A timeline of Love Is Blind star Michaella’s actual relationship with Matt the beekeeper

After weeks of speculation, we finally got the lowdown on what happened between Michaella Giorgio from Love Is Blind and that beekeeper (whose name is Matt Waldrip, apparently). The duo spoke about their relationship at the Love Is Blind season 11 reunion, but said wildly different things. To help you make sense of it all, here is a timeline of what we know actually happened between Michaella and Matt the beekeeper from Love Is Blind US season 11.

February 2025

It’s not always clear when each episode of Love Is Blind US was filmed, becomes Netflix seem to be working on several seasons with participants from different areas at once. But John and Sarah’s actual divorce papers reveal their wedding was on 27th March 2025.

Based on this, we can hypothesise that Matt and Michaella probably met in the pods in February 2025, then Michaella split from Rob in March 2025.

Summer 2025

Approximately six months after Love Is Blind was filmed, Michaella got in touch with Matt. She told Tudum: “He’s a really nice guy, and I think what drew me to him is that he was the exact opposite of Rob. I felt like I needed to self-correct a little bit after being so blindsided by what happened with Rob.”

September 2025

 

 

 

 

 

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Matt and Michaella finally went on their first proper date in September. Matt considered them to have been a couple at this point. “That’s when we actually dated, or what I saw as a relationship,” he said.

Michaella doesn’t seem to perceived their relationship in this way. Moments that were clearly very meaningful to Matt weren’t such events to her. Apparently, Matt didn’t formally introduce her to his parents as his partner. Michaella was dropping Matt off at his mother’s house, and his mother happened to be there.

Matt recalls eating chicken cutlets that Michaella’s mother prepared, and watching Harry Potter and the Cursed Child together.

November 2025

 

 

 

 

 

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The couple broke up (or, the two people went on a date for the last time) at the end of November.

In the brain of Matt, the two lovers were compelled to end their romance by the external forces of Boston traffic jams.

“We are two and a half hours apart in Boston traffic,” Matt said, “it was never a question of the love being there, it was just a question of the distance and the sustainability of a long-term relationship. It was really on me that I felt like I couldn’t give her what I needed to as a partner.

“When things ended, it was sad. I mean, we both cried. To Michaella’s credit, she was willing to try. She was willing to make the distance work.”

Michaella had a different take. “If I could go back and change it, I would’ve stayed friends with him.” Ouch.

October 2026

Love Is Blind season 11 was released on Netflix. Matt seems to have considered rekindling his bond with Michaella, because he contemplated bringing her honey as a present. The cast are sat down together in a studio for the reunion episode. Matt and Michaella interact with each other. It’s all a bit weird.

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Matt said: “We had very different interpretations of our relationship, and I think that emotions were high at the reunion.” You think?!

November 2026

Matt and Michaella have not had any contact since the reunion episode was filmed, and they seem to both be okay with that. Even Matt said: “I wish her the best, but at this point, I wouldn’t have a desire to reconnect.”

So, even if we’re being generous with the estimates, Matt and Michaella appear to have been dating for 13.5 per cent of the time they’ve known each other for.

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