Putting aside the whole delayed "live" shenanigan.
To my surprise, everyone in this reunion was civilized and mostly had intelligent responses. There was no Shake-level intrusion or Zanab-level blamefest, even though the Lacheys seemed like they were desperately trying to push the ex-contestants in that direction. I actually respect that Irina showed up even though she knew that there was nothing for her here than hate, but for that minor chance to redeem herself in front of the cast members and the audience, she actually came. Unlike Jackie, who, this way, really became the "villain" of this season, as she didn't even have the guts to show up, just to constantly throw shade and blame - online.
The Lacheys were not the best hosts, really. I noticed this in the previous seasons' reunions as well, they just don't ask the right questions and are often, well, cringe. Vanessa gets too subjectively involved and offended, which is not the way as she is supposed to be a moderator, taking a step back for the sake of the show and information. The way she pushed the 'Love is Blind baby' is quite tasteless - first of all, these people, however happy they might seem, only know each other for a year, and second, you can never know why somebody doesn't have kids. Maybe they would love to have them, but cannot. It's not in good taste to ask, especially to force it this way, in front of a wide audience. Vanessa "hinted" at it 3-4 times and that should have been more than enough, but then she directly asked the couples. Not cool.
I am sad that Brett's speech was cut short, but I understand that Tiff & Brett are the least problematic, so they got the shortest screen time. Even though I really don't like Micah, I applaud the fact that she very clearly paid attention to not use 'like', like, at all, like, in the reunion. She has a lot of growing up to do as she seems like she doesn't understand why people hate on her and why Paul said no. The Lacheys were too hung up on what Paul said at the wedding, that she doesn't seem to be a mother-like type (which I agree with, based on the show). I think Paul explained it as intelligently and kindly as possible. Desperately wanting to have kids "on paper" and being a good mother or a nurturing type are very different things. The reunion spent way too much time on this, to no avail. I was surprised that Kwame and Chelsea are still together, but they really seem to be in a good place and very communicative and intelligent with both each other and the others. Kudos to them! And that luxury crib that they live in, whaaaat! Zack and Bliss, aww, bless them. I love that they so clearly show affection towards each other when the camera is not on them per se. I think they were very respectful and showed great emotional intelligence when addressing Irina as well, which must have been hard. I feel sorry for Marshall, as that man comes off as so genuinely kind and caring. I hope he finds someone on his level. As he said, he was robbed (again) of a true closure as Jackie didn't show up. I understand why she didn't, though, because even if she said that she had matured a lot and her mental health is now much better, that could have been a toxic, Shake-level showdown.
Review by SophiasoVIP 5BlockedParentSpoilers2023-04-18T07:22:45Z
Putting aside the whole delayed "live" shenanigan.
To my surprise, everyone in this reunion was civilized and mostly had intelligent responses. There was no Shake-level intrusion or Zanab-level blamefest, even though the Lacheys seemed like they were desperately trying to push the ex-contestants in that direction. I actually respect that Irina showed up even though she knew that there was nothing for her here than hate, but for that minor chance to redeem herself in front of the cast members and the audience, she actually came. Unlike Jackie, who, this way, really became the "villain" of this season, as she didn't even have the guts to show up, just to constantly throw shade and blame - online.
The Lacheys were not the best hosts, really. I noticed this in the previous seasons' reunions as well, they just don't ask the right questions and are often, well, cringe. Vanessa gets too subjectively involved and offended, which is not the way as she is supposed to be a moderator, taking a step back for the sake of the show and information. The way she pushed the 'Love is Blind baby' is quite tasteless - first of all, these people, however happy they might seem, only know each other for a year, and second, you can never know why somebody doesn't have kids. Maybe they would love to have them, but cannot. It's not in good taste to ask, especially to force it this way, in front of a wide audience. Vanessa "hinted" at it 3-4 times and that should have been more than enough, but then she directly asked the couples. Not cool.
I am sad that Brett's speech was cut short, but I understand that Tiff & Brett are the least problematic, so they got the shortest screen time.
Even though I really don't like Micah, I applaud the fact that she very clearly paid attention to not use 'like', like, at all, like, in the reunion. She has a lot of growing up to do as she seems like she doesn't understand why people hate on her and why Paul said no. The Lacheys were too hung up on what Paul said at the wedding, that she doesn't seem to be a mother-like type (which I agree with, based on the show). I think Paul explained it as intelligently and kindly as possible. Desperately wanting to have kids "on paper" and being a good mother or a nurturing type are very different things. The reunion spent way too much time on this, to no avail.
I was surprised that Kwame and Chelsea are still together, but they really seem to be in a good place and very communicative and intelligent with both each other and the others. Kudos to them! And that luxury crib that they live in, whaaaat!
Zack and Bliss, aww, bless them. I love that they so clearly show affection towards each other when the camera is not on them per se. I think they were very respectful and showed great emotional intelligence when addressing Irina as well, which must have been hard.
I feel sorry for Marshall, as that man comes off as so genuinely kind and caring. I hope he finds someone on his level. As he said, he was robbed (again) of a true closure as Jackie didn't show up. I understand why she didn't, though, because even if she said that she had matured a lot and her mental health is now much better, that could have been a toxic, Shake-level showdown.