Natalie Lee discovered that actuality TV stars aren’t her sort after courting one following her break up from Shayne Jansen.
When requested whether or not she has dated one other actuality star on the Monday, July 17, episode of her Deepti Vempati’s “Out of the Pods” podcast, Natalie responded, “I’ve. I can’t say his identify out of respect for him, however I’ve privately dated one other actuality TV star. And it was fascinating. I don’t know what to say, like, I did it.”
Having starred on season 2 of Netflix’s Love Is Blind, Natalie mentioned there’s a “safeness” when courting different actuality stars as a result of they’ll bond over shared experiences. “After we have been off of Love Is Blind and when the present was additionally popping out, we have been beneath a lot stress,” she famous. “It’s quite a bit when individuals are speaking about you on-line and also you begin feeling self-conscious a bit of bit. And so, to have a companion who might relate to that’s actually, very nice and simply understanding the complexities of being on a TV present.”
Nevertheless, the expertise of courting a actuality star — in addition to another person who’s “fashionable on TikTok”— isn’t one thing Natalie is bound she’d do once more. “My preferrred sort is somebody who’s extra quiet, extra non-public, despite the fact that I might not be,” the Netflix star defined. “However that’s who I’m interested in and you’ll’t actually discover that on this social media world.”
Although she didn’t determine her thriller actuality romance, Natalie beforehand sparked courting rumors with Bachelor Nation’s Blake Moynes in July 2022 after the 2 went on a visit to the Caribbean. A supply later clarified to Us that two have been simply buddies and have been on the island for a conservation mission.
Natalie first made headlines when she and Shayne, 34, received engaged on season 2 of Love Is Blind — which premiered in February 2022. Although Natalie left Shayne on the altar in the course of the season finale, the pair rekindled their relationship after the present earlier than calling it quits for good not lengthy after.
Natalie Lee, Shayne Jansen Ser Baffo/Netflix (2)
“Shayne and I are buddies. We did give it one other shot after our wedding ceremony,” Natalie solely advised Us in March 2022. “So we did proceed our relationship for a number of months and we parted methods after that. However we’re buddies proper now and I want him all the very best.”
Later that month, nevertheless, a supply revealed that Natalie and Shayne have been “not on good phrases” and that “they haven’t been speaking and stopped following one another on social media.”
After Shayne claimed the 2 “reconnected 4 instances after the present” on a March 2022 episode of “The Viall Recordsdata” podcast, Natalie clarified through prolonged Instagram Story posts that she and Shayne solely dated “twice.” She wrote: “Lately we met as much as talk about the potential of reconciliation however finally agreed to not date till he modified a few of his behaviors. Just a few days later, I absolutely closed the door for any sort of reconciliation after discovering some lies he advised me.”
Earlier this yr, Natalie accused her ex of auditioning for Netflix’s Excellent Match whereas they have been nonetheless courting. The backwards and forwards continued when Shayne shared textual content screenshots of her allegedly encouraging him to go on the fact courting collection, considered one of which learn: “I really need you to take pleasure in life as a result of this present for you is a as soon as in a lifetime alternative.”
Natalie clarified through Instagram that each she and Shayne have been approached about becoming a member of the collection in September 2021 however turned it down since they have been secretly courting. She later came upon that Shayne “didn’t decline” the provide and started the casting course of. Natalie additionally claimed that the texts her estranged ex shared have been from February 2022 and never November 2021.
“Whereas Shayne was filming the brand new present in Feb 2022, he texted me quite a few instances he needed to depart halfway by way of filming as a result of he nonetheless had emotions for me after we noticed one another for [the] first time since our breakup on the reunion present taping,” Natalie wrote through Instagram. “Figuring out there was little hope for our relationship and the way excited he was to do one other actuality TV present, I inspired him to proceed filming and tried to pacify the web backlash for him by way of my interviews and on my social media.”
