Barbara Alyn Woods and Mark Anderson Courtesy of Barbara Alyn Woods/Instagram
The Golden Bachelorette alum Mark Anderson and One Tree Hill’s Barbara Alyn Woods are the crossover Us didn’t know we would have liked.
Bachelor Nation fell in love with Mark when his daughter Kelsey Anderson vied for the affections of Joey Graziadiei on season 28 of The Bachelor. After Kelsey accepted a proposal from Graziadei, Mark tried his hand at actuality TV as a contestant on Joan Vassos’ season 1 of The Golden Bachelorette.
Whereas he didn’t discover The One in Vassos — she received engaged to Chock Chapple after sending Mark packing — many followers have been hoping Mark can be topped as the subsequent Golden Bachelor. Nevertheless, Mark despatched followers right into a frenzy when he was noticed in coordinated Halloween costumes with Woods in October 2024.
Mark and Woods have since shared a number of candy snaps cozying up collectively, together with a video of the pair displaying off their dance strikes. The November 2024 TikTok received a stamp of approval from Kelsey, who commented, “AWE.”
In December 2024, Graziadei confirmed the pair’s romance on an episode of the “Bachelor Completely happy Hour” podcast and gushed that Woods is “superior.”(Mark was beforehand married to late spouse Denise Anderson, who died in 2018, whereas Woods and John Lind filed to divorce in Could.)
Scroll right down to see the start of their love story:
October 2024
Woods and Mark dressed up as Cinderella and Prince Charming, respectively, whereas celebrating Halloween. “When Cinderella and Prince Charming have a child,” Woods captioned her Instagram publish, referring to daughter Natalie, who was dressed as Grogu from The Mandalorian.
November 2024
@barbiealynwoods IN GOOD COMPANY @mark.t.anderson
In a candy TikTok, Woods and Mark danced collectively in entrance of a Christmas tree. Mark was seen smiling on the digital camera as Woods arrange the angle to movie the dance earlier than they carried out a routine in sync. The video ended with them embracing. “IN GOOD COMPANY,” Woods captioned the video, which received help from Kelsey.
After The Golden Bachelorette’s season 1 finale, Bachelor Nation member Jonathon Johnson posed for a selfie with Mark and Woods set to Stevie Surprise’s “Isn’t She Pretty.” “I imply … cmon!” Johnson wrote. “P.S. Mark selected the track.” Woods reposted the snap to her account.
Later that month, Woods publicly celebrated Kelsey’s fiancé, Graziadei, profitable season 33 of Dancing With the Stars. In her social media publish, shrieks might be heard within the background after Graziadei and his associate, Jenna Johnson, took house the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.
“CONGRATS @joeygraziadei,” Woods wrote by way of her Instagram Story on the time, alongside a clip of Graziadei and Johnson. Woods tagged her three youngsters, who have been seen watching the second with their jaws open.
December 2024
Woods and Mark continued to gasoline rumors by coordinating one other costume, this time sporting Barbie and Ken sweaters, respectively. In a single picture shared by way of Instagram, Woods smiled for the digital camera as she confirmed off her outfit whereas Mark beamed from behind. One other picture confirmed Woods feeding Mark.
“Malibu Barbie in her completely happy place @thecove_wilmington hanging together with her favourite besties and loving the brand new @bonitalatinfusion 💗🎅💗🎅💗🎅💗🎅💗🎅💗🎅,” Woods captioned the publish, to which Kelsey commented, “Omg the sweaters hahaha I really like.”
The duo have been additionally seen attending a Pals With Profit Tricmukkah occasion in North Carolina. Mark and Woods wearing matching pink sweatshirts that learn “Scott 23” on the entrance and “Save Tric” on the again — which paid homage to her OTH days.
December 2024
Graziadei confirmed Mark’s romance with Woods on the Friday, December 20, episode of the “Bachelor Completely happy Hour” podcast.
“We’re going to really spend it with Kelsey’s household and Mark’s new girlfriend as properly … which is gonna be nice,” he mentioned. “Barbara’s superior.”
The fact star added that it’s not the primary time he and Kelsey have met Woods.“We’ve gotten an opportunity to exit to dinner together with her and her household, when Mark got here to L.A.,” he continued. “We spent Thanksgiving with my household. We’re spending Christmas with hers, and we’re excited for it.”
February 2025
Kelsey broke her silence on her dad’s relationship with Woods, which she shared had been occurring for “5 months or so.”
“Mark is in a relationship. Her title is Barbara, and she or he is the very best,” Kelsey shared on an episode of the “Bachelor Completely happy Hour” podcast. “She is tremendous candy. She has nice daughters. We received to spend Christmas with all of them collectively, and yeah. They’re going sturdy, and he’s tremendous completely happy. And now he’s in L.A. loads as a result of she lives in L.A., so I get to see him fairly typically now, too.”
March 2025
The pair celebrated her birthday in Hawaii, with Mark sharing a pic of Woods rocking a blue bikini prime and matching skirt as she laid by the water. “Completely happy Birthday!” he wrote by way of his Instagram Story, tagging Woods.
April 2025
Mark shared on an April episode of the “Bachelor Completely happy Hour” podcast that he and Woods met at a Halloween occasion. “It’s type of neat,” he gushed. “She has youngsters the identical age as my youngsters. There’s a whole lot of similarities there.”
Mark shared that he and Woods have “been capable of meet up just a few locations” and introduce their youngsters. When requested how the pair’s youngsters are getting alongside, he replied, “I imply there’s a giant distinction. You already know, you talk via social media and textual content messaging and stuff like that. Yeah, so I’d say that there’s connections.”
Could 2025
Woods took to her Instagram Tales on Could 18 to share a festive birthday shock she created for Mark. A photograph confirmed Mark standing beside a white automotive adorned with colourful stickers, together with a rainbow-hued spelling out of, “Honk it’s my birthday.”
Visibly amused by Woods’ candy gesture, Mark was seen grinning on the automotive whereas carrying a backpack over his shoulder and iced espresso in hand.
Woods even adorned the Story itself, choosing “Completely happy Birthday,” a birthday cake, a bunch of flowers and balloon graphics whereas additionally tagging Mark within the publish.
October 2025
Mark commemorated his milestone first anniversary with Woods by way of Instagram Story, writing, “twelve months in the past … this primary date led to an anniversary as we speak.”
