Barbara Alyn Woods and Mark Anderson Courtesy of Barbara Alyn Woods/Instagram
The Golden Bachelorette alum Mark Anderson and One Tree Hill’s Barbara Alyn Woods are the crossover Us didn’t know we would have liked.
Bachelor Nation fell in love with Mark when his daughter Kelsey Anderson vied for the affections of Joey Graziadiei on season 28 of The Bachelor. After Kelsey accepted a proposal from Graziadei, Mark tried his hand at reality TV as a contestant on Joan Vassos’ season 1 of The Golden Bachelorette.
While he didn’t find The One in Vassos — she got engaged to Chock Chapple after sending Mark packing — many fans were hoping Mark can be crowned as the subsequent Golden Bachelor. Nonetheless, Mark sent fans right into a frenzy when he was spotted in coordinated Halloween costumes with Woods in October 2024.
Mark and Woods have since shared several sweet snaps cozying up together, including a video of the pair showing off their dance moves. The November 2024 TikTok got a stamp of approval from Kelsey, who commented, “AWE.”
In December 2024, Graziadei confirmed the pair’s romance on an episode of the “Bachelor Comfortable Hour” podcast and gushed that Woods is “awesome.”(Mark was previously married to late wife Denise Anderson, who died in 2018, while Woods and John Lind filed to divorce in May.)
Scroll all the way down to see the start of their love story:
October 2024
Woods and Mark dressed up as Cinderella and Prince Charming, respectively, while celebrating Halloween. “When Cinderella and Prince Charming have a baby,” Woods captioned her Instagram post, referring to daughter Natalie, who was dressed as Grogu from The Mandalorian.
November 2024
@barbiealynwoods IN GOOD COMPANY @mark.t.anderson
In a sweet TikTok, Woods and Mark danced together in front of a Christmas tree. Mark was seen smiling on the camera as Woods arrange the angle to film the dance before they performed a routine in sync. The video ended with them embracing. “IN GOOD COMPANY,” Woods captioned the video, which got support from Kelsey.
After The Golden Bachelorette’s season 1 finale, Bachelor Nation member Jonathon Johnson posed for a selfie with Mark and Woods set to Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely.” “I mean … cmon!” Johnson wrote. “P.S. Mark selected the song.” Woods reposted the snap to her account.
Later that month, Woods publicly celebrated Kelsey’s fiancé, Graziadei, winning season 33 of Dancing With the Stars. In her social media post, shrieks might be heard within the background after Graziadei and his partner, Jenna Johnson, took home the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.
“CONGRATS @joeygraziadei,” Woods wrote via her Instagram Story on the time, alongside a clip of Graziadei and Johnson. Woods tagged her three children, who were seen watching the moment with their jaws open.
December 2024
Woods and Mark continued to fuel rumors by coordinating one other costume, this time wearing Barbie and Ken sweaters, respectively. In a single image shared via Instagram, Woods smiled for the camera as she showed off her outfit while Mark beamed from behind. One other photo showed Woods feeding Mark.
“Malibu Barbie in her blissful place @thecove_wilmington hanging together with her favorite besties and loving the brand new @bonitalatinfusion 💗🎅💗🎅💗🎅💗🎅💗🎅💗🎅,” Woods captioned the post, to which Kelsey commented, “Omg the sweaters hahaha I like.”
The duo were also seen attending a Friends With Profit Tricmukkah event in North Carolina. Mark and Woods wearing matching red sweatshirts that read “Scott 23” on the front and “Save Tric” on the back — which paid homage to her OTH days.
December 2024
Graziadei confirmed Mark’s romance with Woods on the Friday, December 20, episode of the “Bachelor Comfortable Hour” podcast.
“We’re going to actually spend it with Kelsey’s family and Mark’s recent girlfriend as well … which is gonna be great,” he said. “Barbara’s awesome.”
The fact star added that it’s not the primary time he and Kelsey have met Woods.“We’ve gotten a probability to exit to dinner together with her and her family, when Mark got here to L.A.,” he continued. “We spent Thanksgiving with my family. We’re spending Christmas with hers, and we’re excited for it.”
February 2025
Kelsey broke her silence on her dad’s relationship with Woods, which she shared had been happening for “five months or so.”
“Mark is in a relationship. Her name is Barbara, and he or she is the most effective,” Kelsey shared on an episode of the “Bachelor Comfortable Hour” podcast. “She is super sweet. She has great daughters. We got to spend Christmas with all of them together, and yeah. They’re going strong, and he’s super blissful. And now he’s in L.A. so much because she lives in L.A., so I get to see him pretty often now, too.”
March 2025
The pair celebrated her birthday in Hawaii, with Mark sharing a pic of Woods rocking a blue bikini top and matching skirt as she laid by the water. “Comfortable Birthday!” he wrote via his Instagram Story, tagging Woods.
April 2025
Mark shared on an April episode of the “Bachelor Comfortable Hour” podcast that he and Woods met at a Halloween party. “It’s form of neat,” he gushed. “She has kids the identical age as my kids. There’s numerous similarities there.”
Mark shared that he and Woods have “been in a position to meet up just a few places” and introduce their children. When asked how the pair’s kids are getting along, he replied, “I mean there’s an enormous difference. , you communicate through social media and text messaging and stuff like that. Yeah, so I’d say that there’s connections.”
May 2025
Woods took to her Instagram Stories on May 18 to share a festive birthday surprise she created for Mark. A photograph showed Mark standing beside a white automotive decorated with colourful stickers, including a rainbow-hued spelling out of, “Honk it’s my birthday.”
Visibly amused by Woods’ sweet gesture, Mark was seen grinning on the automotive while carrying a backpack over his shoulder and iced coffee in hand.
Woods even decorated the Story itself, choosing “Comfortable Birthday,” a birthday cake, a bunch of flowers and balloon graphics while also tagging Mark within the post.
October 2025
Mark commemorated his milestone first anniversary with Woods via Instagram Story, writing, “one year ago … this primary date led to an anniversary today.”