Becca Kufrin | |
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| Born | Rebecca Jill Kufrin April 3, 1990 Benson, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Minnesota State University, Mankato |
| Occupation | Television personality |
| Years active | 2018–present |
| Spouse | Thomas Jacobs (m. 2023) |
| Children | 1 |
Rebecca Jill Kufrin-Jacobs (born April 3, 1990) [1] [2] is an American television personality, best known for her role as the winner on the 22nd season of ABC's The Bachelor and the lead of the 14th season of The Bachelorette . [3]
Kufrin was born in Benson, Minnesota, [4] and raised in Prior Lake, Minnesota, [5] the daughter of Jill and Steve Kufrin. [6] [7] She has an older sister named Emily. [6] Kufrin graduated from Prior Lake High School in 2008, and obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2012. [8] Her father died of brain cancer when Kufrin was 19 years old [5] and her mother is a breast cancer survivor. [6]
Before appearing on The Bachelor, she was working at Skyya Communications, a technology public relations agency based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [8] [9]
Kufrin was a contestant on Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s season of The Bachelor. After making it to the final 3, her ex-boyfriend Ross Jirgl showed up in Peru and proposed; Kufrin declined. [10] She was initially chosen by Luyendyk as the winner and accepted his proposal at the end of the season. [11] However, Luyendyk dumped Kufrin for the runner-up Lauren Burnham before the season finished airing. [3] The break-up was filmed and the raw, unedited footage was shown on the first night of the two-night finale, [12] a first for The Bachelor. [13]
After Luyendyk ended his engagement with Kufrin on air, Minnesota State Representative Drew Christensen fans raised over $6,000 for Kufrin through the Venmo app, which Kufrin in turn donated to Stand Up to Cancer. Her donation was matched by ABC [14] and later matched again by Katie Couric. [15] The Bachelor season 20 lead, Ben Higgins, also pledged to donate the profits from each bag of coffee sold from his company for a 24-hour period. [16] The day after the breakup aired, 12 billboards went up in Kufrin's hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota, as well as 4 in Los Angeles and 1 in Times Square, all showing their support for Kufrin and disgust at Luyendyk's actions. [17] During the March 10, 2018 episode of Saturday Night Live , Cecily Strong portrayed Kufrin in the cold-open, parodying the break-up. [18]
Kufrin was announced as the Bachelorette on March 6, 2018, on ABC's After the Final Rose special. [3] The season premiered on May 28, 2018. [19] In the end, Kufrin chose Garrett Yrigoyen over runner-up Blake Horstmann. [20] During the finale, she and Yrigoyen were given a minivan from ABC as a gift. [21] The couple were engaged and moved to Carlsbad, California, where they lived with their adopted corgi, Minno. [22] On September 1, 2020, Kufrin and Yrigoyen announced the end of their engagement. [23]
Kufrin made a brief appearance during season five of Bachelor in Paradise to give advice to the girls and give closure to Colton Underwood. [24] On August 9, 2021, Becca was confirmed to be a contestant on season seven. [25] She split from her partner Thomas Jacobs in week 6. They have gotten back together after filming wrapped. [26] They got engaged in May 2022 and are now married with a child. [27]
Kufrin was engaged to Arie Luyendyk Jr. from November 2017 to January 2018. [28] She was later engaged to Garrett Yrigoyen from May 2018 to August 2020. [29]
Kufrin began dating Thomas Jacobs in June 2021. [30] On May 29, 2022, they announced their engagement, and on April 26, 2023, they announced that their first child was due in September 2023. [27] [31] On September 21, 2023, their son was born. [32] [33] Kufrin and Jacobs married on October 13, 2023. [34] On October 30, 2025, they announced that they were expecting another child, due in April 2026. [35]