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‘Bachelor’ Star Joey Graziadei Comes From a ‘Loving’ Family: Meet His Parents and Siblings
Season 28 Bachelor Joey Graziadei says he has an “extremely loving” family although his parents split up when he was young. Ahead of the season finale of The Bachelor fans want to know more about his dad, mom and siblings.
Who Are ‘Bachelor’ Star Joey Graziadei’s Parents?
Joey is the son of Nick Graziadei and Cathy Pagliaro and was born and raised in Royersford, Pennsylvania. When he was in kindergarten, Joey’s dad came out as gay and his parents divorced. Fans learned about the situation when he discussed it with Bachelorette Charity Lawson while competing on her season.
He revealed on the show, “My parents split when I was pretty young. I wouldn’t say it was easy. But my family is just an extremely loving family. And both my parents were amazing coparents, so the fact that that didn’t work out doesn’t take away from romance for me.”
Joey later shared during a July 2023 appearance on “The Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast about how and when he decided to bring up the subject with Charity during one of their dates.
“I had to think through when I wanted to bring up my parents’ divorce and my dad coming out. It’s serious and it’s important. I had a conversation with my dad before going on the show and I wanted to make sure he was OK with me sharing his story because it’s something that’s affected me, but it’s really his life,” Joey explained.
“I had that conversation with him, and he was comfortable and trusted me on how I would carry myself and talk about it, and it would be shared in the right light,” the tennis pro continued.
Joey went on to call his dad one of his “favorite people in the world. I talk to him about everything, so when you explain who he is as a person, it’s part of him and it’s something that needs to be talked about more and not so refrained from,” Joey concluded.
Even though Joey spent many years living in Hawaii after graduating from high school, his hometown date with Charity took place where he grew up in Pennsylvania. Fans were disappointed that Joey’s dad and his husband weren’t featured during his hometown date, as it was left to his Uncle Joe to ask Charity hard questions about the pair’s blossoming relationship.
Meanwhile, Cathy is a diehard Green Bay Packers fan, which is something she passed onto her son. “Been a Packers Fan my whole life since my Mom’s side of the family grew up in the Green Bay Area,” Joey wrote on Instagram in January 2024. “To be able to see them win a playoff game yesterday in Dallas was surreal.”
Who Are ‘Bachelor’ Star Joey Graziadei’s Siblings?
Joey has two sisters, Carly Monzo and Eleanor “Ellie” Graziadei. While the latter’s Instagram is set to private, Carly has shared plenty of photos alongside her brother. The siblings spent Christmas 2023 together, as Carly wrote next to a photo of the three, “Feeling so incredibly thankful to have spent the entire weekend with these two that have my whole heart.”
In a May 2023 Instagram post, Carly shared a photo alongside Joey and wrote, “My puppy brother is 28!!! Love you more than you love the Packers, golfing and mint chocolate chip ice cream.”
Carly married Zach Monzo in 2021 and called their wedding a “dream” in an Instagram post at the time. In 2024, Joey revealed that he was living with his older sister as his season of The Bachelor aired.
“I’m not couch surfing,” he confirmed. “I have my own room. I have a little spot. The guest room is now Joey’s room so that it works out OK.”
Eleanor is the youngest Graziadei sibling. She graduated from Palm Beach Atlantic University in 2019.
Both ladies were in the audience when Joey appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show in March 2024. “It’s really not that fun [to see him kissing women on TV],” Carly admitted. “But we’re excited for him!”
