciousness similar we had an wide unhealthy narration that was trying our best," Tiff shared.

Mildred past revealed she was arrested aft throwing a favored gross astatine Tiff, who called the police. "They took my engagement ringing disconnected and I ne'er enactment it backmost on," she said. "I americium not arrogant of what I did, but determination was a batch of fighting."

After getting into a heated argument, Tiff walked disconnected the acceptable and chose not to return.

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