Why Bachelor’s Joey Graziadei Insists He is ‘Not Broke’

On Monday, the fact star — who starred in Season 28 — shared a video on his Instagram Tales, through which he claimed that he is “not broke” after he recently revealed that his credit score rating “bombed” throughout his time on the present, and shared that he is at the moment dwelling together with his fiancée Kelsey Anderson and her roommates.

In the video, which also doubled as an ad for Credit Score Karma, Graziadei started, “Alright, it’s lastly time for me to deal with what went viral on Jason Tartick’s podcast just a few weeks in the past. There have been headlines and movies that acknowledged that I used to be in monetary hassle.”

“Let me set the document straight. I’m not broke, I’m just doing it effectively,” he continued. “However I’m quickly dwelling with Kelsey and her roommates as a selection to have the ability to spend as much time as possible together with her as she finishes out her lease.”

“However my credit score rating did, actually, drop by a considerable amount after I was away on the present,” he added. “This all got here from me lacking one small cost after I was away on the present for 3 months. It resulted in my credit score rating taking a big hit.”

Fortuitously, Graziadei mentioned his credit score rating has since improved.

“However since that point, I have been in a position to increase my credit score rating,” he mentioned, earlier than thanking Credit Score Karma for “sponsoring” his video “to have the ability to give [his followers] some ideas as we speak.”

The previous tennis professional then shared some credit score rating ideas, together with understanding how credit score scores are calculated, checking your credit score scores repeatedly, and realizing that it takes time for credit score scores to enhance.

“It took me just a few months to see any modifications on my finish,” Graziadei mentioned.

This got here only a few weeks after Graziadei and Anderson appeared on an episode of Bachelor Nation star Jason Tartick’s podcast Buying and selling secrets and techniques.

On the podcast, Graziadei shared that he is currently residing with Anderson and her roommates following their time on the present, revealing that he moved in together with his fiancée and her associates into their four-bedroom, three-bathroom residence in New Orleans, the place Anderson was residing earlier than the present.

In the meantime, the pair additionally bought candid about their funds, with Graziadei revealing that his funds were successful whereas he was on The Bachelor.

“[My credit score] was at 7:30, and I went on the present, and I had a cost from a bank card that I did not reply for 2 and a half months,” he recalled. “I dropped, like, 80 points. Like, what the f–k?”

“I bought like one thing online for 100 bucks and by no means paid it off and I went on a TV show, and I come back again, and my credit score rating bombed,” he continued. “I used to be like, ‘I can’t even get into a condominium constructing. Jesus Christ.’”

Since then, Graziadei mentioned he has been making purchases left and proper to build up his credit score. “I am spending as much cash as possible!” he mentioned.