In a previous interview with Glamour, Vanessa Grimaldi dished on what made her interested in Nick Viall before being on the show. Grimaldi revealed it actually had to do with his hometown date, explaining: I saw him on Andi’s season when they went to his family’s house for the hometown date, and I just fell in love with how close he is to his family. I come from a very traditional Italian family, and I’m very close to mine. He seems real. It was so tempting to research and find out stuff about him before the show, but I told myself, "I’m coming in on a clean slate, so it’s only fair that I do the same for him." (ABC/Phillippe Bosse)