Falling Back in Love Again After 9 Years
Warning: Major Love Is Blind spoilers alee! Stop reading here if you don't want to know what happens in season 2.
Netflix'south dating "experiment" Love Is Blind returned two years later with a shocking 2nd season that brought all the drama, tears, and, of course, the pods!
In the flavor 2 finale, each of the remaining engaged couples met at the chantry to either say "I practise" or publicly end their relationship in front of a room full of family and friends. ICYMI, only two couples really got married, just that doesn't mean some of the others didn't get back together.
If you're annihilation like me, you've been stalking the Honey Is Blind cast's Instagrams relentlessly to figure out what each of the couples is upward to now. Have Deepti and Shake rekindled? What about Kyle and Shaina? And how'southward everyone from season 1 doing, anyway?
The second Honey Is Blind reunion answered some of those questions, certain, merely sources close to the show also spoke to Women'southward Health exclusively almost all your favorite on-screen couples and shared which relationships lasted IRL.
Hither's everything you need to know most who stayed together, who remained friends, and who will probably never speak again:
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Danielle Ruhl and Nick Thompson
Danielle and Nick seemed nearly made for each other in the pods, simply they hit a few rough patches in Mexico. Even after their fair share of disagreements, this pair successfully tied the knot in an adorable wedding ceremony anniversary.
Today, they're still together, and they're working on growing their relationship in couples therapy. "I recall the biggest challenge for us was losing the construction of the show," Nick shared with Us Weekly. "We rapidly realized similar, 'Hey, ii months ago, we weren't married, we were unmarried. Since then, nosotros've met and married, we take friends, we accept family unit, everybody—some people know, some people don't.'
"And then, information technology'due south like, 'How do yous navigate these waters and how do you go from doing whatever yous want two months agone to, similar, being function of a family?'"
"The couple therapist literally was like, 'Danielle, you speak French. He speaks German. And when you lot're talking to each other, information technology doesn't translate. And information technology takes months, years sometimes, to be able to really communicate with each other,'" Danielle explained.
Merely off-camera, these two are happier than ever. "I only can't look for people to see the human relationship that we take now," Danielle added. As for the Rock Band set (and those food-themed costumes)? "The Rock Band prepare'southward here, the costumes are hither. He wears the costumes more than than I exercise," she said. "Nosotros figured it all out. Compromise, compromise."
Mallory Zapata and Salvador Perez
Mal and Sal rapidly bonded on the show, and not even a love triangle could stop these two from getting engaged. As the season went on, beautiful picnic dates (and Sal's ukulele) helped them build a deep connection.
During the finale, Sal seemed similar he was getting cold feet before the wedding. "I still feel undecided," he said. "But I know that when I'thousand there and I get to hold Mallory'southward hands and simply vocalism how I feel, it'll all exist okay."
At the chantry, Mal was ready to get hitched—but Sal couldn't say "I do." "I feel like I simply need more time," he explained to Mallory, who replied, "it'south okay."
So, where are they today? "Mallory and I went on a date" after filming ended, Sal told Folio 6, "and we felt like we had talked about everything, we felt similar we had experienced everything we needed to." He added, "at the end of the day, information technology just wasn't there. We respectfully were very civil about it and just parted means."
"Since then, we've just checked in on each other and I wish her the best, and I have my respect for her, yous know, and everything like that. We tried, nosotros were vulnerable with each other and that'southward all we can actually exercise," he connected, per United states of america Weekly.
Now, Sal has jumped back into the dating scene. "I have been using everything I've learned from this experience and I'm focusing on my self-dear, too," he said. "But I am talking to somebody."
Every bit for Mal, there's no sign of a new human relationship on her Instagram (yet).
Natalie Lee and Shayne Jansen
Natalie and Shayne had their fair share of ups and downs this season. Subsequently Shayne picked Natalie over Shaina in the pods, the two bickered over everything from which side of the bed to sleep on to different ways of showing affection for each other. And, the night before their wedding was a disaster, with Shayne calling Natalie the "worst thing" that'south ever happened to him.
The side by side day, while Shayne was all in, Natalie said she couldn't marry him. "I'm and then glad that we shared this journey together. I think nosotros've grown a lot, every bit two people who have fallen in love. I know I've grown a lot because of you," she explained. "I'm really pitiful, Shayne. I still beloved you lot and you lot're withal my best friend, but like, we have really big issues to sort through."
Later, in a confessional scene, Natalie added, "before our fight, I was 100 percentage sure I was going to ally him today. Similar, today would have looked and then unlike, only proverb that yous detest someone, telling someone you lot're the worst thing that'south ever happened to them, those [words] cannot be unintentionally said."
On his part, Shayne said "however love her. Withal recall she'south a good person. Simply yous think I'grand actually going to f---ing come dorsum to you after that kind of stuff again?"
Mail service-filming, Natalie and Shayne did give their relationship another shot. "A calendar week after our hymeneals, we started dating again," Natalie told People. "Maybe it's not dating—we continued our date over again. We were together for several months."
"We ended information technology pretty amicably and we are friends right now," she explained to Page Six. "I wish him all the best." The pair did accomplish out to each other once again afterwards the show dropped on Netflix, but Natalie says they're just too different for a relationship to work.
As for Shayne, he wrote on Instagram that "Shaina and I are cordial and have hung out in group gatherings with the cast (with Natalie), but we have never had nor will ever have a romantic relationship. I wish her all the best."
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Shaina Hurley and Kyle Abrams
Shaina and Kyle got engaged despite a few primal differences, including their thoughts on religion. But things got messy when Shaina left Mexico without telling Kyle and then admitted she still had feelings for Shayne (yikes).
Kyle has since revealed that he and Shaina "went home together" afterward filming. They fifty-fifty "went on a date off-camera" to requite each other a 2nd take chances. Only the pair accept since gone their separate ways.
"We don't really talk. We don't communicate," Kyle told Us Weekly. "In that location'south goose egg left. I mean, nosotros're not friends or anything. She doesn't come out much. That ship has sailed."
Meanwhile, an insider revealed that Shaina recently got engaged to contractor Chris Lardakis: "Shaina is engaged. She's been dating Christos for almost a year and this is the happiest I've ever seen her," they told People. "He has stood past her side through all of the Love Is Blind drama and has been her steady in the storm."
The annunciation comes just 24 hours subsequently Shaina and Chris became Instagram official. "My ride or dice forever ♾ ❤️🔥 ✞," Shaina captioned photos of them together in Greece. Congrats to the happy couple!
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And, Kyle is rumored to exist dating his Honey Is Bullheaded co-star Deepti Vempati. "Kyle and I, nosotros are figuring it out," she told Elite Daily. "Not a lot of people know that nosotros had a actually stiff connection in the pods."
Deepti Vempati and Abhishek 'Shake' Chatterjee
Despite all odds, Deeps and Milkshake got engaged in the pods and shared a serious sense of adventure in United mexican states. However, on the day of their wedding, Deepti decided to plough Shake down.
"I hope you know how much you mean to me and the impact yous've fabricated on my life, only no, I cannot marry you," she told him. "I deserve somebody who knows for sure. So I'chiliad choosing myself and I'm going to say no."
Later, Deepti said she knew that Shake was "not the ane." "If he was, he'd make me feel like I was the one and he never did that," she added. Meanwhile, Milkshake said he was "upset" with Deepti'south determination, only he wanted to rekindle their friendship in the time to come.
So, have they reconnected? "No," Deepti confirmed to Women'southward Health. "We're happy. I call back it was the right decision for us."
Later on watching the testify, Deepti explained that "some of the things he said were but completely disrespectful, even to a friend," per Page Vi. "So, yeah, it'south been tough watching it dorsum merely I'chiliad trying to put it in the by and just motion frontwards."
A few days earlier the reunion aired, Shake said in an Instagram video that "one matter I don't feel inclined to exercise is pretend I'thou sad or sorry near certain things—sure things that were out of my control, certain things that I can't necessarily even speak about."
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"I'k just non going to exercise that. I'm not sad."
Currently, Deepti is rumored to exist dating Kyle. Cohost Vanessa Lachey fully supports their potentially rekindled romance: "It's just actually cute," she told Us Weekly. "The foundation is the emotional connection and [Deepti] did accept a connection with [Kyle]. And and then you add in the layers of the physical earth and … your families, your friends, your jobs, your groundwork and that actually worked in their favor."
Iyanna McNeely and Jarrette Jones
Iyanna and Jarrette may non accept seemed perfect for each other at offset (after all, she was his second choice in the pods), but Mexico quickly proved otherwise. While Jarrette still had feelings for Mallory, his connection to Iyanna simply grew stronger.
Right before their ceremony, Iyanna explained that trusting Jarrette to change his bachelor ways required a "very, very large leap of faith." Fifty-fifty so, she and Jarrette successfully swapped vows and walked away from the finale married.
Today, "nosotros are still happily married," Iyanna told Women's Health.
"Information technology definitely feels skilful that we were able to navigate this journey together," Jarrette shared with Page Six. "I think the biggest claiming that we've worked on is just integrating our lives together equally ane."
"Nosotros were two individuals who are completely, for the near part, opposite . . . with her being an introvert, and me being an extrovert," he added. "I think that's something we're constantly going to go along to work on."
Iyanna also revealed that she reached out to Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton from season 1. "[I asked], 'How do we survive this?' because I knew it was probably going to exist overwhelming," she said. "Cameron was able to offer quite a flake of advice. He was so helpful and really put me at ease." Y'all honey to see information technology!
Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton
Lauren and Cameron were by far the easiest couple to stan. And if y'all didn't shed a tear during their wedding vows, were y'all fifty-fifty watching the first season of Love Is Blind? They recently celebrated their third wedding anniversary on Nov. xvi, and they're all the same going strong.
Lauren shared an adorable tribute on Instagram: "A dearest story I could have but dreamed of… not perfect but perfect for me! ❤️ Thanks to 3 years of Beloved, marriage and happiness 😘💍❤️ United states against the world forever 👩🏾❤️👨🏻 Happy ceremony baby!"
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"They're just adorable," a source shut to the show told Women'southward Health of the happily-married couple. And although Lauren'south parents were skeptical up until the wedding, they've reportedly come up around in the years since. "Their families love them. They're beautiful humans. And they're truly the essence of Love is Blind," the source added.
And it seems coupons are the key to their lasting dear. "If you want to go on your marriage fresh, ladies and gents, brand a little honey coupon book," Lauren told People.
There were also talks almost a Lauren and Cameron spinoff bear witness. "At that place's definitely discussions," the source said. Production was reportedly looking at like shows for inspiration. In the concurrently, the couple hosts their own Youtube serial, Hangin' With the Hamiltons.
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"In this aqueduct nosotros are going to talk about everything in our lives, the different elements that make them upwards," Cameron says in the couple's intro video. "Whether it'due south our family, our friends, dinner, drinks, cocktails, y'all know what I'k talking about."
They'll also be including their canis familiaris, Sparks, in the episodes, likewise equally addressing tougher topics like the challenges of beingness in an interracial marriage. "Nosotros're just going to talk nearly it from our realest perspective," Cameron explains.
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Recently, Lauren said that she and Cameron are thinking about starting a family: "I'k not pregnant, allow me preface by saying, even so, we do accept a footling fur babe," she told Us Weekly last April. "So, he's our child for now and our work is our child."
Bister Thruway and Matt Barnett
Despite having cold feet on their wedding day, both Bister and Matt (a.k.a. Barnett) chose to say "I do." But how did these 2 brand out IRL?
According to the source, they're still together and very happily married. "Although they did have a cursory moment—non and so much a breakup—merely a moment where they were like 'Should we really be married? Is this going the right fashion?'"
But the two managed to work things out, and Amber has reportedly inverse her terminal proper noun to Barnett.
Amber recently marked their third wedding anniversary with an adorable video on Instagram. She wrote, "just seriously, Happy Ceremony to my Love @barnettisblind . This 3rd year was definitely overjoyed, and judging by the pics I'd say we've got this kissing thing down pat! If it's cool with you though I'd like to keep practicing 😘."
The ii look more in love than ever lately and post tons of snaps from their adventures on their Instagrams. A recent pic shows them on a double appointment with Lauren and Cameron at Universal Studios Hollywood (aw!).
Jessica Batten and Mark Cuevas
Have you lot ever seen the movie He'southward But Not That Into Yous? Conspicuously, Mark hasn't. His relationship with Jessica was off the entire show, from the pods to the day he (and only he) said, "I do."
"He was ever far more than committed to her than she ever was to him," the Love Is Blind source told Women's Health, which is obviously true having watched the finale. Co-ordinate to the source, Jessica "really struggled with the Barnett storyline."
But since filming, both Jessica and Mark bounced back with new Instagram official relationships.
Jessica and her partner, Benjamin McGrath, MD, just got engaged in September. "I don't recall it has quite sunk in, just I'm definitely floating somewhere on cloud nine," Jessica told People at the time. "It'south been really, really heady!" FYI, McGrath is a foot and talocrural joint surgeon every bit well equally a dad, according to his Instagram bio.
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Mark, on the other mitt, has been on a human relationship whirlwind since the show ended. According to People, he was dating Lauren "LC" Chamblin, another bandage member from Love Is Blind, in May and June 2020. Simply the ii broke information technology off when Mark was caught adulterous through a Reddit post LC plant titled, "My shut friend's co-worker is dating Mark!!"
Jessica responded to an Eastward! News Instagram mail about Mark's relationship with LC, responding to a commenter that Marker has a history of cheating. "Marking was sleeping with multiple women at the studio he trained at during the show. Maybe testify those interviews with his workers adjacent time @Netflix," one commenter wrote. Jessica hopped in to respond, "Wow. News to me. I but knew about ane."
But since the adulterous scandal, Marking announced he was dating a new girlfriend, Aubrey Rainey. And apparently, things are going well between the couple: The 2 got engaged in Nov. 2022 and they just welcomed their second son, Axton, on Feb. iii, 2022.
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The pair also have a YouTube channel together chosen Communicable up with The Cuevas', in case you're curious.
Kelly Chase and Kenny Barnes
Surprise, surprise—one of the most stable couples throughout the entire bear witness didn't really end upwards together (😱). If you've seen the final episode, so you know Kenny said yes to forever and Kelly said no, leaving him stranded at the altar to give a beautiful, nevertheless bad-mannered, speech to his family unit and friends.
Merely according to the former couple, they never *actually* planned on getting married. In an interview with ET, Kelly and Kenny said they mutually decided to say "I don't" before the wedding. "What's not shown is that she and I had conversations multiple times," Kenny said, noting that cameras were there. Those conversations merely never made it onto the testify (hmmm...).
"We were adamantly not going to get married. That was never something that we were going to exercise," Kenny explained. He added that the two actually viewed the whole feel as an "experiment," and they were "simply doing the all-time to follow along with it."
Since so, both Kenny and Kelly take moved on. In fact, Kenny recently celebrated his engagement to his new fiancée on Instagram. He posted a snap from their hymeneals shower with the caption, "Yet overwhelmed by the love & support from our friends & family. We had a boom at our shower and cannot wait to gloat altogether in 2022!"
The pair are planning to become married this April.
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Dissimilar Kenny and Kelly'southward romance, Kenny and his new beau didn't meet through reality television set, but rather the old-fashioned way—through a common friend. Or in this case, Kenny's sister, per People.
The ii had been dating a little over a year before the proposal, and Kenny told People he knew she was the one after a summer trip to Lake Gaston. "Nosotros talked for at least half-dozen hours and ended upwardly falling asleep on the couch upstairs. It was so that I knew we were on the same folio and that nosotros were meant to exist." Congrats, Kenny!
Equally for Kelly, information technology looks like she'southward single right at present and focusing on herself and her career equally a mindset coach.
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Giannina Gibelli (Gigi) and Damian Powers
Tbh, Gigi and Damian'southward relationship was super volatile throughout the flavour (they may have even given The Bachelor's Peter and Victoria F. a run for their money...). But according to the show's source, everyone close to the show assumed they'd both say yep on their hymeneals day. Instead, Damian told Gigi she wasn't "all in" during virtually of their relationship, and the two concluded it on camera.
Apparently, things changed after the finale. "Once the cameras went abroad, they ended up regrouping and talking and [now] they're like 'We love each other; we just don't need to be married right away,'" the source said. A twelvemonth and half afterward the bear witness originally filmed, Gigi and Damian were reportedly dating once again. The couple confirmed this on the reunion episode.
And according to an interview with ET, the couple only stayed cleaved upwardly for a few hours(!!). "Afterward the hymeneals, I felt like we weren't washed. There was all the same some unfinished business. So I reached out to him a couple hours later," Gigi said. "I was just similar 'I need to know what happened.'"
Merely in 2021, the two officially dissever (for good, this time). "Information technology was a lot to process and it was a very long breakdown," Gigi told Entertainment This evening back in Baronial.
Now, Gigi is dating Bachelorette alum Blake Horstmann, People confirmed. "They're taking things slow," a source said. "But [they] seem really happy together." Oh, and she's currently rocking brunette locks:
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Every bit for Damian, he and Too Hot To Handle star Francesca Farago were apparently together for a short time. After Damian brought Francesca every bit his date to the Love Is Blind reunion, Francesca later said they were "getting to know each other slowly," per U.s. Weekly. Since so, the ii have denied all dating rumors, and Damian seems to be living the single life over on his Instagram.
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Carlton Morton and Diamond Jack
Carlton and Diamond's breakdown was tragic. These 2 didn't get in past Mexico after Carlton revealed to Diamond that he was bisexual and had previously been in relationships with men. Eventually, everything came to a head with ane explosive fight filled with every four-letter word you lot can imagine.
The two oasis't washed much talking after the show. Just the source said that they recently suggested that they both start speaking again, considering that the show would debut soon and they might have to do interviews together. "So they're talking now, and they're cordial and friendly, which is really nice," the source said.
Yet, the reunion episode left fans confused about whether or not the couple was giving their relationship another shot when Carlton got down on one knee joint to advise friendship (???) to his ex-fiancé — with his original date ring.
"I want to get downwards on one knee and just apologize again at middle level," Carlton told Diamond at the time. "And I promise that you take this band again as a significant piece of our friendship and the start of something beautiful without any type of program."
"I do take your apology, and I forgive y'all," Diamond replied.
While the ex-couple seemed to patch things up at the reunion and even seemed to be open to the possibility of rekindling their romantic human relationship, Diamond and Carlton are currently not in affect. "They are no longer speaking and, at this moment in fourth dimension, aren't even cordial," a friend of the ex-couple told Women's Health.
At present, Carlton seems to be happily single. According to his Instagram, he has "large things coming!" and tin can't wait to watch Love Is Blind season 2 (which, same).
Diamond is also currently single. But both Diamond and Carlton spoke to Women'south Health for Pride month to reverberate on the now infamous fight—detailing what coming out or having someone come up out to you lot on television was really similar, how to be a better marry, and what both of them would have done differently.
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