Saving her final rose. The Bachelor‘s Madison Prewett was candid about remaining a virgin until marriage before she exchanged vows with Grant Michael Troutt.
Bachelor Nation fans met the Alabama native during Peter Weber‘s season in early 2020, and her strong faith quickly became part of her story line. She delved more into making the “commitment to myself” during a dinner date with the Bachelorette alum, explaining that she didn’t “expect” him to have made the same decision.
While Weber acknowledged that he would “always respect” her choices, he also noted that he couldn’t “lie” about his own journey. In turn, she reminded her now-ex that “actions speak louder than words.”
Prewett previously discussed the situation with her mother during her hometown date. “I haven’t fully talked to him yet about I guess, like, how I view intimacy and how I feel,” she revealed at the time. “That is something that I have saved for marriage and something I want to save my marriage. I don’t know how he is going to respond to that, and so, yeah.”
When she finally did have her conversation with Weber, the former Miss Alabama Teen USA said her ideal husband would be someone who “embodies the same qualities and characteristics” as her father. “Faith is more than passed down into me, it’s my whole life and who I am,” she added. “In a marriage, I want someone who has that relationship with the Lord … I want to know if we’re able to be on the same page that way and grow with each other in that way.”
Eventually, Prewett sent herself home after learning that the then-Bachelor had been “intimate” with another finalist. The pair briefly reconciled after Weber’s whirlwind engagement to Hannah Ann Sluss, but they called it quits for good in March 2020.
Since the relationship drama played out on the ABC dating series, Prewett has continued to be open about her expectations. In June 2020, she exclusively told Us Weekly a shared faith was the most important trait she wanted in a future partner. “That’s going to be something that’s a make or break,” she said at the time. “I want to be with someone that is pushing me to be the best that I can be and challenging me to grow and to be the best version of myself.”
Following a brief romance with NBA star Michael Porter Jr., the Made for This Moment author got engaged to Troutt in July 2022 — just two months after making their relationship Instagram official. They tied the knot in October 2022, and both the bride and groom saved themselves for marriage.
Prewett praised men who wait for marriage after a fan questioned whether they really existed. “Yes my girl!” she replied in an April 2022 TikTok comment. “Even if he hasn’t always made that decision, if he chooses to honor God and you and wait- it’s so beautiful!”
Scroll down for more of Prewett’s most candid quotes about sex:
When Prewett tied the knot with Troutt, she wore a veil with "Worth the Wait" sewed into the fabric. In a video shared from the couple's reception, the bride declared, "I'm having sex for the first time tonight!" and was met with cheers from her friends. Courtesy of Victoria Fuller/Instagram
During an interview on the "YTH Nation Podcast," Prewett broached the "very sensitive subject" in depth. "I always like to start off by saying, you know, 'Jesus loves you so much and Jesus is so proud of you,'" she said. "Making a decision today — from this day forward — to save yourself for marriage not only blesses you [and] blesses your relationship with the Lord but also will bless your future husband." She continued: "I think for me, the decision was made when I was really young, but then I had to almost reassess it a few times. When you get to college and you're by yourself and you don't have your parents around you, you have all the free time [and] you have the empty dorm room, that's where the real pressures hit." Youtube
The former ABC personality took part in a viral TikTok trend inspired by a lyric in Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry": "Yes, you can hold my hand if you want to." She captioned footage of herself singing along, "When he wants to wait until marriage too." Courtesy of Madison Prewett/TikTok
Though she described her public breakup from Weber as "tortuous," the Bachelor Nation alum told Page Six she was "grateful" for the split — and for sticking to her values. "If that's truly what I believe, then I have to live that out even in the hardest moments when tens of millions of people are watching and my character and my faith and my convictions and beliefs are being attacked," she told the outlet. Shutterstock (2)
In her memoir, Prewett admitted she felt discouraged by Weber when they spoke about her choice to stay celibate. "As he was on his other dates, I felt like I was going to hit my breaking point. I didn't know if I could continue with the process," she wrote. "He couldn't understand why I was so worried about what had happened in his other relationships and why that should affect ours. I looked at him bleakly and responded, 'I just can't fathom on my engagement day, you get down on one knee and propose to me when six days before that you were intimate with someone else.'" ABC/John Fleenor
During an interview on Us' "Here for the Right Reasons" podcast, the basketball player opened up about facing backlash for bailing out of her reality TV stint. "I'd actually never watched The Bachelor, so I truly didn't know what I was getting myself into," she explained. "And even if I did ... I've always viewed myself and my life as no matter what environment I'm in, no matter where I'm at, I'm never going to lower my standards. I'm never going to change myself. And I'm never just going to OK something that doesn't sit right in my heart and that doesn't align with the vision that I have for my life." Courtesy of Sydney Warner/Instagram
After the chaotic season 24 Bachelor finale, Prewett conceded that she "probably should have shared" her expectations with Weber "sooner." She said on the "Off the Vine" podcast, "Of course he's going to argue that it might have made a difference, but I mean who knows because that wasn't the situation we were in and that wasn't what happened. I truly tried to let my heart lead me in all conversations." ABC/Maarten de Boer
"The day that I say 'I do' to the person that I want to spend the rest of my life with is the day that he's getting all of me — body, soul, and spirit," she said before taking herself out of the running for Weber's heart. "I just can't wrap my mind around, in a week from now, if you're down on one knee and six days before that you slept with someone else." She broke down in tears when the pilot revealed he was "intimate" with someone else, adding, "I made it very clear that there was a chance that he could lose me if he made certain decisions, and he made them anyway." ABC
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