Love Is Blind star Bartise Bowden has rather a lot to say about what went down between him and Nancy Rodriquez after this season of the explosive actuality collection wrapped filming!
While opening as much as Us Weekly on Monday, the truth star insisted he and his former fiancée would nonetheless be collectively if he had stated sure on their marriage ceremony day — however that’s not essentially a superb factor. He expressed:
“That’s part of the reason why I said no, because I only wanna make that decision one time. Let’s say I say ‘yes,’ and we encounter problems or whatever, we’re sticking together.”
Um, yeah. That’s marriage. It kinda feels like he isn’t prepared for that type of dedication…
While he nonetheless had numerous love for Nancy when he denied her on the altar, he fearful about what their relationship would seem like sooner or later. But due to their pasts he knew he would have caught it out even when they have been depressing. He continued:
“Her parents are divorced; my parents are divorced. I’m not going through that. So yes, if I said yes, we would still be together.”
Together, however not fortunately ever after…
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But, in fact, after he shocked everybody by telling her he wasn’t prepared on their marriage ceremony day, any likelihood at romance was instantly shut down by Nancy. We imply, come on… you’ll be able to’t come again from that… proper? On the place they stand now, he dished:
“We took probably three to four weeks [apart] after [our] wedding day. Did not communicate at all. And then a month later, she texted me and said, ‘Hey, can we, like, talk and kind of decompress together and go through everything?’”
The Dallas, Texas natives then spent “like five hours” catching up over dinner and drinks — nevertheless it didn’t result in a rekindled spark, as he defined:
“We decided to move forward trying to be friends.”
Hey, it’s nonetheless nice they have been capable of course of every part collectively. It’s such an vital step in letting go and transferring on with out resentment. And it’s not one thing each LIB couple can say they’ve been capable of accomplish after breaking apart.
Innerestingly, if it had been as much as him, although, he says he would have tried to present their love a second likelihood! Apparently, he by no means needed to interrupt up with the true property investor, he simply wasn’t able to get married:
“That was my plan. I was like, ‘I’m not ready to say yes for the rest of my life with you right now, but … if we keep going romantically then, who knows what we could be?’”
Obviously, Nancy wasn’t thrilled with this concept — which she made clear on their would-be marriage ceremony day. Somehow, this appeared to confuse him at first, as he defined:
“I’m like, ‘You realize you’re cutting me off right now, even though you just said yes to spending the rest of your life with me. Like, how does that make any sense?’ Which I mean, in hindsight, that was just a very emotional display from her because she reached out to me three weeks later.”
Well, yeah, man! That’s how unhealthy you blew it! Couples don’t survive being jilted on the altar! We’re shocked they’ll even be pals tbh. Well, about that…
Despite attempting to be pleasant, Bartise admits he would solely think about them “cordial work acquaintances” as of late, and that’s largely as a result of they’ve each moved on relationship-wise. He famous:
“Fast forward a few more months, [and] now we’re both in other relationships. And I found it hard to maintain the level of friendship that Nancy wanted with me while I was also trying to be respectful of a new girl I was dating because, you know, she would get jealous that I was talking to Nancy.”
Understandable. They have been engaged, in spite of everything!
While he didn’t find yourself a married man after the Love Is Blind experiment, the 27-year-old nonetheless thinks it labored:
“I think the goal for everybody is to find out, can you fall in love with somebody based on who they are on the inside and have somebody fall in love with you for who you are on the inside? So, I think for me … the show worked. It didn’t end in marriage; however, the show is not a failure for me or for Nancy.”
Well, possibly don’t communicate for her on that one…
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Bartise additionally dished on another scorching subjects involving his forged members! First, there’s the stunning break up between Sikiru “SK” Alagbada and Raven Ross, who Bartise was truly linked to within the pods for a bit. While the couple didn’t get married, they introduced they have been again collectively throughout the reunion… solely to interrupt up over the weekend after a number of girls got here ahead claiming SK had cheated on Raven!
This is especially noteworthy for Bartise since throughout the collection he was caught on digicam gushing about his emotions for Raven in entrance of Nancy (oof!). When requested what it was like to observe the second again, he stated:
“It was definitely hard and … embarrassing to watch [that conversation]. … I definitely feel bad about that.”
So what does he take into consideration the couple’s dramatic break up? While he didn’t have “a whole lot of thoughts” on the controversy, he did share:
“Their relationship really was, like, the most secretive I guess. […] It’s not my spot to reach out to them. I’ve come in between their relationship, you know, plenty of times already.”
Ha! Seems like he’s gotten extra mature all through this course of!
Meanwhile, he additionally caught up for his co-star Cole Barnett who was referred to as out by fiancée Zanab Jaffrey throughout the reunion for destroying her shallowness — partly by body-shaming her. In one occasion, she claimed he criticized her determination to eat two clementines (AKA”cuties”) earlier than a giant dinner. The scene has precipitated TONS of controversy — and, curiously, the web has largely sided with Cole whereas the LIB girls, Alexa Alfia (and her husband Brennan Lemieux), Colleen Reed, and Raven, have stood by Zay, writing supportive messages on social media. What does Bartise take into consideration all of this? He instructed the incident was simply “the straw that broke the camel’s back,” including:
“I don’t think it looks bad for Cole at all. Zanab is not the most secure woman as is, so, like, that is gonna be an issue for her.”
Yeesh. He’s actually blaming this all on Zanab?? Ouch. Guess his loyalty lies with Cole! Hear him talk about the Love Is Blind drama in additional element (beneath)!
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