Chrissy Metz and Boyfriend Bradley Collins Recall the Origins of Their Pandemic Romance (Exclusive)
etonline.comChrissy Metz and her boyfriend Bradley Collins are feeling the love this Valentine's Day. The couple, who are approaching their three-year dating anniversary in May, sat down with ET's Rachel Smith to kick off «Couples Week,» sharing everything from how they first met and the moment they fell in love to their new children's book, .«When we first met, which was over the pandemic, we got to know each other very well because all you could do was talk because you didn’t get together,» Metz recalled of the early days of their romance.
The two met on the dating app, Bumble, while in Nashville, Tennessee. As Metz shared in the interview, they soon realized they had mutual friends among other things in common.«For me, prayer is always important and I think for Bradley as well, and we always talked about how we were raised and how important it was to bolster children’s self-esteem and confidence and so we just wanted to impart that,» Metz said of how their new book came about, also referencing her time as a preschool teacher as a key period in her life. «I have a big family, so we just wanted to impart that message and to do that through a gentle direction to prayer because it was so important to us.»Metz added that she herself prays for «everything, literally all the time.» «Every single moment, I'm sort of talking and asking for help or guidance or sort of grateful for all the blessings that I've received,» she said.
