Kaitlyn Bristowe Addresses the Possibility of a Third Engagement Amid Zac Clark Romance Rumors

Third time just might be the charm for Kaitlyn Bristowe.

In a new clip from Amanda Hirsch‘s Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast shared via Us Weekly, the Bachelor Nation alum, 41, hinted at a third engagement amid rumors surrounding her relationship with Zac Clark.

“When I tell you, I went through a hoe phase in my 20s in Vancouver,” Bristowe says in a clip from the episode, out July 14. “I was a hoe.”

Joking that she “got double hoe phases” due to her time on both The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, Bristowe contrasted her dating history with that of Hirsch, 37, who has been in a relationship with her now-husband since her early 20s.

“Being in a relationship for that long sounds so nice,” Bristowe admits. “It’s exhausting out here.”

While Bristowe has reportedly been off the market since January 2024, after she was linked to Clark, 42, following her split from fiancé and fellow Bachelor Nation alum Jason Tartick, neither Bristowe nor Clark has publicly confirmed their relationship.

Clark, also a member of the Bachelor universe, got engaged to Tayshia Adams in December 2020, at the end of season 16 of The Bachelorette. The couple officially ended their engagement less than a year later, in November 2021.

And though Bristowe hasn’t revealed many details about her rumored romance with the fellow reality star, in the quick clip, she does share her hopes for finally walking down the aisle.

“Now, I’m on this third possible engagement,” Bristowe teases in the clip. “If I’m gonna finally talk about someone out loud after however long, I hope this is the person.”

Bristowe ended her Bachelorette season in 2015 engaged to Shawn Booth, but the pair called it quits three years later. She moved on with Tartick, 37, whom she dated for two years before he proposed in 2021. In August 2023, they went their separate ways.

“My ego holds me back too because I’m like, ‘What if I’m just a failure again in a relationship?'” Bristowe says before revealing that her current relationship has allowed her to be a “better” girlfriend.

“I’ve realized a lot, over my last two [relationships],” she adds. “Not that I was a terrible girlfriend or fiancée.”

Speaking previously about her dating life following her split from Tartick during an appearance on the Let’s Be Honest podcast with Kristin Cavallari, Bristowe recalled going on a date with a mystery man, whom many now believe to be Clark.

“I’m going to know right off the bat if I like him or not. The conversations [are] either going to be good or terrible,” Bristowe said of the date during the July 2024 episode. “I was going into it almost fed up.”

She had no expectations that a relationship would blossom following their date, but Bristowe said there was “chemistry” right away.

She even moved to New York City in April, where Clark also lives, a sign some in Bachelor Nation have taken as another hint that things between the pair have grown increasingly serious over the past year.