{"id":16654,"date":"2025-04-10T08:47:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=16654"},"modified":"2025-04-10T08:47:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:47:19","slug":"omg-it-looks-like-monica-and-ben-could-be-dating-each-other-now-after-love-is-blind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/04\/10\/omg-it-looks-like-monica-and-ben-could-be-dating-each-other-now-after-love-is-blind\/","title":{"rendered":"Omg, it looks like Monica and Ben could be dating each other now after Love Is Blind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right, I&#8217;m still reeling a bit from the rumours that<a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/love-is-blind\/\"> Love Is Blind<\/a> stars <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/03\/25\/this-is-the-exact-timeline-of-when-love-is-blinds-joey-and-sara-started-talking\/\">Joey and Sara could have something going on<\/a>, but now it looks like Monica and Ben could be dating too?!<\/p>\n<p>Now, whether this is some form of payback over the alleged news of Joey and Sara being an item, who knows, but let&#8217;s have a look at what we know about them so far.<\/p>\n<p>The rumours of Monica and Ben being in a relationship after Love Is Blind only started yesterday, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@storytimewithrikkii\/video\/7491403941142482218?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\">@storytimewithrikki<\/a>, aka the best Love Is Blind gossip source out there, revealed pictures of them spotted at a bar together.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@storytimewithrikkii\/video\/7491403941142482218\" data-video-id=\"7491403941142482218\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@storytimewithrikkii\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@storytimewithrikkii?refer=embed\">@storytimewithrikkii<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Monica &#038; Ben From Love Is Blind Season 8 were spotted at a bar together. \ud83d\udc40 Thats it, that\u2019s all. BUT I would love for this to be a thing cause im messy\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02  <a title=\"loveisblindseason8\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/loveisblindseason8?refer=embed\">#loveisblindseason8<\/a> <a title=\"loveisblind\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/loveisblind?refer=embed\">#loveisblind<\/a> <a title=\"loveisblindtok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/loveisblindtok?refer=embed\">#loveisblindtok<\/a> <a title=\"loveisblindnetflix\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/loveisblindnetflix?refer=embed\">#loveisblindnetflix<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - storytimewithrikkii\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7491404055189654315?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; storytimewithrikkii<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An onlooker claims that whilst there was &#8220;no PDA&#8221; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DIPTbc1RtmH\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Monica Dan\u00fas (@the.monicadanus)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, for now we know Monica and Ben are close friends after the events of Love Is Blind, and that they know all about the dating rumours, so looks like we&#8217;ll just have to wait and see whether they&#8217;re true or not!<\/p>\n<p><em><i>Reality Shrine has contacted Ben and Monica for comment. 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