Where is Heather Martin now? ‘The Bachelor' suitress who had first kiss on show returns for Matt James season

Most recently, she featured in Lawson Bates’ music video ‘Song for a Girl’ which released in September 2020
Heather Martin of ‘The Bachelor' (Instagram)
Heather Martin of ‘The Bachelor' (Instagram)

Do you remember Heather Martin from Colton Underwood’s season of ‘The Bachelor’? Well, to help you jog your memory, she was one of the suitresses in Season 23 who garnered a lot of attention when she revealed that she had “never” been kissed. She reportedly had her first kiss with Underwood during their one-on-one date. 

However, Heather went home before the hometown dates as she decided she wasn’t ready for Underwood to meet her family, thus ending her journey on the show. But it seems like she is ready to have her second kiss if she hasn’t had it yet, as she will soon be seen making a surprise appearance on Matt James’s season as the trailer for the next episode teases. But, what was Heather doing until now after walking out of Underwood’s season?

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Here’s what Heather Martin has been up to

Heather’s LinkedIn profile shows that she has been working as an assistant program manager at Aethercomm for over three years. However, there is no update and we can’t be certain if she’s still doing the same job as Martin had appeared on ‘The Bachelor’ two years ago. 

But it is clear from her Instagram posts that she has built a career for herself as an influencer. She enjoys over 240,000 followers on Instagram and regularly shares posts from her travel and personal life. Most recently, she featured in Lawson Bates’ music video ‘Song for a Girl’, which released in September 2020. She told PEOPLE in an interview that she had a “blast” shooting the video. “I had always joked that being in a country music video was on my bucket list so when Lawson reached out with this opportunity I was so excited,” she said. 



 



 

Has she had her second kiss yet?

In an interview with US Weekly from March 2019, Heather had said that she hadn’t kissed anyone after Colton’s season. She explained, “It was super interesting that people didn’t believe me. I’m like, ‘I don’t really know how to defend myself in this, but I don’t know why I would lie about something like that.’ It’s not something that would help me in any way in my opinion. I don’t think it’s going to get me anywhere.” We, however, couldn’t be sure if Heather locked lips with anyone during the pandemic. Perhaps, we need to wait until the episode of ‘The Bachelor’ to find an answer. 



 

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