‘Love Is Blind’ Season 5: Which Couples Are Still Together? (PHOTOS)
Spoiler Alert
[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Love Is Blind Season 5 finale.]
Love Is Blind Season 5 has been a season of firsts. Viewers got four full episodes of pod dates, whereas in past seasons the engagements were usually completed by then. And while there was significantly more time spent in the pods and the men’s and women’s lounges, there were fewer engagements this season than usual. You know what Season 5 did have, though? Exes.
For the first time ever (and in what was perhaps an inevitability?), two exes ended up on a pod date unexpectedly. No, they didn’t rekindle their former romance. In fact, their past affected another couple’s future. This and more was addressed in the Love Is Blind Season 5 reunion, which was attended by all of the couples and would-be couples seen on-screen this season, minus Uche Okoroha, who declined his invitation to participate.
The reunion debuted Sunday, October 15 at 8/7c on Netflix. Here’s where each of the pairings stand now. And for more insight into the season, watch the video below to hear Taylor and Aaliyah share their feelings about with the connections they made in the pods.
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Taylor & J.P.: Broken Up
J.P. and Taylor were the first to get engaged in Season 5. The lovebirds had a sweet first meeting, but there was some slight awkwardness.
That awkwardness only got worse on the Mexican honeymoon. Their time there was filled with painful silences, with Taylor begging J.P. to lead conversation even just a little bit. In Episode 6, he finally came clean and admitted that Taylor’s makeup at their first meeting, of all things, turned him off and made him want to talk less. Taylor didn’t buy that as the full truth. They broke up the next morning.
Taylor and J.P. did not get back together after filming. In the reunion, J.P. said apologized for the makeup remark, saying he failed to accurately express that Taylor looked beautiful without makeup. He said meeting her was “off-putting” because of her glam and that he was quiet on the honeymoon because he was uncomfortable around the cameras.
As Taylor told us in the video above, she had a feeling there was more to the makeup excuse than he was letting on.
Aaliyah & Uche: Broken Up
Aaliyah and Uche didn’t get the same happy pod ending as the other engaged couples. Lydia, who had developed a close bond with Aaliyah, shared so many details about Uche — his appearance, the car he drives, stories about his dog — that it angered her. Uche apologized for the turmoil and thought all was well. He was ready to propose at the end of Episode 4, but Aaliyah was a no-show for their date. The episode ended with a producer being heard speaking in the pods for the first time, revealing Aaliyah had chosen to leave the experiment.
Episode 5 began with Uche calling Aaliyah in a confessional interview. It was during that call that Aaliyah revealed the ways in which Lydia ruined the experience for her and how it made her doubt Lydia and Uche’s intentions coming into the experiment. Uche felt betrayed that she left without saying anything.
Aaliyah and Uche met in person in a later episode in a restaurant. There, Aaliyah said she stilled loved Uche and wanted to marry him. She also dropped a shocking bombshell about Lydia. During their last conversation in the women’s lounge that led to Aaliyah’s departure, Lydia revealed more things she knew about Uche, and Aaliyah somehow learned that Lydia may have applied for the show because she found out Uche would be there.
While Uche understood why Aaliyah was upset in the pods, he couldn’t get over her subsequent actions. He did not want to explore their relationship further because of the broken trust.
Aaliyah revealed in the reunion that she and Uche tried dating after filming, but they eventually broke up. She eventually learned that Uche told friends she didn’t look like the kind of women he usually goes for. Aaliyah also said Uche was “mean” and “condescending” to her.
Nick and Vanessa Lachey didn’t press Uche and Lydia about the theory that they planned to be in the pods together, but Aaliyah did. More on that below.
Aaliyah shares her feelings about the Lydia and Uche ordeal in the video above, admitting Lydia “ruined” the experiment for her.
Johnie & Chris: Broken Up
Johnie broke Chris’s heart in the pods by choosing Izzy over him and caused some tension when the two men talked about why she called Chris “safe.” After being dumped by Izzy in the pods, Johnie tried to get Chris back, but he declined.
The Episode 7 barbecue revealed they reconnected outside of the experiment and are now dating. Izzy had some choice words about that, making for a weird and tense argument at the barbecue.
As it turns out, Chris ghosted Johnie not long after that barbecue and began dating another woman within just a few weeks. Johnie said he started dating that woman before he ever broke up with her.
Chris previously defended Izzy’s barbecue behavior to TV Insider and remained mum on his relationship status with Johnie. Now we know why.
Stacy & Izzy: Broken Up
After breaking up with Johnie, Izzy set his focus on Stacy, leading to their engagement. Johnie realized too late that Stacy was Izzy’s No. 1, leading to her talking badly about Stacy in the women’s lounge within her earshot. Nevertheless, her first meeting with Izzy was a very flirty one.
They’re still engaged as of Episode 7, though they both clearly bear some ill will towards Johnie, who’s now in a relationship with her other pod ex, Chris. Stacy and Izzy met each other’s families in this episode drop and had a lot of serious talks about money and expectations when moving in together.
In Episodes 8 and 9, the pressures of life started to get to them. Izzy revealed he had a low credit score due to some credit card debt. This was a major concern for Stacy and led to an uncomfortable disagreement. While the debt was less than $5,000, Stacy was alarmed that Izzy didn’t tell her sooner. Izzy said he always planned on telling her, and he did bring up the topic unprompted in a show of transparency, but Stacy’s trust in him was knocked because he didn’t tell her early on in their relationship.
At the altar, Izzy said “I do,” but Stacy, while she “wants to say yes,” said they needed more time before tying the knot. She assured him that she still loved him and wanted to be together. They kissed and the wedding guests cheered, but Izzy’s true feelings set in afterward.
Izzy told Stacy he felt hurt and betrayed in a private conversation after the altar. He said he loved her the way she needed to be loved but she didn’t do the same for him.
Stacy and Izzy revealed in the reunion that they broke up. They’re each in relationships with different people but remain good friends. They officially split one week after Stacy said “I don’t” at the altar. Months later, they ran into each other at a bar and settled their differences.
Stacy continued to be vitriolic toward Johnie in the reunion, but Johnie wasn’t all that phased by it. Izzy apologized for how he spoke to Johnie at the barbecue but still defended what he said. Interestingly enough, Izzy and Johnie ran into each other at a bar months later and hashed things out. They kissed, but nothing developed from there.
Lydia & Milton: Married
Lydia is one of the two exes from the season. Her engagement with Milton was threatened when the secret of her and Uche’s past was revealed, but Milton still popped the question.
Their engagement came in Episode 5, moments after viewers saw Uche and Aaliyah’s tense phone call (more on that below). This is an opposites attract kind of couple. Where Lydia is loud and boisterous and emotional, Milton is a man of fewer words.
The cast reunion barbeque saw Uche and Lydia reunited, and Uche confronted Lydia about her behavior that led to their breakup (there was some Instagram and texting behavior he felt was disconcerting). This fight continued into Episode 8, with Uche pulling Milton aside to try and warn him about Lydia. Milton wasn’t fazed by Uche’s comments; his feelings for Lydia are rooted in his experiences with her and nothing else.
Milton did, however, criticize Lydia for her big emotions over the Uche situation in Episode 9. A romantic dinner in a geology museum exhibit turned sour when Milton said he wished Lydia acted less out of emotion. Just because he’s more reserved and analytical, Lydia rightly said, doesn’t mean she’s wrong to feel her feelings. And truly, the Uche barbecue fight would be distressing for anyone.
Milton and Lydia were at an emotional crossroads in Episode 9, but they seemed to overcome their disagreement. Getting ready for the wedding, Lydia told her friends and family that she told Milton he had a lot to learn about letting himself feel his feelings. With his groomsmen, Milton felt confident about saying “I do,” but his friends and father expressed doubts that made Milton question his decision.
In the end, both Lydia and Milton said “I do,” making them the only married couple from Love Is Blind Season 5. The reunion revealed that they were not only still married, but they also had a second wedding in Puerto Rico, where Lydia is from.
Despite their doubts about Lydia during their engagement, Milton said his parents adore Lydia now. One person Milton does not adore, however, is Uche.
Milton said during the reunion that he strongly disliked Uche because of the Lydia debacle (he previously told TV Insider he had a good connection with Uche and all of the pod guys, but there was a serious change in tone in the reunion). When pressed about the Lydia-Uche theory, Lydia revealed that she and Uche did, indeed, talk about Love Is Blind casting in what she said was a very short conversation in November 2021. She said that the conversation only consisted of her and Uche acknowledging that they saw the casting call.
Nick told viewers that Lydia and Uche were nearly removed from the cast when producers found out they were exes, but were allowed to stay when they reassured producers that they had no interest in dating each other. However, Lydia did pose the idea of them trying again when they ran into each other in the pods.
