{"id":44598,"date":"2026-02-02T16:46:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=44598"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:02:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:02:56","slug":"natalie-reveals-the-moment-she-realised-love-is-blind-doesnt-actually-work-as-a-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/02\/natalie-reveals-the-moment-she-realised-love-is-blind-doesnt-actually-work-as-a-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie reveals the moment she realised Love Is Blind doesn’t actually work as a concept"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you needed proof that Love Is Blind<\/a> alum Natalie Lee is in her \u201cI\u2019m older, wiser, and not sugar-coating it\u201d era, her latest podcast chat delivers.<\/p>\n

On Out of the Pods<\/a>, she\u2019s not rehashing old tea for clicks, she\u2019s connecting real-life moments to what the pods promise versus what they actually produce.<\/p>\n

And the spark for her latest hot take wasn\u2019t a viral meme or a messy reunion\u2026 it was a wedding. Specifically, seeing someone she loves find the kind of relationship that just makes sense.<\/p>\n

It may be five years post-show, but Natalie’s coming through with some newfound wisdom…<\/p>\n

Natalie reflects on Love Is Blind<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
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Ok, so Iyanna McNeely<\/a>, who we all first met on season two, has lived the full Love Is Blind arc<\/p>\n

She went from whirlwind pod romance, marriage, and then a public breakup. Iyanna and Jarrette Jones<\/span><\/span> announced their split in 2022 and later finalised their divorce.<\/p>\n

Fast-forward to now, and Iyanna has remarried. She tied the knot with Alexander Lewis<\/span><\/span> in a winter wedding in Chicago on January 17, 2026, and Natalie was a bridesmaid.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the emotional context behind Natalie\u2019s \u201caha\u201d moment.<\/p>\n

Watching Iyanna in a relationship that looks calm, sure, and genuinely aligned made Natalie reflect on what they all thought love looked like back then, when the pods were new, the stakes were high, and everyone was convinced the connection had to be \u201cthe one\u201d because it felt intense.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Out of the Pods, Natalie told Deepti Vempati that she just attended Iyanna’s wedding and found it crazy that she met both Iyanna and Deepti five years ago on Love Is Blind.<\/p>\n

“It was so, so magical,” she said of Iyanna’s wedding.<\/p>\n

She realised Love Is Blind doesn\u2019t work<\/h2>\n
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@natalieminalee<\/a> <\/p>\n

Five years ago we bonded as we helped each other through heartbreak, and now I get to stand by her as she marries her soulmate \ud83e\udd79<\/p>\n

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