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Weird Things Everyone Ignores About Sarah Hyland’s Relationship

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Sarah Hyland and Wells Adams built their romance in the DMs, and neither one bothered hiding the mess that came after.

The “Modern Family” star and the former “Bachelor in Paradise” bartender turned one of Twitter’s better flirtations into a genuine relationship, then did something rarer for two people with public followings: they let fans see the awkward parts too. No polished red-carpet debut, no carefully managed rollout — just tacos, a shared dog problem, and a lot of unfiltered posting.

• Wells Adams slid into Sarah Hyland’s DMs during his run on “Bachelor in Paradise” in summer 2017, reportedly promising her tacos and drinks.
• The pair went public wearing matching “Stranger Things” couples costumes for Halloween in late October 2017 and confirmed they were dating the following month.
• By August 2018, Adams left Nashville and moved into Hyland’s Los Angeles home, merging his bloodhound Carl with her dog Barkley Bixby.

The DM Slide That Started It

Wells Adams was still tending bar on “Bachelor in Paradise” in the summer of 2017 when he and Sarah Hyland started trading jokes on Twitter. It wasn’t a producer setup or a mutual-friend introduction — Adams simply messaged her directly, and according to the pair’s own retelling, he sealed the deal with a promise of tacos and drinks. That’s the entire origin story, and both of them have leaned into how unglamorous it sounds compared to the usual Hollywood meet-cute.

Going Public in Costume

Hyland and Adams didn’t ease into their relationship quietly. They confirmed things to the world by showing up for Halloween in late October 2017 dressed as a matching “Stranger Things” couple, then made it official on social media in November 2017. For two people with sizable followings, it was a fast turn from private texting to a fully public relationship, and it set the tone for how open they’d stay going forward.

Hyland and Adams have both described their bond as “weirdly normal” — a couple who happen to be famous rather than a famous couple performing normalcy.

The Nashville-to-LA Move and the Pet Power Struggle

For much of their early relationship, Hyland and Adams were doing the long-distance thing — she based in Los Angeles for “Modern Family,” he working out of Nashville, Tennessee. That changed in August 2018, when Adams packed up and moved into Hyland’s L.A. home full time. The bigger adjustment wasn’t unpacking boxes; it was blending two very different dogs, Hyland’s Barkley Bixby and Adams’ considerably larger bloodhound, Carl, into one household, which by the couple’s own accounts created a real domestic power struggle before things settled.

Sharing the Hard Stuff, Not Just the Highlights

What separates Hyland and Adams from a lot of other high-profile pairings covered in pieces like Inside Megan Fox’s Relationship History is how little they’ve curated. Hyland has posted candidly about hospital stays tied to her chronic kidney dysplasia, and the couple hasn’t hidden emotional moments, outspoken political opinions, or the online trolling that comes with dating in public. It’s a level of transparency that stands out even next to other couples profiled in The Untold Truth Of Danielle Jonas, where the private-versus-public line tends to be drawn much more carefully.

That willingness to post the unflattering stuff alongside the sweet stuff is what turned Hyland and Adams into one of the more closely watched couples in the entertainment world by late 2018 — not because their relationship was perfect, but because they never pretended it was.