Ben Higgins and Jessica Clarke are saving a few firsts until after they've tied the knot. The couple got engaged in March, but are waiting to move in together until they get married… even if that's not until fall 2021. «It's going to be a year long distance,» Higgins said in an interview with ET's Lauren Zima on Monday. «It's really tough.» Clarke is starting school in her hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, to become an esthetician, while Higgins' life and work is in Denver, Colorado.
The pair has been long distance since the start of their relationship in 2018. «It's a choice we made at the beginning to try to do this in the healthiest of ways.