Love Is Blind’s Colleen Reed reveals plans to move in with Matt Bolton – two years after wedding

Love Is Blind’s Colleen Reed has revealed she’s finally planning to move in with husband Matt Bolton, nearly two years after she tied the knot.

The PR strategist, 27, and charter sales executive, 29, met in the pods on season three of the Netflix reality show in June 2021.

Although the couple chose to marry, the couple raised eyebrows during the November 2022 reunion special when they confessed that they weren’t yet living together.

However, appear on Tuesday’s episode of Deepti Vempati and Natalie Lee’s podcast, From the pods, Colleen confirmed that the couple had finally decided to make the big move.

She said, “Me and Matt are moving in together for the next two weeks.

“We don’t have the finances to buy by any means, but we’re going to be renting in Dallas and that gives us time to really find the perfect home for what works for us.”

She defended her decision to wait, adding: “We’re practically living together already. He actually stays at my house because it’s closer to work.

“I don’t think he’s been to his house once in the last month. So I’m excited to live with him outside of a studio.”

“I mean, if I can live in a studio with this guy, then I can live with him anywhere because I can’t leave him within these four walls,” she jokingly added.

Colleen concluded with more details about why the spouses waited two years to live together permanently.

“It takes a while to adjust to living with someone,” she explained.

“It takes a while, and neither of us wanted to rush to change that, all of a sudden to speed that up for other people.”

The former reality stars fell in love in the pods but faced a series of challenges before walking down the aisle, including her connection to costar Cole Barnett, who confessed that the ballerina was the person he would normally be attracted to in the ‘ real world’. .’

History: The PR strategist, 27, and charter sales manager, 29, met in the pods on season three of the Netflix reality show in June 2021

Difficulties: Although the couple chose to get married, the pair raised eyebrows during the November 2022 reunion special when they confessed that they are not yet living together

But despite their ups and downs on the series, the couple ultimately chose to get married.

During the reunion special, when they confessed they weren’t living together yet, the duo talked about their decision to move into separate homes.

“We have drawn up our leases [to] end at the same time so we don’t have to worry about breaking a lease or having to pay for two leases,” Colleen told Us Weekly at the time.

‘So, [we’re looking at] around May next year or something like that.’

Matt explained at the time that the financial commitment wasn’t the only thing holding them back.

The pair also wanted to take the next step on their own terms after their whirlwind televised marriage.

“It was more of…because [the show] is such an accelerated process, we knew we loved each other and we wanted to be with each other, but we still want to do it on our terms,” he told us.

“And by that I just mean we keep getting to know each other. Moving in together is a big step.’

Matt isn’t the only former Love Is Blind star to rock the show.

Leap of Faith: However, when Colleen appeared on Tuesday’s episode of Deepti Vempati and Natalie Lee’s podcast Out of the Pods, Colleen confirmed that the pair had finally decided to make the big move

Taking your time: Colleen concluded with more details about why the spouses waited two years to live together permanently

Just a week after the controversial ‘live’ season 4 finale was pushed back for 75 minutes, Amber Pike, 31, who married Matt Barnett at the end of the show’s first season in 2018 and still lives to this day always together, there are no bumps on Instagram.

The former reality star and her husband shared new snaps from their Easter party, where a fan asked who their “favorite couple” was from Season 4.

Pike responded to the comment saying “we’re not watching LIB,” which surprised many of her 1.3 million followers.

The commentator who asked who her favorite couple was said she was surprised to find “the love of your life” on the show, but Pike said, “We’re together DESPITE that show, not because of that show.”

Another fan asked if they “feuded” with the show’s creators since they didn’t appear on the Season 1 reunion show, Pike said, “I told them to stay away from us.”

Another fan called out Pike, who was listed as an “Ex-Tank Mechanic” on the show, for destroying the show.

“But you got to meet Burnett on the show, who saved you from homelessness and student loans… and you obviously seem to have a better life now, but isn’t that because of the show? I don’t know what went on behind the scenes, and I know being on a reality show can be stressful, but you volunteered for it. It’s too convenient for you to suddenly step away from the show now. LIB, the media and audiences behind the show’s popularity have made you what you are today,” the fan said, though Pike clearly disagreed with the fan’s assessment.

“Except that literally NOTHING you said was true,” Pike noted.

The news comes after other former Love Is Blind contestants claimed the show’s producers failed to feed them during the pods.

Season 2 stars Danielle Ruhl and Nick Thompson revealed to Insider that contestants were deprived of food, water, sleep, and “mental health assistance.”

Cast members claimed to have suffered “emotional breakdowns” as a result of the show’s producers neglecting the contestants.

Call-out: Just a week after the controversial Season 4 “live” finale delayed by 75 minutes, one of the first Love Is Blind winners called out the show

Controversy: The news comes after other former Love Is Blind contestants Danielle Ruhl and Nick Thompson claimed the show’s producers withheld food and water from them during the pods

The participants claimed to be filming up to 20 hours a day, and although they were regularly given alcohol, they didn’t get much time to sleep and rarely saw sunlight.

Ruhl claimed she passed out during the pod period — where participants were only in specific rooms — because she hadn’t eaten, slept, and had minimal amounts of water.

When a crew member insisted she take a COVID-19 test, she was immediately rushed back in to film a confessional after testing negative.

Ruhl claimed that producers also ignored her pleas for help with her mental health following a panic attack in Mexico.

“I kept telling them, ‘I don’t trust myself. I’ve tried to kill myself before. I’m having suicidal thoughts. I don’t think I can go through with this,'” she recalled.

The show’s producers, Kinetic Content, released a statement denying the allegations in the report.

‘The well-being of our participants is of paramount importance at Kinetic. We have strict protocols to care for each person before, during and after filming,” the statement said.

Another season 1 contestant, Danielle Drouin, supported the allegations, especially regarding the sleep deprivation.

“The sleep deprivation was real. i feel like they are doing it on purpose because they are trying to break you. They want you to be on your guard,” she said.