Jason Tartick is wondering what his romantic life would be like if he didn’t try his hand at finding love on The Bachelorette.
“I’m convinced if I wasn’t in this world, that I’d be married with a kid right now,” Tartick, 36, said on the Monday, February 24, episode of the “Trading Secrets” podcast.
When cohost David Arduin asked whether that lifestyle was preferential over Tartick being able to travel “on a whim,” the former Bachelorette contestant replied, “Oh, yeah. I mean, grass is always greener I feel like. But for me, yeah.”
Tartick candidly shared a glimpse into his mindset right now. “I’m happy and I’m lonely,” Tartick explained. “It’s OK. You can be both. Both can coexist. I’m happy and I feel good about where I’m at in life and where I want to be, but I’m also very lonely right now. Even when I’m here and having a good time, I’m still lonely.”
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While acknowledging that “things are great” professionally, Tartick admitted that things are “missing” from his life.
“In my last relationship, I had something that was such a beautiful feeling that I don’t have that at all in my life right now,” Tartick said. “That creates that loneliness but also it’s like you know what? The future is bright. That’s part of life. You go through these things, you learn, and there’s going to be a day I’m not lonely.”
After not finding The One in Becca Kufrin on The Bachelorette season 14 in 2018, Tartick moved on with season 11 Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe. The pair got engaged in 2021 but announced in August 2023 they had called it quits. (Fans think Bristowe, 39, has since moved on with fellow Bachelor Nation alum Zac Clark, but the duo have yet to confirm their relationship status.)
Tartick was most recently linked to influencer Kat Stickler, with whom he split from in October 2024 after six months of dating.
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“It was so abrupt and it was so unexpected,” Tartick reflected on a January episode of his “Trading Secrets” podcast. “Then, what I was hearing, these things I’m hearing publicly about speculation of what happened. I’m just sitting in my house, like, pulling my hair out. Like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.’ That was, like, a really tough month. A really, really, really hard month.”
Since parting ways with Stickler, Tartick has been candid about his dating life — and desire to settle down. When asked on the January episode of “Trading Secrets” whether he’s dating again, Tartick replied, “yeah,” but added that he’s “not on dating apps or anything.”
After Arduin asked “what would be the one thing that you would give up in your career or in your lifestyle to find your wife and settle down,” Tartick laughed. “Everything,” he replied. “I would give it all up. I would leave it all. If you told me I had my family tomorrow, I’m done, I’m good.”
