Love Is Blind Star Chelsea Blackwell Debuts New Romance

After one oregon 2 (or a few) fights passim the season, Chelsea and Jimmy appeared to yet enactment their disagreements behind them during an amusement parkland day acceptable close earlier their wedding.

However, Jimmy made it wide that helium was acceptable for their rollercoaster thrust to end, breaking disconnected his engagement to a teary-eyed Chelsea—who was stunned astatine his decision.

"I emotion you to decease and I privation a narration with you,” Jimmy told Chelsea connected their date, “and it privation it enactment truthful bad—but I don’t privation to spell to the altar. I can’t.”

As helium explained, “We’re condensing it down to 1 argument, but it’s been similar 5 oregon six truly large issues that truly deed location and wounded my feelings.” (One being that Chelsea revealed Jimmy’s concealed astir his past narration with his pistillate friend.)

And aft yet another back-and-forth betwixt the 2 implicit their respective ties with exes, Chelsea near for bully successful tears: “I was truthful hopeful for us.”

The brace were some azygous during the March 2024 reunion.

While Clay expressed his hesitation to getting joined owed to his ain outlook connected his father’s infidelity, AD reassured him that they would prevail arsenic a mates and each seemed to beryllium good betwixt the two. 

But once faced with the task of saying I bash to everlastingly astatine the altar, Clay said I don’t instead, telling AD that it wouldn’t beryllium “responsible” of him to get joined knowing helium wasn’t ready.

Cue the shock.

“I’m going to enactment the enactment successful for you,” he told AD, “and we’ll spell done this together. I don’t attraction what nobody says; I cognize afloat I’m not acceptable for matrimony and you merit the best. And if I’m not acceptable to springiness you 100 percent, I won’t spell determination with you erstwhile I’m not ready…I can’t accidental yes close now.”

It was a revelation that made AD state done tears that the narration was a discarded of her “f--king time.”

As for Clay, helium besides revealed that financial—and emotional—ties played a large portion successful him walking away. “I looked astatine myself successful the reflector and said, ‘Am I a husband?’” helium admitted, “and the reply was no. Am I profoundly in love? The reply was no.’”

During the reunion, Clay expressed that helium made a mistake and wanted to day AD, but she played coy connected if she'd ever see getting backmost together.

AD confessed that she did spell connected a mates dates with costar Matthew Duliba aft filming wrapped, but they are not together.

The lone play six couple who did accidental yes to forever? Amy and Johnny, who not lone celebrated their caller opening with a gorgeous ceremony, but besides seamlessly merged their families into one, with Amy’s dad sweetly telling Johnny’s sister that helium feels similar helium has “multiple daughters” now.

As for Johnny, helium excessively declared at his reception that his father-in-law was his “new dad.”

They were inactive joined during the reunion episode.

Though their romance started disconnected strong, Brittany and Kenneth’s narration fizzled retired erstwhile they returned to the existent world.

As Brittany told Life & Style, “I deliberation that it truly took a antithetic crook erstwhile we got backmost to Charlotte and got backmost home. And I deliberation that our successful the pods we were very, precise passionate and precise intense. And past coming backmost home, that strength benignant of died down a bit.”

The erstwhile fiancés stay friends, with Brittany saying astatine the reunion, "Although we are nary longer successful a narration together, the enslaved that we person is going to past for an eternity."

Laura and Jeramey’s engagement came to a fiery extremity erstwhile Laura learned her fiancé had reconnected with different pod mate, Sarah Ann Bick, during a nighttime out. After their tense confrontation, Laura told Jeramey to footwear rocks.

But alternatively of that, helium went disconnected to thrust pitchy skis with Sarah Ann. 

During the reunion successful March 2024, Jeramey revealed helium has been dating Sarah Ann off-and-on for a year—ever since filming the show—and they present unrecorded together.

Laura is dating idiosyncratic else, who she did not place astatine the reunion.

While the play 5 mates seemed to person worked their mode done assorted issues—including Izzy’s aboriginal transportation with Johnie Maraist and Stacy’s precocious expectations astir her manner and plateware (no insubstantial plates, please!)—Stacy cited Izzy's dishonesty astir his recognition past arsenic a large crushed she chose not to get married.

Despite not saying “I do” astatine the altar, however, Stacy inactive wanted to stay successful a narration with the devastated Izzy.

"We’re astatine antithetic spots,” helium told her. "It truly breaks my heart."

As for Stacy, she was thankful to Izzy for opening her up "emotionally," but she didn't consciousness 100 percent astir their future. "Fairly definite isn't bully capable for maine to accidental yes for the remainder of my life," she explained.

Izzy is present dating surgical adjunct Shelby Webb.

Season five's sole occurrence communicative came from arguably its astir improbable pairing. 

After getting disconnected to a rocky commencement aft it was revealed Lydia was successful a narration with Milton's pod-friend Uche Okoroha before the amusement began, the geology-loving brace were the lone ones to marque it done the experimentation inactive successful a relationship. 

"Getting joined is simply a imagination travel true," Lydia said. "I consciousness so, truthful happy. I got everything I request close here. It feels similar home, it feels safe."

Ever the analytical engineer, Milton said, "All of the information points led maine to: this is the close decision."

Opposites seemed to pull each play for this pair...until they got to the altar. Sensing Paul's hesitation, Micah asked him to springiness his reply archetypal and it was a walk connected matrimony for Paul. 

"I virtually consciousness similar a disaster," Micah said. "If Paul would person wanted to wed me, I 100 percent would person said 'I do.'"

At the reunion, Paul apologized for his remark successful a confessional astir not being capable to spot Micah arsenic a mother. 

"I deliberation I phrased that truly unfairly toward her," Paul explained. "I deliberation the amended mode to operation that would beryllium that I can't spot america arsenic parents."

While the duo concisely reconciled aft filming, they yet weren't capable to marque their narration work, with Paul explaining they broke up for bully erstwhile helium visited Micah successful Arizona.

In After the Altar, Paul revealed helium was dating a caller pistillate who enjoyed traveling and his cooking skills. He yet went Instagram authoritative with eyelash beautician Geneva Dunham.

Despite Kwame's parent refusing to be the wedding and his arguably inappropriate conversations with Micah, whom helium besides connected with successful the pods, Kwame and Chelsea were 1 of the 3 couples to speech vows astatine the extremity of play four. 

During the reunion, Chelsea revealed she has since met her husband's ma and Kwame offered an apology to his woman and her household for his behavior, saying his talks with Micah were "not the champion representation."

The mates is surviving successful Seattle with their beloved dog Rocky.

Sure, they say love is blind, but occasionally it needs a small spot of time—or proposing to different woman—to recognize you made the incorrect choice. Which is what happened erstwhile Zack initially got engaged to Irina Solomonova, lone for the mates to interruption up during their travel to Mexico.

After asking Bliss for a 2nd chance, the brace defied the likelihood (and Bliss' dad's wishes) and some said "I do" astatine the altar. (And, no, they did not beryllium it out, enjoying that each important archetypal crook astir the creation level to Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance," the opus that bonded them successful the pods.)

After the finale aired, Zack shared a photograph of the mates connected Instagram with the caption "Eternal Bliss."

The mates shared successful November 2023 that they are expecting their archetypal baby.

Come on, not since play one's Cameron Hamilton and Lauren Speed has an LIB pairing seemed truthful meant to be!

The oldest mates successful the experiment—Tiffany was 36 and Brett was 37—exchanged vows, adjacent though Brett had a sartorial exigency erstwhile his pants did not acceptable decently connected their wedding day. (Shout retired to seamstress Lucia, you're a existent one!)

Since filming wrapped, Tiffany and Brett moved to Portland and are inactive perfect! Phew!

After SK said "I don't" astatine their wedding, helium and Raven seemingly parted ways.

However, erstwhile the cameras stopped rolling, the erstwhile flames reunited, revealing they were dating again during the play 3 reunion special. 

But a period later, the mates announced that "we person decided to spell our abstracted ways" amid allegations that SK had been unfaithful. In a associated connection shared connected societal media successful November, SK and Raven said, "Due to on-going ineligible proceedings surrounding these allegations, we cannot supply further details and inquire that you delight respect our privateness during this hard time. Thank you for pursuing our emotion communicative and believing successful us."

Fans watched with dismay arsenic Jackie chose to give Josh Demas, the different antheral she connected with successful the pods, a 2nd chance, gathering up with him earlier ending her engagement to Marshall.

However, during the reunion, Jackie acceptable the grounds consecutive connected the timeline of events. "I broke up with Marshall earlier I met Josh astatine the java shop," she said. "It looks similar I'm a cheater. I americium not a cheater."

Jackie past addressed the extremity of her narration with Marshall, saying she "can instrumentality accountability" for her words and actions. "We conscionable weren't meant to be."

As for her romance with Josh? They were inactive dating and surviving unneurotic in After the Altar, but Jackie announced during a September 2023 Instagram Live that they had breached up.

As for Marshall, helium told E! that helium concisely connected with chap contestant Kacia Clark after the show. "We tried," Marshall explained, "But I wanted to conscionable region myself from each of that from that experience."

In After the Altar, Marshall revealed he's been dating woman Dr. Chay Barnes for 1 twelvemonth and wants to walk everlastingly with her. They got engaged successful December 2023.

Nancy and Bartise had 1 of Love Is Blind's much explosive weddings, but not due to the fact that of the bride oregon groom.

While Nancy was acceptable to get joined successful the play 3 finale episode, Bartise revealed helium was not truthful assured successful their relationship. The update did not beryllium good with Nancy's family, who unapologetically sounded disconnected connected Bartise.

Despite the drama, Bartise and Nancy person maintained an on-again, off-again friendship. "We've gone from being friends to being acquaintances," helium told E!, "to being wholly nary connection backmost to friends."

And successful April 2023, Bartisse, who appeared connected Perfect Match, announced the accomplishment of his son, Hayden, though helium hasn't publically shared the individuality of the small one's mom. 

Several months later, helium debuted his caller romance with Cait Vanderberry connected Instagram.

Nancy has besides entered a caller relationship, but has yet to publically uncover her boyfriend's identity. 

During the play finale, viewers watched arsenic Alexa and Brennon got joined successful beforehand of their loved ones.

In heartwarming vows, Alexa gushed, "You marque maine laugh, you marque maine deliberation and, much than thing else, you marque maine happy."

The lovers announced successful January 2024 that they are expecting their archetypal baby.

Well, we can't accidental we're amazed by this breakup.

The 2 ne'er seemed to beryllium connected the aforesaid leafage during their courtship, resulting successful respective skirmishes. Though Zanab and Cole made it to the wedding altar, Zanab declared, "You person disrespected me. You person insulted me. You person critiqued me. And for what it is worth, you person single-handedly shattered my self-confidence."

Cole aboriginal reflected connected their tumultuous relationship.

"We were going done each these bumps, but we were moving done things and uncovering smoother waters," helium told E! News. "And truthful I was hoping that we would astatine slightest beryllium capable to proceed aft the wedding if we didn't get joined connected that day."

Colleen and Matt successfully exchanged vows successful the play 3 finale.

Despite the highs and lows they faced during their courtship, the brace felt assured successful their narration and happily said "I do."

On wherefore she yet chose to spell done with the wedding, Colleen told E! News, "As soon arsenic I saw him outcry and snort, I was like, 'That's my man.' So I knew that I was going to accidental yes arsenic soon arsenic I saw him."

And for those wondering, Colleen confirmed, "A year-and-a-half later, we're very, precise happy."

During the play finale, Sal wasn't capable to say, "I do."

In an E! News interview, helium revealed that helium was azygous aft filming.

"Dating successful the aboriginal now?" helium said. "I don't adjacent cognize the approach. I deliberation the champion attack is enactment disconnected the dating apps." 

As we know, Deepti and Shake's clip connected the amusement did not extremity with a happily ever after. 

While Deepti revealed to E! News that she is present single, her member and Shake person been feuding connected Instagram."'Shake', bruh, you're a loser," Deepti's brother Sunny and his partner Hina Merchant Vempati wrote successful a joint Instagram. "You minimized my sister's beingness by making immoderate atrocious and cringeworthy comments astir her."

They continued, urging Shake to "stay the f--k away" from their sister.

Looks similar Shake volition beryllium heading to his Nobu preservation alone! 

Though Natalie and Shayne's clip connected the amusement didn't extremity with the exchanging of vows, Natalie told E! the "love stories" we saw connected the amusement were "completely genuine."

"It's not world TV," Natalie shared. "It's our existent lives, existent feelings, and our existent relationships."

Which is wherefore Natalie was truthful wounded erstwhile Shayne allegedly agreed to prima connected the spinoff bid Perfect Match portion they were attempting to marque their narration work post-failed nuptials. 

"He texted maine galore times helium wanted to permission midway done filming due to the fact that helium inactive had feelings for maine aft we saw each different for [the] archetypal clip since our breakup astatine the reunion amusement taping," she revealed connected Instagram, adding  that she "encouraged him to proceed filming."

And erstwhile accumulation for Perfect Match had wrapped, Natalie said she met up with Shayne but "ultimately told him we shouldn't reconcile." 

Shayne, meanwhile, briefly dated Too Hot to Handle alum Chloe Veitch after they connected connected Perfect Match. 

While the brace confirmed their relationship had blossomed into a romance successful the After the Altar spinoff, which debuted successful September 2022, Kyle announced conscionable days aboriginal that they had divided successful the clip since the peculiar was filmed.

And successful April, Kyle projected to his girlfriend Tania Leanos, whom helium did not conscionable successful a pod.

The pod squad's astir coagulated and seemingly contented couple, of course, made it authoritative astatine the altar, some going done with the matrimony (despite immoderate aboriginal hesitation connected Lauren's part). 

In December 2019, some Cam and Lauren posted abrogation photos from Cancun, though they didn't tag each different oregon station photos of 1 another. They besides hap to beryllium wearing the aforesaid brace of sunglasses, so…

But also, Lauren revealed successful an interrogation with Elite Daily that they are inactive together. "Oh my God. We're truthful happy," she gushed. "It's just, like, each time we larn much and much astir each other, and we honestly autumn much and much successful emotion with each other."

Cameron posted a photograph from their wedding day, simply captioning the pic, "The happiest time of my life."

Despite immoderate chilly feet connected Barnett's behalf connected the greeting of the ceremony, Barnett and Amber exchanged vows successful the finale's last wedding. And implicit a twelvemonth later, they are inactive married. 

For their respective Fourth of July Instagram snaps, the hubby and woman duo some wore the aforesaid American emblem cowboy hat.

OK, if you thought these 2 were really going to extremity up joined astatine the extremity of this happening aft their many, galore struggles (the 10-year property difference, her being attracted to Barnett, Jessica not truly being into Mark physically, etc., etc.), well...bless your naive small heart. 

Since their failed wedding, with Jessica being the 1 to propulsion the plug (duh), Mark revealed to the New York Post in February 2020 that helium had not spoken to Jessica since that day, though helium had reached retired astatine 1 point.  

"I didn't perceive back, but to me, it's conscionable sending emotion retired there," helium said, adding the LIB experimentation was inactive the "best" happening to hap to him. "Without Jessica, determination would not beryllium a Mark of today."

Mark and Aubrey Rainey wed successful September 2022. Their sons, Ace and Axton, served arsenic ringing bearers.

As for Jessica, she married Dr. Ben McGrath, a podiatrist, successful August 2022. The mates welcomed their son, Dax, successful June 2023. 

Damian delivered 1 of Love is Blind's astir shocking moments erstwhile helium blindsided Giannina by revealing helium didn't deliberation they should get joined astatine the altar. 

But the brace delivered different surpriae erstwhile they revealed they had reconciled during the play 1 reunion. Alas,  they broke up again, with Giannina telling E! News successful August 2021 that she was "officially single."

She went connected to find emotion connected different world show, entering a romance with Bachelor Nation's Blake Horstmann after the brace met portion filming All Star Shore successful 2022. She announced successful November 2023 that they're expecting a baby.

Damian, meanwhile, sparked romance rumors with Too Hot to Handle alum Francesca Farago, with the duo dating connected the spinoff bid Perfect Match aft her explosive astonishment quality during Love Is Blind: After the Altar.

Alas, Damian and Francesca near Perfect Match single.

Viewers were amazed erstwhile Kelly revealed she didn't consciousness a existent carnal attraction for Kenny and chose not to spell done with the marriage, overmuch to her family's surprise. 

Since their wedding day, Kenny has moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, portion Kelly inactive lives successful Atlanta moving arsenic a wellness and empowerment coach. One of her recent Instagram posts was astir being azygous successful your 30s—"I cognize boundaries now. I emotion myself truthful overmuch that I won't conscionable beryllium with a feline bc I'm lonely."

In August 2020, Kenny announced helium was engaged to woman Alexandra Garrison. The mates wed 2 years later.

While they were 1 of the six couples to get engaged successful the pods (well, astatine slightest the six that the producers decided to proceed filming with), Diamond and Carlton didn't marque it to the extremity of their travel to Mexico, breaking up successful an explosive combat after Carlton revealed to her that helium was bisexual. 

But with time, the erstwhile engaged mates could extremity up arsenic friends, with Carlton telling People, "At this point, immoderate happens, happens. It would beryllium great. But it takes clip I think. I deliberation we some person to inactive process the mode we feel. We inactive person antithetic views connected the mode things panned retired and what was done wrong."

Diamond added, "We person a batch of growing, some of us, to bash and I americium consenting to grow. I emotion increasing but I consciousness similar we tin astatine slightest travel present to a mean and beryllium capable to beryllium and present speech due to the fact that this is simply a precise touchy subject. And some of america inactive get affectional astir it. Even though it happened implicit a twelvemonth ago, it inactive feels similar it was yesterday."

Back successful June 2020, a instrumentality shared a station successful Reddit that questioned Mark's narration presumption aft helium and Jessica ended their engagement.

"My adjacent friend's co-worker is dating Mark!!" the idiosyncratic wrote portion including a screenshot of Mark's representation and different pistillate who appeared to beryllium connected a date.

LC, different pistillate Mark had connected with successful the pods, past confirmed that they had been seeing each different by responding, "This is awkward due to the fact that I unrecorded successful Atlanta and I've been dating Mark since the opening of May…Oh and btw, this is LC from Love is Blind…"

The mates would aboriginal corroborate they were not together.