"The Bachelorette's" Graham Bunn Steps Out With Soap Opera Actress

"The Bachelorette's" DeAnna Pappas gave her final rose to Jesse Csincsak, and we are hoping she lives-happily-ever after. Before choosing Jesse, however, Pappas had a thing for bachelor Graham Bunn.

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After lots of tears, and lots of kissing, Pappas rejected bachelor Bunn - and it looks like that may have helped Bunn find his happily-ever-after also.

Bunn, 29, stepped out publicly on Monday with "All My Children" soap actress Chrishell Stause, 26, at the premiere of "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" in New York. The former bachelor spent his time at the movie premiere gushing about his new girlfriend.

"I'm very grateful and very flattered to be with this beautiful lady," Bunn told PEOPLE about Stause. "I'm the luckiest guy in the world. She's just amazing."

Bunn and Stause met through a mutual friend from "All My Children" before Bunn joined "The Bachelorette." Despite rumors, Bunn maintains they reconnected after his stint on the show.

"We had dated off and on before that, but the timing wasn't right. We stopped seeing each other in December," says Bunn.

After the dating reality show ended, "we were out with friends . .. sparks flew."

Stause, who plays Amanda Dillon on the ABC soap opera, is equally smitten with Bunn. She told PEOPLE: "He's a really good boyfriend. He's very sweet. Anytime he acts up I say take your shirt off and just be quiet."