24 "Love Is Blind" Season 3 Reunion Moments That Demonstrate How Wild This Season Was
🚨Warning: Huge Love Is Blind Season 3 spoilers.🚨
I know some might say that an 80-minute Love Is Blind finale was a lot. That an hourlong reunion special borders on overkill! But those people are not me. Make it three hours long, for all I care! I crave the content, Daddy Netflix! What the hell am I supposed to do with my time now, huh?
Well, there is one more thing to do before we bid adieu to this season — and that's look back at the most unhinged moments from the Love Is Blind Season 3 reunion:
1.First, Bartise showed up sporting a man bun and an eyebrow slit.
You cannot tell me this is not just as shocking as some of the other revelations this episode.
2.Both of the married couples have stayed together.
We shall see if this is still the case whenever the "divorce week" for Season 3 rolls around.
3.Brennon called out Cole for saying that Zanab's assertion that he didn't apologize to her post–pool party was "insane."
I will choose to laugh at Cole substituting "insane" for "crazy," lest I weep.
4.Raven and SK are still together.
I suspected this might be the case, based on Raven's TikToks. Yes, I am quite the detective.
5.The women assured us that everything was fine amid the Bartise-Cole tomfoolery.
IMHO, it felt unnecessary to bring up the footage of Raven and Nancy saying they didn't like each other. That was eons ago! Let's focus on the disrespect between fiancés!
6.Nancy thanked Bartise for his "brutal honesty" in his comments about Raven in bed.
SK, on the other hand, lightly roasted Bartise for his "brutal honesty."
7.SK confessed that he didn't know what Pilates were.
Petition for the show to be renamed Love Is Blind: The "Hunger Games" of Dating.
8.Matt revealed that he and Colleen do not live together.
I sincerely hope that Matt has gotten help and that their "day-to-day" arguments are just that. Colleen looked genuinely uncomfortable throughout this reunion.
9.Nick Lachey made a gross comment about second marriages.
Don't bring Jessica Simpson into this, Nick!
10.The Lacheys announced that Andrew was invited to the reunion but chose not to attend.
Perhaps he was too busy having Tantric sex somewhere.
11.Raven said that she and SK got physical after their wedding.
Call me a prude, but I would have been fine without this information!
12.Bartise described how he watched the show wishing he'd said yes.
In The Ultimatum, the cast watch the show for the first time individually right before the reunion is taped — I'm guessing the same goes here.
13.Nancy confirmed that she and Bartise had not gone out since the show, and explained her family's impassioned response the day of the wedding.
![Nancy with caption, "[crying] So they were fighting the fight that I couldn't"](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/s4UJ9sgY1RVM7Ff2BERl6A--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0OQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/buzzfeed_articles_778/d86dd952b0218c781aabfe1dc5964084)
I was curious as to whether Nancy found it a violation of boundaries that her family didn't give her space in the immediate aftermath of the ceremony. Guess we have our answer!
14.Bartise hooked up with a "tall blonde" shortly after the wedding.
![Alexa and Brennon sitting together with caption "He had a girl" and "[Bartise] Not next day"](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/U77L7tK_JHhwGoy_JL9Jlw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0NA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/buzzfeed_articles_778/e2be3aa42fcbc56b36942d196aa364d3)
Bartise said that he hooked up with said tall blonde on July 4. Season 3 was apparently filmed over the summer of 2021, so we don't yet know exactly how soon their encounter was post-wedding. Either way, Bartise was "coping" with a lot of alcohol and a lady very rapidly.
15.Cole said that Zanab was edited to look more "naggy."
Just a brief moment of levity before we get into the ensuing clusterfuck.
16.Zanab claimed that Cole tried to kiss a girl and got her number at his bachelor afterparty.
![Nancy looking in the camera with caption "[Cole] I got a girl's number at the bachelor party?"](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/c.tpQdbP0kAEHxvkKAPL8g--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU1Nw--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/buzzfeed_articles_778/33175b020c9ddefde11686343d140630)
I find it very weird that Raven and Nancy were like, "You guys went somewhere!" And the guys were like, "Errr, IDK!"
17.Zanab said that she stopped eating over Cole's comments about her body that were not in the final cut of the show.
This is a SERIOUS allegation, and the Lacheys handled it TERRIBLY. Where is the Vanessa who tore Shake a new one last season? Just an "I hate that the incredible bond you guys shared in the pods didn't translate into the real word" from Nick and we move on? Come on!
18.Cole attempted to justify the "bipolar" comment to Zanab.
A quick summary of their argument: Cole said that he didn't understand why Zanab was still with him if he was as "horrible" as Zanab says. Zanab explained that there would be great moments in their relationship every day that would encourage her to stay. Cole repeated his initial claim. I will say two things: a) I do not think Cole understands what being bipolar is (shocker) or the weight of his words, and b) I have seen people stay in far more toxic relationships precisely for the misguided glimmers of hope that Zanab described. Just some food for thought!
19.Zanab stressed that her friends did not clap at her wedding because her altar statement was "premeditated."
20.Alexa said that she struggled to verbally express her feelings toward Brennon throughout the show.
This was most blatant to me in the montage shown at the movie theater date, but I get it — words of affirmation aren't everyone's love language, which can make it tricky to translate feelings on a reality TV show.
21.Nick recalled how his opening line to Vanessa was asking if she wanted to be in his music video.
This from the man who brought you, "Obviously, I'm Nick Lachey."
22.Alexa said that she almost went home in the pods because she missed her family, but Brennon convinced her to stay.
Alexa was my fave this season, so thank you, Brennon! You know, because I'm clearly the most important person here.
23.Cole said that he regretted going on the show.
LOL @ Vanessa's response being, "You're the first person in three seasons." Lord forbid the sanctity of Love Is Blind is questioned!
24.Finally, the producers aired the oranges incident.
In case you want the thoughts of an idiot with a keyboard (as you have stuck with me thus far), here is my take. Zanab was not lying about what Cole said. The scene tonally, in isolation, does not seem as malicious as what Zanab implied. However, if we view it as part of a pattern of comments about her body — some of which we saw, some of which we didn't — I can absolutely see how this moment would affect Zanab.
