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Warning: The Bachelorette Season 21 spoilers ahead. He didn’t receive her final rose, but could Jenn and Marcus be back together after The Bachelorette Season 21 finale? There’s a chance for a second shot at love.
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Marcus Shoberg, a 31-year-old Army Ranger Veteran from Cloquet, Minnesota, was the runner-up on The Bachelorette Season 21 with Jenn Tran, according to Reality Steve. (Jenn was previously a contestant on The Bachelor Season 28 with Joey Graziadei, where she was sent home in Week 7.)
Her winner was Devin Strader, a a 28-year-old Freight Company Owner from Rosenberg, Texas, who Jenn gave her final rose to in The Bachelorette Season 21 finale and got engaged to. But where does that leave Marcus?
Are Jenn and Marcus back together after The Bachelorette Season 21?
As of writing, Jenn and Marcus aren’t back together after The Bachelorette Season 21 finale, however, there is the possibility for them to reunite in the real world. Reality Steve reported on the day The Bachelorette Season 21 finale aired that Jenn and her winner, Devin, had broken up and ended their engagement.
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Reality Steve also confirmed that Devin was the one who broke up with Jenn and that their split happened sometime between mid-August and September 2024. This meant that Jenn and Devin were together for around three months after The Bachelorette Season 21 finale finished filming on May 16, 2024.
“The rumors that have been circulating for a couple weeks now are true. Devin has ended the engagement and broken up with Jenn,” Reality Steve wrote in an Instagram post at the time. “I do not know the circumstances surrounding it in terms of when it happened or the reasoning behind it. Guess we will find that out tonight. Curious to see the reasoning for the breakup since Devin has love bombed Jenn ever since hometowns and now couldn’t even make it to the ATFR with her still in a relationship. Should be an interesting night.”
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Though there’s no information that Jenn and Marcus are back together after The Bachelorette Season 21 finale (they don’t follow each other, at the time of writing), the chances don’t look good. A source told Life & Style magazine on September 2, 2024 that Marcus’ ex-girlfriends “reached out and got in contact” with Jenn’s brother, James tran, during filming and warned him to not let his sister pick Marcus as her winner. “[Marcus’ exes] were worried for Jenn,” the source said. “James was told that Marcus is a ‘toxic, narcissistic, pathological liar.’”
Another of Marcus’ ex-girlfriends also told Life & Style magazine that Marcus told them prior to going on The Bachelorette Season 21 that he wasn’t ready for marriage.“Before he left, he proclaimed, ‘I don’t date. I’m not the man I want to be,’ and said he is not ready for anything serious,” the insider said. “He made excuses as to why, such as working on his career, saving money, etc. And then he went right on the show! There’s no way he is there to get married. If he wasn’t ready a week before filming, what would make him ready now?”
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Another source also called Marcus a “toxic boyfriend” and accused him of cheating on girlfriends in the past. “He usually goes on dating apps and Snapchat while in a relationship,” the insider said. “Multiple of his exes have ended their relationships with him after finding out.”
Who is Marcus from The Bachelorette Season 21?
Marcus Shoberg is a 31-year-old Army Ranger Veteran from the Cloquet, Minnesota, area, who now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. His Instagram handle is @marcus__edward. “Its cool to be kind,” his Instagram biography read at the time of The Bachelorette Season 21 premiere.
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According to his Linkedin, Marcus is the founder of Falkor Technologies, an IT services company, which launched in September 2023. In addition to his current job, Marcus works as a Data Engineer for Amentum,a government and commercial services contractor, and its United States Army Special Operations Command Special Access Program. Marcus was in the United States Army for eight years. He started as a Rifleman from 2011 to 2014. He was a Rifle Team Leader from 2014 to 2018 followed by a Rifle Squad Leader from 2016 to 2017. He was a Headquarters Platoon Sergeant from 2017 to 2018 followed by his final role as a Battalion Civilian Affairs Operations Sergeant from 2018 to 2019.
After retiring from the army, Marcus worked at Harvard University’s Undergraduate Veterans Organization as the Director of Membership Engagement from 2022 to 2023. He started as a member of the organization in 2021. Marcus graduated from the University of Washington in 2020 with a degree in International Studies (with specializations in Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, and Peace and Security). He’s also expected to graduate from Harvard University with a degree in Computer Science in 2025.
Read Marcus’ official Bachelorette Season 21 biography and fun facts below:
“Marcus is a real-life superhero. The military veteran and Harvard alum is so excited to meet Jenn and hopes she’s the kind, honest, humble woman for whom he’s been searching. Marcus is a man of humility and wants to start a life with someone who shares his core values. When he isn’t working hard toward his career and his future, Marcus loves going rock climbing with friends and grilling on a Saturday night. Marcus has been in love before and is ready to settle down and start a family with his perfect match. He is looking forward to meeting Jenn and is hoping to find a relationship that will stand the test of time.
Fun Facts:
● Marcus loves binge watching “New Girl.”
● Marcus hopes to be an astronaut one day.
● Marcus’ favorite flower is the edelweiss because it’s a symbol of dedication.”
The Bachelorette airs on Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC. Stream it on Hulu.
