Real Housewives of New York City star Ubah Hassan has been tight-lipped when it comes to sharing her love life on reality TV.
The Somali model, 40, portrayed herself as single on the new season of RHONY, only to drop a bombshell on the finale that she was hiding a secret boyfriend off camera.
Now Daily Mail can reveal that Ubah’s mystery beau is German investment banker Oliver Dachsel.
Dachsel, who was cryptically dubbed ‘Mr. Connecticut’ on the Bravo series, works as the managing director of a major financial institution in New York.
While he’s kept a low profile and avoided the spotlight so far, onlookers spotted the debonair Dachsel with Ubah in the VIP section at the RHONY season fourteen premiere party back in July.
EXCLUSIVE: Real Housewives of New York City star Ubah Hassan is dating German investment banker Oliver Dachsel
Single? The Somali model, 40, portrayed herself as single on the new season of RHONY, only to drop a bombshell on the finale that she was hiding a secret boyfriend off camera
Fresh meat: RHONY recently returned to Bravo in a rebooted format with an entirely new cast of women
Glamorous Ubah introduced Oliver to Andy Cohen and a couple of her co-stars, including Sai De Silva, at the invite-only launch party.
Cohen recalled the meeting on an episode of Watch What Happens Live on October 8, describing Dachsel as, ‘handsome, strong, and yes, formidable’.
Daily Mail has seen footage of Oliver mingling with Andy, Ubah, Sai, and Erin Lichy at the event.
A source told Daily Mail that the happy couple were ‘inseparable’ all night, despite attempting to be discreet.
‘I assumed he was her husband because I didn’t know at the time that she was pretending to be single on the show,’ said the source.
Hard to miss: While Ubah’s beau has kept a low profile, onlookers spotted the couple in the VIP section at the RHONY season fourteen premiere party back in July
Keeping close: A source told Daily Mail that the happy couple were ‘inseparable’ all night, despite attempting to be discreet
‘They were together the whole night. It wasn’t like they were making out, but they never left each other’s side, they were very giggly and she seemed excited to be introducing him to people,’ they continued.
‘She was clearly very happy. Obviously it was a private party, but I felt like she was comfortable having him there.’
The pair were spotted taking pictures together at the event, but they used a private photographer to avoid the images being released publicly.
Daily Mail has contacted Ubah, Oliver, and NBC for comment.
All smiles: Ubah introduced Oliver to Andy Cohen (center) and a couple of her co-stars, including Sai De Silva, at the season fourteen premiere party back in July
The model also said that the relationship was ‘still going strong’ at the season fourteen reunion, where Cohen gushed that Dachsel was, ‘very tall and handsome’
Ubah’s love life became a hot topic towards the end of RHONY’s fourteenth season when Sai told Erin that Ubah was in a relationship, despite Ubah presenting herself as single on the show.
Erin then blabbed the news to co-star Brynne Whitfield, who later exposed the secret relationship at the show’s finale party by shouting, ‘Ubah! I heard you got a man in Connecticut!’
Ubah ended up storming out of the shindig in a huff, complaining that her romance was ‘confidential’.
Since the episode aired, the hot sauce entrepreneur has been more open about her love life, confirming on Watch What Happens Live that she’s ‘very much in love and content’.
Ubah also said that the relationship was ‘still going strong’ at the season fourteen reunion, where Cohen gushed that Dachsel was, ‘very tall and handsome’.
Shady: Brynne Whitfield (left) exposed Ubah’s secret romance on the RHONY season finale, shouting in the middle of a party, ‘Ubah! I heard you got a man in Connecticut!’
Over it: Ubah ended up storming out of the shindig in a huff, complaining that her romance was ‘confidential’
While she’s still refused to publicly share his identity, the model did tease that Dachsel could appear with her on the next season of RHONY.
‘Someone wants to know if I’ll bring my guy in season two,’ she said during an Instagram Live stream this week.
‘I’m still negotiating,’ she smiled, before cheekily looking at somebody off camera.
Dashing Dachsel served in the German Federal Armed Forces for a year before attending a private business school in Vallendar.
From there, he attended the Columbia Business School in New York and then spent a decade working his way up the corporate banking ladder.
He’s now a managing director at a major financial institution, specialising in mining and investment banking.
Dachsel, who was cryptically dubbed ‘Mr. Connecticut ‘ on the Bravo series, works as the managing director of a major financial institution in New York
In his Linkedin profile, Dachsel boasts that he’s advised on ‘more than $40billion of completed M&A, debt and equity capital markets transactions since 2006.
Despite working in the banking industry, Dachsel has a huge philanthropic and charitable side.
He’s previously worked with nonprofits to bring clean water to people around the world, and is a board member at All Hands And Hearts, which aids in disaster relief.
Meanwhile, producers are currently casting for season fifteen of the Real Housewives of New York City.
Tease: Ubah has teased that we may see her mystery man on the next season of RHONY – if she returns
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