Netflix's love is blind premiered in
February 2027 up made-for-tv romantic
vibes just in time for Valentine's Day
the addictive first season may have
ended but join us as we take a
behind-the-scenes look at what really
happened to the contestants and beware
because there are spoilers ahead while
there are plenty of dating shows out
there Netflix's love is blind is a
reality romance series unlike any other
while love is blind
certainly borrows some elements from
other shows in its genres such as
married at first sight and 90-day fiance
the Netflix series is wholly set apart
by the rooms in which the contestants
first make connections with each other
known on the series as pods
according to kinetic content the
production company behind the popular
Netflix dating show the pods were vital
to the overall success of the initial
love is blind pitch they revealed two
refinery29 we had sketched out what they
would look like prior to build out it
was an integral part of our overall
pitch by the time the love is blind
reunion special aired the two couples
who actually tied the knot during the
season finale Lauren speed and Cameron
Hamilton and amber Pike and Matt Barnett
were still happily married and
considering the show filmed its initial
run between October and November 2018
keeping the marriage as a secret was
quite an impressive feat in a March 2020
interview with people speed opened up
about keeping her marriage a secret for
nearly a year and a half and said there
have been so many great moments that
we've just shared in the past year and a
half but we haven't been able to share
with the world meanwhile Pike told the
Los Angeles Times on the day of our
first anniversary since the first year
is the paper anniversary we got Chinese
food and ate it up on paper the first
season of Netflix's love is blind
focused largely on six main couples
leaving little room for dozens of other
contestants to be featured according to
creator Chris :
there were almost 50 people in the
initial cast before cut started being
made he told emus there was a certain
point where we did a whittling down of
people just to focus internally on the
people who are really connecting to
allow them more time the number of
people who got engaged in the pods was
also a lot higher than viewers were led
to believe : told Entertainment
night there were eight in total and we
followed six it wasn't that we didn't
want to follow them we literally just
didn't feel like we had the bandwidth to
be able to do justice to all of the
stories while many reality shows rely on
producer driven conversations :
confirmed that the love is blind
producers allowed conversation to flow
naturally in the pods
he told variety there's no producers in
the pods there's nobody else it's just
you and the other person that's it they
were never interrupted in terms of like
a producer saying hey talk about this
talk about that they just did what they
wanted to do if someone said I love
Italian food and I'd love to have an
Italian dinner with my date we would get
some lasagna and arrange that we really
wanted them to feel like it's their own
thing while Kenny Barnes acted like a
total champ after Kelly chase left him
at the altar fans took to social media
to express anger on his behalf but
according to post show interviews Barnes
never expected to leave Netflix his love
is blind a married man he told people we
were adamant about we're not going to
get married the engagement was just to
extend the experiment and we were both
committed to that despite being on the
same page about marriage
chase revealed that she and Barnes had
agreed to continue their relationship
off-screen however that all changed on
the last day of filming as chase told
people it was our last filming day and
he had a conversation with me like hey I
think I am not emotionally available
right now I need to take some time apart
from you
I felt very rejected like that wasn't
the plan what the heck fortunately
things seemingly worked out for the best
during the love is blind reunion Barnes
revealed that he was in a happy
relationship while chase said she went
on to date a close friend for a while
after filming wrapped throughout the
course of Netflix's love is blind
contestant Jessica batten became the
butt of viewer's jokes and the object of
much concern why for the way she let her
dog drink from her wine glass constantly
talked to at the 10-year age gap between
herself and fiance Mark Cuevas and
remained stuck on her initial connection
with contestant Matt Barnett nice to
meet you does God mark nice to meet you
fans were specially upset with Battin
when she blindsided Cuevas by leaving
him at the altar however according to
baton her love is blind journey would
have ended
very differently and much sooner had she
gotten her way as she told Entertainment
Weekly I had to say I definitely had a
conversation about leaving and I wasn't
able to do that my dog got sick too and
almost died during the show I had so
much other stuff going on it was really
frustrating because I kind of knew mark
and I weren't going to get there it
definitely had some conversations and
attempted to leave what I wasn't able to
in an interview with BuzzFeed fan
favorite couple Lauren speed and Cameron
Hamilton dished about the pods revealing
that not every pod date was spent trying
to advance a relationship Hamilton
explained sometimes you'd realize you
weren't going to connect with someone so
you'd spend that time talking to someone
about who you were interested in
and according to speed some love is
blind contestants chose to use the
dating pods as napping pods instead she
revealed to BuzzFeed there wasn't a lot
of time for dates so say if be a lot of
time was two hours that day you'd have
two hours with that person though some
people if you didn't match with someone
they'd be like okay this isn't a
romantic match
they just napped for two hours thanks to
the pods love is blind contestants dated
without ever seeing one another who
would be that crazy to get engaged
through a wall however according to
hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey some
contestants still found a way to gauge
each other's physical appearance from
within the pods Vanessa Lachey revealed
that participants would often compare
themselves to a celebrity doppelganger
as she told people the girls would tell
me I said I looked like this celebrity
and I'd be like oh I could see that
throughout the first season of love is
blind viewers watched as contestant
Jessica batten formed connections with
two men Marc Cuevas and Matt Barnett
ultimately Battin seemingly accepted a
proposal from Cuevas after being
rejected by Barnett however bat never
could seem to let go of her connection
with Barnett nor could she come to terms
with the large age gap between herself
and Cuevas while Cuevas feelings
remained consistent throughout the
process Patton chose to leave the fan
favorite fiance at the altar
and while Cuevas certainly seemed
blindsided and genuinely heartbroken by
her decision
Faton insists her former fiance knew
what her answer was going to be
she told Entertainment Weekly I knew I
didn't want to marry him
we weren't ready for that and we
actually had multiple conversations and
we were both on the same page about that
we weren't ready to marry each other and
that allotted amount of time that we had
we were very much on the same page about
that we had some off-the-record
conversations on multiple occasions that
we weren't ready to get married so that
wedding day was a big surprise to me it
was pretty traumatic with how that went
down
Carlton Morton didn't make it to the
season finale of Netflix's love is blind
but the contestant made plenty of waves
throughout his time on the reality show
Morton decided to wait to open up about
his bisexuality to his fiancee diamonds
Jack until they were face-to-face
however Jack didn't respond to Morton's
revelation all that well and the two
parted ways on an incredibly sour note
fortunately Morton and Jack made amends
prior to the love is blind reunion
special and as a token of friendship
Morton even presented his former fiance
with the engagement ring
he'd infamously tossed into the swimming
pool while Morton and Jack's big blowup
was certainly one of the most dramatic
moments of love is blind
it wasn't Morton's first brush with
reality TV theatrics Morton previously
appeared on the Real Housewives of
Atlanta and much like his argument with
Jack Morton had an explosive fight with
Kenya Moore during a 2012 episode
ultimately resulting in him being
escorted from the building talk about
drama
amber Pike and Matt Barnett were one of
the more consistent couples throughout
the first season of love is blind
ultimately tying the knot in front of
their family and friends and returning
for the reunion special as a married
couple however during the finale Pike
revealed that she hadn't spoken to
Barnett since he admitted to having cold
feet the night prior to their wedding
which left Pike worrying he'd reject her
at the altar Pike told the Los Angeles
Times I thought he was going to be the
runaway bride
fortunately the nervous bride-to-be was
able to calm her nerves before walking
down the aisle thanks to the help of her
mother as Pike explained to the Los
Angeles Times my mom went to talk to him
and she comes right back up just a few
minutes later and goes oh you're fine
he's fine
you're going to get married today and
don't even worry about it
he loves you while contestants on ABC's
The Bachelor get to know each other in
small doses while jetting off to exotic
locales across the globe contestants on
Netflix's love is
are thrown into reality after a short
getaway to Mexico
forced to share a living space right
away navigate real-world scenarios and
have tough conversations about the
future one of the most memorable moments
from the show came courtesy of Amber
Pike and Matt Barnett whose conversation
regarding finances quickly took a turn
when Pike revealed she had about $20,000
worth of student loan debt that she
hadn't been paying Pike also admitted to
having an expensive makeup habit which
led to Barnett appearing taken aback by
the revelation for a moment it seemed as
though Pike's money problems would prove
to be a deal-breaker for Barnett however
as the couple revealed to Entertainment
Weekly Pike isn't the only one with a
less than perfect financial situation
Barnett told the publication when I was
on the show I think I had almost $30,000
in student debt Barnett's wife confirmed
he had a lot more student debt than I
did
Damien powers became one half of one of
lovest blinds ill-fated couples when he
proposed to and also accepted a proposal
from Janina Gigi milady jebel II however
despite their brutal on spring breakup
powers and jebel II revealed on the love
is blind reunion special that they've
since gone back together and have been
enjoying dating each other away from the
pods and cameras while they may have a
broken engagement under their belts
these two seemingly found some sort of
happy ending on love is blind and it's
all thanks to a sneaky casting producer
when asked by Ellen DeGeneres on her
show in March 2020 how he ended up on
the Netflix series powers revealed that
he was scouted on tinder and said I
started chatting with this girl we hit
it off and she's like add me on
Instagram we had a pretty good
connection and then she's like I'm the
casting producer and I'm a catfish so
now I'm here now that's a pretty good
story to tell the grandkids after
showing them season 1 of love is blind
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