Joe Amabile opens up about health scare<\/p>\n
Alongside the video, Amabile shared that the past month had been filled with \u201ca lot of ups and downs\u201d but said he was trying to remain optimistic.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m doing my best to stay positive during this time and am lucky to have a lot of support from family and friends,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
The reality star also explained why he chose to make his diagnosis public, admitting that he had been uncertain about sharing such a personal update online.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve gone back and forth about what I wanted to share on social media but ultimately this is now part of my life now, so might as well. Onto a new journey,\u201d Amabile wrote.<\/p>\n
From \u2018Grocery Store Joe\u2019 to fan favourite<\/p>\n
Amabile first appeared on Becca Kufrin\u2019s season of The Bachelorette, where he quickly became known as \u201cGrocery Store Joe\u201d because he owned a grocery store.<\/p>\n
Although his journey on the show was short-lived, his easygoing personality made him a fan favourite. He later returned for Bachelor in Paradise, where he met Serena Pitt. The couple eventually got engaged and married.<\/p>\n
Now, as he faces surgery and recovery ahead, Amabile said he is approaching the next chapter with support from loved ones and a hopeful outlook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Amabile opens up about health scare Alongside the video, Amabile shared that the past month had been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-526832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}