Who Is Nicole Curtis’ Ex-Boyfriend? All About Ryan Sawtelle (Who Appears Alongside Her in “Rehab Addict”)

Nicole Curtis is still connected bully position pinch her ex-boyfriend, Ryan Sawtelle.

The Rehab Addict prima is returning to HGTV connected June 24 aft a three-year break and has brought on Sawtelle for portion of nan project. She told PEOPLE earlier nan premiere that she contacted him to thief pinch a spot successful Wyoming, since he besides partakes successful location renovations arsenic a carpenter.

“We were together a agelong time and I was very adjacent to his family,” Curtis told PEOPLE. “So we ne'er really stayed retired of contact. Your lives are truthful enmeshed.”

Curtis made her narration pinch Sawtelle Instagram charismatic successful July 2019 by sharing a photograph of them kissing while she sat connected his lap. Neither Curtis nor Sawtelle publically announced erstwhile they collapsed up, but he past posted a video pinch her successful 2021.

So, who is Nicole Curtis' ex-boyfriend, Ryan Sawtelle? Here's everything to cognize astir nan carpenter and his narration pinch nan Rehab Addict star.

He’s a carpenter and laminitis of a nonprofit statement

Just for illustration Curtis, Sawtelle useful successful location improvement. He often posts astir his carpentry, farming and remodeling skills. In 2023, Sawtelle built a significant rootlike garden pinch woody structures from scratch. He's besides shown himself installing caller flooring, driving a Bobcat instrumentality and cutting character branches that are dozens of feet high.

He joked astir his emotion for location renewal by sharing a photograph of him sawing a portion of wood successful a June 2023 Instagram post and captioning nan picture, "Another day, different task (that I'll commencement and astir apt ne'er finish)."

In summation to his activity arsenic a carpenter, Sawtelle is besides passionate astir nan nonprofit he founded, White Heart Foundation. The statement is dedicated to "Helping veterans and first responders header pinch nan psychological effect of their heroic service," per nan website's description.

Sawtelle antecedently shared that he's expressed liking successful giving backmost to veterans since 2006 erstwhile he built a 9/11 memorial, Wave of Flags, connected nan Pepperdine University campus.

"In 2006, I approached nan then-president of Pepperdine pinch an thought to build a 9/11 memorial show connected campus. It took maine 2 years of fundraising (across aggregate states), meetings pinch respective depts, weeks of missed classes, coordination pinch suppliers/surveyors, metallic shavings piling up connected my backmost patio etc. to create this memorial successful 2008," he captioned a photo of him opinionated successful nan memorial successful September 2023.

He added, "It took maine years of dedication and steadfastness to create nan Wave of Flags ... and I americium proud of what I person built."

Curtis met Sawtelle while filming Rehab Addict

In 2019, Curtis told PEOPLE that she first connected pinch Sawtelle connected societal media earlier they deed it disconnected while shooting a promo for Rehab Addict.

Curtis first recovered Sawtelle connected societal media while he was posting astir his young niece Arden's conflict pinch Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), an fierce encephalon tumor recovered successful children.

“We were coming up connected nan 1 twelvemonth day of [her friend’s 9-year-old daughter] Tessa’s decease and erstwhile he posted that Arden had died, I was crushed,” Curtis recalled. “I cried for Tessa and also, I sat location crying knowing nan struggles his family would beryllium facing successful nan upcoming days, weeks, years. I reached retired to him to spot if we could thief successful anyhow and also, to fto them cognize we were each praying for them.”

The 2 began chatting, and she learned that he had a motorcycle she could usage successful a promo for Rehab Addict.

“When we finished, he asked if I wanted to return a ride,” Curtis said. “I was successful nary spot successful my life for a narration truthful I didn’t really link nan dots, but looking backmost we’ve agreed this was a first date. Sunset connected nan backmost of a motorcycle adjacent to this feline staring astatine nan water – a beautiful bully 1 astatine that!”

He began making love Curtis successful 2018

Sawtelle shared his first Instagram photo pinch Curtis of nan 2 of them attending a performance successful Nashville, Tenn., successful November 2018.

He captioned nan picture, "12-hour extremity successful Nashville. ✔️."

Meanwhile, Curtis waited a fewer months to spell nationalist pinch her caller romance. In July 2019, she posted a since-deleted photograph of them kissing while she sat connected his lap.

Curtis continued showing disconnected their emotion by posting Instagram Stories of them getting fresh and each dressed up.

Just a fewer days aft making her narration Instagram official, Curtis told PEOPLE that Sawtelle brought her "a calm I've ne'er known."

"My bosom is happy and having him adjacent maine brings a calm I’ve ne'er known,” she said successful July 2019. “Not that it’s been easy. Everyone has a awesome first fewer months rocking everything they person successful common, but aft six months you commencement digging into nan different worldly and you either turn isolated aliases discuss those differences and move forward. And [you] person to make a determination to attraction connected nan fun.”

Curtis added, "I’ve been connected my ain truthful agelong that I ne'er return a 2nd of this for granted. He’s handsome, he makes maine proud, he makes maine laughter and we singing each opus that comes connected together: him successful cleanable transportation knowing each word, me, not moreover close!”

He past posted pinch Curtis successful 2021

Curtis has not specified erstwhile she and Sawtelle ended their romanticist relationship.

She has deleted her past photos pinch him, while nan contractor past posted pinch Curtis for Valentine's Day 2021. At nan time, he posted a throwback video of nan 2 doing a skit together from Valentine's Day 2019.

Curtis and Sawtelle person worked together, and he appears connected her HGTV show

Even though Curtis and Sawtelle stopped seeing each different romantically, they continued staying successful touch and moving together. After a three-year hiatus from her deed HGTV show Rehab Addict, Curtis told PEOPLE astir returning for a caller play and asking Sawtelle for thief pinch 1 of her projects.

“I didn't cognize anyone successful Wyoming, but I knew personification adjacent Wyoming, and truthful I gave him a call,” she explained. “We conscionable went retired location together and checked retired nan house. It wasn't thing else."

Curtis further clarified that aft moving together, location weren't immoderate sparks to revisit.

"There was decidedly nary reconciliation aliases ‘Maybe this was a correction not being together.’ No, no, no, ... Us going abstracted paths was a 100 percent nan champion thought that we ever had," she shared.