Warning: This article contains spoilers about theLove Is Blindseason 3 finale and reunion.
What are the odds that the girl I’m going to marry is in those pods?'
“Obviously, things didn’t work out the way that either of us would’ve wanted.
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But overall it was a really good learning experience.”
That’s the understatement of the season.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Did you anticipate the response you would get after the episodes came out?
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COLE BARNETT:I had no clue.
It was not at all what I expected.
Have you watched the finale and the reunion yet?
I’ve seen the finale once.
I haven’t seen the reunion, but I’ve seenthe weddings.
Did you have any warning that Zanab was going to say no during your wedding?
I really thought she was going to say yes.
That’s why I was questioning her so hard.
Because it just doesn’t feel like that."
And so when she was telling me, “I’m a hundred percent ready.
What was it like filming the reunion?
The reunion was rough.
I mean,the reunion was horrible.
But it seemed like everyone really wanted to come and just lowlight everything.
The girls all stuck together, banded together, and I guess they were proud of it.
I was like, “Let’s keep working through things.”
The girls just stood up for themselves a lot and attacked in some ways.
During the reunion, Zanab revealedshe developed an eating disorder throughout filming.
Did you know about that before the reunion?
No, that’s the very first time I’d ever heard about her eating disorder.
She hadn’t mentioned that to me.
I flew on a plane with Brennon from Dallas to LA to film the reunion, and we talked.
He never said anything.
Then we sit down at the reunion and he tells me that he disrespects me.
[Those are] pretty difficult relationships to have.
It’s very difficult.
If someone has something to say to me, I wish they would just say it to my face.
I absolutely hate that.
I would never want that for anyone.
I can’t believe that.
That scene is played before the credits.
Have you watched that scene back?
Did you know it was going to be included in the reunion?
Oh, so it is played in the reunion now?
No, I haven’t seen it.
I had no idea.
How do you feel knowing that they did include that scene?
I don’t even know what the scene is, to be honest.
Can you tell me what the scene is?
When she said that’s a serving, you said she better save her appetite for dinner later.
I don’t know.
I’d have to see it to make a comment on it, to be honest with you.
I’ve been told the story in 10 different fashions and manners ever since it happened.
I’m just so tired of hearing about it.
That’s why at the reunion I literally said, “yo play it if someone has it.”
I have not seen it.
I don’t know how that conversation went.
This was two years ago.
If I in any way made her self-conscious by the words that I said, I’m very sorry.
Is there anything you wanted to say about that?
We went to a rodeo.
We chased cows around, and we went to a saloon that was specifically designated for us.
There [were] no other people there.
And then I Ubered home with an Uber that was bought for us by Netflix.
I went to my apartment and went to sleep.
I didn’t go out with the guys.
So I just don’t understand the premise of that one.
Brennon was claiming that I hit on a girl right after getting engaged.
That really caught me off guard because I didn’t know what he was talking about.
We’ve gotten engaged through a wall.”
I would tell them, “I’m engaged to a girl who I’ve never even seen.”
I guess Brennon took that as me hitting on another girl.
It’s not at all the case.
That’d be so stupid.
I didn’t do that.
What’s your relationship with Zanab like now?
Then from there, she just won’t really talk.
Any message I send, she just likes it and then leaves it.
You’ve seen the cuties clip.
Does it look like I pretty much put her down or am I attacking her with what I said?
It is pretty much how she described it during the reunion.
I wouldn’t say you were attacking her, but you said what she said you did.
Well, I will just have to see it and go from there.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
