Golden Bachelorette’s Mark Anderson is fueling dating rumors with ‘One Tree Hill’ alum Barbara Woods

The Golden Bachelorette star Mark Anderson has sparked dating rumors One Tree Hill alum Barbara Bos after his divorce from Joan Vassos played in the show.

Barbara – who is best known for playing Nathan Scott’s mother Deb One Tree Hill from 2003 to 2012 – took to Instagram on Sunday, October 27, to share a photo of herself, Mark, 37, and her daughter Natalie Alyn Lind dressed up in Halloween costumes. Natalie, 24, was dressed as an alien, and Barbara, 62, and Mark matched as Cinderella and Prince Charming.

“When Cinderella and Prince Charming have a baby…” Barbara captioned the photo alongside a princess emoji, a prince emoji and a baby emoji.

While Mark’s daughter Kelsey Anderson took to the comments section to say the photo was “so cute,” while others wondered if the reality star and actress are a couple. “Deb and Mr. Anderson?!?!?” wrote one person. Another shouted: ‘EXCUSE ME! This was NOT on my bingo card!!!”

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The shocked reactions continued when a third person wrote: “This is so ICONIC I can’t get over it!!!” Meanwhile, others implored the duo to “spill the tea” about their relationship.

Despite sharing the photo together, it’s not clear how they met or what their relationship dynamics are.

Barbara has filed for divorce from ex Johannes Lind in May after more than twenty years of marriage. However, divorce documents obtained by People state that the former couple has been separated since November 2021.

Mark recently came into the spotlight when he took part in the debut season of The Golden Bachelorette. He has been single since his late wife, Denise, died in 2018 after her battle with cancer.

While Mark and Joan, 61, seemed to be hitting it off, she ended up sending him home during the October 16 episode after concluding they weren’t on the same page.

Kelsey, 26, later opened up about her father’s elimination during a conversation We weekly on October 23. She said he has “grown a lot from” his time on the show, adding that she is “very proud of him.”

The former Bachelor participant – who met fiance Joey Graziadei during season 28 – added: “I’m also very grateful to Joan for helping my father through all of this.”

‘I know he was quite sad after he left because he really appreciated Joan and really cared about her. So I think he had a hard time leaving,” Kelsey continued. “But I think he’s really appreciated his experience through all of this and he’s had the best time. He said, “I’ve made 21 best friends.” He had the best time and I think it also helped him a lot to grow with his grief.”

The Louisiana native also revealed how she would react if Mark is named next Golden bachelor pipe.

“If that’s what he wants to do, I would fully support him,” she told the outlet. “I think my father has grown tremendously through this journey The Golden Bachelorette. So yes, I would be 100 percent excited for him and supporting him.”