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The "Love Is Blind" Reunion Was a Hot Mess…Here’s What You Missed

cobrit769 avril 17, 2023


Season four of Netflix’s cult-favorite reality dating show has come to a close, not without plenty of drama through. From a very late live reunion to castmates taking jabs at one another, there’s a lot to cover from last night’s escapades.

But first, let’s discuss the finale, AKA the weddings. As you may or may not know, the final episode of season four aired last Friday, revealing which of the four remaining couples tied the knot. Fan-favorites Tiffany Pennywell and Brett Brown (which have since been elected into the LIB Hall of Fame) followed through with the wedding, despite a near-disastrous seamstress mishap with Brett’s pants. Bliss Poureetezadi and Zack Goytowski also got married, and danced to Lee Ann Womack's “I Hope You Dance,” the song they bonded over in the pods. To many fans’ surprise, Kwame Appiah and Chelsea Griffin wed while Micah Lussier and Paul Peden broke up, with Paul dumping Micah at the altar.

Whew. There’s a lot more to unpack here. Let’s start with Paul and Micah, whose wedding day sparked the greatest social media response. To seemingly no one’s surprise, Micah’s IRL “BFFs” (heavy emphasis on the air quotes) were ecstatic when their best friend was dumped by her fiancé, taking their time to follow and console Micah after she ran back down the aisle. Further controversy sparked as Paul left Micah in her bridal suite, post-break up, and ran his hand down one of Micah’s bridesmaid’s dress. The bridesmaid smiled, acknowledging his touch.


This wasn’t the end of the wedding controversy. Fans were shocked – and I mean truly shocked – that Kwame followed through with the marriage to Chelsea. Throughout the show, and through video resurfacing of Kwame auditioning for other Netflix shows, fans noticed that he doesn’t seem interested in Chelsea…at least not nearly as interested as she is in him.





And the couple is still married, despite expectations of their separation.

Now that we have all of our bases covered, let’s jump into the “live” reunion, which was absolutely saturated with technical difficulties. It was so bad, the reunion aired over an hour later than it’s scheduled time — even then the audio glitched throughout. And considering a majority of LIB fans are also Succession fans, most of the audience jumped over to HBO at 9 p.m. EST.






Despite this, the reunion still went on, and there’s plenty for us to mention.

Let’s start with some happy news. All of the married couples are still together, and seemingly happy!

Tiffany and Brett received little air time, likely due to their relatively uncomplicated love story and drama-free life. Regardless, we’re totally #TeamTiffanyandBrett and cannot wait to see how their life unfolds together.


Much to fans’ dismay, Kwame and Chelsea received more attention.



We were happy to see Bliss and Zack still very much in love, and they truly seem perfect for one another.


As the reunion continued, one of the several fan-proclaimed “villains” of the season, Irina Solomonova, joined her fellow cast on stage, and let’s just say she wasn’t well received. Irina, who broke up with Zack after accepting his engagement in the pods, was also pod-besties with Micah, and they were quick to tear down other women during the experiment.

Both Zack and Bliss were not happy to see her return, and they had a lot to say.

"You did a lot of things, um, that hurt a lot of people, including me, and I mean, you only see 10 percent of it on the camera. There was so much stuff that happened that was just unbelievable," Zack began. "If we're real, you went on this show to get famous," he added as the audience erupted in applause.

Bliss also confronted Irina, citing Irina’s unkind message she sent her way about Zack and overall mockery of her in the pods..


While we’re on the topic of villains, let’s break down Jackie Bonds. Jackie was engaged to Marshall Glaze, but their rocky relationship came to a tipping point after an argument about their sex life dominated the show. Jackie was quick to write off Marshall, instead redirecting her focus to former love interest and castmate Josh Demas before breaking things off with Marshall. Josh and Jackie made things official, all while she was supposed to be at her wedding dress fitting, and she proceeded to end her relationship with Marshall and refused to return the ring.

Since the end of their relationship, text messages in which Jackie called Marshall a series of homophobic slurs and discussed an ongoing STI came out. Josh and Jackie are still together, and the public is not a fan. Both did not show up to the reunion.



Now onto our final ex-couple, Paul and Micah. Considering they were the only pair to make it to the finale and not get married, things were already contentious before the reunion even began.

First off, Paul addressed the bridesmaid cheating allegations, calling the rumors "absurd" and explaining he was gesturing to the woman that he was trying to get past.

"To imply that it was anything more than me just gesturing acknowledging that I was squeezing past her kind of bumped into her shoulder is literally absurd,” he said. “I literally just [was] walking out of the door and gesturing just like, hey, sorry, I bumped into you.”

I guess that clears it up then. Co-host Vanessa Lachey quickly shifted gears, and fans were not happy with her approach to interviewing Paul. What was meant to be an open discussion quickly descended into a near-attack, as Vanessa “interrogated” Paul. Rather than an unbiased interview format, Vanessa seemed to interrogate Paul on “key inflammatory points” due to a personal bias against him. This jarring and abrasive approach was not well-received, prompting Zack to defend Paul on-air, with viewers and Paul speaking out following the reunion’s conclusion.







We need at least six months off before the next season – BRB while we go process it all.

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Photo Courtesy of Netflix

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