It's time for the Love Is Blind season 7 reunion, and the men are in the hot seat.
Members of the pod squad, a name I just made up for Love Is Blind fans, have had mixed feelings about season 7 so far. Some people have been riveted by the drama (RamsRissa, NiHannah) and totally smitten with the love stories (TayGarr, and that is literally it). But others have not been fans of this season, and especially not of the men. It's the guys who will be in the hot seat for the reunion, especially Tyler Francis, Ramses Prashad, and Stephen Richardson, and it’s time for them to give some answers for their behavior.
To mark this momentous occasion, Glamour staff gathered together (via Slack) to watch the Love Is Blind season 7 reunion and chat about it in real time.
So hop off that poolside duck, grab your gold goblet of wine, and let’s get into it.
Here we go! First impressions?
“So this is a reunion for all seasons, kind of.” —Anna Moeslein, deputy editor
“Wait, that is a BABY.” —Natasha Pearlman, executive editor
“Zach and Bliss!” —Stephanie McNeal, senior editor
“Must not be enough to talk about so they had to call in others.” —Anna
The season 7 couples join Nick and Vanessa on stage.
“Ramses leaning into his villain era with that outfit.” —Anna
“Ashley looks GREAT.” —Natasha
“I can’t get over how good all the women look.” —Monique Wilson, editorial assistant
“I am happy for 1/2 of these couples.” —Stephanie
“Literally don’t care about Brittany and Leo, sorry not sorry.” —Monique
We get some adorable updates on Taylor and Garrett and their love. Then, it’s time to talk about Tyler and Ashley…and the kids.
“Not Ashley and Tyler sitting NEXT to each other. Yikes.” —Monique
“And they are....STILL MARRIED. —Anna
“Ashley's mom doing damage control.” —Sam Reed, senior trending news and entertainment editor
“Okay but he’s not explaining anything! It shouldn’t be that hard to clear this up.” —Stephanie
“NOTHING.” —Monique
“That's seriously it? Honest and forthright? I think not! What is the truth!” —Stephanie
“I like what Ashley is saying about how it’s insulting to her intelligence to assume she never questioned him. And also, it is also true that the three kids never asked for this. Although Tyler did choose to go LIB so he did invite this arguably.” —Natasha
“THAT PART.” —Monique
“The sticky part in all this is that the mother of the children has spoken out about it all, so clearly they weren't so aligned on messaging there.” —Anna
“Okay…I am rooting for Ashley and Tyler. I mean it does seem like they do love each other genuinely, flaws and all.” —Jazmin Gathers, social media manager
“I’m with Jazmin!” —Natasha
While we are divided on how we feel about TyAsh, it’s time to move on to Marissa and Ramses, and talk about that breakup.
“Marissa’s mom is NOT PLEASED. That look!” —Anna
“Oh, Marissa. I feel for her so much. What is he wearing? Very Halloween theme.” —Natasha
“Every angle of Ramses’s outfit brings a new jump scare.” —Anna
“Ramses giving Beetlejuice.” —Sam
“Him blaming there being too much space between their energies…okaaaay.” —Stephanie
“‘She would have carried that relationship’—no truer words!” —Anna
“Poor Marissa, him saying she’s basically too much is so brutal.” —Stephanie
“‘I’m well aware of the effects [birth control] has on a woman’s body’…Find that hard to believe, Ramses.” —Anna
Nick and Vanessa then take a break from our season 7 podsters to give us an update on season 4’s successful couple, Zack and Bliss, and their new baby, Gaileo. Cute! But then it’s on to Nick and Hannah.
“Okay, so I’ll admit I fast-forwarded so much of the Hannah and Nick relationship because I never bought into it, I just don’t know if I care now!” —Natasha
“‘I just say it like it is’ is never an excuse or reason for being mean.” —Anna
“She should have just been like, ‘Yes, I would have rode the duck.’” —Stephanie
“Hannah is not passing the vibe check once again.” —Jazmin
“Remember when Hannah’s brother basically was like, ‘Yeah, she sucks’?” —Anna
“I feel like she is not sorry at all for how rude she was to Nick.” —Stephanie
“I can't believe she’s not gonna apologize. You can be direct and be nice?” —Jazmin
“She is not sorry, has learned nothing, is not working on herself.” —Anna
“They literally never liked each other.” —Natasha
“I genuinely think that Nick thought that the way Hannah treated him was normal.” —Sam
“He’s never really had a relationship, I don't think.” —Anna
“Marissa having Hannah’s back! The cast is choosing sides!” —Sam
“This notebook thing is kinda feeling like Hannah needed something to take the heat off her.” —Anna
“She barely took a breath after her alleged apology before bringing up NotebookGate.” —Stephanie
“I mean, I didn’t feel like Nick acted like he wanted to be famous on the show?” —Jazmin
“Hannah is so frustrating, because she made me have sympathy for Nick, who is a ridiculous man.” —Anna
“Nick is baby.” —Sam
“Stephen looks like he’s in witness protection.” —Stephanie
“I’m so ready to move on from these two.” —Anna
“I do not care about them.” —Natasha
“I can believe Nick was VERY excited to get cast on the show and DMs with random girls, and I can also believe Hannah has a bad personality. All things can be true.” —Anna
“Ramses sitting quietly with his pilgrim shoes and socks.” —Stephanie
“Ramses catching strays.” —Jazmin
“NGL forgot Alex and Tim were here.” —Stephanie
“Nick and Vanessa have lost control.” —Anna
“The inmates are running the asylum!” —Stephanie
“Omg, why Nick and Hannah still?” —Natasha
“If there is anyone we don’t need to catch up with, it is Katie.” —Anna
“Take a shot every time Hannah calls Katie her best friend.” —Jazmin
“Who is Katie in this world?” —Stephanie
“Guys,did you notice Taylor’s dad fast asleep behind Katie?” —Natasha
Finally, our long, national nightmare is over. Time for Leo and Brittany.
“OMG, the analogy, the food has feelings, who is the pasta and who is the steak! Woof.” —Sam
“Compared to Ramses and Stephen, I really don’t hate Leo.” —Natasha
“WTF is this song for the Miami montage?” —Stephanie
“They’re friends? That is the twist I didn’t see coming.” —Anna
“I love that they’re friends! I feel that’s the mark of him being a nice person.” —Natasha
“‘Why?’ —My husband, when Leo said he talks to Brittany on the phone for an hour a day.” —Anna
Now it’s time to interrogate another misbehaving man: Stephen, you’re up. Explain the infamous sleep study sexts.
“Stephen is the ick personified.” —Sam
“Stephen. Ugh. He is so gross. I’m sorry. He has literally no shame.” —Natasha
“Stephen is trying to spin this and it’s so transparent.” —Stephanie
“My husband also did a sleep study test, and trust me there was nothing sexy about that environment.” —Anna
“Going straight from heart conditions to fetishes. I need to meet this girl Stephen sexted with.” —Stephanie
“They’ve never met in person and have never talked since, but got deep on her heart condition? Okay.” —Anna
“Don’t forget the fetishes.” —Stephanie
Our final couple, Alex and Tim, also had a sleep-related breakup. It’s their turn to talk.
“Everyone looking away is how I feel RN.” —Sam
“My thoughts on Alex and Tim: horribly mismatched, both of them better off, probably both realize it now and don’t care.” —Stephanie
“They keep clarifying stuff and I keep...not caring.” —Sam
“I feel like Tim wants everything his way. He’s not massively accommodating. It kind of feels like he treats people around him like they’re all in the military. They are so terribly mismatched.” —Natasha
“‘The hate you projected onto me was like I killed your dog’—that’s true.” —Sam
“Sorry to these two...but I just don’t care.” —Stephanie
“Yeah, I’m bored. On another note, Alex does look great.” —Jazmin
“Why are Katie and Marissa’s mom friends now? Are they...best friends?” —Stephanie
Now that we’ve exhausted every fight each couple can have, we are getting an update on…Jessica from season 1 for some reason! She’s married now and has a baby. Cute! We also got updates on Marshall from season 4 and Nancy from season 3.
“Wait, who are these people? LOL.” —Jazmin
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: Taylor’s parents, Tom and Fong, are here! And Taylor and Garrett are sharing more updates.
“QTpies.” —Sam
“Fong and Tom must be like, ‘Why are we here?’” —Anna
“The mustache look is WORKING for me, Garrett.” —Sam
“The London look was the best. He’s on a hair odyssey.” —Natasha
“The stache and grown-out hair is the look.” —Sam
“We need to tell him! Taylor, tell him!” —Stephanie
We end the reunion by looking ahead to season 8, which will take place in Minneapolis. And three of the future podsters are here!
So, what are everyone’s last thoughts?
“That was 5/10.” —Natasha
“IDK, this reunion was a little more heated than I anticipated, a lot of arguing.” —Jazmin
“I hope there are more mature, successful couples in Minneapolis because the drama is wearing thin.” —Anna
“At least Vanessa didn’t ask about babies.” —Stephanie
