The answer to the question of whether love is really blind may vary depending on which “Love Is Blind” contestant you ask. However, there seems to be consistency in cast members’ memories of their time ‘in the pod’ as being better or easier than life in the real world.
The hugely popular Netflix series partly earned its reputation for its very unique premise.
Participants foster relationships by having several conversations with other participants without seeing each other directly; The duo had their ‘date’ in the pod room, only making it out of the pod after the couple came and agreed to the series’ final goal of marriage.
Participants may fast-track some elements of the dating process through the “Love Is Blind” process, but the relationships they build are endlessly praised and often referred to as more authentic than using a dating app by participants.
Countless elements of the “Love Is Blind” process were criticized by viewers, especially the authenticity of the participants’ relationships.
Season three contestant Cole Barnett recently shared his thoughts on falling in love in a pod, and the role that unique entity plays through the experience of falling in love.
Barnett, a 27-year-old realtor, met and fell in love with fellow 32-year-old realtor Zanab Jaffery while in the pod. Despite making a strong connection in the pod, especially regarding their shared relationship with their faith, Barnett and Jaffery will not make it to the real world.
Jaffery said “I don’t” at the altar. She was very candid about the mental state she was in after leaving the relationship, describing how she felt “pretty beaten up and broken.”
Getting Real About Real Life After the Pod
The time period before “Love Is Blind” contestants might feel overwhelmed by the ‘real life’ experiences of their relationships understandably has a lot of appeal. Relationships are governed by an endless stream of conversations, not yet influenced or defeated by real-life experiences.
In the weeks since the third season reunion special was released on the platform, Barnett has really been dealing with the fallout from certain ‘real life’ actions on the show.
Jaffery openly discussed her experiences with self-esteem struggles due to Barnett’s attraction to other women, as well as her alleged surveillance of his eating habits. Jaffery said she developed an eating disorder as a result.
According to our report on the explosive season three reunion episode, Barnett was shocked not only by the news of Jaffery’s eating disorder but the subsequent public attention surrounding her time on the show.
“…It’s like that,” Barnett would explain to Entertainment Weekly, “you have a lot of people who hate you, and you have a lot of people who love you.”
She also added that she had to “work harder to stay away from my phone because you just want to sit and read everything online. But I’ve done my best to disconnect from what the internet is doing and stay the same.” in my life.
Talkin’ About The Pods: Barnett Rewinds Back To The Pods
Long before the media attention and the endless internal conversations that “Love Is Blind” contestants can have with themselves as a result, there were pods. Many pod conversations are not very deep, and even the deeper ones are safer because they are not influenced by real life.
Why is the pod so conducive to contestants finding love on the show and tending to inspire more positivity? Barnett believes they are designed that way.
“People ask me, ‘are you really in love?’ he explained in an interview with Cliche Mag, “Think about it. When you go to church camp, the majority of people fall in love with Jesus. Because you are in an environment where you will only talk about Jesus. You hardly have a choice. Such is the condition of the fruit,” he continued. “It’s perfect for falling in love. All you do is talk about love. It becomes easy to fall in love. It’s a goal, it’s something you have to do. It’s what you talk about with all the guys and what you talk about with all the girls. It’s atmosphere and atmosphere all over the place. So, yes, I fell in love, but it’s different than falling in love in real life because in real life there’s no environment created to get you there. To anyone who has been to a church camp, it is a church camp atmosphere. That all. It’s a love camp vibe, and you’re there for love, so it’s going to happen,” he concluded.
The complete third season of “Love Is Blind” is now available to stream on Netflix.
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