The Ultimatum’s April Marie Gets Real About Watching Boyfriend Jake Cunningham’s Connection With Rae Williams
06.04.2022 - 16:29
/ usmagazine.com
It’s hard for viewers to deny Jake Cunningham and Rae Williams’ connection on season 1 of The Ultimatum — and April Marie isn’t blind to it either.
“Watching all the intimate moments — one, cuts deep because then you see them being cute in front of you [and] they’re not gonna go past any boundaries, they don’t wanna hurt anyone’s feelings, but seeing how they really bonded, like, alone on camera, it was hard to watch,” April exclusively told Us Weekly of watching her boyfriend and her costar in their trial marriage. “But I’m not gonna lie, when they moved in together, I was crying laughing. Like I was laughing like, ‘S—t, this is cute, I get it now. I get why you guys like each other.’”
She added that at the time she “panicked and felt really insecure,” explaining, “Because I didn’t know what was going on, I felt intimidated. I didn’t like Rae at all.”
April and Jake had been dating for two years when she issued the Ultimatum, telling the former Marine that she was done with him if he didn’t propose. As a result, they joined the cast of the Netflix show, which follows six couples on the brink of getting engaged. While Jake’s new partner was Rae, April lived with Colby Kissinger — Madlyn Ballatori’s man — for three weeks.
“I was head over heels for this person. This is my best friend. I mean, we moved to Austin together and then COVID hit. So we were really stuck together for a year and a half,” April told Us of her pre-show relationship with Jake. “Some of the couples on the show, they didn’t live together. Like I lived with Jake, I shared my day-to-day, my night-to-night with you, we financed each other’s vehicles. So my biggest thing was like, ‘If I want a car, you’ll run your credit for me, but I wanna ring and I wanna