{Couples} Who Have been Edited Out of Love Is Blind: The place Are They Now?

A number of {couples} fall in love “sight unseen” yearly on Love Is Blind — and a few are so unseen that their tales don’t even make it to Netflix.

The truth TV relationship experiment dropped season 1 in February 2020, following six {couples} who fell in love behind a wall, acquired engaged after which stated “I do” or “I don’t” on the altar. The present was so widespread that Netflix has aired seven extra seasons in 5 years (and already renewed the sequence for seasons 9 and 10).

Previous to the season 8 finale, Us calculated that there was a hit price of about 25 % — however that’s strictly from the {couples} that the cameras adopted from begin to end. Because it seems, there are virtually all the time a number of duos who get engaged on the experiment that followers don’t see.

“Every season, there are many tales that we don’t inform, no matter whether or not {couples} get engaged or not. A few of them even, we’ll observe for somewhat bit and never present their story on the present,” creator Chris Coelen instructed Selection in 2023. “It’s somewhat little bit of a judgement name.”

In a separate interview with Individuals that very same 12 months, Coelen defined: “I believe actually what it comes all the way down to is how folks get there within the first place. We’re trying to inform probably the most real, most genuine tales that we are able to and that’s actually the standards by which we decide what tales we’re going to observe, and the tales we’re going to then inform on this system. That’s the No. 1 organizing precept of what we do.”

Hold scrolling for a breakdown of the {couples} left on the reducing room ground each season:

Season 1

Rory Newbrough and Danielle Drouin

Rory instructed Individuals in 2020 that eight {couples} acquired engaged, which the present wasn’t anticipating for season 1. “We acquired our telephones again. They thanked us graciously and stated, ‘Sorry, we simply don’t have sufficient to cowl all people,’” he recalled.

The twosome went on their very own journey to Miami after the pods however break up shortly after. Danielle went on to see one other season 1 contestant Matt Thomas, however later married a person named Kerrington Sky in 2022. She is because of give start to their first child in March 2025.

Westley Baer and Lexie Skipper

Westley was upset about not with the ability to go on the forged journey with Lexie. “I didn’t know why,” he instructed Individuals on the time. “I consider one particular person stated, ‘We don’t need to mess up your relationship.’ It was a bummer. We have been each like, “We can not look forward to this journey. It’s going to be wonderful.’ After which, the subsequent day [we were told], ‘Sadly we are able to’t observe your journey.’ I don’t know the reasoning, however I’m glad I used to be capable of join with someone, at the least.”

Whereas Westley and Lexie continued up to now after the pods, they ended issues after about three months.

In 2022, Lexie confirmed that they’re nonetheless associates. “We discuss daily and are positively in an excellent place. We watched lots of Love Is Blind collectively, and I want extra of our journey was proven,” she stated. “We’ve talked by lots of what ifs – if we went to Mexico, would we be married now? Would we be collectively? Our lives modified utterly due to the present, however perhaps they might have modified much more.”

Season 2

Caitlin McKee and Joey Miller

Caitlin and Joey acquired engaged and stayed collectively for a number of months after making their very own journey plans when Netflix opted to not movie their journey. “[We] had a tremendous summer season and fall with the chance to journey, meet one another’s households, and construct a real relationship with out the cameras and crew. Though we in the end selected to go our separate methods not too long ago, we’re selecting to stay associates and he’ll all the time maintain a particular place in my coronary heart,” Caitlin wrote by way of instagram in February 2022.

She added: “I shall be eternally grateful for this expertise. I made real connections with associates that shall be in my life eternally, laughed more durable than I’ve in years, cried greater than I most likely ought to have, however most significantly I realized a heck of lots about myself and who I’m and need to be as an individual.”

Joey has been relationship a girl named Jessie Kopp since 2023.

Jason Beaumont and Kara Williams

The pair stayed collectively for a number of months post-show, however referred to as it quits earlier than the 2022 premiere.

“Kara, has been probably the most charismatic, loving, & supportive folks I’ve ever met, she is fingers down one of many strongest girls I’ve ever been round,” Jason wrote by way of Instagram on the time. “Attending to see her on the purple carpet was surely the most effective feeling I’ve ever had in my whole life, it’s offers me goosebumps simply eager about how lovely she appeared.”

Kara introduced her engagement to a person named Kyle Hundelt in December 2024, with plans to wed in 2026.

Season 3

Manufacturing firm Kinetic confirmed in October 2022 that there have been no {couples} who acquired engaged that weren’t proven in season 3.

Season 4

Jimmy Forde and Wendi Kong

The Seattle duo ended issues three months after getting engaged within the pods. “Consider it or not, I wasn’t simply on @loveisblindnetflix to play pool within the background … Though it wasn’t proven, Wendi and I acquired engaged on the present. I gave it my greatest shot, however our relationship didn’t work out, and that’s okay!” Jimmy wrote by way of Instagram in April 2023. “Want Wendi nothing however the most effective in life, and future relationships. Perhaps sooner or later that story shall be proven, however i’m okay with that by no means being the case. Total it was a strong expertise and I ended up making some fairly superior associates.”

Wendi went on to reconnect with contestant Paul Peden after he stated “no” to Micah Lussier on the altar. “Paul and I, we had this unbelievable psychological connection within the pods, virtually to the purpose the place we felt a bit narcissistic as a result of it was like, ‘Am I solely feeling this since you’re like me?’” Wendi stated on the “Out of the Pods” podcast in June 2023. “When [Paul] got here again to Seattle, we reconnected after which we needed to disconnect for a bit as a result of his focus was on Micah and he wanted to see that by. After the marriage occurred, we truly reconnected once more and it was simply lots of speaking.”

The twosome in the end didn’t work out both.

JP Schultz and Ava Van Jenson

After their pod proposal, JP ended issues with Ava — by way of textual content message.

“I noticed him on the airport and he was a very completely different particular person,” Ava instructed Netflix’s Tudum in 2023. “As we have been boarding the aircraft, I felt my cellphone vibrate and it pinged a bit and I appeared down and he despatched me a textual content principally ending the engagement.” JP subsequently claimed he was making an attempt to reset the expectations within the relationships as “persevering with to get married on this timeline” wasn’t a good suggestion. In the long run, they couldn’t get on the identical web page.

JP married a girl named Jennifer in August 2024.

In line with an interview with creator Coelen in 2023, there have been truly eight engagements (the season adopted 5) but it surely hasn’t been reported who the ultimate couple was. “[In season 1], we had eight engagements, we adopted six. In season 2, we had eight engagements, we adopted six. In season 3, we solely had 5 engagements and we adopted all of them. In season 4, we had eight engagements and we adopted 5,” he instructed Individuals in 2023.

Season 5

Paige Tillman and Josh Simmons

Paige wasn’t completely satisfied that the duo weren’t adopted on season 5. “I believed, ‘Josh and I are positively going to Mexico.’ We have been the cutest couple. We have been so candy and type to one another. We cherished one another. Everybody knew we cherished one another. And that’s why it was so bizarre,” she instructed At the moment in 2023. “We have been cute. So in love. So cute collectively. I don’t know who’s hitting their heads proper now for not displaying us.”

As they flew house to Houston, Texas, collectively, they spoke about how they might goal for a 2024 wedding ceremony. “It was like we have been going by the method of the present however I used to be doing it myself,” she defined.

After 5 months, nevertheless, they broke up. “We had a difficulty about not speaking about what we wished out of life. That’s an enormous factor you assume we might’ve spoken about. But it surely’s completely different when it’s in particular person,” Paige stated, revealing she wished to maneuver to Los Angeles to be a stylist. And whereas Josh provided to return along with her, she didn’t assume it was truthful to ask him. “I’d’ve reasonably us determine that out than get married and resent one another for making the opposite make selections. The best way we ended was nice — we had a mature dialog like, ‘That is what you need. That is what I need. Let’s transfer on.’”

Paige did find yourself shifting to L.A., whereas Josh began a household with a girl named Samantha Cheek.

Renee Poche and Carter Wall

In a plot twist, Renee claimed to PopSugar that she and Carter have been filmed — in contrast to the opposite lower {couples} — and came upon earlier than the present premiered that they wouldn’t be closely featured on season 5 (the place they broke up on the altar).

“We have been very enthusiastic about every thing, and issues went very well in Mexico as effectively. We have been all the time very nice, humorous, completely satisfied, and loved one another’s firm. However as soon as we acquired again to Houston and again to the true world, I began noticing issues that I sort of ignored or blew off that have been purple flags I ought to have picked up on. And finally I did say ‘no’ on the altar,” she stated. “I acquired a name a pair months earlier than the present aired, in August, to let me know that our story wasn’t going to be a giant focus. What I used to be instructed was, ‘We’ll simply, level clean, say that Carter was terrible and we don’t need you to should relive that. That’s simply not going to be a giant focus.’ In addition they stated timing was a difficulty, so that they determined to chop our story. That’s what I used to be instructed. I did ask for clarification as a result of I used to be so confused at first. My first query was, ‘Wait, the marriage’s not going to be proven?’ She was like, ‘No, no wedding ceremony.’ So I stored asking extra and he or she was like, ‘I believe it’s going to be extra like, you guys are associates from the pods.’ It was very imprecise, and I nonetheless thought that probably we have been going to be engaged on the present after which sort of lower down from there.”

Season 6

Brittany Wisniewski and Leo Braudy

After followers noticed Brittany and Leo’s extremely awkward post-pods engagement reveal, Netflix subsequently lower to a black display screen which learn: “Brittany and Leo weren’t one of many six {couples} chosen by producers to proceed their journey in Mexico. They took their very own journey to Mexico and broke off their engagement weeks later.”

Viewers later realized that they only determined they weren’t a match. “We stayed in a lodge, we held on the seashore all day after which we simply realized that there’s an enormous distinction between getting engaged on the present and getting married,” Leo stated. “And we had lots of lengthy conversations about it and we simply realized that we have been higher as associates and we’re tremendous good associates.”

Brittany went public with singer Mod Solar in 2024.

Season 7

Coelen confirmed once more that the present has the finances for 5 {couples} — and may typically stretch to 6 — so two extra {couples} have been lower from season 7.

“Once we make that call as to who to observe, if we’ve extra {couples} that acquired engaged, we decide as to which {couples} we expect are genuine,” he instructed Selection in October 2024. “And once I say genuine, I imply most authentically prone to truly be on the altar and say I do. Who is absolutely genuinely on that path? We felt, on the time, that the six {couples} we did find yourself following have been those that felt extra, on a intestine stage, had an actual shot to say ‘I do’—that they have been actually invested in saying ‘I do.’”

Bohdan Olinares and Nina Zafar

Vulture reported that Nina was apprehensive about getting engaged within the pods and in the end determined to go away collectively sans a hoop. She later confirmed that the twosome didn’t make it very far in the true world.

“I could not have discovered love (or display screen time lol) on Love is Blind,” she wrote on the social media app. “However I did discover 13 new girlfriends, and a few man associates too, and I believe that’s fairly wonderful. Say what you need about actuality television and the folks that go on it, but it surely takes A LOT of guts to place your self on the market for the world to guage. I’m so happy with my castmates for that! Cheers to season 7🥂❤️.”

Vulture revealed that Nina’s sister, Tara, was additionally on the present and had a match who she didn’t need to get engaged to.

“Nina’s sister Tara left on the identical day, additionally with a man she’d been relationship within the pods, additionally with out feeling able to get engaged. In all, three {couples} left season seven with out persevering with manufacturing: Nina and Tara and their respective matches, and Brittany and Leo, who went by with a proposal and reveal however weren’t invited to the romantic getaway,” the outlet reported in 2024.

Season 8

Coelen confirmed that two {couples} have been lower from the season of LiB that’s at present airing.

Kylie Schuelke and Brian Sumption

The twosome went public after the premiere, hinting that they’re nonetheless going sturdy with a number of PDA pics by way of Instagram.

“From the pods to actuality — what a journey! Grateful for each second, each lesson, and everybody I met alongside the way in which. Love Is Blind — you have been a wild, unforgettable experience.💕 #LoveIsBlind,” they captioned a joint social media publish.

Brittany Dodson and Mo Ndiaye

Whereas followers noticed Brittany’s relationship with Devin Buckley play out (and finish), there are a number of stories that Brittany was additionally linked to Mo. Cosmopolitan cited a TikToker named “StorytimeWithRikkii” who alleged Mo made a “problematic” touch upon the present, which he denied in a screenshot obtained by the journal.

“Was problematic to manufacturing so that they lower all his scenes? Huh?!… That’s all information to me,” he wrote. “So far as who broke up with who… Nicely I’ll depart that one alone no must go there. Everyone acquired their facet however I do know my fact 🤷🏿‍♂️ I’m glad you have got A LOT to say about me and my very own expertise although.”