{"id":2475584,"date":"2026-06-25T18:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2475584"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:19:11","slug":"love-is-blinds-joey-and-sara-recall-backlash-to-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/love-is-blinds-joey-and-sara-recall-backlash-to-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Is Blind&#8217;s Joey and Sara Recall Backlash to Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/love-is-blind\/\"><i>Love Is Blind <\/i><\/a>season 8 alums <b>Sara Carton<\/b> and <b>Joey Leveille<\/b> know they caused a stir <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/love-is-blind-couples-who-is-still-together\/\">when they started dating<\/a> after respective broken pod engagements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c[He] handled it way better than me,\u201d Sara, 30, told Joey, 37, on the Wednesday, June 24, episode of the \u201cTable for 1\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VgO738nU30w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">podcast<\/span><\/a>. \u201cI mean, it was hard for everyone \u2018cause everyone was going through like your own roller-coaster each day, negative, positive, whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Joey further pointed out that Sara frequently \u201chas an issue with diving into the comments a little too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI take things personal, and that\u2019s a pro and a con,\u201d she explained. \u201cI\u2019m a very emotional person, but it took me so long to get out of [what] felt like a very deep dark hole for a little bit. I\u2019m so grateful I met, you know, Joey and the great cast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Joey and Sara were among the singletons entering the <i>Love Is Blind <\/i>pods when season 8 filmed in Minnesota. While Joey proposed to <b>Monica Dan\u00fas <\/b>sight unseen, Sara accepted <b>Ben Mezzenga<\/b>\u2019s pod proposal. Both pairs broke up at the altar, weeks before <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/love-is-blinds-sara-and-joey-on-their-complex-relationship-status\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Joey and Sara started seeing one another.<\/span><\/a> (Joey and Sara have long denied any relationship overlap.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe didn\u2019t even start talking until, like, eight months after the show was done filming,\u201d Joey pointed out on Wednesday\u2019s episode, noting they first discussed the possibility of dating shortly before the season aired on Netflix. \u201cWe had just started talking, \u2018Hey, do we like each other? Do we not? Do we want to see if we pursue this?\u2019 And both of us were like, \u2018Maybe not yet.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Joey and Sara, who did have a connection in the pods, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/love-is-blind-couples-who-got-together-outside-the-show\/\">only agreed to pursue a romance<\/a> on the heels of both breakups. Still, they were surprised by the onslaught of negative reactions from viewers on social media.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/love-is-blinds-monica-claims-sara-and-joey-are-seeing-each-other\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Love-Is-Blind-s-Monica-Claims-Sara-Told-Her-She-and-Joey-Were-Seeing-Each-Other-Amid-Public-Denial-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Love-Is-Blind-s-Monica-Claims-Sara-Told-Her-She-and-Joey-Were-Seeing-Each-Other-Amid-Public-Denial-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Love-Is-Blind-s-Monica-Claims-Sara-Told-Her-She-and-Joey-Were-Seeing-Each-Other-Amid-Public-Denial-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Love-Is-Blind-s-Monica-Claims-Sara-Told-Her-She-and-Joey-Were-Seeing-Each-Other-Amid-Public-Denial-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Love-Is-Blind-s-Monica-Claims-Sara-Told-Her-She-and-Joey-Were-Seeing-Each-Other-Amid-Public-Denial-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Love-Is-Blind-s-Monica-Claims-Sara-Told-Her-She-and-Joey-Were-Seeing-Each-Other-Amid-Public-Denial-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Love-Is-Blind-s-Monica-Claims-Sara-Told-Her-She-and-Joey-Were-Seeing-Each-Other-Amid-Public-Denial-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Love-Is-Blind-s-Monica-Claims-Sara-Told-Her-She-and-Joey-Were-Seeing-Each-Other-Amid-Public-Denial-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=62&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Love-Is-Blind-s-Monica-Claims-Sara-Told-Her-She-and-Joey-Were-Seeing-Each-Other-Amid-Public-Denial-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=62&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Love-Is-Blind-s-Monica-Claims-Sara-Told-Her-She-and-Joey-Were-Seeing-Each-Other-Amid-Public-Denial-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Love-Is-Blind-s-Monica-Claims-Sara-Told-Her-She-and-Joey-Were-Seeing-Each-Other-Amid-Public-Denial-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1800%2C1012&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Love-Is-Blind-s-Monica-Claims-Sara-Told-Her-She-and-Joey-Were-Seeing-Each-Other-Amid-Public-Denial-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Love Is Blind s Monica Claims Sara Told Her She and Joey Were Seeing Each Other Amid Public Denial\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/love-is-blinds-monica-claims-sara-and-joey-are-seeing-each-other\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Love Is Blind&#8217;s Monica Claims Sara Told Her She&#8217;s Unofficially Dating Joey<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tWhile Love Is Blind star Sara Carton has publicly denied that she\u2019s dating costar Joey Levielle, his ex-fianc\u00e9e, Monica Dan\u00fas, says differently. \u201cI\u2019m so sick of the lies. Just own up to it at this point,\u201d Monica, 28, told Elite Daily in an interview published on Tuesday, March 18. \u201cI texted Sara [before the reunion], [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe are just regular people and then online hate is to an extent like you can\u2019t anticipate that at all,\u201d Sara recalled. \u201cSome people thrive, but some people don\u2019t do well. I just feel for everyone going through it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As Joey and Sara have grown closer, they claimed that they \u201ctrauma-bonded\u201d after appearing on reality TV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m sure that\u2019s a big part of it, like, you experience something that no one else really knows,\u201d Joey acknowledged. \u201cAnd we were both kind of there for each other through really tough [times], so that emotional support was a huge thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love Is Blind season 8 alums Sara Carton and Joey Leveille know they caused a stir when they started dating after respective broken pod engagements. \u201c[He] handled it way better than me,\u201d Sara, 30, told Joey, 37, on the Wednesday, June 24, episode of the \u201cTable for 1\u201d podcast. \u201cI mean, it was hard for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2354101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,164683,24122],"class_list":["post-2475584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-love-lives","tag-reality-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Valleys-Zack-Warns-Theres-More-Amanda-West-Drama.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2475584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2475585,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475584\/revisions\/2475585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2475584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2475584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2475584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}