Are Nick Tramontin and Sandy Gallagher from ‘The Ultimatum’ together now? She told us

Nick Tramontin and Sandy Gallagher had a whirlwind experience on “The Ultimatum” Season 3, all the way through to the finale, which landed on Netflix Dec. 18.

Nick, 38, and Sandy, 27, were together for two and a half years before going on the show.

Speaking to TODAY.com, Sandy says she originally turned down the show because it seemed too “intense,” but Nick was more keen on trying. Today, Sandy is at peace with their decision to agree to be on “The Ultimatum.”

“I’m a very firm believer in that everything happens for a reason,” Sandy tells TODAY.com.

Here’s what unfolded between her and Nick and where they are now.

Do Nick and Sandy get engaged in ‘The Ultimatum’ finale?

During “The Ultimatum” Season 3 finale, Nick and Sandy greeted each other with a kiss.

This meeting came after their two trial marriages — one charged and the other short-lived. Sandy developed a connection with Jon Richard “J.R.” Warren. Meanwhile, Nick’s trial partner, Vanessa Hattaway, left early along with her boyfriend Dave Adams and another couple. Nick struggled being alone during the show and also reacted emotionally to learning J.R. and Sandy had kissed twice.

When Nick met Sandy on “Ultimatum Day,” he said he gained “answers” from the experience and seemed ready to propose.

“I feel like I’ve never been more in love with you and more committed to the change and the growth that would make me a better partner,” Nick said.

Nick said he had a ring in his pocket and gave Sandy a choice. She expressed hesitation. “There are still some things we have to work through,” she said.

Although she said she loved him with “everything” in her, Sandy wasn’t ready to commit. “I want nothing more than to walk out of here engaged to you and to ride off into the sunset,” she told him.

“That’s not true,” he responded.

After a back and forth, the two finally chose to break up. “I do have some concerns, hesitations and fears with you, babe,” Sandy said.

Speaking to TODAY.com, Sandy says she and Nick were actually more on the same page about the proposal than they seemed in the episode. She says Nick had told her he wasn’t going to propose.

“That’s why I was like, ‘What are you doing?’ Because I didn’t think that he was (proposing),” she explains.

Nick shared his perspective in the episode. He said that his “heart dropped into (his) stomach” when he saw her reaction to possibly pulling out a ring. “I could tell she was fearful,” he said. “I don’t want to be with someone that’s so afraid to be with me.”

What is Nick and Sandy’s relationship like now?

Speaking to TODAY.com, Sandy says her breakup with Nick was “real.”

“Just like any other marriage or relationship, there’s a separation process. It’s difficult to really emotionally separate from somebody that you are so emotionally tied to. So it was a little bit of a process, but I was feeling this overwhelming gut feeling we (needed) to separate and this (wasn’t) the right relationship for me. It wasn’t healthy anymore,” she says.

“I’ll always love him and care for him as a person,” she continues. “That’s way far bigger and beyond this show and this experience. But it doesn’t mean that we have to date and get married.”

What is Sandy and J.R.’s relationship like now?

J.R. and his partner, Zaina Sesay, also broke up in the finale and he chose to leave single.

So, did he reconnect with Sandy after the show?

“J.R. and I did not communicate at all after filming the show,” Sandy says. “I think it was kind of a mutual understanding, and we actually had talked about it during our trial marriage. I wanted to leave it in the experience. I gave it my all. It’s this unnatural experience that would literally never happen in the normal world. So for me, in my mind and my heart, that was never an option.”

She also says they never resumed their relationship “out of respect for Nick and Zaina.”