Bachelor in Paradise’s Jade Roper says she auditioned for ‘RHOC’

Jade Roper. Michael Simon / startraksphoto.com

What could have been! Jade Roper rose to fame after performing on The bachelor and Bachelor in paradise, but she almost had the chance to be in another reality show: The Real Housewives of Orange County.

During an Instagram Q&A session on Thursday, December 2, a fan asked if the Bachelor Nation alum, 34, would ever agree to appear in the Bravo series. Colorado native and her husband, Tanner Tolbert, moved to Orange County, California, earlier this year.

“Funny fact! I actually had a preliminary conversation about a year and a half ago RHOC“Roper replied.” Haha. But I did not get another interview. “

The “Mommies Tell All” podcast cohost made its Bachelor Nation debut in season 19 of The bachelor, which was sent in 2015. After Chris Soules eliminated her during week eight of the competition, Roper returned to the franchise for season 2 of Bachelor in paradise, where she met Tolbert, also 34.

The duo bonded in January 2016 at a ceremony that aired in season 20 of The bachelor. The couple share three children: Emerson, 4, and sons Brooks, 2, and Reed, 12 months.

Although Roper admitted that it was difficult to move into the couple’s new home with three children, she and Tolbert have not completely ruled out having more children. “Just wait and see,” she wrote via Instagram in September. “I see one more in our family, but right now I’m so tired all the time with three little ones and working that I could not imagine adding pregnancy to the mix in an instant.”

Tolbert, for his part, has said he is not sure he is ready for a fourth child. “I think I’m out,” it said Bachelor alum told U.S Weekly in May. “Me and the boys are going for a vasectomy. We’ll see. I’m not doing anything drastic. I’m never saying. I’m just saying, [there’s a] 10 percent chance of having more. “

While keeping up with their little ones, the reality stars have also been busy with another real estate project in addition to their new Orange County home. In January, the two bought a lot in Big Bear Lake, California, to build a cabin.

“It will be our little home away from home, as well as a vacation home,” she explained at the time via Instagram. “We can not wait to create memories with our children who spend summer weekends by the lake and in winter on skis and sledges.”

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