Alexa, play “Brave New Girl” by Britney Spears.
Becca Tilley tearfully revealed that her girlfriend, Hayley Kiyoko, makes her really feel “courageous” after the couple went public with their romance final week.
“So I used to be ready for something and all the things, however I used to be not ready for the quantity of affection and assist that we obtained,” the Bachelor Nation alum, 33, stated on Monday’s episode of her podcast, “Scrubbing In with Becca Tilley & Tanya Rad.”
Her voice filled with emotion, Tilley expressed additional gratitude, “Hayley has actually made me really feel courageous, and he or she was all the time like, ‘Individuals love you they usually need to see you content.’ And I’m simply so grateful for [our fans].”
The previous actuality star and the pop singer confirmed their four-year relationship on Friday in a sweet video montage posted to social media.
“Onerous to say if it is a onerous launch or comfortable launch, however it’s a launch,” Tilley captioned an Instagram Reel.
The video featured footage of the pair dancing collectively, holding one another, happening walks, sharing just a few kisses and extra moments all through their relationship.
The women appeared to acknowledge their rumored romance for the primary time when Tilley appeared in Kiyoko’s music video for her new single “For the Girls,” launched Could 20.
Kiyoko performed the “Bachelorette” lead in a lesbian tackle ABC’s hit relationship actuality present. After Kiyoko handed out roses to a number of “contestants,” Tilley stunned all of them when she stepped out of the limo and immediately shaped a reference to the recording artist.
Tilley has remained tight-lipped about her love life since leaving “The Bachelor” for a second time in 2016. She memorably competed for Chris Soules’ coronary heart in 2015 and positioned second behind Whitney Bischoff. Tilley returned one season later for an opportunity with “Bachelor” Ben Higgins, however was eradicated earlier than the pivotal Hometown Dates week.
All these years later, Tilley defined on “Scrubbing In” why she felt compelled to lastly let followers in on her love story with Kiyoko.
“I believe it’s time,” she shared. “For 4 years, it’s been our relationship. Hayley and I by no means have been secret, we have been very a lot ourselves, we held fingers in public… [but] I actually made certain to make that distinction between ‘non-public’ and ‘secret.’”