Who is Sarah Hyland’s husband? Meet Wells Adams, who just celebrated his engagement anniversary with the Modern Family star – and starred on The Bachelorette after his brother dropped out of the show

Not only do Hyland, 33, and Adams, 40, have the cutest photos, they also have the cutest get-together story. The two first flirted on X (formerly Twitter) in the summer of 2017 before he slid into her DMs on Instagram. The two became Instagram-official in November that year, moved in together in 2018, and he popped the question in 2019. (He asked not only Hyland’s parents for their blessings, but also her on-screen mum and dad, Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell, for theirs, per Seventeen.) They originally had plans to get married in 2020, per People, but were delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic. They eventually tied the knot in 2022.

Here’s everything you need to know about the love of Hyland’s life, who couldn’t stop crying at their wedding and admits to digging his wife’s Little Shop of Horrors accent.

Wells Adams is a radio DJ-turned-podcaster

Adams got his start in the world of radio at 16 years old, and this, too, apparently had a “con” element involved, he said on YouTube channel Trading Secrets with Jason Tartick: he somehow managed to convince a high school to let him have a show on their radio station – when he wasn’t even a student there. He went on to host on Lightning 100 and iHeart.

Although being a radio DJ wasn’t his dream job at first, as he wanted to be a musician, he said in the same interview, Adams realised that radio would help him “hang out with the cool kids”. He later graduated from the University of Mississippi where he majored in broadcast journalism.

He once worked as a waiter

Adams revealed to Tartick that, before his big break with radio, he was waiting tables at a BrickTop’s in West End, Nashville, where he was “great with customers” but “never remembered the menu”. He would spontaneously make up descriptions for dishes rather than memorising them. However, he did admit to feeling “less-than” as a server.

What happened when Wells Adams was on The Bachelorette?

Adams first caught Hyland’s attention when he was on season 12 of The Bachelorette, per People, in which he was vying for Joelle “JoJo” Fletcher’s heart. The show catapulted him to fame, earning him a spot on Bachelor in Paradise season three, and then a return appearance in season four as a bartender, which turned into a permanent role. He was also the interim co-host for season seven of the show.

However, all of this probably wouldn’t have happened if Adams’ brother hadn’t dropped out of The Bachelorette. He was the one who got cast first, Adams told Tartick, but stepped back because he was in a relationship by the time of filming. Years later, he reportedly introduced the show’s casting director to Adams, who was freshly single – and that got him the gig.

Adams has also hosted Hulu’s Best in Dough and is set to participate in Peacock’s hit reality show The Traitors next.

Sarah Hyland and Wells Adams aren’t rushing to become parents

In 2022, Adams told Us Weekly that, given that they have 10 nieces and nephews, he and his wife are going to “just focus on our careers and then we’ll see what happens”. He added that “eventually we’re gonna do it”. Whether their stance on children has changed over the years is for them to know … and us to find out.