[Vanessa L] It's the moment
you've all been waiting for.
The chance to have each
of your burning questions answered.
[Nick L] And you're in for a treat,
'cause here tonight,
we have several surprise guests.
[Vanessa L] That's right. We have someone
who's been here since the beginning.
One of our most talked-about brides
from season one is now a wife.
[Nick L] We'll also be joined by
our very first mom,
who wants to confront...
an ex-fiancé.
[Vanessa L] One couple
who's back from Miami...
[Nick L] And the very first
Love Is Blind baby.
[Vanessa L]
So let's not wait a second longer.
[Nick L] Please welcome
from Washington D.C...
[Vanessa L] Your favorites from
Season 7 of Love Is Blind.
[Nick L] Taylor and Garrett.
[applause, cheering]
[Vanessa L] Ashley and Tyler.
[Nick L] Marissa.
Ramses.
[Vanessa L] Hannah.
Nick.
[Nick L] Stephen.
Monica.
[Vanessa L] Alex.
And Tim.
- Hi!
- What's up?
Get off your ducks.
Venmo your exes.
And wake up your napping loved ones.
'Cause the wait is over.
[both] Welcome to
the Love Is Blind Reunion!
[applause, cheering]
♪ This is the moment
We've been waiting for ♪
Well, for some,
this season was smooth sailing.
But for others, they had to be...
they had to work out the kinks,
let's just say. And today,
we're gonna talk about all of it.
Welcome, everyone,
and say hello to our former participants
and some special VIP family members
who are also joining us today.
- Hi, everybody.
- [all] Hi!
[Nick L] Welcome, welcome.
[Vanessa L] We're excited. We're gonna
catch up with y'all in a little bit,
but thank you for being here as always.
And everyone, please do not worry.
Brittany, Leo, and Leo's Rolex
- are all here today.
- [laughter]
They'll be joining us momentarily.
Nobody fret.
Along with many, many more surprises.
So Washington D.C. took us
on quite a journey.
From flowers to flags.
DMs to REMs.
And matching science tattoos
to the heartwarming "I do's,"
The "I do's,"
one of my favorite parts of every season.
I loved every second of it, and with that,
I wanna congratulate
both of our married couples,
Taylor and Garrett and Ashley and Tyler.
- Congratulations.
- [Nick L] Yes!
[cheering]
Did you guys coordinate
the black and gold?
- No.
- No, not at all.
- We always do this.
- I know, we always match.
We're happy that your family
got to join us today.
We have Fong and Tom. Mom and Dad.
- [Taylor] Hi, Mom and Dad.
- [Garrett] Hi, Mom and Dad.
If only we could get tattoos of all the
chemistry we felt watching this season.
- You could, Nick.
- [Nick L] Too late. I can. You're right.
The chemistry pun,
it's only good if it's used periodically.
- [all exclaiming]
- Only the science people got it!
- [Nick L] I see what you did there.
- [Vanessa L] No, seriously.
Taylor, is Garrett still
the best catch of them all?
Of course he is.
He makes me feel loved and comfortable
and shows up every day for me,
and that's all you can really ask,
especially in these crazy,
incredible circumstances.
- And he's my best friend. So, yeah.
- Oh.
- That's the best.
- [Taylor] It's the best.
[Nick L] Best to spend every day
with your best friend.
And we're loving the new look.
We've already alluded to it.
Is it safe to say we can
call this "Taylor's version"?
- [laughter]
- No, no.
[Vanessa L]
This is Garrett's glow up era, y'all.
Garrett, is it safe to say that
she's filled a "Blank Space"?
- [Vanessa L] Here we go.
- [Nick L] In your fashion world?
- Here we go. The dad jokes...
- The puns are great.
The dad jokes are coming in hot.
If you don't like it, just "Shake It Off."
- No, they're great, I love it.
- [laughter]
[Nick L] Well, in all seriousness, though,
we talked a little bit about it earlier,
and we learned this
from you on the season.
Avid fisherman. So have you had
a chance to take Taylor fishing yet?
Oh, yeah, I had to.
That was the real test, obviously.
- [Nick L] She passed?
- Oh, yeah. Flying colors.
[Vanessa L]
We actually have photos of this...
- Oh, yeah.
- This real test. Can we check it out?
[audience aww-ing]
- [laughter]
- [Taylor] Oh, yeah.
- Okay. I think...
- You look great, baby. Yeah.
Well, you guys said grab it by the eyes.
I was like, "Ha-ha-ha!" And you're like,
"No, grab it by the eyes."
And I was like, "But I have long nails."
So the eyes and the nails,
that's how you hold 'em?
- Yeah. You guys come. We'll show you.
- You don't have to do it, but, yep.
[Vanessa L] Well, speaking
of inviting people fishing,
I have some other photos from another very
special fishing trip that you took here.
Let's take a look at those.
♪ My, oh, my, damn, I look fly, hey ♪
♪ Get your hands dirty, dirty, dirty ♪
♪ Get your hands dirty, dirty, dirty ♪
- [Nick L] Guys!
- Very cool.
I love fishing.
Why wasn't I invited to this bromance?
[laughter]
So, Tyler, was this a one-and-done
fishing experience,
- or are you hooked now?
- No, I had a great time.
I told him, "Let's go again."
I was surprised by how much fun I had.
We had a ball, all three of us.
You said you were good at everything
in the pods, so I was testing it out.
- Did I get a fish?
- Well, yeah, something like that.
- [laughter]
- It's not the size that counts.
- Thank you!
- [laughter]
Tyler and Ashley,
so happy to have you guys here today.
And it's hard to believe,
but you've been married almost a year now.
Wow. Congrats again.
So, bring us up to speed.
How's it going? How's everything been?
It's been great. Honestly.
This year has been a lot of laughter,
a lot of growth, a lot of love.
- A learning experience.
- Mm-hmm.
We always talk about how important it is
once you get married,
before the world finds out,
that time that you have.
How crucial it is to the married couples
to solidify that foundation,
because once the show is out there
and your story is out there,
then everyone wants to chime in.
Boy, do I miss that bubble.
That bubble was nice. Yeah.
[Vanessa L] I'm gonna get into that.
Tyler, you had spoken on the show,
and everybody was shocked when
you revealed that you had donated sperm
to help a friend
and her wife have children.
- [Tyler] Yep.
- And then, since then,
there has been online chatter about
your involvement in these children's life
and it being more than
you had initially let on.
So can you now clarify
what's going on with that?
Absolutely. Those kids, that family,
they did not sign up for this.
So what is happening now is
I try to keep that from happening.
Their birth certificates are online.
Things that shouldn't be happening
are now happening.
And to get into the story, I did help
a friend and her wife start a family,
but her wife ended up leaving her
and left her high and dry.
This was my very close friend.
So I stepped in,
voluntarily stepped in and helped.
So there are pictures of me around.
You'll see me around.
I've spent holidays with all my friends,
you know, all their kids.
And I played a part that
became very shaky with a friend.
And there's no rule books to this.
There's no set lines to this.
But I do wanna let people know...
Ashley knows all this.
This is news to the world.
This has never been news to us.
And I'm giving this explanation now
because I feel like
the world is waiting for it.
But I don't owe anyone
an explanation but my wife.
And if she's sitting here with me...
[Garrett] We got your back, man.
[applause]
I'm good. We're good.
- I'm not gonna keep harping on it.
- [Vanessa L] Yeah.
It's funny, everyone kept saying I said
"Mm-hmm" a lot in the pods.
- But not today.
- Yes!
- I have some things to say.
- [Nick L] Please do.
Starting with...
like, who do you think has better insight
on what's going on, social media or me?
So for people to imply that, like,
"She was blindsided, she didn't know,"
it's, like, insulting to my intelligence.
That's number one.
Number two, for the record,
this is something he never
wanted to share on camera.
I just didn't feel like it would be
an authentic experience,
or that I could continue
the experience if we didn't.
Because I know me.
I cannot hide my facial expressions.
So I think there
would've been a disconnect
and the viewers would've noticed,
my friends would've noticed
when he went to meet them.
So I told him, in some capacity,
we have to talk about this.
And, you know, there were things he was
comfortable sharing and things he wasn't.
For example, one time I asked him,
I said, "Do they know what you look like?"
And he's like, "I don't think so."
- And you could tell that he...
- [Vanessa L] That he was trying to lie.
Yeah. So of course
he divulged that information.
I'm so sorry, let me say that
he was trying to lie for the cameras,
but you guys had already
had this conversation.
The thing is, we weren't there for
a couple other things we'll get to later.
- Hey, Stephen.
- Hey, Stephen.
[laughter]
But you guys had had this conversation,
and I see that the next day for cameras,
you're trying to clarify
because you wanna be authentic,
but also you're trying to
protect him and these children.
The very thing that we didn't
want to happen happened.
And the thing with humanity
is they have a hard time...
we have a hard time...
understanding anything that we don't get,
anything that's taboo,
anything that's out of our norm.
And that's exactly what's happening.
Instead of trying to rationalize,
like, maybe this was
hard to navigate, right?
And for me, I just know Tyler,
in his heart, to know that it had to be
hard to navigate with a friend.
Way easier when you're removed.
And with him growing up
in a single-parent household,
and in that scenario,
when that happened with the divorce,
it was very hard for him to remove himself
and not be involved when
this is now a single mom, right?
So that was hard for him,
and I just know that he is a good person
who went in a little too deep
and didn't know what to do.
This is not a game.
This is till death do us part.
And we mean it. You can try.
We've seen all the, "Get an annulment,"
"Be done with him."
- Ask Ashley.
- And it's like, look...
When I said, "I do,"
I said "I do" to all of it.
I was aware
and I took on what I wanted to.
And this is a once in a lifetime
kind of love.
- [Vanessa L] Yes.
- This is a rarity, and it's something
that is worth risking anything for.
- And I ain't saying do nothing crazy.
- No.
- [laughter]
- I'm just saying, let's not get nuts,
but, you know,
this is something that I knew.
Of course, if I listened to the public,
I could go find a man,
go pop my stuff a little bit.
- No, you can't. She can't find a man.
- [laughter]
I could if I wanted to, but this is
something that I would never find again.
- And it's worth it all.
- We're just so grateful for your love,
and watching it the whole season
was giving me all the feels.
- Yeah, she had all the feels.
- [laughter]
Well, guys,
we know it's a sensitive subject,
and we really, truly,
truly appreciate the insight,
and you guys being so honest
and forthright about
- sharing that here on the stage.
- Thank you.
[Vanessa L] You've had your valleys,
you've had your peaks.
What do you think,
if you can put it in a nutshell,
is one of the best things about
being married to Tyler, Ashley?
Tyler is my calmest love.
I've never felt so centered
than I do when I'm with him.
Whenever I have a bad day,
you know, I used to... I'd call my mom.
- I still call you sometimes.
- Yeah.
But now I call him first, you know,
and it's good having a best friend
that listens and cares for my heart.
And like you said, the foundation
that we have is so deep and beautiful.
And, you know, we learned
a lot of different things along the way,
like dropping pride, and like,
you know, like, dropping arguments.
You know, picking and choosing
your battles, things like that...
But I definitely just love the stillness
and the calmness that he brings.
[Nick L] It's a ride, right?
But that's the beauty of it,
you know? It's never a dull moment.
And we say this about our relationship.
To me, that's the way I would want it.
You're continuing to learn,
continuing to experience each other
and learn from each other and just enjoy
that ride. So, Tyler, what about you?
What's the best thing
about being married to Ashley?
She a'ight. No, no, no.
Honestly, it's the unconditional love.
Thought about this a million times.
I've gotten hurt playing sports.
I've been sick...
Some other things have happened,
and she has been standing there.
There has never been a day where she
said... or she hasn't said, "I love you."
It's extremely unconditional.
I've never experienced
unconditional love to this extent.
And she reassures me every time we talk.
"I'm not going anywhere.
I love you no matter what."
And for me, that's the first time
ever in my life experiencing this,
and it's big. Now I'm starting to
feel what unconditional love is like.
- It's amazing.
- For you, as the mother perspective,
looking on to see your daughter
and her husband, your son-in-law,
what's it been like
for you this past year?
It's been beautiful.
I mean, I'm learning from them, you know?
[Vanessa L] Really?
What are you learning from them?
The way that they communicate.
They have open communication.
I just think that it's so beautiful.
And I'm gonna keep learning from you.
- Yes. Well, thank you. Thank y'all.
- Thank you.
It's so great for us to be a part of this
and get to know so many
incredible people through this experience.
And I got to point out one of my
favorite people who was on this stage
just a few months ago
in the house tonight. AD!
- [cheering]
- What's up, AD?
- How you doing?
- [Vanessa L] I mean, statuesque.
Listen.
Your reunion was
an emotional reunion, girl.
How does it feel to be on that side?
It feels so good. I'm praying for y'all.
- [laughter]
- Whew!
Well, we are so happy to have you here.
Fill us in. How you doing?
Happy to be here. Y'all, I'm great.
I'm happy. I'm thriving.
Living my absolute best life.
Like, I'm off that roller coaster.
And I'm so grateful for everyone.
Like, mounds and mounds of support.
Just everyone... Like,
thank you for sharing your story
and being so open and vulnerable.
And I didn't realize how much
I touched people with my vulnerability,
so that was one thing
that was really special for me.
Yeah, it's interesting when you're on TV,
like, there is an opportunity to really,
truly inspire and touch other people
who are watching you. So it's amazing
you were able to feel that, you know,
- because that's real.
- [Vanessa L] And you're getting emotional.
I know, I always do.
[Vanessa L] So what's going on today?
Current?
- Today?
- [Vanessa L] Like...
[laughing]
- What's happening with you now, AD?
- Um...
No, I'm just having a good time.
[Vanessa L] By yourself or with someone?
Not by myself.
- With a someone.
- [Vanessa L] With a someone.
A very special someone.
But we're keeping it private.
We're keeping it cute.
- What else?
- [laughter]
- [Nick L] Squirming!
- "I don't know. You tell me."
- That's good enough for me. Okay.
- Yeah, no. All good things.
- I'm very happy.
- [Nick L] And you know we love you.
- Thank you. I love y'all so much.
- [Nick L] It's great to have you here.
- Thank you for being here.
- Thank you, thank you.
All right, every season we have
stories that warm our hearts
and others that break them.
One relationship that surprised us all
was Marissa and Ramses.
Hey, guys. Hi.
There were mostly green flags.
There were a few nautical flags.
But there was one big red flag
when Ramses called everything off.
- Hey, Marissa.
- Hi.
[Vanessa L] Watching you
go through that moment
on our television was really hard.
- How was that for you to watch?
- [Marissa] Um...
[tearful] Um,
I felt like I was reliving it.
God, I'm such a cry-baby.
- It's okay.
- [Vanessa L] It's okay to cry.
[Marissa] It was hard because I just,
like, remember what it felt like.
So it could just be hard to kind of
see that and just relive it, pretty much.
I felt like my heart was breaking
all over again. Yeah.
[Nick L] Ramses, how was it for you,
reliving that moment
and watching that moment over again?
Um, it was difficult, you know,
I didn't come into this experience
wanting to devastate anyone
or leave anyone heartbroken.
You know, I was... I came in here
looking for the love of my life,
and for the majority of this experience,
I thought I had found it in Marissa.
And so watching it back
was... was difficult.
I had to pause several times 'cause,
you know, I hadn't seen her reaction
once she was alone
and in her interviews, and, uh,
just seeing how... how
she was falling apart
was... was very difficult
to... to watch back.
You mentioned for
a majority of this experience
you thought you had found that.
Can you walk us through what
that was that derailed that for you?
Yeah, so, for me, once we got into
that latter portion of the experience,
um, I basically started to recognize
how... how far of a space there was
in... in our energy,
and how there wasn't that balance
that I sort of felt in the pods.
And there was one day where I think
it just really hit home for me,
and I realized and recognized
that if I move forward with Marissa,
uh, every day I would be in a place
where I would feel
exhausted and overwhelmed.
I don't wanna change who she is.
She deserves a person and a love that
will embrace who she is fully, as she is.
I just felt that
that person couldn't be me.
- Hey, Vanessa. How you doing?
- Okay.
Is this the first time
that you've seen Ramses?
[Vanessa] Mm-hmm. Yeah.
- Yeah. Well...
- Is there anything that you...
No, um, the day that she called.
When everything was called off,
I was on my way.
For the wedding.
And everything was called off.
And, um, she was upset.
And, of course, I'd do anything for her,
so I did go up there and speak to him,
even though I wanted
to punch him in the throat.
And try to talk him into...
You know, see what was wrong.
And I'm thankful he called it off.
I am.
She would've carried that relationship.
And so... he did the right thing.
And I thank you for that.
That first doubt, he should've been honest
and man enough to tell her
I'm feeling a little bit of... of doubt
instead of reassuring her
every single time she asked him.
She really felt like when
she came into this experiment,
she was going to meet her one,
and she thought you were it.
And you broke her.
I had to help pick her up.
She was devastated.
- Devastated.
- [Marissa sniffling]
You didn't see that part.
You got to walk away.
And cry. Cry like you were
the one that was hurt.
Yeah, no, I... You're correct.
I should have been more forthcoming
about those concerns I had earlier on.
I didn't bring them up
'cause I wasn't sure in the moment
if it was gonna become
an issue for us or not.
It took time for me
to arrive at that place.
But you see, I didn't have,
like... like, a say, right?
'Cause everything you just said was like,
"I" this, "I" that.
It's like, we're a partnership.
It's like, if you're tiptoeing about
my feelings, like, I don't have a say in,
like, how we can better
and grow as a... in a relationship.
[Ramses] No, I understand. And I, again,
I take full accountability for the fact
that I didn't bring this up sooner.
And that's... If I have
any regret in this experience,
it's not having been
more forthcoming about that with you.
And not to take away
from the pain that you felt,
but it was difficult for me as well.
I saw myself, I saw us having a future,
and I saw what it could potentially be.
But it... Unfortunately, it's...
I came to that realization
towards the end of this experience,
and it... it just made for
a very sort of heartbreaking situation.
[Nick L] Marissa,
can I tell you something?
- [Marissa] Mm-hmm.
- You are beautiful,
- and your energy is beautiful.
- Thank you.
[applause, cheering]
And I don't mean this
as a slight to Ramses at all.
- No, it's true.
- But you wanna find someone
who will love all of you, and that part of
you that is such...
it's such a beautiful thing.
So don't... please don't feel like
you did anything wrong in this,
or there's anything wrong with you.
- There's not at all.
- [Marissa] I know.
[Nick L] You're a beautiful, beautiful
soul and a beautiful person, and, yeah.
- Just always remember that.
- I appreciate you saying that. Thank you.
[applause]
Ramses, is there anything that
was really, like, sitting with you
that you wanted to
kind of button up today?
Yeah. You know,
we had a lot of different conversations.
There's one in particular
that we had about contraception.
I wanted to clarify, at no point,
that I ever tried to present
Marissa with an ultimatum.
She had very valid reasons as to why she
didn't wanna use hormonal contraception.
I'm well aware of the effects
it has on a woman's body,
and so I would never
try to force that upon her.
We had a conversation
about multiple methods.
It was a very nuanced conversation.
We arrived at sort of a solution
that worked best for us,
and it wasn't a situation where
I was just being whiny and bratty
and like, "Oh, I don't wanna use a condom"
or whatever the sort of perception
is of that conversation.
So we could wrap it up. This conversation.
[laughter]
[Nick L] Always important to wrap it up.
[applause]
All right, well, guys,
one of our former couples went on
the journey of both heartache
and, ultimately, great, great happiness.
We wanna welcome right now Zack and Bliss.
- Welcome back, guys!
- [applause]
The first married Love Is Blind couple
to welcome a baby.
So congratulations, guys. It's amazing.
[applause]
- That's cool.
- Thank you.
Yeah, it's the best thing ever.
She's backstage with my mom,
so maybe we'll see a glimpse of her later.
But it's made our relationship
and our love stronger and deeper,
and it's the best thing ever.
It's amazing. Yeah, it's the best thing
that's ever happened to me.
So tell us about her name. Galileo.
Galileo. Yeah, I'll let Zack take it.
It's the spirit of the person that
that name represents,
is what I hope that my daughter embodies.
- And it's perfect for her, and we love it.
- Yeah.
And it's crazy that
this little bundle of joy
came out of you guys
doing this whole experience.
- [Bliss] Yeah.
- So we have a little look back
at your love story and
how it all started. Take a look.
You never told me what
your favorite song or singer or band was.
[Zack] Mmm, my favorite song is...
"I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Wombat.
- Really?
- Yeah, have you heard it?
Absolutely.
That's, like, my mom's song for, like, me.
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
[Zack] That's gonna be my first dance song
to whoever I marry.
I'm sorry. I'm, like,
already a little bit crying.
That's... crazy. Go ahead.
I'm listening. I'm sorry.
[Zack] When I was 16, my mother,
she dedicated that song to me.
She made me sit down and listen to it.
And so... I actually memorized it.
I can sing it from memory.
[Bliss] I can sing it too.
[Zack] You can sing "I Hope You Dance"
from memory?
That's my mom's song for me.
Like, how could I not?
Bliss, how weird is that?
♪ Yes, we're gonna
Get through this together ♪
- Yeah!
- [applause]
When Galileo was born, we actually had
"I Hope You Dance"
playing in the background.
So, Lee Ann sent us a wombat.
So if you don't know,
her name is not Lee Ann Wombat.
[laughter]
- Like you said in the pods. You were...
- Yeah. A little delirious...
- Her name is Lee Ann Womack.
- But she has a good sense of humor.
[Nick L] By the way,
that took some effort.
- Wombats are not easy to find.
- [Bliss] I know, right?
I think... is it hand-knitted?
- She made this for us.
- Yeah, she sewed these little outfits
for the baby, so it's really sweet.
I love it. Well, you guys,
thank you so much for being here
and continuing to share your love story.
And we just feel like proud grandparents.
- I mean, you were...
- Foster grandparents?
We'll take it.
[Vanessa L] And we can't wait
to see baby Galileo later on.
- So thank you so much.
- Thank you, guys.
But speaking of wombats,
let's change it over to ducks.
- Hey, Hannah and Nick.
- Hey.
- [Vanessa L] Right? A little segue? No?
- [Nick L] Yeah.
Looking back, is there any part of you
that just wishes you had ridden
the stinkin' duck that day?
- No. No.
- No? Still no.
[Hannah] I'm not getting on that thing.
- [Vanessa L] So...
- [laughter]
In looking back now and watching it,
you were very direct.
I just wanted to know,
if looking back now, in hindsight,
do you think, "I'm glad I did that,"
and we didn't end up working out.
Or were you thinking,
"Maybe I was a little too direct"?
Yeah, I think... My personality is just...
I'm very to the point.
I'm very direct.
That's just who I am. I'm very blunt.
And sometimes my delivery does not
come out how I think it's coming out.
I think I'm telling you exactly how it is,
but really, I just sound like a b*tch.
You know what I mean?
So I just have to be a little bit careful.
And, like, I'm aware of that.
Even when we film,
I'm aware that, like,
I need to chill sometimes.
Like, I need to not be so direct.
So the things that I said were all true,
but it's just the way that you say it.
How does that make you feel, Nick,
to know that she's saying,
"Yes, I stand by everything I say"?
Um, I wouldn't have expected
her to say anything less.
She's entitled to her opinion,
and I certainly respect her.
And I just think some things
came across not completely true.
Or, you know, I know she felt that way.
Um, but the delivery
could've been a little bit better,
and I was a little confused with
some of the things that she was saying.
Like what?
Um, we weren't on
the same level intellectually,
you know,
financially literate, respectful.
You know, I feel like just watching
it back, she would tell her friends,
"Part of the reason why, you know,
I'm in love with Nick is because
he treats me the right way
and he's respectful."
And then when we broke up,
you know, I wasn't respectful.
And it's just some things like that,
you kind of watch back, and like I said,
you know, Hannah's entitled to,
you know, her perspective and her opinion.
I just saw it a little bit different.
Nick demonstrated a lot of patience,
patience that I never would've had.
So I'm very, very impressed by that,
and I knew he's a good dude,
but I was definitely impressed by
his patience throughout the whole thing.
What are you feeling when
he says it takes a lot of patience
to be in a relationship with you,
to hear that constantly?
Yeah, I think for sure.
Like, I have a big personality.
Like, I'm a lot.
Like, I'm self-aware, and, like,
I know that, like,
you have to have a lot of patience with me
because, like, I am direct
and I'll just say things.
But yeah, I get it. I guess he had a lot
of patience. Yeah, that makes sense.
[Vanessa L] So you don't have any,
in watching it...
I don't wanna use the word "remorse,"
because I never wanna take away
from your independent strength.
But in watching the way
that it was delivered,
and I know that you said
you could've worded it differently...
do you have anything you wanna say to Nick
about how you were communicating
with him during your engagement?
I'm just direct.
- Period.
- [Hannah] I am, I'm very direct.
It's harsh. It's bad. I know.
This past year I've worked on it.
Watching it back, I see, like,
"You could've said it a lot differently,"
you know? But that's inherently
who I am, and, like, I am direct.
I just need to work on how direct I am.
But, yeah.
I'm just direct, okay?
I'm a b*tch sometimes. I get it, I know.
- AD.
- Yeah.
[laughter]
Listen, she's doubling down.
- She's standing ten toes down.
- Doubling down, that's exactly...
She is. She said what she said
and she's standing on it.
I love that for you, girl.
And you look great, by the way.
- Thank you. Appreciate it.
- You look great.
- Yeah.
- You look awesome.
And I'm sorry I was so cruel to you. I am.
That's fine. Like, you know. That's fine.
[applause]
We talk about Garrett's glow up,
but you had a little glow up too, Hannah.
- Thank you.
- How's the last year been for you?
Oh, it's been hard as hell.
It's been a rough year.
- [Vanessa L] But when you say that, like...
- I've just been working on myself a lot,
just, like, internally and externally.
I had a lot of room to grow.
I didn't have to watch it back
to know that, right?
Like, I already knew that
when we filmed it.
It's hard to figure yourself out
and to make sure you're
the best version of yourself.
So I've just been
figuring it out, I think.
Yeah. And do you feel like
you're loving this version of Hannah
- who sits here today?
- [Hannah] Yeah, I think so. I think...
I don't know. I think I do, yeah.
[Vanessa L] What do you mean,
you don't know?
I don't know. I just feel awkward and
like I'm gonna cry. I don't know why.
Yeah, I do. I love myself. Yeah.
And I just wanna say one thing. Um...
Hannah is fantastic. She's been
getting way too much hate online
for just being the type of person she is
and being, you know, super transparent.
Like, we need more of that, right?
And she's received way too much hate...
Why are you liking
the hate comments, then,
that people are leaving on your page?
[Nick] Like what?
[Hannah] Like when people... of course,
I'm creeping on you right now,
I'm looking.
People will say things and it's not bad,
but people will say mean things,
- and you like, like it.
- [Nick] Yeah. So, you know...
[Hannah] I don't think you mean it like
that but it hurts my feelings
Yeah. No, I get it.
After we broke up, my friends are with me.
And of course, my friends are like,
"Let's go through his sh*t."
And we're packing up.
And his work notebook.
It was just right on the table,
just like out.
And she opened it up and she was like,
"This is dated September,
like 18th or something."
I'm not sure what the exact date is.
I think it was two weeks before we left.
It was two weeks
before you left for the pod.
- So, right before filming.
- [Hannah] Yeah.
Like, it was a very Nick note.
It was like...
There were three entries. So one goes,
he wants to sell two homes this year.
- [Vanessa L] Okay.
- [Hannah] Wants to be in the best shape of
his life for the next two weeks.
And then the third b*llet point,
which was by far the most interesting,
was that he wants to be the most famous
person ever on Love Is Blind.
Hmm.
I was like, "Oh, okay,
it all f*cking makes sense now."
[Nick L]
Do you remember writing that stuff?
Yeah. I want to set
the record straight.
I write 90-day goals.
At that date was
the end of my 90-day goals.
I was... when I'd written it,
it was three months before that.
I was with my friend.
He got me into doing these 90-day things.
You know, he's like, you know,
you got to get into this stuff
And I didn't know what to write down.
And, you know,
he was just like, "Write down anything."
So I was like, "Okay, get in good shape",
you know, "Sell two homes",
obviously, I wanted to sell
ten homes by that time.
And, you know,
be famous off Love Is Blind.
That was way before I even knew I was
going to be on the show, way before.
That was two weeks before.
[Nick] That's the date.
It's a 90-day thing.
So I write the finishing date as that.
So, that was way before I even knew
I was going to be on the show.
I was taking it super light.
We had been through a couple interviews.
I would never sit there on camera and say
I love you 100 times to someone
if I didn't mean it. I was super genuine.
I think everyone up here,
I guess, except Hannah,
would say I'm the same dude
from start to finish.
- And me.
- [Nick] I mean, yeah.
I would expect you
to have your girls back, you know.
[Marissa] Not only that, Nick, but how?...
Like some of us come on
to this experience,
serious about finding love.
And no matter if
it's a 90-day date, a year date.
I think writing down
that you come off on the experience
to be the most famous person
on Love Is Blind.
It's like a slap in the face
to some of us,
and some people who weren't able
to come on to the experience.
So it's like, I know that you're a good
person when I knew you in the pods,
but then you hear about these things
and you're like, what were you here for?
[Nick] It was so irrelevant
and meaningless to me.
That's why I left
that notebook on our counter
every single day we lived together.
I knew what was in there. And, you know,
if she wanted to look through it, fine.
But I felt like Hannah knew how I felt.
I was telling her I loved her,
she met my family,
you know, like I lived with her.
I was taking it extremely serious.
I wouldn't have been
on the show if I wasn't.
[Vanessa L]
I think they're just, you know,
to Marissa's point
and maybe to Hannah's.
And we've had this on other seasons before
where we question
people's genuine reasons for coming here.
That's not me at all.
[Hannah] I think Nick is
a very calculated person.
To hear the things that he was saying
behind my back after the reveal.
Like, after the reveal, I was just honest.
I'm an honest person.
Nick, to be honest, I did feel like I was
a foot taller than you in that situation.
I'm not a foot taller than you,
but I felt like that in that moment.
And if that's what I did that seems ugly,
it isn't anything,
and I'm getting hate for that.
Meanwhile, like, I hear that he's saying,
like, stuff after the reveal,
like calling me like a grenade,
calling me ugly.
And people saying that he's saying
all these things behind my back.
But then when he gets on camera,
he's like,
"Hannah's just so amazing."
And, "Everything she does is so perfect."
And it's like, no it's not!
Like, I'm literally being mean to you.
I don't understand what's going on.
And so I think my frustration was like,
"What the f*ck is going on?"
I just didn't know what was going on.
And then when I found that note,
I was just like,
"Oh, okay.
Like, I see what this is for you."
It doesn't mean that, like, maybe he went
for the wrong reasons and he liked me
and he wasn't expecting that.
Maybe that's what happened,
but, like, be so f*cking for real.
Like, that's not your reality.
And being one of her best friends,
Marissa. You agree with that?
Yeah. I would definitely agree with that.
I mean, I have always had conflicting
feelings between Nick and Hannah,
just because I did get to know him
and I got to know him as,
like, a really good person.
But the things I was hearing, you know,
about, like, her looks and how
he was rating her and things like that.
Like, it just makes you question I'm like,
okay, "Was he serious about her?"
When you say other people,
do you mean other people in this room?
Yeah. I'm not the only one.
And there's people
on this couch who can also vouch.
[Nick L] Those are fairly serious... Like
if you're accusing him of saying things,
you know, behind her back about her looks.
And I mean, that's...
[Nick] Yeah, I think if we need a fact
check and get perspective, that was...
Didn't like, you say about my looks like...
Was it like with Ramses maybe, Garrett?
I can't remember,
that he was like asking you guys
- to rate what I looked like.
- [Nick] I never said that.
- I never said.
- Did that happen, or did that not happen?
- I'd like to tell my perspective.
- If you're gonna talk, be honest at least.
- Yeah, of course.
- Just be honest.
And, Marissa,
thanks for saying I was sincere
- off camera 'cause that's how I was.
- She wasn't saying that!
- You dated me, and we...
- Yeah.
And we were each... we dated each other
pretty far in the process.
There's a reason why
you kept talking to me.
And I had your back
with Hannah multiple times off camera.
And since the show's revealed.
- Look I understand you want...
- [Hannah] Is it real though, Nick?
Because how is it real?
Because then, okay, we break up.
Whatever. The only time you've texted me
this past couple years is like,
"Are you going to share
the note to production...?"
No. I actually texted you three days ago.
You texted me three days ago
after some girls DMing me talking about
how you're trying
to fly her out for the reunion.
What are you talking about?
[Hannah]
Oh, the girls that you've been DMing,
- they're sending them to me.
- Okay.
[Hannah] Yeah, so I've read them all.
So don't act like this...
- We're not...
- Shh! I'm going to speak.
- You just spoke.
- [Hannah] I'm going to speak.
[Nick] Because all of this is
your perspective.
And you're trying
to sh*t on me for no reason.
I never brought your looks up once.
This whole thing is blown out
of perspective,
I never once mentioned
Hannah's looks at all. Right?
You know, you said you're...
- Are y'all really gonna sit here...
- [Monica] That's not true.
Come on! Come on.
- That's not true.
- Ramses...
[Nick] I talked to you about it.
You talked to Stephen about it,
and Stephen talked to me about it.
- I didn't talk to Stephen about it.
- [Monica] You did.
Not the pillow talk.
[Monica] You said not nice things
about the way Hannah looked.
- I didn't say that.
- [Marissa] Hannah has said shitty sh*t
about you on camera and off camera,
and you have also.
- So just take accountability.
- I didn't.
You literally said
she looked like a grenade.
- I never said that.
- Yes, you did.
- I never said that.
- You rated her five out of ten.
- Yes you did.
- [Nick] That's what you guys heard
- from this person and this person.
- Your friends.
[Nick L] Stephen, I don't want to bring up
bro code and any violation of bro code,
but, I mean, this is clearly sounds like
it's gone through you. So did that happen?
- Yeah.
- Oh.
[Monica] I mean, we've got to be honest.
That's why I'm protective of Hannah,
because there was
a lot of other things happening.
That clearly explains why she would feel
insecure in her relationship
and why she would feel frustrated.
I mean, yeah, you said you... you talked
about her looks in a very unkind way.
When we were flying home from Mexico,
you were the only one on the plane
telling strangers like,
"We're here to film a show." I mean,
it was like... it was hard to watch.
It didn't seem...
Like when Hannah found the note.
Hannah reached out to me
shortly after she found
Nick's three goals.
I think the same day...
- I was zero percent surprised.
- Yeah.
- We weren't shocked.
- Zero percent surprised.
[Nick]
It's just funny to hear, you know,
the women kind of getting at me 'cause
I never talked to them once on the show
I never told Stephen.
You know how I felt about Hannah.
Stephen. He just said he never talked
to you about the grenade. Is that...
He talked to me about the grenade,
but he didn't tell me
about how he actually felt,
because, again, we hadn't...
we had only had the reveal.
- [Vanessa L] I'm sorry, I'm confused.
- But he talked about the grenade.
- He said she looks like a grenade.
- [Monica] Yes...
But what I'm saying is, like,
as... as far as the rating scale goes,
I specifically do not remember that
conversation, but I do r...
There's people on the stage who do.
And there's people
on this stage who would have my back
and know that I'm a good guy
and here for the right reasons.
I personally feel like this conversation
is extremely immature.
I'm just counting the seconds
till we move past it, to be honest.
[Monica] Well, these are things
that we do have to talk about.
Like it's uncomfortable,
but we have to talk about them.
[Marissa] It's not that it's immature,
Garrett.
Like Hannah is getting k*lled
on the Internet, right?
Like Hannah was a b*tch to Nick.
And I'm sorry for that.
As her best friend,
I'm sorry that she was like that.
And like, she should not...
She's been mean to me before too.
- I mean, she has room to grow.
- No, I know I can be bitchy, guys!
[Marissa] No, she can. But listen,
it's not that... it's that she's...
it's all her. That it's her.
It's her and it's not him,
that he's this golden retriever puppy dog.
You're not Nick. Okay?
You said some mean sh*t.
It got back. Ramses you wanna
sit there quietly? Go figure.
You know what he f*cking said!
You know what he said.
And it's like we're gonna be
the bad people for attacking
the golden retriever and it's not true.
[Nick] I think you should ask the source.
There's so many rumors that go on,
on this show.
[Marissa] I know exactly the scenario
where you said it because they told me.
Yeah, that's your truth.
That's your perspective!
- And I have my perspective of it.
- [Marissa] It's not perspective,
- it's... okay fine.
- You saw the whole show.
- They lied to me. It's fine.
- [Nick] You saw the whole thing.
[Vanessa L] Alex, I see you uncomfortable
over there. Did you want to say something?
[Alex] Oh, no, I'm fine. I just...
It's just kind of baffling because we...
Nick, love you, but you did not like
what Hannah looked like.
And everybody knew that.
- It was very clear.
- You did not have a conversation about...
We all knew it.
You talked about it.
So it's just kind of crazy
that you're sitting here saying that...
- Who did I talk about it with?
- [Alex] All right, Nick.
If there's any moment to take
accountability for anything,
it's right now, like everybody messes up.
Everybody says things
that maybe you regret,
but like, let's... let's keep it 100, man.
- Like, yeah, things were said...
- Yeah.
[applause, cheering]
[Ramses] Like this is nothing like
it's not a dig against you, but like,
it's, you know, this is the moment
to take accountability.
- Like it's... we're not perfect.
- Yeah. I said I was underwhelmed
when I saw Hannah at the reveal.
I never said she was a grenade.
Or a number five. Five out of ten. Okay.
Why did she invite me over a month
after the show to hang out?
Because we're all human.
I was f*cking that man.
Like we all do crazy sh*t.
- It's a breakup.
- [Nick L] If she really hates...
I invited you back because
I just want to have sex with you one time,
just to make sure it wasn't that bad.
If she hated the type of person I was,
she wouldn't have hung out with me.
She was insecure.
Clearly, she was being a b*tch.
You had your issues.
You were being f*cking fake.
Her insecurities were
getting projected on me
- And you're right...
- throughout the entire show.
But you also were not being 100% honest.
But you were also making me feel insecure.
I do admit that I do that.
- [Nick] By what?
- You both were wrong in your own ways.
I know, I do that, I do that.
We know! You were wrong.
You were f*cking wrong.
- We're all wrong.
- Is that a fair way to say it?
- [Vanessa L] Hey, wait!
- We can just learn!
[Vanessa L] Shall we wrap this up?
- [Nick L] Wrap it up, baby!
- [Vanessa L] All right.
We're actually going to dive into
one of your most memorable arguments.
Why not just put gasoline on the flame?
This was after Nick talked to Katie.
Hey, girl.
One of Hannah's best friends,
for what Hannah thought was just a little
too long. So take a look at this clip.
Katie had came up to me
three different times tonight.
My best friend told me
how attractive you were.
What does that have to do with me?
Just let me explain.
"He's hot, Hannah."
"Like I'm really into him",
sh*t three different times, right?
- What does that have to do with me?
- And then in the same day,
- you said you wanted to talk to Katie.
- What does that have to do with me?
And then you two get together.
I have no clue what the f*ck you're
saying, no clue what the conversation is.
But to me, it hurts because it's like,
that's my fiancé and my best friend.
Like, that's like it hurts me.
At the end of the day, it's like,
is that a best friend
who disrespects me like that?
And is that a fiancé that disrespects me?
So my question for you is you're
not secure in this. You don't trust me.
- That's what it really comes down to?
- It's not that I don't trust you,
- it's about respect.
- Do you trust me?
I don't know if I don't trust you,
but I don't know if I trust Katie.
Hi!
What was it like watching that?
That was hard... I was so excited to see
everybody, especially Marissa and Hannah.
We're the trio.
They're my best friends in the pod,
so I couldn't wait to see them.
And then, of course,
throw me in the mix with all my exes.
Hey, guys, that was fun.
The last thing I wanted
to do was hurt anyone.
That was never my intentions.
And Nick and I talked
at the end of the evening.
I had no clue how long
we were sitting there and talking.
I also had no idea that Hannah was upset.
Truthfully, I didn't...
I thought our conversation was fine.
Nick and I dated
for three days in the pods,
and I never had a situation where I said,
"Hey, I'm breaking up with you,
I don't want to see you ever again."
We just never saw each other again.
So he had questions.
And we're both charismatic people.
You know, you look back and we're laughing
and it looks like we're flirting.
And for the record, I said he was cute.
Two times.
Hot, cute, sexy. Whatever. Cute.
But it's tough to hear that because
I thought Hannah knew my heart.
I thought Hannah knew my intentions.
When I found out how upset she was,
I was sick, like sick to my stomach.
I couldn't apologize more.
I sent her flowers, like,
I was really unwell.
And to sit on that
for a year of anxiety building up
and not knowing,
like what we said or how I upset her,
and then to see it back, you know,
words can bounce right off of you.
But to hear, like your best friend say,
like that, she doesn't trust you.
I mean, I just like, I have to ask Hannah,
like, are there weight in those words
Or I know we've been past this.
I know we've talked
about this to exhaustion and I love you.
You know, I love you and Marissa, so much.
But I have to ask, like, I just didn't...
I didn't anticipate that.
Like, it's nothing against you, I promise.
I said, "I don't know if I trust Katie."
I trust you, Katie.
I don't know why the frig I said that.
I don't know, I was just in the heat
of a moment. We were arguing.
If I would have said, I don't trust you,
then he'd be like,
"Well, you shouldn't trust Katie."
So if I say, "I don't know, I just don't
trust Katie", then the argument's over.
But like, it's not right.
I shouldn't have said that.
Of course I trust you.
We've been best friends the past year.
It was just that, like, you guys were
having a conversation.
I had no clue
what the hell you guys were saying.
Like, now that I watch it,
it's not that bad.
But, like, I didn't know
what the heck was going on.
So it was just
my emotions were heightened and stuff.
- But Katie, I trust you.
- Thank you.
- I don't know if I trust him.
- [Katie] Thank you.
[Vanessa L] Well, there's someone here
who might have thoughts on all of this.
So let's bring them out.
Please join us in welcoming our favorite
ENTJ and aspiring trophy wife.
Yes, I'm talking about...
Leo and Brittany.
[applause, cheering]
- [Vanessa L] Hi, Brittany. How are you?
- Hi!
- [Vanessa L] Hi, Leo.
- Hi.
[Vanessa L] Leo, I'm just
going to go right into it.
You had a lot of conversations
in the pods,
but in watching it back,
did you ever realize how often
you spoke about... money?
I know it seemed like
I really couldn't shut up about it.
You know, we were encouraged to talk
about all aspects of marriage,
including finances,
and I think I overcooked it a little bit
- with the money talk.
- [Vanessa L] Yeah.
[Leo] Yeah, I didn't realize
until I was watching it back
when I was watching I thought,
"Geez, this Leo guy
won't shut up about it."
So I... if I could do it over again,
I wouldn't have led with that so much
because I wish that
they could have gotten to know me more
than just, you know,
what I do and the money I have,
because that's so low on the list of,
like, how I see myself.
Well, you did spend a lot of time
in the lounge with the guys.
You guys all, you know,
got really close,
which is another thing we love.
There's a brotherhood and a sisterhood
that exists that nobody will ever know.
Except for all of you.
But you guys and talking with Leo,
what was your takeaway
from every time he would come in,
whether it was trying on his Rolex
or just hearing his stories?
- You're laughing, Tim.
- Yeah, I'll talk, man.
Leo is a misunderstood guy.
He really is. He's a high level thinker.
And he processes out loud.
The problem is that can get you in
trouble sometimes,
especially in a medium like this.
Leo has a good heart, man.
He's, again, high minded.
He knows his sh*t.
On a lot of levels...
He's super creative, man,
some of the bars,
- y'all got a taste of it.
- Oh, yeah!
This dude could out rap...
You know, I ain't gonna say nothing crazy.
I don't want to get in any trouble.
Don't get Kendrick on me.
Hey, look, we're in LA
and I don't want no problems
Man, real talk, man. Leo, he's a good guy.
I can attest to
the fact that he took this seriously.
I would often tell him, brother,
I know that you're trying to process
and take this so seriously,
but eventually you have
to make a decision.
You were kind of sitting on the fence,
and you had to take the lick how you did.
You know, he's got
a lot more to offer this world
- than art and commentary about money.
- Thank you, man.
Even though he has
plenty of that to offer, too.
- Real talk. Man. I love you, brother.
- I love you, too. Thank you.
[Nick L] Leo you said you came here
- wanting a tennis doubles partner.
- [Leo] Yeah.
[Nick L] But tennis is literally
a sport where love
- means nothing.
- [Leo] Oh, geez!
- [Nick L] Ironically...
- I didn't think about that.
- Oh, gosh.
- [Nick L] Deep thoughts.
Oh no, deep thoughts.
Wise thoughts in deep thoughts...
In tennis love means nothing.
And unfortunately, you ended up alone.
So... what?...
Maybe you put it
out there with the tennis?
[Stephan] Oh, Nick,
you certainly don't mince words.
[Nick L] What was it like for you?
And I use your words here.
What was it like for you having
to decide between two amazing women?
[Leo] Oh, gosh. I mean,
you can see how torn up
I was with the decision.
And maybe this is
a bit of a goofy analogy,
but you know,
when you're at a restaurant
and you know you're between,
should I have the pasta or the steak?
And the waiter comes to the table
and he's like, "Is everybody ready to
order?" And everyone says, "Yes."
And he goes around the table
and you're like, "Let me order last."
And you're trying
to take every little bit of time.
And I was like,
fighting for every second of time.
The issue is the food has feelings.
I was so wrapped up in my decision
that I really wasn't realizing
how it was impacting people,
how it was, you know,
what I was doing to Brittany,
what I was doing to Hannah, and so...
It's something
I've been working a lot on is
I'm someone that likes to have control
of every situation and make decisions
and I've been really trying to work on...
taking other people
into consideration... with that.
I actually understand what you're saying,
but I think that
women probably don't want to be
associated with being steak or pasta.
I'm alright with being associated
with meat, apparently... so.
[Vanessa L] Stephen, we'll get to you...
[Nick L]
We'll get to you in a minute, buddy.
I know you're getting a little antsy
over there. Your time is coming.
- Yeah, I've been a little too chatty.
- [Nick L] So wait your turn.
- Don't worry.
- [Vanessa L] We've got to set the table
- for all the meals for you.
- Oh, yeah.
We have not forgotten
about you, my friend.
That's fine.
I was hoping you had,
but it's okay. I'll be here.
[Vanessa L] All right.
Well, Leo, is there anything
that you want to say
to Hannah or Brittany
about how you handled
those final conversations?
Hannah...
How I acted towards you
in that night and morning conversation.
The amount of shame that I have,
the temper tantrum that I threw,
and then in the morning for me,
the... how delusional I was.
For me to call our breakup mutual.
Like I got dumped.
Then to put you
in this weird position of, like,
putting in a good word for Brittany that
was so weird and strange and like,
and like, I wanted... like hell would be
being locked in a dark room,
being forced to rewatch
that scene over and over again.
And honestly, Hannah, I'm so, so sorry.
You do not deserve that.
And Brittany...
I put you through a hell of a lot, too.
And I'm... I'm so sorry also
for just how...
my inability to make
a decision and just, you know,
- put you through the wringer in the pods.
- Thank you.
- [Vanessa L] Speaking of you two...
- [Nick L] Well, Brittany.
Brittany, let's talk a little bit
about the reveal.
There's been a lot of chatter...
about your reveal.
How did you feel watching that back?
I was hoping it would never be shown.
To be honest.
I was fully aware of how
awkward it was as I was living it.
But, you know, as I was watching it,
I was like, okay, this isn't too bad.
And then it just got worse and worse.
So... but I wasn't uncomfortable with him.
You know, I know there's
a lot of talk about, like,
him kissing me and touching me,
but he was
the most comforting part of that moment.
I was just so uncomfortable.
You're pretty used to being
on cameras at that point,
but it's like,
you know there's all eyes on you.
So I was really leaning
into him for comfort,
but still, like, this is a stranger.
I just didn't know how to...
I don't know.
Honestly, I wish he kissed me more
to shut me up
because I was filling
the blank spaces with stupid words.
So, was it a surprise to you
when you learned
that you were not going to Mexico?
No, honestly, I knew.
I really, truly knew
we were the weakest link.
- I mean, that's real.
- I never told him I loved him.
Therefore, we had alternate plans
already set up.
- [Vanessa L] Okay.
- [Nick L] Were you guys given a reason?
Did they explain to you why you didn't go?
[Brittany] Yeah... We were the weakest link.
You know, of course,
they take it seriously,
like, they follow couples that they think
are going to make it to the altar.
And we clearly did not.
So they were right.
[Leo] Spoiler alert.
I was crushed.
Who doesn't want to go to Cabo
with all of your friends,
and you know,
women that you're excited to see,
that you've heard
about all of their fiancés.
But I understood
where they were coming from.
I mean, everybody
takes this really seriously,
and... I completely understood.
It doesn't mean I wasn't sad, though.
[Vanessa L]
Well, a lot of viewers are dying to know
what actually happened in Miami.
And lucky for all of you,
Brittany and Leo have shared
a photo with us.
♪ Show me what you're cooking ♪
♪ Oh, let me see them moves ♪
♪ You got the whole world lookin' ♪
♪ Like a scene out of magic
taking hold of you ♪
[Vanessa L] That's what matters, guys.
Diamonds and Rolexes.
We're here for dreams.
No, but seriously, in all seriousness,
you spoke about
your superpowers, you know,
my hair, my twinkly eyes.
And you finally got that back
and you were able to go to Miami with Leo.
How was that for you?
We had honestly a very good time.
I think a vacation truly is
the make or break in a relationship.
And we did not pass that test,
but we did have so much fun.
We hung out with my best friend a lot.
She's here and she lives in Miami.
She... all my friends love Leo.
I love Leo.
I think that's something no one really
knows is we're very good friends now.
- We talk for hours...
- [Vanessa L] Is this the first time
you've said, "I love Leo"?
- On camera?
- No!
[Nick L] You guys can go to Cabo now.
- Clip it.
- [Nick L] Fire up the jet!
On camera! I truly do love Leo, though,
now, as a person,
we're very, very close.
But traveling together,
you know, there's just some quirks
that you realize you don't...
You're not compatible with
long term or in a romantic way.
For example, he's going to k*ll me,
but he would... Whenever we had a drink,
he would take a sip of my drink.
No matter what it was,
we would have the same Martini
and he would just take a sip of mine.
And I'm like, Leo, you have your own.
But, um...
[Nick L] Why were you taking drinks
out of her drinks?
I don't know,
I can't help myself, I just...
[Vanessa L] Is this something
you know that you do?
I love to share food.
I love to share drinks.
And, you know, I think sometimes
the little things really do add up.
But you knew
after that your time in Miami,
you're like, yeah,
this is not going to work.
Yeah, but also we're such good friends.
Like, it was never, it was like,
we really just realized
that we were better as friends.
And I mean, honestly, we talk about our...
we talk about our own dating lives.
We talk on the phone literally
like an hour a day. It's insane.
Well, are either of you seeing
anyone today?
I am.
- [Vanessa L] Okay.
- That's all I will say. I am.
[Vanessa L] Leo, are you on the market
or are you off the market?
- I'm on the market.
- [Vanessa L] Leo is on the market.
God... Leo, can I say something, man?
I would have loved to have hung out
with you in the men's lounge
for a couple of weeks.
- Yeah.
- Wow. Thanks.
Well, yeah!
- It's great to talk to you, man.
- Likewise, Nick.
[yawns] Oh, man!
Excuse me, guys,
I've had a tough time sleeping lately
No, Alex.
No, this is not you.
- Oh, okay.
- My man, Stephen.
- Hey-o!
- [Vanesa L] Hey!
[Nick L] Sir Sleep-a-lot. Hey!
- What's up?
- [Vanessa L] Sir Sleep-a-lot.
[Nick L] I think we are all dying to know
what exactly was in those...
sleep test results.
[Stephan] Uh, in those
sleep test results?
- Yeah!
- ... I have sleep apnea.
[Nick L] Are you on the CPAP?
No, I got cleared for one
but unfortunately, I haven't.
Stephen, tell us what's...
what was in the text.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, no.
They're pretty, they're pretty juicy.
I don't remember...
I really don't, I deleted them.
[Nick L] So, during a sleep study test...
there were DMs sent...
- Let's get to the thick of this here.
- Okay. So...
For the respect of the individual,
I'm not gonna go too deep into it
because they don't need
to be brought into this.
Well, you shouldn't have done it
on a reality show.
[Stephan] You're absolutely right.
- You're absolutely right.
- [Monica] Yeah, that ship has sailed.
- I take full responsibility for my...
- [Monica] You respect that individual
but you certainly didn't have respect
for me in that moment. So that's funny.
You're absolutely right.
I take full responsibility for my f*ck up.
- Do you?
- Me and Monica event talked about this
off camera, we had a date
two weeks after we talked about it, too,
- to sort of handle the situation.
- It wasn't a date, we went to dinner.
Well, sorry, we met up for dinner.
I apologize. I apologize.
We met up for dinner,
we talked about this.
I even wrote a letter to her parents,
- apologizing for my actions.
- Stephen!
But did you write that letter so that you
could say that to everyone today?
- No, I wrote that...
- [Monica] Wow, really?
I wrote that letter
because I feel bad about the situation.
And it's a mistake
that I now have to live with
[Monica]
I was, I knew you would bring that up.
It's like, as soon as you had
the chance to.
As soon as I got that letter,
I was like,
"He's doing this so that
he can say it at the reunion."
[Stephan] I apologize.
That wasn't my intention,
but if that's how it came off,
I do apologize.
I mean, at the end of the day,
if you can't trust me
then there's nothing I can say
that can change anybody's mind, so.
Nobody's really wanted
to listen to me from the beginning.
- I wanna know.
- [Stephan] I understand that.
I'd love to tell it. But to be honest,
I don't think anybody believes me,
wants to hear, so at the end of the day,
why should I?
Nobody wants to believe me.
Nobody cares about my side of the story.
I acknowledge one hundred percent,
that I messed up.
I've done everything
that I thought I could do.
I talked to my parents,
I asked them what I should do.
I've done what I'm supposed to do.
I've read books, I go to therapy,
I do all these things.
At the end of the day, nobody cares.
No. Because if they did,
we wouldn't be here right now,
having more accusations about
something that we squashed a year ago.
But I understand
that I completely f*cked up.
How much responsibility do I have to take?
I had a moment of weakness,
where somebody texted me,
and they were talking
about a heart condition.
And then immediately after that,
they go into,
"So, I've gotten into
some interesting fetishes lately",
understanding that
this is probably a reaction
or a conversation
that I should not entertain.
I was still curious
how you made this jump.
So I said, "What kind of fetishes?"
And then I entertained that. Yeah.
I entertained that conversation
and I knew I shouldn't.
And then I put my phone down
in the sleep study and I said,
"You know what? I've done this before,
I know where it ends.
This is the man I don't want to be.
But I never deleted it, because to me,
I emotionally conquered a demon
that I've been fighting for a while.
We do have a picture,
he was at a sleep study.
- So, that part is true.
- Yeah.
- This was from that night.
- [Nick L] Yeah.
[Vanessa L] But something that sticks out,
is... Monica in the pods,
I remember, early on,
he spoke about cheating.
He said that I slipped into a girl's DMs.
And your reaction was surprising
in the sense of, "I'm so sorry,
thank you for sharing that."
But it was an interesting,
in hindsight, red flag.
Do you think, looking now
at the situation, that maybe you had
rose-colored glasses
and maybe you ignored some of these signs
because you wanted to be married
and find your person?
Honestly, no, I don't... I don't think so.
I think... Stephen and I's conversation
in the pod was obviously much longer,
much longer than you all get to see.
And that was the first of many of them.
I've dated a lot of cheaters
and not any one, until Stephen had been
honest about an indiscretion.
So I very much appreciated the fact
that he was telling me this
so early into our relationship.
I actually saw it as... a yellow flag,
maybe not like a green flag,
but he was being honest about it
and he said in that conversation
that he'd been in therapy ever since,
it was the biggest mistake he ever made.
He was really, really hard on himself
once he got caught, like,
you know, there was a lot
that he did in terms of trying to do
the work and still doing the work.
And like, I never in a million years,
even though he shared that with me,
that he'd done it before,
he made me feel so safe,
that when I say I never saw it coming,
never in a million years.
So people might watch the show
and think differently.
There were signs there.
Maybe we weren't
going to make it all the way.
We certainly weren't supposed to,
that's for sure.
But I never in a million years
would have thought
he would have emotionally cheated on me.
- Never.
- [Vanessa L] Do you regret it?
Yeah! f*cking of course!
[Vanessa L] Do you still talk
to this woman?
I... I... This is the weird part.
Nobody's going to believe this.
But I only talked to her that one day.
I've never met this girl in person.
This is someone
that I knew through Instagram.
Never met her in person.
Only talked to her that one day.
I know what
it sounds like but that's the truth.
I haven't talked to her since.
[Vanessa L] Monica?
I don't know.
I know that those texts were... very long.
They went a ways back.
You didn't start texting her
that day on Instagram?
No. I've known her for years.
I don't delete my text threads.
And that's the other thing.
I don't delete my text threads.
Monica knew I didn't have
a password on my phone.
I didn't know that!
I didn't know if you
had a password or not.
I don't know if you had a password.
You've been saying that too.
You should have a password on your phone.
I didn't know.
I wasn't sneaking in your phone.
I didn't know if you
had a password or not.
We talked about it in the pods.
My phone, especially in a relationship,
is completely open to my partner because
if I'm doing something wrong,
I deserve to get caught. 100%.
And that's essentially what was happening.
But just stop doing something wrong.
- You're absolutely right.
- [Vanessa L] From sleep tests...
Hey-oh.
...to sleeping while
the in-laws are in town.
Oh, that transition.
A nap landed her in the dog house.
Woof, woof, baby.
Woof, woof.
- Hi, Alex.
- Hi.
- You're looking fly.
- Thank you.
- Cut the hair.
- You know, they always say
whenever women cut their hair,
you cut off all the old energy.
- Correct.
- [Vanessa L] Hi, Tim.
- Howdy.
- You didn't cut your hair.
No, hey.
I'm hanging on to what I got left.
[Nick L] Hey, that's how I feel.
Hey, look. Still in the fight.
So, Alex, all joking aside,
Tim said your argument on the Getaways
was so bad that he almost left early.
Can you shed any more light on
what we didn't get to see on camera?
What you didn't get to see was
a verbal disagreement.
As you saw, I'm very close to my family.
And my dad had been admitted to
a rehab facility a week before I left.
And being three weeks
not talking to them, it...
just kind of weighed in on me
at that moment.
And I just wanted space.
Go to bed, take a shower, go to bed.
That's literally all I wanted to do.
But unfortunately, I wasn't given
the space that I was wanting,
which turned into a disagreement.
Simple as that.
[Nick L] Tim.
First and foremost,
I don't want it to come across
like there's any actual animosity here.
I still wish her the best.
There's a reason
I fell in love with this woman.
And I acknowledge all
the beautiful things about that.
My version of events,
she had left before me the pool party,
so I'm trying to catch her.
But I could tell she's upset.
So in my head,
I'm thinking, okay, this is my fiancé.
I want to be there for her.
So I approach her and say,
hey, are you okay?
What's going on?
We're in this hotel bathroom.
Everything's been good
to this point for me.
And you're crying on the floor,
so I'm trying to be there for you.
I understood that she was upset about
something with her family,
but I'm also trying to understand,
because at the same time,
I'm trying to figure out what's going on.
So it quickly turns contentious
and it got to the point where,
yes, I did feel like
things got out of hand from
a boundary standpoint.
To where, yes, what happened with the hand
being put over my mouth
was put over my mouth.
Yes, I was called something other than
the name that I was given on this earth.
I know the medium that I'm on.
I know that I'm a 225 6-foot black man.
I don't want to get portrayed
as this angry person
to where we are fighting
and squabbling it out on camera
and understanding there's
producers outside the door, etc., etc.
But also, if I'm talking
to someone I love,
y'all hear it in my voice right now.
I can't be quiet.
Ask me...
I won't force my opinion on anybody,
but don't ask me what I think
unless you want to know.
Whatever partner I have in this world,
I'm hoping that
they understand that about me.
I took everything with this process
and how I felt about her
so seriously from the jump
and I don't want it to come across
because things ended how it did
there wasn't something beautiful
about what connected us.
I hate the fact that our worst moment
is the moment everybody wants
to hear about the most.
[Vanessa L] I will say,
I think you are definitely looking at it
in a magnifying glass,
every single one of you.
I know right now it feels like the world
is coming down on you individually.
I know it's hard to see
outside of the box.
Trust me when I tell you I know.
But I think the reason that people do go
to that fight because A, we didn't see it.
So all we can do is speculate.
So thank you for clarifying some of it.
And I will ask you because
I know you were agreeing
and disagreeing with some of
the things he was saying.
But B, it's because
when we watched you in the pods
you did and are so genuine
to the point that you talked so deeply
about things that mattered so much.
Everyone got so invested
and it did feel as if after the Cabo trip,
that was the moment that
it started to unravel, if you will.
If I saw the look on Nick's face
that you had the day in Cabo,
I would have thought he checked out.
People say, okay, I'm checked out.
I'm trying to process, okay,
the person that I have been
and am being clearly is a work.
I've never been in an argument like
that with somebody
I consider myself loving ever in my life.
So let me figure out what it is that
my now fiancé needs out of me,
the version of me that she needs.
Because I am trying to make this work.
I just want to make it very clear.
Nothing on my end
was physically assaulting him.
Yeah, I'll attest to that.
I'll attest to that.
I'm literally put in a position where
I'm trying to prevent production
to come and see this fight,
like this argument that we're having.
And I don't want it to look like
we're in a bad space
or that I don't want cameras to come
and make him look bad.
Simple as that.
I was trying to protect him.
I just wanted to de-escalate
this entire situation
so that we could just go to sleep
and revisit it in the morning.
But now it's turned into
an as*ault thing, which it wasn't.
Clearly, if you did, he would say...
To be clear,
for everyone watching, it was no as*ault.
It wasn't an as*ault, but
I reject you saying that I yelled at you.
My voice carries.
I was asking you what's going on.
Production had to come in
and calm you down.
- No.
- You were very upset.
- I was upset after you touched me.
- You were yelling.
I'm not saying this to be shady.
I was more offended at
being called outside of my name.
What did you call him other than his name?
Well, because he was disrespecting
me for like over an hour.
I said, you're acting like
a little-a*s b*tch.
- And I'm not taking it anymore.
- [Tim] That's crazy. That's crazy.
- That's crazy.
- That's just how it goes.
It's crazy that you...
One, why would you say that
to any grown man
out here trying to love you?
And it was crazy how
you belittled me the way that you did.
Y'all asked men to take you seriously,
and why would you belittle me like that?
So why are you got your finger in my face
and yelling at me
because I don't want to talk to you
because I'm upset about my father?
Had nothing to do with you.
At all.
I literally just wanted to take
a shower and go to bed,
- and that wasn't good enough.
- [Tim] And you didn't say that once.
It's never good enough.
It's always what you want.
But when you want space, it's okay.
But when I wanted space,
it wasn't good enough, right?
Let's remember that.
It's always on your terms, Tim.
Never mine. I never get a word in.
You just talked for
like 10 minutes in circles.
You literally are so long-winded
and only listen to yourself.
I'm literally being berated here.
I'm just trying to speak my truth.
So I can't speak my truth without
apparently yelling at you
and getting called a b*tch.
Come on, man.
What kind of world do we live in
where I can't speak my truth
without getting shouted all over?
...This entire relationship,
which is why you look amazing.
Why are you trying to come for me
when all I'm doing is showing you love?
Why the attitude?
Why? What did I do?
What did I do to you?
Okay.
Well, look, I think it's safe to say that
he felt disrespected in that moment,
and I think another moment we all saw
where you felt disrespected is when
you took a nap when
his parents came to visit.
Looking back on that,
why did you decide to take a nap,
knowing his parents had driven all the way
to see and spend time with you?
And do you regret maybe some of
the ways you handled that day?
So what unfortunately has
been shown is I work so much.
I work in fashion. I bartend.
And that night,
I had to bartend for the first time.
We were with his parents at like
And I had to work at 9 p.m.
at the bar till 3 a.m.
And I simply wanted a nap
after we had lunch.
We talked for, like, 4 or 5 hours.
And I literally just wanted
one hour nap before I go into work.
That's all it was.
It was the only time that I actually
bartended during our entire relationship.
[Nick L] Okay. Well, Tim,
I know I speak for a lot of us who watch
and are on this stage when I say that
one of the most touching moments
in the entire season
was watching
you ask Alex's father for his blessing.
And a lot of us are also having a hard
time understanding how you did that,
but then called it quits a few days later.
The engagement ended because I felt like
the level of respect that I was given
wasn't being given in return.
Every day in this process
feels like a week.
What we bonded over most
was how much we love our family.
The entire time we met, she wanted me
to show her father some respect and love.
And I wanted to respect
and love my fiancé,
so she asked me
and I showed up for her family.
Because I thought this
was going to be my family.
I was trying to give this my all
because I loved this woman.
And I meant that.
I felt like when it was my turn,
it wasn't returned.
And she said
she has to work, which is fine.
I get it. Everybody makes a living.
She didn't mention that
she was in the club
till four in the morning the night before.
She didn't mention that
the day after that,
she didn't text me till ten
in the morning.
And the day I tried to warn her
about her flat tire,
she caught a flat tire even though I
tried to tell her about her tire pressure.
I'm trying to show love all day,
and you wait until the afternoon
to try to speak to me
when you say we always
have to talk on your terms.
I've been waiting all day
to hear from you.
You didn't even let me know
you made it home.
And you're supposed to be my fiancé.
So I'm not even worried
about accountability.
I'm just worried about your safety.
[Vanessa L] Okay. Alex,
you were while he was talking,
shaking your head, looking over.
There's just so many things that have
been said that are bold-faced lies.
First off, the first thing you said,
I was not out the night before.
We went to dinner at
Mi Vida the night before.
The night before we met your dad?
No, before I met your parents.
Before I met your parents,
we went to dinner,
which is what you were just speaking on.
You said I just showed up like nothing.
The night before we met your dad?
Can I speak?
Can I speak?
You're saying I'm lying
and making something up.
Can I speak?
Thank you.
When we went to meet your family,
we went to dinner before that.
And if you see that I look
a little upset, it's because I was.
The night before, when we went to dinner,
which was the same day that
he met my family,
I was asking him, how do you feel?
Where's your head at?
I'm so thankful you read
that beautiful letter to my dad.
It was a very emotional day.
All the things.
And he answered that he had doubts.
I just was kind of taken aback
because I'm just like,
how do you do that whole performance
and then say, I have doubts?
My dad shook your hand and said,
I accept you as my son.
Three hours later, you say, I have doubts.
A day after that,
we're ending an engagement.
Why even get him involved?
You know how much that meant to me.
You already had these doubts.
If you had these doubts,
why did we meet my family?
That's what I had an issue with.
And to sit here and try to be like, oh,
I have so much respect for you,
but you broke up with me
because of allegedly a nap,
or I didn't do the dishes.
The hate that you projected onto me
on that breakup was mind-blowing.
I... It's like I k*lled your dog.
Felt like this was
a situation for you to have an out,
and you took it and ran with it.
Was this relationship real?
Do you have respect for me?
Because I don't feel like you do.
First of all, you wonder why
I don't talk to you,
but you sit here
and call me a b*tch to my face.
You laugh at everything that she says.
You literally have been
laughing at everything she says.
That's disrespectful.
You have no room
to call her disrespectful.
I'm sorry.
She... she is telling... Look, I get it.
This is your version of the truth,
but I feel very attacked.
You're saying that
I didn't do something honestly
when, again, this entire time,
you were asking me
to do everything
I can for your family, so I did it.
I don't feel like I was
getting anything in return.
That entire week, I am telling you,
hey, can we work on this?
Hey, can we work on this?
We can work on this.
I felt like I was
getting nothing in return.
We were still doing work.
You just told me you had doubts
after you played in my dad's face.
- How did I play in his face?
- You played in his face.
You said you wanted to be with me,
and you had doubts the entire time.
- That was a bold lie.
- And then you fell asleep...
You were lying to him and my family.
I'm going to do this
to save both of y'all.
I think it's safe to say since you haven't
spoken in years, sorry to the audience.
I'm sure you want the juice.
I think you guys need to
speak afterwards, privately.
I don't think we do at all.
- [Vanessa L] Then there we have it.
- We haven't spoken at all.
[Tim] Yeah, I don't think so at all.
She said we definitely
have heard both sides,
and I think it seals the deal how
important it is to communicate
and how important it is to be
on the same page,
and I think you guys were just
square peg, round hole, trying.
I understand if you guys
don't ever speak together again,
but maybe this is something
to hash out personally.
Yeah, for sure.
Well, I think it's clear and obvious that
you guys have not spoken
since that day, but Alex,
what have you been up to since that day?
Catch us up on what's
been going on in your life.
Honestly, work
and really honing in on family.
Your love for your family,
as well as your love for your family, Tim,
is definitely known, and it was...
- I love your relationship with your daddy.
- Thank you.
And Tim, obviously we saw a picture of
you and Tyler and Garrett
doing a little fishing.
Did you have a chance to catch up
with any of the other guys?
Yeah, man, the boys have been the boys,
so obviously I didn't find a wife
through this process, but man,
the brotherhood
amongst the entire cast is a bond.
It's real, so it's been really nice to
just be able to text to Bohdi,
let's watch a football game,
let's hit up Ty, let's you know.
Ladies, what about you?
Do you guys keep in touch with each other?
I mean, I know three of you, obviously.
Girls trips.
- [Nick L] Yeah?
- [Vanessa L] Really?
What was the girls trip you guys took?
It was Deep Creek.
There was a few of us, like six
or seven of us went to Deep Creek.
Alex drove a boat.
Yeah, I got my boat license.
[laughing]
Alright, well some of
our former participants
definitely know what it's like
to go through this journey
and then to come out on the other side
stronger and happier than ever,
and I am talking specifically
about you, girl, Jessica,
one of our favorite brides
from season one.
[applause]
[Nick L] Jessica, great to see you.
Thank you so much for being here.
Introduce us to your husband, please.
This is my amazing husband
and partner in life, Ben.
- Hi, Ben.
- What's up, Ben?
So how'd you guys meet?
A girlfriend of mine
was managing my Instagram,
and he slid into the DMs,
and then we met out one night,
everything went really well.
The next day, LA shut down for COVID,
so we became a quintessential
COVID relationship.
We spent all of our time together,
and dad, er, dad.
Ben is, when I met him,
was an amazing single dad,
and so I got to know his kiddos during
that time,
and we all formed
a really great family bond,
and then in 2022, we got married.
That's awesome.
Congratulations.
We actually have a video clip
from both of your wedding day.
We're going to take a look right now,
and afterwards,
we're going to be joined by
a very special guest.
♪ I see the sun is shining ♪
♪ I see the sunshine when
I'm by your side ♪
♪ Hey, no I can't wait to see you ♪
♪ Hey, and after all that
I've been through ♪
♪ I don't wanna [indistinct]
if I'm not by your side ♪
♪ Hey, we [indistinct] ♪
♪ Hey, you tell me you're gonna stay ♪
♪ I don't wanna [indistinct]
if I'm not by your side ♪
[applause]
So this is little Dax.
- This is Dax.
- [Vanessa L] Dax, what's up, man?
Low five. Check. Check.
High five.
Yeah!
- Oh, people.
- Yeah, lots of people.
He's just the sweetest.
We're so happy for you guys.
Congratulations.
[Nick L] He's good.
He's handsome.
I love dressing
the littles as, like, little men.
Like, the suits, all the things.
- Well, thank you so much for bringing...
- [Dax giggling]
- [Vanessa L] Bye, Dax!
- [Nick L] See you, Dax!
- Thanks for having us.
- Ben's on Dad duty.
Thank you so much.
It's really great to see, like,
the full circle moment.
Again, AD's in
the front like, no, I'm sick.
We know that the connections formed in
the pods don't work out for everyone,
but we love keeping you all in the family,
and we've spoken to AD earlier,
so I wanna talk to Marshall and Nancy.
Hey, guys.
- Hello.
- Welcome back!
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
[Vanessa L] We got our OGs.
Oh, boy.
We'll start with ladies first.
Nancy, what's going on with you?
How have you been?
How's life?
What I've been up to in life,
so I moved to the best city in the world.
I moved to New York City,
and I think what was so great is that
for the first time in my life as an adult,
I made a decision to move to
a city that was for me,
not for a job,
not for a relationship, not for school.
It was, where do I wanna go?
And that was a big part of my learning
and my discovery, and I met my partner.
He is here.
He's being shy.
Well, congratulations.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
And Marshall,
what's been going on in your world, man?
Things have been going great.
Actually, I relocated to Los Angeles.
I'm living here now,
so sorry, Zack and Bliss.
I'm no longer in Seattle.
And I am single.
I am chasing my mountaintop,
doing the things that I need to do as a,
I often say this as a man, but as a human,
as an adult, and things are going great.
I can't complain.
Well, thank you for coming
and spending the night with us.
- Absolutely.
- One of our favorite parts
about each season is meeting the families.
You guys are so brave,
and you're so incredible for sitting here
through all of this.
I would love to get
into your brain right now.
- Taylor's parents, Fong and Tom, welcome!
- [Nick L] Hey, guys.
How was it being able to see firsthand
their love story kind of unfold?
It was exciting and very touching
that they found each other and...
[clearing throat] ...very happy.
Very happy that they found
each other and they're in love.
It wasn't the way we scripted it.
Thank you, Netflix, because all the money
I had saved for that grandiose wedding.
- Ey!
- Netflix!
Has Garrett taken
you fishing yet, though, Tom?
Am I going to start something right now?
No, but we've had
a couple golfing experiences.
I love the term experience.
Don't forget to yell fore
I know that this was
a big thing for you guys,
was where you were going to live,
and you talked about San Diego a lot.
Where are you today on
that transition as a married couple?
Right now we're living in Fredericksburg.
That's where we've been for the past year.
Now we're looking at ironically enough,
moving to D.C.
because we spent a lot of
time in San Diego
and a lot of time abroad.
Taylor and I
went through some moments where,
as you saw on the show,
it was very difficult for me to
be away from my family
and friends and to process that.
I wanted to give that to Taylor
so bad and so we tried.
We spent a lot of time away, but it was
very difficult for me to go through that.
I ended up sharing that with Taylor.
It was difficult.
And so, her being
an incredibly understanding
and patient wife that she is,
we talked about it
and she agreed maybe
we'd do something a bit more neutral
grounds, something closer to home.
D.C. seemed like the next natural fit.
We're excited about starting a life
there together and seeing where it goes.
I'd lived in D.C. for five years and
the show had approached me
and I was ready to go home.
I figured,
this will be my last hurrah, why not?
You can clearly see
how amazing my parents are
and how I was ready to be by them, but...
when you get married you become a unit.
I love you guys so much and
I don't know what the future has, but...
home is with Garrett.
And so, I'm excited to figure out
this next chapter with you.
- [Nick L] Wow.
- I'm getting all choked up up here.
Me and A.D. right now.
Garrett, you mentioned that you guys have
been doing a lot of traveling
in this first year of marriage.
I think we have some footage of that.
Let's take a look.
♪ You're my honey ♪
♪ My sunrise ♪
♪ My sumemr ♪
♪ Here forever ♪
♪ From the start to the end ♪
- Hello, love.
- Hello, love.
'Bout time for a tea and crumpet, then?
[speaking indistinctly]
♪ Oh, you and I ♪
- Cherry blossoms.
- [Vanessa L] Yes!
[applause]
[Nick L] I'm glad you cut
that 'stache off.
Well, see, okay, Tyler just said,
I'm glad you cut that 'stache off.
So, let's talk about
the glow up of Garrett.
You're going viral on the internet
right now with the hair,
with the 5 o'clock shadow,
you modeled in Fashion Week.
Is this the wifey effect
or is this all you?
This is all Garrett for sure,
but I saw the potential first.
And I've always thought that
you were very sexy.
This is all you. You were just like,
I'm going to grow out my hair.
I've always had
a latent interest in fashion.
I think we all have lots
of different latent interests.
And being married to a very fashionable
and beautiful woman,
I don't know, it just felt like
I finally found somebody worth
looking good for,
worth paying attention to my looks.
And so, she opened up that door for me.
And we're running with it.
It sounds like
the move to D.C. is imminent,
but aside from that move,
what else is next for you guys?
What's on the horizon?
I'm going to follow him
on Instagram, I think.
You'll like it.
There's a lot of good stuff on there.
- And a vacation.
- And a vacation, yeah.
Well, I think for us,
we are people that are very rigid
and want to plan everything,
but when we let the universe open up,
we found each other, which has been
the best adventure of them all.
I think next for us is just being open
to everything and anything.
Spending more time with friends and family
now that we're a bi-coastal couple
is also a top priority for us.
I'm extremely restless when I don't know
the answer to something,
and I think I spent a lot of
the beginning of our marriage
trying to know where we're going,
what's going to happen,
and it was not easy or fun,
but once I just decided to just let go
and let us be us
and take one step at a time,
I really fell into this
and I'm really happy.
You went onto the show
without knowing the answer.
And look it led both you guys.
Well, congratulations as one of
our married couples this season.
We both look forward
to seeing you on the other side
in one of our next reunions, but I do want
to go back to our other married couple.
You guys mentioned
in Cabo a tattoo, right?
We kind of glazed over that.
No, we haven't talked about it.
I haven't got her name tattooed on me, but
I'm not opposed to it still to this day.
I'm glad they brought that up.
[laughing]
- You forgot about that part?
- I told you about that.
I got some space for it.
We'll talk about it.
Would you really? Still on the chest?
You guys talked a lot about wanting to
start your own holiday tradition,
so with the holidays coming up,
what do you guys got planned?
What do we got in store?
- We had our first ornament that we had.
- Yeah.
What else did we do?
We went to a cabin.
You know, one of those
little mini getaway cabins.
We did that.
We're going to create
a new ornament every year.
We had one last year.
We'll do one next year.
Then we'll split up with the families.
Last year we were with
Ashley's family, which, love them.
Took me in like I was one of their own.
Had a great time.
I think this year we'll split
between Pittsburgh and Maryland.
We have some great footage of you guys in
your last year of marriage,
so let's take a look at that.
This is Ashley and Tyler.
♪ Feeling good, like I should... ♪
[indistinct]
Feeling crazy.
♪ I gotta be me ♪
♪ I gotta be me ♪
This is our matching
Christmas pajama, Christmas-y vibe.
Him over here in his matching pajamas.
And Cobes.
Cobes, look. Look.
♪ I gotta be me ♪
♪ I gotta be me ♪
- [Nick L] A lot of kissing.
- [Vanessa L] Yay!
- Love it!
- Congratulations again.
I love seeing that. Love it.
Guys, every season we fall in love
with a new group of hopeful singles
and find so much happiness in watching
the married couples thrive
from what they discovered
through this experiment.
This Valentine's Day 2025 will mark
the five-year anniversary of
the premiere of Love is Blind,
and it is going to be
the launch of Season 8,
which takes place in Minneapolis!
Here to kick off
that season of celebration,
we have three of the Season 8
participants in the audience here.
Can you guys wave?
- Hey.
- What's up?
Hi, Alex.
Oh, we got a shock over there.
I can't see.
- Brittany. Hey, girl.
- Hey.
[Vanessa L] How are you? And Joey!
- What's up?
- [Nick L] How's it going?
[Vanessa L] Again from Minneapolis.
Alex, can you wave to everybody?
- Hi.
- [Vanessa] How are you?
I'm good!
Without giving too much away,
what was it about living in Minneapolis
that was having you struggle with
finding the one
that made you finally say,
I'm gonna go on Love is Blind?
I personally just prioritized
other things in my life
and work and friends and travel.
It's such a small community.
It's not like a major city,
but it's also not a small town, so...
you kind of see
the same people over and over,
and it's a small bar scene, so yeah,
I just never found the right person that
clicked for me,
but I'm excited to be here.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
to really learn about who you are,
how you communicate,
and how well you work in a relationship,
and I know I've taken a lot of those
lessons into my marriage
and just into life itself,
so I would say just jump in
and be yourself and good luck.
[Alex] We'll see.
I'm not gonna let it go.
It's time to wrap it up.
Right, Marissa?
Right, Ramses? No?
Okay, anyways, I want to thank so much
our Season 7 cast for being here,
being open, being vulnerable, being true.
I want to thank our parents for coming.
Thank you for spending the time with us.
Minneapolis Season 8 for coming.
Our OGs, we always love you.
You're family for life.
And thank you to everyone watching.
Yet another memorable journey.
And once again,
thank you to the Washington D.C. crew
for taking this leap
and opening your hearts to us all.
- Thank you guys so much.
- Good night, everybody.
[Nick L] Good job, guys.
[applause]
Does anybody have a toast?
Where's Leo?
I'm so sorry, Leo,
I think you need to take a sip out of
Brittany's drink first, right?
- Oh.
- [laughing]
All right, here we go.
At the reunion, we'll all have some fun.
To Love is Blind.
We've all had our time.
Cheers, everybody.
[all] Cheers!
[cheers and applause]
Thank you so much for coming.
Good night.
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07x13 - The Reunion
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Series follows fifteen men and fifteen women, all from the same metropolitan area, hoping to find love.
Series follows fifteen men and fifteen women, all from the same metropolitan area, hoping to find love.