Golden Bachelorette’s Chock Chapple shared insight into how he and fiancée Joan Vassos stay in touch amid conflicting schedules during an interview with E! News about his Inspire therapy partnership.
Distance makes the heart grow fonder.
That phrase has proven true for the Golden Bachelorette’s Joan Vassos and her fiancé Chock Chapple, whose conflicting responsibilities have kept them separated in recent months.
“Right now, I cannot go into any details—hint, hint—but she’s doing a special project,” Chock explained to E! News in an exclusive interview, “and we haven’t seen each other for almost a month. Something’s probably going to change pretty soon, so we’ll see each other, but we miss each other.”
Thankfully, the pair have a game plan. “Joan and I, from the fantasy suites, made a commitment that we would talk every day,” he continued. “So, we talk at least twice a day, and it’s great.”
And while Chock is happy to report their first year together since The Golden Bachelorette aired has “really been fantastic,” he admits of his and Joan’s whirlwind lifestyle, “We haven’t had this real life that people normally have because you’re living in the same town, you see each other all the time.”
Instead, the 62-year-old added, “We’ve made a commitment to see each other every other week.”
Thankfully, that’s held true—beyond Joan’s recent commitments that have kept them apart. Plus, they’ve got plenty of plans coming up that will bring them together, including spending the holiday season in New York City and an eventual European vacation with friends.
And Chock—who is the new face of Inspire therapy, a sleep apnea treatment he is happy to report he “truly” believes in, having benefitted from the implant himself—is hopeful their month in New York in December helps him and Joan, 62, narrow down their search for a place to live in the city.
“We’ve been to all the different areas in New York, and the first time, Joan loved Soho,” Chock explained. “Well, we couldn’t find a place, really, that would fit our families and all that. And we’ve looked all over. Now, we’re that typical couple where I kind of like the West side, she likes Midtown. Then we’ve gone to the East side.”
It’s an important decision, after all, “When you’re going to buy a place, other than if that’s all you can afford, you definitely want to find a place that both of you really like and fit your lifestyle.”
In the meantime, the pair are happily making the distance work.
For Chock, the secret is “just really taking the time and then talking,” he explained. “This has given us a chance to really talk and listen to each other a lot more than when you’re together. She’s got the grandkids, she’s very busy with this, but we’re talking 30 minutes to an hour every day. It’s been nonstop. So, it’s a lot of fun. I miss it when I don’t talk to her in the morning.”
