You'll Want to Follow the Cast of "Love Is Blind," Netflix's Wild New Dating Show
You'll Want to Follow the Cast of "Love Is Blind," Netflix's Wild New Dating Show
Love Is Blind, Netflix’s latest foray into reality TV, is a dating show with a lofty hypothesis. Is it possible to fall in love with someone based on personality alone? Behold: A group of fresh-faced Atlanta singles prepared to go on a wild experiment just to answer that question (and to entertain us, of course). The cast members on Love Is Blind have deep conversations about their dreams and desires—but not about their biographies. That's where we come in. Scavenging the internet and Instagram for clues, we found out what the Love Is Blind cast's lives are really like outside of the dating show.
A few findings? Many of the cast members, like Lauren Speed and Matthew Barnett, have dogs. Mark Cuevas was recently named one of 2019's 50 Most Beautiful Atlantans for Jezebel magazine. And one cast member has been on the Real Housewives of Atlanta—but no spoilers.
No matter their differences, these people all have one fundamental thing in common: They all agreed to the conditions of Love Is Blind. Here's how the show works. A group of men and women, each interested in dating the opposite sex, gather in a futuristic facility designed for the experiment. They go on a series of first dates in pitch-black pods, forming connections solely based on voice before narrowing down their preferences. Not everyone in the group finds love—but those who do get engaged in the pod, and then see each other for the first time. Wild, I know. The entire show was filmed over the course of eight weeks in the fall of 2018.
Whether you’re a cynic or a romantic, your beliefs will be confirmed after 10 episodes. After all, it may be possible to fall in love with someone in a dark pod, free from societal expectations. But is it possible to stay money-eyed once your relationship is thrust into the cold, judgmental light of the real world? That’s where things get juicy.
Here are the singles whose journeys you'll be following, from their idealistic inceptions through their break-downs. Woo hoo!
You might have spotted one of these singles on the Real Housewives.
