‘Bachelorette’ stars Charity Lawson, Dotun Olubeko tease wedding date
Former “Bachelorette” lead Charity Lawson hit up the iHeartRadio Music Awards and admitted the ABC show could use some “tweaks” while it’s off-air.
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Former “Bachelorette” lead Charity Lawson has weighed in on the show reportedly going on pause this summer.
While she and her fiancé Dotun Olubeko walked the red carpet at Monday’s iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles, they spoke with USA TODAY about the latest in the “Bachelor” franchise and feeling “bright-eyed and bushy tailed” about this season of their lives.
When asked whether the show’s reported break this summer is an unfortunate development or necessary for the franchise, Lawson and Olubeko replied, “A little bit of both.” Lawson added: “The show itself, obviously, contributed to our love story being what it is, so it’s always something special to us.”
The couple has been engaged since Olubeko proposed to the former child and family therapist at the end of her “Bachelorette” season, which aired its finale in August 2023.
Lawson said, “But I do think that they should take a break to figure out, maybe, where they should make some tweaks and, hopefully, come back stronger.”
Charity Lawson calls Jenn Tran’s ‘Bachelorette’ finale ‘heartbreaking’
Lawson also acknowledged that most of the seasons that aired after hers have ended with relationships that are still going strong.
“It was us, then Joey (Graziadei) and Kelsey (Anderson) followed, and Jenn (Tran) — I hated that for her,” she said, referencing the disastrous ending to Tran’s season last summer that saw her struggling with the aftermath of a breakup with the man she’d proposed to. “So Grant (Ellis), we don’t know how his (‘Bachelor’ season) will end, but we’ll see.”
Tran’s finale “was heartbreaking to watch,” Lawson said. “I would’ve went and grabbed her, like, ‘Let’s get out of here.’”
What happened to ‘The Bachelorette’ 2025?
Most of the drama that has come out of Ellis’ “Bachelor” season, which airs its finale March 24, has happened off-screen, with various trade outlets publishing reports on shake-ups that have happened on the production side over the past month.
On Feb. 7, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety reported the franchise would not be following its usual format of plucking a female lead from the “Bachelor” contestant pool to star in her own “Bachelorette” season, which usually airs in spring through summer on ABC.
The outlets then followed this news with reports of several high-ranking departures from the production team.
USA TODAY has reached out to “Bachelor” reps for comment.
When are Charity and Dotun getting married?
As for Lawson and Olubeko, while the couple has posed for plenty of wedding-inspired photoshoots and engagement shoots, they have yet to walk down the aisle.
“The wedding is coming; I know that’s everyone’s biggest question. We don’t have the actual date to give to the public yet, but it’s coming,” Lawson said.
“It’s been a crazy past year coming off the show and (I’m) just excited to see what comes. But (I’m) just feeling very blessed that things worked out so much in both of our favors, because it doesn’t always,” Olubuko said. “(I’m) very bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and just excited to see what life continues to have for us.”
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