Love is Blind: After the Altar.Photo: Netflix
Love Is Blind: After the Altaris coming back for its third installment next month — and apparently checking in on two of the messiest splits featured on the hit Netflix dating series.
On Wednesday, the streaming platform announced that season 3 of theLove Is Blindfollow-up will debut on Friday, Feb. 10, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
The three-episode special — according to an official synopsis — will catch up with the season 3 cast as they “readjust to life in Dallas after the altar and come together for a birthday extravaganza.”
“A year after the weddings, some old flames have reunited, while others try to navigate next steps in their relationships,” reads the release. “Who is still thriving and who is forced to make hard decisions about their future?”
Expected to appear in the special are couplesColleen Reed and Matt Bolton, andAlexa Alfia and Brennon Lemieux— the two married pairs who made it down the altar this season. They appear on Netflix’s official poster for the special, each smiling arm and arm together.
The former couples from the show —RavenRoss andSikiru “SK” Alagbada,Zanab Jaffrey and Cole Barnett, andNancy Rodriguez and Bartise Bowden— are all also on the artwork, each in their own frames.
Love is Blind: After the Altar.Netflix
Of the singles, Raven and SK and Zanab as well as Cole easily had the messiest splits.
Raven, 30, and SK, 34, struggled with numerous relationship stressors on the show, including intimacy issues as well as differences in their family backgrounds and cultures. Most challenging, though, was whether they could make a long-distance relationship work as he planned to move to California for two years to earn his master’s degree.
On their wedding day, Raven appeared prepared to overcome this obstacle. “I couldn’t imagine a world without you,” she told SK. “I think we have a great future ahead of us and I really mean it when I say I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you.”
That didn’t last long, however. In late November, just weeks after the reunion aired, Raven and SK revealed in a joint statement that they hadsplit for a second time. Their breakup came amidallegations that SK cheated, whichhe has denied.
Raven and SK.Netflix
It wasn’t much less dramatic for Zanab and Cole.
“You have disrespected me, you have insulted me, you have critiqued me, and for what it’s worth, you have single-handedly shattered my self-confidence,” she told him in front of their wedding guests. “And the messed up thing is I know love you… but love shouldn’t feel this way. I can’t marry you.”
“I wasn’t body-shaming you,” he later explained on theLauren Interviewspodcast. “I was just asking and saying, ‘Hey, we planned this big dinner.’ I was just speaking to it and being myself.”
Cole and Zanab.NETFLIX
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In the game of love, the strategy of the matchmakers will determine if contestants find better matches or “create chaos.” Ultimately, only one couple will be crowned the “Perfect Match.”
Love Is Blindalums Bowden,Damian Powers, Diamond Jack, Lauren “LC” Chamblin andShayne Jansenare among the cast featured on the new series.
source: people.com
