Undoubtedly, all of Nick and Vanessa Lachey‘s plans are coming together. While they received backlash for their insistence on the Love Is Blind couple’s need for babies, seemingly, it was only a matter of time. After several other individual cast members have given birth to babies recently, now Bliss Poureetezadi Goytowski and Zack Goytowski have added to the precious bundles of joy.
Love Is Blind Baby Boom
While Love is Blind‘s Jessica Batten left the show without a man, she found her true love during the pandemic. After that, she and her husband, Benjamin McGrath, gave birth to a little baby boy, Dax in June 2023. Furthermore, Giannina Gibelli and Bachelor Nation‘s Blake Horstmann have also added a sweet little boy, Heath, to the Lib circle as of March 2024. While the babies are starting to boom for Lib, there is still room for more lovable little people.
Love Is Blind Baby Boom
While Love is Blind‘s Jessica Batten left the show without a man, she found her true love during the pandemic. After that, she and her husband, Benjamin McGrath, gave birth to a little baby boy, Dax in June 2023. Furthermore, Giannina Gibelli and Bachelor Nation‘s Blake Horstmann have also added a sweet little boy, Heath, to the Lib circle as of March 2024. While the babies are starting to boom for Lib, there is still room for more lovable little people.
- 5/10/2024
- by Bonnie Kaiser-Gambill
- TV Shows Ace
Giannina Gibelli and Damian Powers’ messy romance was front-and-center in Love Is Blind Season 1. The pair were part of the first group of people to take part in Netflix’s blind dating experiment, which was filmed in 2018 and aired in 2020. Giannina and Damian connected in the pods and made it all the way to the altar before he shocked everyone by refusing to say “I do.”
But that memorable wedding day twist wasn’t the end of Giannina and Damian’s story. The couple reconciled after filming ended and stayed together for several years. Then, Damian showed up at the 2021 Love Is Blind: After the Altar reunion special with Too Hot to Handle star Francesca Farago on his arm. Giannina was understandably furious with her boyfriend’s behavior, and soon after they called it quits for good.
What have Giannina and Damian been up to since their less-than-amicable breakup?...
But that memorable wedding day twist wasn’t the end of Giannina and Damian’s story. The couple reconciled after filming ended and stayed together for several years. Then, Damian showed up at the 2021 Love Is Blind: After the Altar reunion special with Too Hot to Handle star Francesca Farago on his arm. Giannina was understandably furious with her boyfriend’s behavior, and soon after they called it quits for good.
What have Giannina and Damian been up to since their less-than-amicable breakup?...
- 11/15/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The casting of Love Is Blind is very interesting. Although the locations change each season, producers find the same type of personalities. One type is the man who is ashamed of his culture, and here is why this has to stop.
‘Love Is Blind’ history of men viewing their culture as an obstacle to their dating life Abhishek “Shake” Chatterjee and Deepti Vempati on ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 2 | Netflix
The good intentions of Love Is Blind started by addressing a problem with the current dating culture. “Your value is often judged solely by the photo on your dating app,” Vanessa Lachey told the season 1 ladies. “But everyone wants to be loved for who they are. Not for their looks, their race, their background, or income.”
We saw men talking about how their race or ethnicity affected dating in real life. “I’ll never forget with one of my girlfriends in...
‘Love Is Blind’ history of men viewing their culture as an obstacle to their dating life Abhishek “Shake” Chatterjee and Deepti Vempati on ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 2 | Netflix
The good intentions of Love Is Blind started by addressing a problem with the current dating culture. “Your value is often judged solely by the photo on your dating app,” Vanessa Lachey told the season 1 ladies. “But everyone wants to be loved for who they are. Not for their looks, their race, their background, or income.”
We saw men talking about how their race or ethnicity affected dating in real life. “I’ll never forget with one of my girlfriends in...
- 4/6/2023
- by Nicole Weaver
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Madlyn Ballatori and Colby Kissinger, stars of Netflix’s reality TV dating show The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On, arrived at the season 1 reunion while pregnant. Several months after welcoming their baby girl, the married couple announced they are expecting their second child.
‘The Ultimatum’ stars Madlyn Ballatori and Colby Kissinger expecting a second child
In May 2022, The Ultimatum stars Madlyn Ballatori and Colby Kissinger welcomed their first child together, a daughter they named Josephine “Josie” Riley.
Eight months later, the couple announced they had another baby on the way.
"It's a pretty big decision." Will Colby win the title of Madlyn's man? ? #TheUltimatum pic.twitter.com/94pu2clJqY
— The Ultimatum (@TheUltimatum) April 1, 2022
They revealed the news with a photoshoot posted to Instagram with the pair posing with Josie, who wore a “big sister” shirt.
In the caption, Madlyn shared they were “excited and thankful” about the pregnancy and asked...
‘The Ultimatum’ stars Madlyn Ballatori and Colby Kissinger expecting a second child
In May 2022, The Ultimatum stars Madlyn Ballatori and Colby Kissinger welcomed their first child together, a daughter they named Josephine “Josie” Riley.
Eight months later, the couple announced they had another baby on the way.
"It's a pretty big decision." Will Colby win the title of Madlyn's man? ? #TheUltimatum pic.twitter.com/94pu2clJqY
— The Ultimatum (@TheUltimatum) April 1, 2022
They revealed the news with a photoshoot posted to Instagram with the pair posing with Josie, who wore a “big sister” shirt.
In the caption, Madlyn shared they were “excited and thankful” about the pregnancy and asked...
- 1/27/2023
- by Tamara Grant
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Image Source: Netflix
Some happy news in the "Love is Blind" universe: season one contestant Jessica Batten is pregnant! On Jan. 5, the reality star announced she was expecting her first child with husband Benjamin McGrath via Instagram. Alongside a series of photos of the couple framing Batten's pregnant belly with a heart, the reality television alum wrote, "New Year, Same Me, New Mom!" She went on to share that the baby was due in early June. "Sending the best wishes and blessings your way in 2023," she said. "We're excited and humbled to share we will welcome our baby into the world and into our growing family."
Batten, who now works at a tech startup, met McGrath, a California-based doctor, in March 2020. McGrath reached out to his now-wife on Instagram after watching her on the Netflix show. They got engaged in September 2021, and tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Santa Barbara,...
Some happy news in the "Love is Blind" universe: season one contestant Jessica Batten is pregnant! On Jan. 5, the reality star announced she was expecting her first child with husband Benjamin McGrath via Instagram. Alongside a series of photos of the couple framing Batten's pregnant belly with a heart, the reality television alum wrote, "New Year, Same Me, New Mom!" She went on to share that the baby was due in early June. "Sending the best wishes and blessings your way in 2023," she said. "We're excited and humbled to share we will welcome our baby into the world and into our growing family."
Batten, who now works at a tech startup, met McGrath, a California-based doctor, in March 2020. McGrath reached out to his now-wife on Instagram after watching her on the Netflix show. They got engaged in September 2021, and tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Santa Barbara,...
- 1/5/2023
- by Yerin Kim
- Popsugar.com
Surprise! Love Is Blind's Jessica Batten is married. More than two years after her breakup with Mark Cuevas on the debut season of the Netflix reality show, Jessica has eloped with her partner Dr. Ben McGrath, a podiatrist. The pair tied the knot in a courtyard at a courthouse in Santa Barbara, Calif. in front of just two other couples, they told Brides in comments posted Sept. 16. "8.24.22," Jessica and Ben wrote on Instagram, alongside a photo of herself with her husband. "Mr. & Mrs." Ben also wrote on his Instagram Story, "Thank you for all the very nice messages. It's been a wonderful three weeks. Blooded bliss. Three weeks. Is this. Bliss is this. We're...
- 9/17/2022
- E! Online
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“Love is Blind,” Netflix’s fan-favorite, extremely unhinged dating show, returned earlier this month. The second season of the hit series, which places 15 men and women in separate pods to get to know each other without being able to see each other, doubles as a social experiment aimed at answering a question as old as time: is love really blind?
But now that most people have finally caught up on the new season — the final four episodes hit the streamer on Feb. 18 — we have our own burning questions. What elixir does Shayne have on hand to have girls vying for his love despite being a walking red flag? What real friends let the people they care about get love-bombed via ukulele — on camera, no less? And why is everyone sweating so much?...
“Love is Blind,” Netflix’s fan-favorite, extremely unhinged dating show, returned earlier this month. The second season of the hit series, which places 15 men and women in separate pods to get to know each other without being able to see each other, doubles as a social experiment aimed at answering a question as old as time: is love really blind?
But now that most people have finally caught up on the new season — the final four episodes hit the streamer on Feb. 18 — we have our own burning questions. What elixir does Shayne have on hand to have girls vying for his love despite being a walking red flag? What real friends let the people they care about get love-bombed via ukulele — on camera, no less? And why is everyone sweating so much?...
- 2/22/2022
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
The "pod squad" has a reason to celebrate. Love Is Blind's Jessica Batten got engaged to boyfriend Benjamin McGrath on Sept. 10. "I don't think it has quite sunk in, but I'm definitely floating somewhere on cloud nine," she told People in an interview published Sept. 16. "It's been really, really exciting!" As Jessica shared with the magazine, Benjamin, a 34-year-old foot and ankle surgeon, popped the question with a round diamond ring at Akash Winery in Temecula, Calif. "I walked down into the vineyard, and one of the aisles of grapes had rose petals all the way down to this gorgeous arch with roses all around it," the 35-year-old reality star recalled...
- 9/16/2021
- E! Online
As RuPaul's famous saying goes: "If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?" That seems to be the motto Love Is Blind star Jessica Batten is living by these days. The reality TV personality, who appeared in the first season of the hit Netflix show, returned for an epic comeback on the new reunion series, Love Is Blind: After the Altar. Although Jessica didn't get closure with her ex-fiancé Mark Cuevas or make amends with couple Amber Pike and Matt Barnett, she ended up discovering something more significant about herself. Taking to Instagram on Saturday, July 30, the Netflix star shared a...
- 8/1/2021
- E! Online
Three's certainly a crowd with this Pod Squad. Love Is Blind: After the Altar star Jessica Batten exclusively revealed on E! News' Daily Pop which co-stars she's on good terms with—and her answer may surprise you. "I'm super, super happy for [ex Mark Cuevas]," Jessica explained during the July 28 episode. While the teaser for the cast's two-year anniversary party proves to be a tense reunion, Jessica swore she doesn't hold any grudge against her former fiancé Mark, even after rumors of his infidelity. "We really had an agreement on the show," Jessica opened up about their supposedly planned break-up at the altar. "We knew...
- 7/29/2021
- E! Online
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Love Is Blind: After the Altar,” streaming now on Netflix.
Just weeks before the Covid-19 pandemic forced isolation and quarantining around the world, Netflix debuted a new reality dating show, “Love Is Blind,” that featured its hopeful romantics meeting potential mates from behind the walls of their own individual pods. The concept was simple: get to know someone based on personality before you ever see what they look like, and hopefully make a connection so strong wedding vows are exchanged by the end of the season. Spoiler alert: by the end of Season 1, two couples got married and are now back, along with the majority of the cast and a special guest from “Too Hot to Handle,” for a three-part followup entitled “Love Is Blind: After the Altar.”
“We didn’t go into it with any explanation of, ‘We...
Just weeks before the Covid-19 pandemic forced isolation and quarantining around the world, Netflix debuted a new reality dating show, “Love Is Blind,” that featured its hopeful romantics meeting potential mates from behind the walls of their own individual pods. The concept was simple: get to know someone based on personality before you ever see what they look like, and hopefully make a connection so strong wedding vows are exchanged by the end of the season. Spoiler alert: by the end of Season 1, two couples got married and are now back, along with the majority of the cast and a special guest from “Too Hot to Handle,” for a three-part followup entitled “Love Is Blind: After the Altar.”
“We didn’t go into it with any explanation of, ‘We...
- 7/28/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
The Love Is Blind family is expanding! In case you missed the big news, Mark Cuevas announced through Instagram on Oct. 25 that he is expecting his first child with girlfriend Aubrey Rainey. "I'm so excited to be a dad—seriously one of the proudest moments of my life," Mark shared with E! News after confirming the news on social media. Aubrey added, "Blessed beyond measure & cannot wait to meet our little pumpkin." Mark starred in the debut season of the hit Netflix dating series. While he first built a connection with fellow contestant Jessica Batten, the duo would break up before saying "I Do." And while Mark briefly dated fellow co-star...
- 10/26/2020
- E! Online
Mark Cuevas appears to have a new girlfriend. The Love Is Blind star, who recently made headlines over an alleged cheating scandal, is moving on with someone new. Mark took to Instagram on Sunday evening to share a photo of himself getting cozy with a blonde woman, writing, "Thankful." While Mark was willing to share the photo, it doesn't seem like he's going to reveal that name of his new leading lady, considering he tagged her as "nope" in the picture. Earlier this year, Netflix premiered their hit reality show, Love Is Blind, during which viewers saw Mark get engaged to Jessica Batten. However, the couple ended up calling it quits at the altar due to their 10-year age difference. Just days...
- 7/6/2020
- E! Online
Jessica Batten has finally found her “happiness.” To celebrate the Fourth of July, the “Love Is Blind” star revealed via Instagram that she has a new boyfriend. His name is Benjamin McGrath, and he’s a foot and ankle surgeon from California who goes by “Doctor Ben” on Instagram. Oh, and did we mention he’s totally cute? Yes, girl! “Happy Fourth!
- 7/5/2020
- by Jamie Samhan
- ET Canada
Jessica Batten is ready for a second chance at love this summer. While celebrating Fourth of July weekend, the Love Is Blind star took to Instagram and introduced fans to her new boyfriend. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Dr. Benjamin McGrath. "Happy Fourth! Freedom isn't free. I'm thankful to be able to follow my heart and choose my own happiness. I hope you all do the same!" she shared on social media. "For those who have asked, this is why I would do it all over again. Can't wait to share some of our adventures. #followyourheart #happyfourth #244." Many fans were quick to congratulate the reality star including her co-star Kelly Chase who was able to meet the special guy...
- 7/4/2020
- E! Online
Jessica Batten isn't blind when it comes to headlines surrounding her ex. Earlier today, pop culture fans learned that Love Is Blind stars Mark Cuevas and Lauren "Lc" Chamblin had broken up after rekindling their romance. The reason behind the split, however, quickly got followers talking. "Mark and I were casually dating, but talked about remaining exclusive, especially because of Covid-19, but that's over now," Lc shared in a statement to E! News. "The main thing I learned from the show and past relationships is that I deserve to be treated like a priority, and not an option." Lo and behold, Mark's other Love Is Blind ex Jessica Batten saw E!...
- 6/24/2020
- E! Online
Turns out the moment everyone was talking about from the Love Is Blind reunion could've been way more dramatic. In an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Amber Pike and husband Matt Barnett detailed the whole Jessica Batten situation, including what viewers didn't see at the reunion. "Obviously, there was a lot of things in the show I didn't know about," Amber told host Ellen DeGeneres after rewatching a clip from their drunken bachelorette party. "I thought maybe she had a crush on him. So, seeing everything when the show aired, I was not happy." "It was super fun," Barnett joked. "Matt was doing his best to calm me down," Amber said. So, Barnett did...
- 3/10/2020
- E! Online
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