Nick Viall and Natalie Joy Embrace 18-Year Age Gap in Relationship Nick Viall and Natalie Joy, co-hosts of Netflix’s Age of Attraction, recently opened up about the challenges they faced early in their relationship due to an 18-year age difference. Despite their current happiness as married parents, Viall admitted he initially struggled with the gap when they first started dating. The couple met in 2019 when Viall, 45, slid into Joy’s DMs, and while their connection was immediate, the age difference sparked doubts for him. “I was grateful for the life I had before, but in every meaningful and measurable way, she’s changed it in such great ways,” Viall said. “I think I was someone, when we first met, that we all talked about this, but I had my nervousness. What were people going to say? I had a hard time just leaning into the connection.” Joy, 27 at the time, revealed she never felt the age gap was an issue. “It’s never really bothered me. It didn’t bother me in the beginning. I wasn’t really the one who had any doubts or nervousness around it,” she said. “My parents have an age gap. My sisters have an age gap. It just wasn’t anything that I wasn’t used to.” The couple’s relationship evolved over three years, leading to Viall’s proposal in 2023. They married in April 2024 after welcoming their daughter, River Rose, in February 2024. In February 2026, they announced they are expecting twins, following three miscarriages the previous year. Viall emphasized that their age gap no longer bothers him as much, calling their relationship a testament to embracing differences. “Knowing the life I’ve built with Natalie, criticism of our age gap bothers me less and less,” he said. “Co-hosting Age of Attraction is a symbol of how much we’ve really embraced it all.#netflix #age_of_attraction #nick_viall #natalie_joy #river_rose
