Cole And I Were ‘Attacked’ at Reunion

Sharing his expertise. Bartise Bowden thinks that his fellow Love Is Blind alums have been a bit onerous on him and Cole Barnett through the Netflix collection’ reunion episode.

“I believe we have been each attacked. They aggressively attacked Cole,” Bartise, 27, solely informed Us Weekly on Monday, November 21. “However right here’s the deal, Cole was, like, preventing again. I simply sat there. I used to be like, ‘You guys are proper. Like, no matter you’re saying, I actually did. So, are you gonna beat a lifeless horse at this level or are we shifting on?’”


Bartise Bowden and Cole Barnett
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The Texas native proposed to Nancy Rodriguez through the pod section of the fact courting present’s third season, which premiered in October. He and the speech pathologist, 33, had their ups and downs and Bartise in the end mentioned “no” on their wedding ceremony day.

“I believe Nancy introduced this up [during the reunion], I don’t know in the event that they aired it, however she was like, ‘The distinction between Bartise and Cole was [that] Bartise was brutally trustworthy and type of an asshole to your face,” the CPA informed Us.

“In the meantime, the ladies had this thought that Cole was extra deceitful and undermining and so he was there defending himself. I used to be simply there, like, ‘You guys are proper, I’m proudly owning as much as it.’ So, they couldn’t assault me as aggressively as a result of I don’t assume I gave them alternative to.”

On the present, Bartise didn’t shrink back from admitting that he discovered one other lady from the pods, Raven Ross, bodily engaging. Whereas speaking to Nancy throughout their Malibu getaway, he referred to as Raven, 29, a “smoke present.” The College of Texas alum informed Us that in hindsight, he isn’t pleased with how he dealt with the state of affairs.

“It was positively onerous and … embarrassing to observe. … I positively really feel dangerous about that,” he admitted.

Cole, 27, additionally didn’t hesitate to inform his then-fiancée, Zanab Jaffrey, that one other lady within the forged, Colleen Reed, had caught his eye. After saying no on their wedding ceremony day, Zanab, 32, claimed that the realtor had ruined her shallowness. Through the reunion, she recalled a second during which Cole commented on her determination to eat two Cuties, claiming the incident was an instance of him attempting to regulate her consuming habits.

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Cole Barnett and Zanab Jaffrey
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“I don’t assume it seems dangerous for Cole in any respect,” Bartise informed Us of the controversial Cuties scene, which Netflix aired on the finish of the reunion. “Zanab is just not essentially the most safe lady as is, so, like, that’s gonna be a problem for her.”

The fact TV persona had a considerably controversial second of his personal when he and Nancy mentioned household planning.

“I used to be positively apprehensive as a result of that’s such a politically polarizing subject,” Bartise informed Us of the scene, including that they addressed the difficulty head-on.

“We’re sitting there and there’s two enormous cameras pointing at us and we’re speaking about abortion and it’s like, ‘OK, are we gonna truly get into this proper now?’ … I’m pleased with each of us for saying our opinions and never giving a care what these cameras are gonna be pondering or what the 80 million those that watched Love Is Blind are gonna be pondering,” he mentioned.