These 'Love Is Blind' stars are dating – after walking down the aisle with other people
Sara Carton and Joey Leveille, who both appeared on Season 8 of the reality dating experiment – and each got engaged to separate people – made their relationship with each other social media official over the weekend.
In a joint post to Instagram July 13, Carton and Leveille shared photos of themselves smiling for the camera and kissing, captioning the carousel: "happy🥹. my newest life chapter title."
The pairing may surprise fans who tune into the most recent season of "Love is Blind," filmed in Minnesota, which saw both Carton and Leveille fall in love with other people. The reality dating show follows singles in a certain area as they date through "pods" and get engaged sight unseen.
Carton accepted a proposal from Ben Mezzenga while Leveille got engaged to Monica Danús. When push came to shove, though, neither couple tied the knot, with Carton saying no at the altar in part because of religious and political differences – a theme that ran throughout the season.
Leveille, on the other hand, said no only after Danús had already told attendees and the officiant at the wedding that she wasn't ready – in later interviews, she revealed she would have said yes had she felt Leveille was all in.
Now, in an apparent game of musical chairs, Carton and Leveille are trying to make reality show love work with one another. Rumors of their entanglement first began to swirl in March, after the show wrapped and fans noticed them looking cozy at the reunion.
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In an interview shortly after with Elite Daily, Danús seemingly confirmed the relationship, saying she had confronted Carton, who had admitted via text that she and Leveille were "seeing each other." Angry at the betrayal, Danús told the publication: "All this time when I was venting to her about Joey and she was saying she had my back, she was actually with him."
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Now, with the fervor of attention subsided, Carton and Leveille appear ready to share their status with the world. And not all their "Love is Blind" castmates are holding a grudge.
"Cute! how'd you guys meet?" Lauren O'Brien, who starred alongside Carton and Leveille in Season 8, commented on the post.
"God forbid a girl be happy," chimed in Taylor Hastings, part of the only couple to get married during the Minnesota season.
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