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He admitted at the time that he wasn’t sure whether he should respond, but says he’s “thankful” that he did. As for how old Natalie Joy was when she and Nick Viall started dating with their age gap, the Age of Attraction hosts were just 38 and 20 at the time.<\/p>\n
It turns out that Natalie’s age was something that concerned Nick, as he revealed that he had to check her ID to make sure she was of legal age.<\/p>\n
He recalled on Wednesday’s The Squeeze Podcast: “We started messaging, and I carded her.\u00a0The age for me was something I was self conscious about.”<\/p>\n
And according to Nick Viall he really wasn’t that interested in having anything serious with Natalie.<\/p>\n
He explained on The Viall Files podcast: “We hung out for a while, and we weren\u2019t boyfriend or girlfriend… We kind of kept hanging out, and then, uh, she finally got to a point where she was like, \u2018I want to date,\u2019 and I was kind of like, \u2018I don\u2019t know.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n But he quickly changed his tune when the pair split up and Natalie started dating other guys.<\/p>\n He continued: “She was like, \u2018OK, no problem,\u2019 and then she went and showed me exactly what I\u2019d be missing… And then, you know, there you go.\u201d<\/p>\n And despite the huge age gap between the Age of Attraction hosts, Nick Viall and Natalie Joy are still going strong and are expecting twins!<\/p>\n For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i>Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/a><\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" He had to check her ID when they started dating<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":48308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[2221,1438],"class_list":["post-48307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-age-of-attraction","tag-netflix"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/11\/nick-viall-and-natalie-joy-have-a-whopping-18-year-age-gap-so-how-old-were-they-when-they-met\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Nick Viall and Natalie Joy have a whopping 18 year age gap, so how old were they when they met?","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/11\/nick-viall-and-natalie-joy-have-a-whopping-18-year-age-gap-so-how-old-were-they-when-they-met\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/11\/nick-viall-and-natalie-joy-have-a-whopping-18-year-age-gap-so-how-old-were-they-when-they-met\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-03-11T091646.811-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-03-11T091646.811.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["age of attraction","netflix"],"dateCreated":"2026-03-11T20:00:23Z","datePublished":"2026-03-11T20:00:23Z","dateModified":"2026-03-11T20:00:23Z"},"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-03-11T095655.667.png\")