If you watched the Love is a blind meeting and then went anywhere near social media today, it’s fair to say that a certain scene between Zanab Jaffrey and Cole Barnett has the internet split. Now Zanab has spoken about the backlash in an interview with Cosmopolitan UK.
In addition to the final episode of weddings, Netflix dropped the Love is a blind meeting today [9 November], which features the five couples from season three looking back on their time in the experience. Early viewers found out that SK and Raven were giving it another shot, before attention turned to Cole and Zanab. The couple explained why she said no to him at the altar, with Zanab insisting she hadn’t revealed her decision to friends or family beforehand.
“People knew what happened,” she told hosts Nick and Vanessa. “Like trying to control what I ate and me trying to change my eating habits. People…a few friends knew that.”
Cole replies, “That’s hilarious. I never cared what you ate. What are you talking about?”
Zanab then said, “The ‘cutes [tangerines] story’ that didn’t make the cut. It was around 2pm, we were still shooting, so I grabbed two cute ones, like the tiny little oranges that fit in the palm of your hand. He looked at me and he asked me: ‘Are you going to eat both?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, that’s one serving.’
“And he said, ‘Well, we’ll eat later, maybe you should keep your appetite up. “”
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When the Meeting episode ended, the “cutie clip” was then aired. It went a bit like this:
Collar : “Peel the oranges. Are you about to eat two?”
Zanab: “Maybe. It’s a portion. Are you okay?”
Cole: “You better keep your appetite.”
Zanab: “I only ate a banana and a peanut butter scoop today.”
Cole: “I’m talking about an old jerk tonight. Did you only eat a banana today? Why?”
Zay: “I could tell you, but I probably shouldn’t.”
Cole: “I got you a poke bowl.”
Zay: “I know you did but we had this last night.”
Cole: “Oh, are you going to have a wedding dress body?”
Since the episode aired, some people have taken to social media to show their support for Zanab, while others have accused her of overstating the story and potentially portraying Cole in a bad light on purpose.
In response, Zanab told Cosmopolitan UK: “The internet has two sides. People are very attached to it, and that’s the trap of going on reality TV and falling in love without it working. [I’ve read] that I’m a liar, and that I’m bad and deceitful and mean and that I have to work on myself.”
Referring to the ‘cutie clip’, she continues, “I stand by what I said – I’m someone who chooses my words very carefully. I said what I said for a reason. I think people saw the “cutie clip” differently[ly] what it made me feel. That’s why I brought it up.
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“People are already saying it makes me feel like a liar. I hate that it looks like I don’t have credibility there. [But] I wouldn’t have mentioned it if it wasn’t important [to me] or was not part of why I said what I said at the wedding. People know they shouldn’t comment on what a woman eats, period.”
Regardless of what you think, it’s important to remember Love is blind only gives us a small glimpse into the couples’ relationship, and we don’t really know the ins and outs of what’s going on behind closed doors.
Love Is Blind is now streaming on Netflix.
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