Steven McBee has discovered love! The ‘Joe Millionaire’ star picked Calah Jackson within the finale, and the couple spoke EXCLUSIVELY with HL about shifting in collectively and their plans for the longer term.
After weeks of guessing, the millionaire was lastly revealed through the Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer finale. Steven McBee, who's a farming CEO, is the present’s millionaire. He ended up falling for Calah Jackson, and the 2 of them are getting their fortunately ever after.
HollywoodLife obtained EXCLUSIVE scoop from Steven and Calah about protecting their relationship a secret whereas the present aired. They revealed how they met up in secret and strengthened their relationship. The couple can also be shifting in collectively! Is an engagement on the horizon? Steven and Calah speak about all of it:
How tough has it been to maintain your relationship a secret since manufacturing wrapped?
Steven McBee: It’s been robust. I imply, the nice factor is I stay in the course of nowhere, so we have been in a position to sneak her up right here on some journeys. My nearest neighbor is 5 miles away. So long as we don’t go away my home, there was no concern. We had a number of journeys like that. However I’ve by no means been in a scenario the place I’m with somebody, and I can’t inform anybody or put up about it. It has made it fairly robust, however we’ve been in a position to construct our relationship. We’re glad we’re by means of all that and might now let the world know.
Calah Jackson: I really feel the very same. It has been a problem in protecting it personal. Clearly, it’s arduous to have a standard relationship each time it's a must to preserve it personal, you possibly can’t be out in public, you possibly can’t exit on dates. So I'm very grateful that the present is lastly over, and we’ll be capable of exit and simply have an actual relationship.
What have been among the belongings you each have carried out because the present has been airing to maintain your relationship alive? How have you ever grown as a pair because you stopped filming the present?
Calah Jackson: I feel we’ve grown a lot extra since filming began. It’s sort of arduous to be weak and open everytime you’re in that setting, due to all of the cameras and only a bizarre, uncommon setting. So since then, we’ve been FaceTiming daily, calling daily.
Steven McBee: After which each time we’re in particular person, we’re huge foodies. We’re cooking collectively. We’ve tried cooking all types of various meals. There’s solely a lot you are able to do when you possibly can’t go away your own home, so quite a lot of cooking, watching films. We’ve been in a position to do some neat issues round the home. Now that we’re in a position to go in public, we’re going to go enterprise out and go in every single place collectively.
The place’s the primary place you’re going to go after the finale has aired?
Steven McBee: I've some excellent eating places, one Mexican joint down in Kansas Metropolis that has the very best hen nachos and margaritas. I’ve been telling her all about it, so we’re going to go down there instantly.
You two have just lately moved in collectively. How has that been going for you each?
Steven McBee: Proper now we’re residing on this little city of Gallatin, Missouri. It’s a city of 1,700 folks. We purchased a home. We’re closing on it by the tip of March. It’s truly in Kansas Metropolis. Realizing that there was no woman that was going to be okay with residing the place I presently stay in the course of nowhere… we’re going to need to be right here for 3 weeks. I feel you’ll deal with it okay.
Calah Jackson: I’ll be capable of deal with it for 3 weeks. Full-time could be just a little totally different, however I do prefer it up right here. It’s good. It’s an enormous change of tempo for me. I’m from Dallas, so it’s just a little totally different for me.
I suppose you’re going to go full-tilt on adorning the brand new place?
Steven McBee: We're going to have quite a lot of shifting. We simply moved all of her stuff up from Dallas. We needed to put it in one in all my buildings to maintain it there for 3 weeks till we transfer into my new home. It’s going to be quite a lot of shifting crap round.
Calah Jackson: I advised him just one pair of antlers could be within the new home.
Steven McBee: My decor is deer antlers on the wall.
You two went by means of fairly the journey on the present. Wanting again, was there a second each of you knew you wished to be collectively?
Steven McBee: I knew we had an excellent connection, however I feel the solidifying second the place it was like okay, yeah, that is going to work is when Calah got here to my hometown and met my household. I seemed over and she or he was simply razzing my brothers. They have been giving it proper again to her. They have been enjoying beer pong. Proper then I used to be like, okay, she matches with the household so properly. That is it for certain.
Calah Jackson: Truthfully, that's precisely after I knew as properly. It simply felt very pure and regular. I didn’t need to be on each time I used to be along with his household. It jogged my memory quite a lot of my family. Clearly, we’d had a connection build up earlier than then. Loads of these moments weren't proven on the present to construct suspense for the finale. After assembly his household, that’s after I positively knew.
Is an engagement on the horizon?
Steven McBee: We’re going to play it by ear and simply see how issues go. We’re not going to hurry into something. We’ve by no means been those that have rushed into something. Even watching the present, y’all can see how guarded Calah is, after which I used to be even guarded myself. We’re simply not going to hurry into something and overjump the gun.
Steven, do you continue to be in contact with Kurt Sowers?
Calah Jackson: Truly, this weekend we’re going again right down to see him to have a good time the ending of Joe Millionaire. We’re nonetheless excellent buddies. We’ve been collectively each single weekend apart from this earlier weekend. Calah’s good buddies with him too. He’s an excellent man.
Steven, what's the recommendation you'll give to the present’s subsequent Joe Millionaire stars if the present comes again for a second season?
Steven McBee: I might say the toughest side of the present that I needed to cope with was going into it. It actually took me some time to open myself as much as actually really feel and have these feelings of with the ability to fall for somebody. I might say simply go into it and attempt to actually open your self up from day one. Don’t let it take midway by means of the present, and even till the final week of the present, earlier than you actually fall since you’re solely there for a restricted period of time. There are quite a lot of connections that it's a must to attempt to work on. For those who’re guarded or maintain again in any means, it’s going to take a very long time and also you may miss out on the correct particular person.