The Secret is Out! AD and Ollie are Engaged!

Summary

Podcast Summary: "The Secret is Out! AD and Ollie are Engaged!"

Podcast Information:

• Title: What's the Reality?
• Host/Author: And Love Media
• Description: Each week, AD from "Love is Blind" invites guests to discuss love, relationships, pop culture, and reality TV, blending authentic conversations with insights from reality shows.

Episode Details:

• Title: The Secret is Out! AD and Ollie are Engaged!
• Release Date: March 11, 2025

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1. Introduction and Engagement Announcement [01:08 – 02:11]

The episode kicks off with Ollie expressing his excitement about having his fiancée as a special guest. He announces their engagement, marking one week since Ollie proposed.

Notable Quotes:

• Ollie [01:08]: "I couldn't be more excited to have you here, honey."
• Fiancée [02:03]: "Best decision I ever made."

2. The Surprise Proposal Story [02:12 – 08:20]

Ollie and his fiancée delve into the elaborate surprise proposal Ollie orchestrated. Ollie humorously recounts how he was tricked and deceived by his fiancée and her team to set up the perfect moment.

Notable Quotes:

• Ollie [02:10]: "Today is one week engaged. Congratulations to you."
• Fiancée [03:00]: "I can't promise there aren't further surprises down the line."
• Ollie [05:03]: "Don't make that a habit, by the way."
• Fiancée [07:04]: "I tricked you."

They describe the meticulous planning from London, the challenges of maintaining secrecy, and the emotional setup at the beach with roses and candles. Ollie reflects on the moment he realized the proposal was genuine, while his fiancée emphasizes the teamwork involved.

Notable Quotes:

• Fiancée [07:38]: "It's going to be done."
• Ollie [08:18]: "I think eventually I said yes."

3. Reflecting on Their Reality TV Journeys [10:06 – 16:10]

The conversation shifts to their experiences on reality TV shows, "Love is Blind UK" for Ollie and "Perfect Match" for his fiancée. They discuss how their appearances influenced their relationship, including public perceptions and challenges.

Notable Quotes:

• Fiancée [10:11]: "Love is Blind UK for those of you who didn't know."
• Ollie [21:12]: "We haven't really watched each other's shows."
• Fiancée [26:18]: "I saw him on Love is Blind UK, and he did this..."

They touch upon negative feedback Ollie received online and how their fiancée defended his character, attributing misunderstandings to cultural differences and editing biases.

Notable Quotes:

• Fiancée [27:39]: "A lot of it was lost in culture."
• Ollie [28:47]: "I can't tell if this is the man that I should be running from."

4. Navigating a Long-Distance Relationship [15:02 – 16:34]

Ollie and his fiancée discuss the complexities of maintaining a long-distance relationship across continents. They highlight the importance of communication, intentionality, and mutual support in overcoming challenges.

Notable Quotes:

• Fiancée [15:07]: "By the end of it, I was living on Charlotte Taylor."
• Ollie [15:50]: "I wasn't prepared for it to be this hard."
• Fiancée [16:34]: "When someone comes along that blows your mind, you end up breaking the rules."

5. Building a Deep Connection [21:08 – 35:37]

The duo reflects on how their relationship fosters both deep friendship and romantic chemistry. They share personal anecdotes illustrating their compatibility, emotional support, and mutual growth.

Notable Quotes:

• Fiancée [35:37]: "I've never met anyone who doesn't love you."
• Ollie [34:21]: "You calm everything around me in the most nurturing and loving but fun, youthful way."

They emphasize their ability to communicate openly, share vulnerabilities, and support each other's personal growth, attributing much of their strong bond to their experiences on reality TV.

6. Future Plans and Wedding Preparations [40:31 – 43:24]

Ollie and his fiancée outline their plans for the future, including moving to Los Angeles, apartment hunting, and planning dual wedding ceremonies in both the United States and the United Kingdom to accommodate their families.

Notable Quotes:

• Fiancée [40:31]: "We've got a wedding to plan."
• Ollie [41:18]: "We're moving to LA."
• Fiancée [42:57]: "We want to get married on that date."

They discuss balancing their careers with personal life goals, ensuring both families are included in their celebrations, and the excitement surrounding establishing their first home together.

7. Addressing Public Skepticism [43:32 – 45:28]

Addressing common criticisms of reality TV relationships, Ollie and his fiancée assert the authenticity of their love story. They acknowledge that while some may view these relationships skeptically, their commitment and genuine connection stand as proof of real love emerging from these platforms.

Notable Quotes:

• Fiancée [44:01]: "We are testimony to the fact that you can find real, genuine love on these shows."
• Ollie [45:17]: "These shows are only as real as you make them."

They advocate for the potential of reality TV to foster meaningful relationships, sharing their success as an example of intentional love transcending the show's environment.

8. Conclusion and Final Thoughts [47:14 – 47:43]

Wrapping up, Ollie and his fiancée express their gratitude for each other and their journey together. They reaffirm their love and excitement for the future, hinting at upcoming episodes where they will share more insights and experiences.

Notable Quotes:

• Fiancée [47:14]: "I've never felt as happy or as complete as I have since I've met you."
• Ollie [47:20]: "We could have easily went on Perfect Match, did our thing and went our different ways, but we chose to intentionally."

They conclude the episode with heartfelt affirmations of their love and a teaser for future content, reinforcing the authenticity and depth of their relationship.

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Notable Quotes Recap:

• Ollie [01:08]: "I couldn't be more excited to have you here, honey."
• Fiancée [02:03]: "Best decision I ever made."
• Ollie [02:10]: "Today is one week engaged. Congratulations to you."
• Fiancée [07:04]: "I tricked you."
• Fiancée [16:34]: "When someone comes along that blows your mind, you end up breaking the rules."
• Ollie [28:47]: "I can't tell if this is the man that I should be running from."
• Fiancée [35:37]: "I've never met anyone who doesn't love you."
• Fiancée [44:01]: "We are testimony to the fact that you can find real, genuine love on these shows."
• Ollie [47:14]: "These shows are only as real as you make them."

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Conclusion: In this heartfelt episode of "What's the Reality?", Ollie and his fiancée share the intimate details of their engagement, their journey through reality TV, and the foundation of their strong, loving relationship. They address public skepticism with confidence, celebrate their deep connection, and outline exciting future plans, offering listeners an inspiring narrative of love transcending the cameras.

Transcript

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[Amica Insurance Representative]

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[Ollie]

Thank you for calling Amica Insurance.

[Fiancee]

Hey, I was just in an accident. Don't worry, we'll get you taken care of.

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[Ollie]

Hello and welcome back to another episode of what's the Reality? You guys. I am joined today by a very handsome, a very spirit special guest. And I am actually very excited to announce that this guest is my fiance.

[Fiancee]

That's right.

[Ollie]

I'm here with Ollie and I couldn't be more more excited to have you here, honey.

[Fiancee]

Thanks for having me. It's nice to meet you at last.

[Ollie]

You're so silly.

[Fiancee]

Yeah. Now it's good to be here.

[Ollie]

Yeah. Hi.

[Fiancee]

Bring your fiance to work day.

[Ollie]

Yeah. How you feeling?

[Fiancee]

Good. A little bit nervous. It's like our first time.

[Ollie]

Why are you nervous?

[Fiancee]

Showing out and being us publicly at last. But yeah, now I'm excited.

[Ollie]

Obviously. You put a ring on it. How you feeling about that?

[Fiancee]

Best decision I ever made. As you know, we already discussed this.

[Ollie]

Yeah. So we've been engaged for how many days has it been? A week?

[Fiancee]

Something like that. Wait, is it.

[Amica Insurance Representative]

Yes.

[Ollie]

Tuesday last.

[Fiancee]

Yes.

[Ollie]

So today is one week engaged. Congratulations to you. Congratulations to you. I won the lottery, so we can't tell. I mean, you know, they know we met on Perfect Match. We can't talk too much about it. We can't talk about it at all, actually. No, but we could talk about how much we love each other.

[Fiancee]

Of course we can.

[Ollie]

We can talk about our journeys to.

[Fiancee]

Each other after just treating for Perfect Match.

[Ollie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Fiancee]

We can talk about the rest of it.

[Ollie]

Okay, well, let's talk about how you tricked me for. For two months.

[Fiancee]

Oh, yeah.

[Ollie]

And talk about how you set this whole surprise proposal up. Get into it.

[Fiancee]

So, like I said, I can't. I said this at the reading. I can't take the full credit for it. I had an amazing team working with me to equally trick you and deceive you. But, yeah, it was kind of my idea to do the whole.

[Ollie]

Don't make that a habit, by the way.

[Fiancee]

Only if it's going to be a good outcome, which it was. I think it was worth it. Like, I'm not going to trick you for any. Any bad reason. But, yeah, I can't. I can't promise you there's not further surprises down the line. I haven't planned any yet, but there will undoubtedly be more fun trickery ahead. But, yeah, so I came up with the idea to be like, let's pretend there's some Perfect Match promo going down, get you to the beach. I think I always mind you.

[Ollie]

You did all this from London?

[Fiancee]

Yeah. Yeah. During the long distance relationship. I did some long distance planning.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

So I said, let's get her to the. I always envisioned proposing to you at the beach. And whether it be Jamaica, Mexico, or.

[Ollie]

Yeah, we did have plans to go to Jamaica.

[Fiancee]

We did that same week.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

And they had to be canceled, but it was well worth canceling.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

So I was like, let's get out of the beach. Let's pretend it's promo, and then unveil a big surprise and then obviously have the ring, have the. The flowers, the candles, all that. Yeah, it was hard. It was hard work. Like, as you know, there was a point when we was out shopping, I was literally on the phone to the, like, the set designer, and he was chasing me around. I have to try and pretend I was on the phone to my manager. But, yeah, we made it work and it came together beautifully, y'all.

[Ollie]

I had been to London, like, when he was planning, I was in London.

[Fiancee]

As in, like, we had started it.

[Ollie]

Before you came, before you to London the second time.

[Fiancee]

So we had to kind of get the. The zoom calls and the phone calls in before you came. Cause there was gonna be no hiding from you when you literally stayed in my apartment. But, yeah, we made it happen.

[Ollie]

So I get this email about we're doing Perfect Match promo together, and I'm like, okay, I'm no genius, but I've been in this industry long enough to know that we shouldn't be doing anything together before the show airs. So I'M like, this is so silly. What the hell is going on? Yeah.

[Fiancee]

And I have to pretend I didn't know what it was. What's all this? Promo. You're having a laugh. I don't want to do this. But that was part of the act because I knew if I was too much like, oh, yeah, no, this sounds great. Let's go. Let's get like. You'd be like, he knows. I had to pretend I didn't have a clue.

[Ollie]

So I was so nonchalant about the whole thing that I didn't end up. I didn't buy my dress until the day before the promo. And we're shopping around, I'm just like, oh, this is cute. This is cute. And he goes, you know, like, maybe pretend that this is a dress that you'll probably see or be wearing for the rest of your life or something special. And I was just like, okay. He's like, well, it is promo, and it's our first time being, you know, shown to the world, so maybe you should dress up a little bit. And I was just like, okay, mind y'all, I had peeled off my nails the night before, so I had no.

[Fiancee]

It was so. Listen, that was one of the most frustrating parts, was trying to get you to take it seriously without telling you what it was.

[Ollie]

I was in jeans and a tank top.

[Fiancee]

I was like, maybe. Maybe envision this being one of the most important days of your life. I mean, it's just promo, but maybe just pretend it's, like, gonna be one of the most memorable moments of your life. No pressure, though. And then you was like, yeah, I might get a dress. I'm like, yeah, that was hard.

[Ollie]

Yeah. So we get to the beach, and I'm still in my promo brain. I'm just like, I don't have any lines. I don't know what. I'm not prepared for this. And then they start feeding us lines, and I'm like, perfect match. Like, from the pots to the beach, and blah, blah, blah, blah, bl. And then all of a sudden, they're like, we gotta check your mic ad. And I'm like, okay, BET checks my mic.

[Fiancee]

Meanwhile, I'm being past the ring. All part of the plan. Because if I'd had the ring on me, it had been too bulky and in my beige linen pants, in it. So I was like, yeah, it came together. I love it when a plan comes together. It was very. A team. Yeah, we made it work. And it's funny, because one of the producers pulled me, says, do you really Think she has no idea. I was like, I genuinely think she has no clue.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

So that just made it even more perfect. Like, if you'd. Because I'm. Bear in mind, for months, she's been like, when. Like, asking when. When I think I'm gonna put the question, I'm like, listen, let's relax. Maybe June, July. Let's wait a little bit. You know what I mean? So I had to really throw you off the scent, and I did.

[Ollie]

You did.

[Fiancee]

I tricked you.

[Ollie]

You did. So then we walk up the hill, and I'm just like. And I look to the right, and there is this display of beautiful white roses and candles. I'm shaking. Every time I tell this story, I get nervous.

[Fiancee]

Every time you tell the story, you get better at telling it. I can't lie.

[Ollie]

Yeah. Okay. Because I've been, like, telling it, like, 17 times a day. And then there was a heart carved out. I'm shaking in the sand with rose petals, and I'm just like, what is going on? What's happening?

[Fiancee]

I think you knew at that point.

[Ollie]

I did, yeah.

[Fiancee]

Which was kind of the plan, I always said, because we went back and forth with the. With the design for, like, the. The setup. And I was like, I need her to see and know what's happening. I don't want to. I didn't want you to sit and be like, huh, what's that? I wanted you. I wanted to have that wow factor where you knew it's time. And it did. It came to. It was beautiful.

[Ollie]

Yeah. Did I say yes?

[Fiancee]

I don't know if you did, to be honest. I think I kind of just took your, like, hysteria as a yes. I kind of just like. Do you know what I mean?

[Ollie]

I just remember being like.

[Fiancee]

But I didn't want to formalize it like they do on the planes. Like, we're gonna need a verbal yes. I was like, nah, that'll do.

[Ollie]

I'll take it.

[Fiancee]

Do you want this ring or not? And then. Yeah, there we go.

[Ollie]

I think eventually I said yes.

[Fiancee]

Yeah. I think when we was in the car on the way home. But I don't think. Actually, I don't know. I have to look back at the footage. But he was just screaming and jumping, and I was like, steady on. But now I think you did enough positive body language to make me think it's probably a yes.

[Ollie]

Consent.

[Fiancee]

Yeah.

[Ollie]

Was given.

[Fiancee]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

[Ollie]

Okay. It was beautiful, baby. Really, really good. How do you feel about. You feel like it was executed?

[Fiancee]

Well, I don't think it could have gone Any better? Like, as in, I love the fact that we was able to. It was a beautiful location. We had the sun setting. You looked amazing. It just felt really, really right. And like, I could tell as soon as, like, as soon as I could tell that you knew the way your face left, I was like, okay, I've done this right? You know what I mean? I knew I'd done it at the right time in the right location. And it was beautiful that we're able to have the team of us, like part of the team that you started this whole journey with there to share it with. Because bear in mind, I've been on my knee. I don't. I barely got off one knee. And then she's run to the producer to celebrate her. I'm like, you haven't actually said yes, but cool, do your thing. Come back to me. But yeah, that was beautiful because, like, you know, I mean, technically speaking, you've known her longer than me, so it makes sense that you're going to want to celebrate with her and share with her. Even, like, you know, again, I won't name her but the mic lady. Do you get what I'm saying? So it's like, it was actually really, really beautiful the way to not have the video crew there, not only so that we have it in 4k now immortalized forever for us to look back on wherever, whenever we want, but also share with people that we started both our journeys with because obviously I know a lot of them from Perfect Match as well.

[Ollie]

So, yeah, yeah, you did good. I'm really proud of you.

[Fiancee]

So, yeah, thanks once again to the team because I couldn't have. I mean, I could have done it without them, but nowhere near elaborate and as beautiful as that. So I'm very, very grateful that I had their support and their help.

[Ollie]

Yeah. And we do both come from the love is blind.

[Fiancee]

Yeah. Yeah, we do.

[Ollie]

So let's be open and honest and candid. We haven't really watched each other's shows. Nah, we've seen clips. And I'm not gonna lie, I know you see fast forwarded to the important parts of yours. Like, I haven't watched your show in its entirety.

[Fiancee]

You watched enough, though. But you see. Yeah.

[Ollie]

Whenever you popped up on the screen, I was like, what? Huh? Who?

[Fiancee]

Can I put you on blast right now?

[Ollie]

Okay, go ahead. At your own risk.

[Fiancee]

But then I'll blast myself.

[Ollie]

Okay, yeah, at your own risk. Why?

[Fiancee]

What are you gonna do to me?

[Ollie]

No, put me on blast. Go ahead.

[Fiancee]

Should I do this now? Do I want to do this now.

[Ollie]

No, go ahead. Put me on blast.

[Fiancee]

Yeah, let's do this now. So. All right, cool. Two things.

[Ollie]

I'm just gonna blast that. I'm a.

[Fiancee]

It's not crazy.

[Ollie]

Okay, go ahead.

[Fiancee]

It's not crazy. But I was never gonna tell you I knew this unless we were on camera because I thought it'd be funny, innit? Yeah. I saw you watching my stories way back when, you know? Yeah. She was. She was checking me out. From time ago. From time ago. I remember, like, this is like. I don't think. I don't even think the season has started, you know, I think this was just the cast announcement. And I'm guaranteed because these times I didn't have that many followers, so I can see who's watching. And I'm like, the fact that you have pocket the whole time. The whole time. I was like, oh, yeah, I probably still got a screenshot. I was excited. I can't lie.

[Ollie]

Oh, my God.

[Fiancee]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm putting out my story at some point when your TV crush is watching your story.

[Ollie]

I was a TV crush.

[Fiancee]

Okay, this brings me on to my second point. Yeah. So, you know when we was going through the, like.

[Ollie]

Wait, hold on. Because I have to defend myself for a second.

[Fiancee]

There's no defending this.

[Ollie]

No, he was feeling the boy.

[Fiancee]

Don't try it.

[Ollie]

Let me tell you what happened. So I was doing these things last year with Ale, and we were doing, like, Instagram lives, and we were doing, like, dating and stuff, research, and we were doing, like a dating thing. Like a speed dating. It was kind of bizarre. But anyway. And then they announced the cast of your season. And so I literally pulled up my iPad and we went through all the Men and was like, let's rate them, let's rate them.

[Fiancee]

You're making this less special than it was five minutes ago.

[Ollie]

Cause you thought you had something. And so then I pulled you up and I was like, who the fuck is this man?

[Fiancee]

Oh, is it?

[Ollie]

Yeah. And I was so attracted to you.

[Fiancee]

Is that live recorded?

[Ollie]

I don't think so.

[Fiancee]

We'll find it somewhere. It's in the archive somewhere.

[Ollie]

But yeah, I think that might have been the day that I was rummaging through your ig.

[Fiancee]

Possibly.

[Ollie]

Possibly.

[Fiancee]

It was like we were meant to be together. Really?

[Ollie]

Yeah. Well, that's without a doubt. I just remember being like, oh, had we not done Perfect Match, would you have slid in my DMs?

[Fiancee]

Probably. Cause you kept watching my stories. So I was like, I might as well. I was like, oh, go on. Then, like, what you see, dear? I'm surprised you weren't liking my pics, to be fair.

[Ollie]

But, yeah, imagine that.

[Fiancee]

Might as well have been watching stories is enough for me.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

All the way across the pond.

[Ollie]

Yeah. I would have been on the first flight out. Well, I technically was when we got back from the trip.

[Fiancee]

That's true, that's true.

[Ollie]

I was out of here.

[Fiancee]

That's what I wanted to talk about as well, though. Like, one thing I've loved about our journey so far is that we've, like, you know how some people will just say things.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

And never stick to them.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

From jump. Like, again, without giving too much away, like, during the show, we were like, you said, I'm gonna come to London. I was like, cool, come to London. I'll clear a whole two weeks for you. And he's like, really? And I was like, yeah. And I was like. And I was. And then obviously you were coming around to tell me a birthday, and I said, I'll tell you what, if you come, I'll get us tickets to Paris. And both of those things happened within, like, three weeks of leaving the show. Do you get what I'm saying? Like, you said, you're gonna come London. I was like, cool, I bought the tickets to Paris. And like, I just. And we. We done that consistently, even down to, like, coming to la. We've always just said, we should do this. Okay, we'll do this. And then, like, again, I'm kind of jumping around timeline wise, but we can come back to wherever you're the boss. But.

[Ollie]

Oh, say that part again.

[Fiancee]

No, just here. But, like, when we was talking about when we're doing the long distance part, and I said, oh, we should do, like, FaceTime dates. And we started doing FaceTime dates. I was like, oh, we should write to each other. We wrote to each other. Do you get what I'm saying? Like, I love the fact that we've kind of made plans for ourselves and stuck to them, because it just shows. I just like the fact that we don't mess around when it comes to that. And also it makes it easier to trust each other's words when we say, oh, we should do this and it happens, rather than, like, kind of just putting things out there and they never come to fruition. Do you get what I'm saying?

[Ollie]

Yeah. So, yeah, I think we did. I think we kind of touched on it a little bit at the reunion, how we were talking about, like, the intentionality between us. And I think you really kind of laid the Benchmark for it. Because you did start asking me on dates, like randomly. You'd be like, do you want to go on a date at like 6:00? And it's like five hours, you know?

[Fiancee]

Yeah. But later for you. Yeah, we need to talk about that as well because bear in mind, obviously, apart from having like 3,4000 miles of ocean between us, we also had 5 hours of the time difference between us. So I'd be asking you on a FaceTime date at 9, 10pm or whatever. And these times it's like 3am for me.

[Ollie]

And I didn't care about your time. I really didn't give two shits.

[Fiancee]

No, neither did I, apparently.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

By the end of it, I was living on Charlotte Taylor. Regardless. I was going to bed at like 6am just to stay up with you. So it was ridiculous. But it was all worth it. I mean, it's like, yeah, the distance was hard. It's funny because you. Okay, so we were both in different places before we started the long distance portion because you were in a state of mind where like, oh, this is going to be easy. And I was like, this is going to be impossible.

[Ollie]

Yeah, I didn't think it was going to be easy. I just didn't think it was going to be this hard. Like, I was just like, okay, it's a flight away, it's a flight away. And I kept. I had that mindset. But then I was forgetting that there was gonna be times where I'm not gonna be able to just hop on a flight. There's gonna be months and weeks in the middle that I wasn't prepared for. I thought I was gonna be like, oh, if I miss, I'm gonna just go to London. But it wasn't like that. And it got really hard, honestly.

[Fiancee]

Yeah, I feel like. But I don't think either of us underestimated it to a point where it was like, to our detriment. It's not like I ever thought, this is gonna be so hard that it's not worth attempting or it's not gonna work. I was just like, this is gonna be so, so tough.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

Like, I've never entertained the idea of doing long distance before I met you. I ain't gonna lie.

[Ollie]

His idea of long distance is somebody that lives three hours away.

[Fiancee]

He's like, my idea of long distance is someone who lives on the other side of London. I ain't gonna lie. Like, someone. Bear in mind. Okay, so for those of you know, the uk, Birmingham's like the next city over. It's like two hours away. If someone from Birmingham is like, hey. I'd be like, nope, forget it. I ain't doing long distance. Manchester, forget it. But here I am entertaining a long distance relationship with someone who doesn't only live in another city, not only another country, but another continent. Yeah, it's crazy. But it just goes to show that.

[Ollie]

When that I got that juice.

[Fiancee]

Huh?

[Ollie]

Huh?

[Fiancee]

What?

[Ollie]

What?

[Fiancee]

What did you say?

[Ollie]

I love you.

[Fiancee]

Oh, gosh. Anyway, it just goes to show that when someone comes along that's like blows your mind, so to speak, it kind of you, you end up breaking the rules.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

You know, I mean, like, previously I would never have done long distance, but I was like, you know what? For her, it's worth it. And I think we, I think we approached it in the best way we possibly could have done. And the proofs in the pudding, because here we are. But like, yeah, it was, it was. Like, I say I thought it was gonna be way tougher than it was, but it just goes through. Like, communication is key. And we discussed that from early. Like, we spoke every day. And even it was if it was a thing where even if I was waking up and I knew you were still asleep, I'm still going to send you a good morning text and vice versa. When you're going to bed and you know I'm asleep, you're still going to send that goodnight text and then we're going to make time to have like random facetimes throughout the day when I might be driving or you might be cooking. But then those intentional times when we, we carve out an hour or two to sit down and have proper conversations and not just like, you know what I mean? And then being open and transparent with what we're doing throughout the day. So it's like, if I'm not going to be available for three hours, I'm going to let you know in advance, like, all that kind of stuff. And like, being with you really helped improve my communication, obviously. Yeah. Stop smiling like that. You put me on.

[Ollie]

Because why does I love when you talk about our relationship now?

[Fiancee]

But it's true, because I was thinking about it the other day. I was thinking like, is it the chicken or the egg situation where it's like, I grew up and matured and that helped our relationship or did I grow up and mature because of our relationship? I think it's a, a combination of the two. Like, I think I was. I don't know though, because, like being frank and honest and I've told you this to your face. And I've said it on. I said it during the show on camera. I went into Perfect Match. Just like, vacation, few drinks in the sun, meet some cool people. There'll be beautiful people there. Like, I never, ever anticipated coming away with a girlfriend, let alone a fiance. Do you know what I'm saying? But I think in a way that speaks. That is testimony to our relationship. Even more so the fact that I was going in there not expecting something like this, and then I met you, and I was like, again, throw the rulebook out and let's do this. Do you know what I'm saying?

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

As opposed to, like, if I'd gone in there, like, I've got to get a fiance from this, and then we were here, I think that would almost take away from how special this is, if that makes sense.

[Ollie]

I went into it the same way. I was just like, I'm just gonna go have some fun after the trauma of Love is Blind. I'm like, fuck all that. I just wanna go be in a bikini and be hot. And then, boom.

[Fiancee]

Which you were.

[Ollie]

Thank you, honey. It is actually very bizarre because I was asked to do a show prior to being asked to do Perfect Match, and it was a show that I was kind of on the fence about, and I was going back and forth, literally till the day before, where I was supposed to get on a plane and I called my very good friend and I was like, look, I don't think there's something in my spirit. Like, this just does not feel right. I don't know. I felt more drawn to Perfect Match.

[Fiancee]

Someone told you I was going to be there, innit? Someone said, you know that guy, you keep watching his story.

[Ollie]

They didn't tell me that you were going to be there.

[Fiancee]

I'm joking. No one told me you were going to be there either. I genuinely didn't know. But, like, weirdly enough, when I saw you there, it wasn't like a big surprise. It's like I had a feeling, him inside. I was like, do you know what I mean?

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

But genuinely, like, if I said this to you before when I walked in and there's all these other people, like, hey. I'm like, yeah. And I just came straight to you. Like, not in a. Like, disrespectful. Everyone there is lovely. And, like, I got. I enjoy getting to know every single person there. And I've still got friends for life from the show, but, like, it was like tunnel vision when I saw you.

[Ollie]

Yeah, same. I was actually. I want to talk about this show so bad.

[Fiancee]

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know. We'll have. We'll have that time. We'll have that time.

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[Ollie]

So let's. Let's get to know you a little bit.

[Fiancee]

Okay.

[Ollie]

Let's. Let's let the people get to know you a little bit.

[Fiancee]

I was gonna say. Cause.

[Ollie]

Yeah, because I know you very well. Whatever you want to talk about, but share a little bit about yourself. For the people who did not watch.

[Fiancee]

Love is Blind uk for those of you who didn't know, didn't watch Love is Blind uk. I don't know what to say. I'm Ollie. I'm from London, come from a big family.

[Ollie]

I love your family.

[Fiancee]

They love you too.

[Ollie]

Yeah. Was your mom, like, instrumental in you applying for the show? Or did, like, how did you even apply? How did you even get on the show?

[Fiancee]

Oh, can I be real? I didn't apply for the show.

[Ollie]

Oh.

[Fiancee]

They. They approached me.

[Ollie]

Okay.

[Fiancee]

And then I was kind of just in a mode where I was like, bear in mind, I've been approached for a lot of shows before and none of them really, like, popular. No. I don't know what it is. But yeah, I've been approached for a lot of shows before and never really. Well, funny enough, that's kind of what got me on this one before. Got me on this. Got me on this one because they had approached me for the same production team had approached me for a previous show, and I Kind of started going through the audition process almost just for the fun of it, and then last minute. So I said, nah, I don't do this. And then bear in mind, I was off all socials at the time. So they. But as it happened, they had my number. So they messaged me like, hey, we approached you for this show previously, but we're now recruiting for this. For Love is blind casting for this. So I should say, yeah, yeah, would you be interested? I was like, again, we can talk. And I just kept going through the process and was becoming more and more interested in how it works. Bear in mind, I've not really watched the show. I kind of knew what it was, but, like, not really watched it. And then before you know it, they're like, okay, welcome to the cast. And I was like, okay. I remember the phone call. They're like, oh, so, yeah, welcome to the final cast. I was like, okay, cool. Because I thought they meant you're in the finals of, like, they're still picking. I was like, okay, cool. And he's like, yeah, so we'll see you in two weeks. I was like, I'll work for another audition. Like, no, we'll see you in two weeks. And I was like, okay. So it all kind of, like, came at me quite fast, but I was like. I was in a mode where, like, I was just like, I've said no to so many things in my life. And it got to where I was like, let's start saying yes to some things. Let's just start seeing what's on the other side of those, like, being a bit more daring, being a bit more bold, putting yourself out there. And I'm so glad I did it because apart from it being an amazing experience, it obviously brought me to Perfect Match, which brought me to you. So the best thing I ever did.

[Ollie]

Yeah. Is there anything that happened on the show that you didn't expect? Like, considering that you hadn't watched it? Did you know that marriage was the end goal? Or did you just go on there thinking, fun again?

[Fiancee]

I've been honest about this. I've got nothing to hide. Like, I didn't go in there with the most serious mindset. And a lot of people would probably want to, like, you know, hang me up to drive for saying that, but at least I'm being honest. Like, it's not that I went in there just to, like, sabotage the process or anything like that, but I was. I was kind of going in there thinking, I'm not really going to catch feeling for someone through A wall. And, you know, I was kind of just doing it more as I just looked at it as, like, I'm either going to meet somebody or have the time of my life. And so I probably wasn't as mentally prepared for the seriousness of it all, which probably played out in the show itself. But, yeah, I've been real about that.

[Ollie]

Yeah. But would you do it any differently?

[Fiancee]

Would I do it any differently? Yeah, in hindsight, because, again, again, not knowing just how seriously it was going to be scrutinized and judged, there's little things where I drop the ball and little things where I probably wasn't as, like, aware of how they were going to be perceived, if that makes sense, that I would do differently. But overall, not really, because one of the biggest compliments I got was people who know me from, like, I was 5 years old or 10 years old or whatever, they're like, oh, I know we ain't spoken a minute, but I watched the show, and you're the same guy I grew up with. You're the same guy I used to train with. You're the same guy. Do you know what I mean? So it's like, yeah, there were times when I wasn't at my best, and there's times where, like. But this is what I said to somebody else. When you're doing a show like that, you're seeing yourself in the third person for the first time, like, because even at home, when you're taking selfies of yourself, you're very aware of what you're doing or you're setting up the camera, but you do, to a degree, forget that the cameras are there, and you're now seeing yourself in this third person in a way you've never seen yourself before, good and bad. So there are moments where I'm like, oh, I come across really well there. I'm really proud of myself for how I handle that conversation. And then the other times when you're like, oh, I probably should have been more conscious of how that affected this person or whatever. So it was a learning experience. And again, maybe that did kind of, like, prepare me for a more serious relationship with you. So I kind of rambled a bit there. I probably forgot what the question is. But, you know, I mean, it's like, there's things I would. Hindsight's 20 20, we can all say I would do things differently. But, like, if I could go back in time to last week, I would pick different lottery numbers. But we don't have that. That superpower. So it's all well and good. Me saying, oh, I would have handled this conversation differently, but I was doing the best I could with the. With the limited set of data I had at the time. And I don't think I did anything that wrong. It's been. A lot of it's been perceived in a certain way, but I think that's down to, A, editing and B, people's speculation and projections. There's nothing I'm really that, like, ashamed of or, like, that I'd really change because.

[Ollie]

Yeah, no, my family watched the show because, like I said, I've only seen bits of it.

[Fiancee]

Oh, God.

[Ollie]

Tidbits of it.

[Fiancee]

Yeah.

[Ollie]

And I was just like, y'all, he's getting kind of, like, slammed online. Like, tell me, is this the man that I should be running from? Because at that point, I was still in my Red Flag era, so I was like, tell me, is this. Is this one of them? Because I can't tell. And they watched it, and they were just like, I don't get it. Like, I don't. Like, they could see, obviously, how people would come up with some of the judgments that they had of you, but for the most part, they were just like, I think he's cool.

[Fiancee]

Yeah. I think a lot of it comes down to. I could go into. I don't want to go into it too much, but, like, go into it, because, yeah, I think a lot of it came. I don't know what. There's no way of talking about. Yeah. My thing is, a lot of it came down to. A lot of it was lost in culture, I think, and, like, even down to almost, like, difference in dialect, for example, the American audience seemed to perceive me a lot worse than the English, because English banter and English humor is very specific and very. If you don't know it very well, it's easy to, like, think that I'm being serious when I'm actually, I've got quite, like a. A dry humor. Like, for example, there's a moment when I said to. To Demi, ah, next time we're around people and you're having a good time, let your face know about it. In other words, like, smile. And I didn't mean it. I wasn't being nasty. I wasn't being serious. That's just. And that's the kind of humor that we had.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

And anyone who knows me and even Demi was like, oh, he's just joking. That's just his humor. But there were some people like, oh, my God, he's so manipulative. He's telling her to fix her face when we're in public. And I was like, no, that's not what I meant at all. And even down to, like, there was a moment when she wanted to have a serious conversation. I was like, ah, it's late, let's go to bed again. It was a joke. She knew it was a joke. Maybe it wasn't the right time to make a joke, but it wasn't actually me being avoidant of the conversation. But a lot of people ran with that and were like, oh, my God, he's an avoidant. Poor communicator, he doesn't want, like. I was like, no, relax, it's just humor, but it's that. And I know one of the most profound comments that I saw when there was. There was like a back and forth going about me on some video. But no, someone said, can someone tell me what Ollie actually did wrong without projection and without speculation? And there was no response to that. Because it's true. Like, everything that people said, 99 of people, what people said negative about me, was like, he gives these vibes. I didn't like him from the minute I saw him on my screen. I reckon he did this as soon as he had to show all of it was projection and speculation. There was no actual. I was like, give me something concrete. Substantiate these statements. Yeah, qualify your position. They can't, do you know what I mean? Because there was nothing I actually did that was that bad.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

But it was all, oh, he gives fuckboy vibes. Vibes. We're going by vibes now. Like, that's just prejudice.

[Ollie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Fiancee]

And I literally saw comments like, oh, as soon as this guy appeared on my screen, I didn't like him. He seemed off to me. Again, that's just you judging based on.

[Ollie]

How I've their past experience.

[Fiancee]

Exactly. And then it's like, oh, I don't think he's going to be into her because of this. This. This. Again, you're projecting how I view beauty standards and what. So, yeah, I think there's a lot of that. Like, no one could really put anything concrete together as to why they didn't like me. It was all like.

[Ollie]

I feel like you had to defend that a lot at the end, like your. Your preference or your type or what you're into. Like, I feel like people automatically just assume that. I mean, clearly your type is sitting right in front of you.

[Fiancee]

That's what I'm saying. I don't talk. That's why I'm feeling weird to talk about this, because that's so. Because I'm of where I am with you. I'm not really looking back. I'm looking at the present that we have and the future that we're gonna have.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

And, yeah, like, I have no type other than you, so it's like, it's weird to talk about it, but, like, yeah, people completely misjudged what my type would be. And again, they knew my dating history. They'd owe me a big apology. But it's like, again, I don't really care that much. It's so been and done now to me. I don't really care to have to go back and defend myself. If people want to judge me, that's cool. I know where. Who I am, and I'm so thankful for where I am with you and in life generally. So it is what it is. I can't hear them.

[Ollie]

I can't hear.

[Fiancee]

Do you know what I mean? I'm in such a good place. I can't hear what they're saying.

[Ollie]

Yeah. You're so cute. Do you feel like your experience on the show has changed your views on love and how you went about everything this time?

[Fiancee]

Yeah, like I said, like, we touched on at the reunion, I think I noticed that we were probably like, three days into our very early relationship, and I feel like we were already having, like, quite profound conversations about, like, oh, what's your outlook on raising children in this way? Or, like, what are your goals for the future? How do you, like, even down to, like, social and political issues, I feel like we're having those conversations early without actually having to sit down and say, I want to ask you these questions. It kind of. We kind of fell into a natural rhythm of doing that. And I attribute that to our experiences on the show because you realize that when you haven't got the physical and the like, oh, let's go on this flashy date and let's go on this vacation, and oh, look how good you look. You have to get down to the, like, the. The deeper questions. So I think. And it makes you realize that half of the stuff that people talk about and do on dates is. And it's not going to hold you in good stead for the future. You need to. Because I know people that have dated people for nine months, even a year, based on, like, flashy, fun dates and just having good vibes, and then a year in, they realize that they have completely polar opposite views on something really, really important.

[Ollie]

Like just fundamental things.

[Fiancee]

Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Politics, whatever.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

And that's gonna. That's gonna tear them apart eventually. So it's like having those conversations early stops you from wasting time.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

And I think we were having those conversations early and again when we in the distance, long distance portion of our relationship, we were being more intentional with our communication, our time. Yeah. So I think, I think some of that's just down to us as people anyway. But I think a lot of that was because of Love is blind.

[Ollie]

Yeah, I agree.

[Fiancee]

I'm so proud of you, by the way. This is amazing.

[Ollie]

Oh, honey.

[Fiancee]

Seriously, like seeing it now for myself. You're amazing. You've done so great.

[Ollie]

Thank you, honey. I think we've come a long way, one you and I. And I just. I always remember seeing this quote that was like, somebody will treat you better in this short amount of time than somebody that you've dated for 10 years. And I just feel like that's such a reflection of our relationship because I feel like I was always so fearful that I wasn't going to find somebody that found my worth immediately or that noticed my worth or appreciated my worth immediately. And you kind of like you just said within three days we were already having these intentional conversations. And I feel like you were like you knew almost immediately.

[Fiancee]

Yeah. I feel like within the first week of of us, I experienced like a better relationship than I'd experienced in like a year with certain people I dated before. And I really, really mean that. And it's like sometimes when something shows up in a new relationship that you were kind of missing previously, it. It's like so glaringly obvious because you were missing it before. Do you know what I'm saying? It's a bit like weird analogy but like, if you're current apartment doesn't have something that you. You're moving into a new apartment, it's got. When you now find it in that new apartment. Oh my God. Like, it's so nice having this because I didn't have it before.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

You know what I'm saying? I feel like within the first week of beam of you, there was so much of that. It's like that I was missing in previous relationships that you were showing. And I was like, this just feels so much. This just feels so right. Do you know what I'm saying? I don't know. I just feel like I felt so comfortable. Even by day two, I was like, I felt so comfortable with you and so attracted to you. And I've spoken to you about this before. Like, I didn't think previously that you could have, you know what's always like this crazy chemistry of someone where it's like a physical chemistry, a sexual chemistry, and still viewed him as a best friend and neither of them counterbalance one another. I thought you either had someone who was like a best friend to you, but you were lacking that chemistry, or you had like pure physical attraction, but there was no real foundation there. Whereas with you, I've genuinely got both. And on top of that, I feel like as we've increased each one, the other ones got better. Do you get what I'm saying? Yeah, without saying too much, but you know what I mean? Like, as I. As the physical side of things has got better, I felt closer to you as a person. And as I got closer to you as a person and become even you become even more of my best friend, the physical side of things has got better and just. Do you get what I'm saying?

[Ollie]

Yeah. So, yeah, I love when you say that because I was so, like. Like, I didn't realize how big of a factor that was for you that you didn't know that you could have both. That you can have your best friend. Like, he would say things like, yeah, like, if I was gonna go to like, carnival or something. Something that's just strictly for the boys.

[Fiancee]

Like, previously, they have purely mandam. Yeah, like, I wouldn't. Yeah. And. And even just some of the things I've shared with you in terms of, like, who I am as a person and like, I've told you things genuinely that, like, even some of my best friends don't really know. And like, I feel like you know me probably better than anyone on this planet. I ain't gonna lie. Because you know that, you know the side of me that, like, I probably wouldn't tell my mom about because she wouldn't want to hear about it. But then you also know the side of me that my boys don't know about because I've probably been too embarrassed to share. You get what I'm saying? So you. I feel like, you know. Yeah. I feel like you probably know me better than anyone. And it's weird because there'll be times I'm like, I'm gonna tell her this now, she might run. But, like, I feel like every time I've opened up to you, it's just got us closer and closer and vice versa. Like, I feel like you told me things that you probably thought I was going to be. Like, I'm just like, nah, I just love this girl even more. I feel like we're both. So everyone's multifaceted no one's just like this one dimensional type of person. Yeah. And then the more we've just opened up and shared, it's just like, not only does it encourage me to open up a share with you more, I've just. I don't know how I'd feel close to you every time you do that.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

See, and also, you've always made it so comfortable for me to do that and so free from judgment. And so like, I've never felt like, ah, you know, I mean, I don't feel there's anything I can't tell you.

[Ollie]

There's not. Except how you. You kind of hid a whole proposal from me.

[Fiancee]

But, yeah, I would do that again in a heartbeat. I ain't gonna lie.

[Ollie]

So what is your favorite thing about me? You said all that. What is your.

[Fiancee]

As in like, what made me.

[Ollie]

Like, what made you fall for me? What made you be like, you know what? I'm gonna put a ring on this girl because I can't live without her.

[Fiancee]

I mean, even previously to the. To the point where I was like, I need to put a ring on it, like, what made me fall for you? Do you know what? Genuinely, as you know, there's so many things to pin it down to. Just one or even two things is difficult. I think for me, even to this day, my favorite thing about you probably is. And it sounds like such a cop out answer because it just sounds so, like, cliche and like, easy. But it is. I think I said this before. I think it's just your warm smile in that a. It's just such a beautiful smile. And it just like lights up a room and lights up my day. But it's more about what it represents. It represents your openness, your warmth as a person, your kindness, your optimism. I think, I think that I'm kind of saying more than one thing, but it's all in the same category. It's like your. Your positivity, your warmth and your kindness. Yeah. And that is all encapsulated by your smile, in my opinion. Like, I've spoke to you. I'm gonna embarrass you now. Like, I'll never forget when. When there was. There's this time when you were going. We was in London, you were going into Camden to get your nails done. He was gonna meet someone last minute, they couldn't make it, so he's gone. On your own, you got your nails done, and then you decided to take yourself to the. Everyone anyone knows Camden that is famous for like, the little markets and what you guys would call, like, flea markets, maybe that kind of thing. And use, like, I think my phone. I was, I was loving having a day off to myself. I can't lie. We've been together for like three weeks straight. I was like, yeah, I'm gonna sit at home, watch my murder documentaries, which you don't let me watch in front of you.

[Ollie]

So.

[Fiancee]

And then I think my phone rang like every 15 minutes. And you're like, babe, I just found this market selling these little things. And I'm like, oh, that's great, babe. Like. And you're like, oh, my God, babe, I just found this mural of Amy Winehouse and did it, like. And it was. It was the simplest things that were, like, lighting up your day. And I remember that being one of the. I mean, I already loved you before then, but I remember that kind of like illustrate to me just how you see the beauty and the. The amazement in the little things that other people be like, who cares? These are like five pound or five dollar rings and bracelets. Who cares? But you came home with like a hundred of them and you were so happy and excited and you were taking pictures of these, like, this wall art and graffiti and stuff. Like the fact that you saw the beauty and the amazement in those little things. I'm like, how can I ever have a boring day with someone who. Or a boring life with someone who is able to be. Have that kind of outlook on life? Not just that, like, when I come back to, like, your warmth and your kindness, like, I've never met anyone who doesn't love you. I've never met anyone who doesn't, like, run to you and give you the biggest smile. And even when I've not been with you, people who talk about you like, oh, my God, yeah, she's amazing. We love her. And that's testimony to how you approach life and how you approach people. And it's rubbed off on me. Like, I'm happier from having met you. But. Yeah, same question to you.

[Ollie]

What was the question?

[Fiancee]

Don't pretend you didn't. You don't know what the question is.

[Ollie]

I'm just like, in love over here. I can't, like, googly eyes.

[Fiancee]

I know you do. So. Yeah. What made you. What made you fool for me or. Yeah.

[Ollie]

Oh, my God. Pretty similar to what you said. It's kind of hard to narrow it down to, like, one or two things, but I can kind of say what immediately drew me to you was kind of like your, like, childhood, like, way of living and just like Your mentality of just fun. I feel like a lot of things for me were so serious all the time. Like, I just was like, I'm in adult mode. I am an adult. I'm an adult. And then when I met you, you were kind of like, yes, you're grown and very mature, but you have this way of just, like, letting down that wall and letting me in to be. Like, just laugh and just relax and, like, calm my nervous system so I'm not so uptight. And I think you bring that into literally almost everything that we do. No matter where we are, we're out, dinner, we're at lunch, we're having an argument, or we're just like, laying down. Like, you bring this.

[Fiancee]

Or on a plane or on the plane.

[Ollie]

The plane was insane. But you just bring so much life and light into any situation where I would normally be so bothered. Like, you calm everything around me in the most nurturing and loving but fun, youthful way. And I've never experienced anything like that. Like, I've always been like, if I'm uptight, my person's uptight. If I'm mad, they're mad. If I'm. But you know how to stabilize any situation in any room. And I love that about you, and I want that for the rest of my life.

[Fiancee]

Thank you, baby.

[Ollie]

So we can talk future plans. What's next for us?

[Fiancee]

I'm really hungry, so I want to go get some lunch after this, but more long term. We've got a wedding to plan.

[Ollie]

We do have a wedding to plan. We have a date.

[Fiancee]

We do. Are we telling people or not? No. Okay.

[Ollie]

We've had a date. I've had a date before I even got the ring.

[Fiancee]

And he want to tell them what it. What is, what it's based on or not.

[Ollie]

No.

[Fiancee]

Okay, well, we've got a date that's quite. It's important to us. And we want to get married on that date.

[Ollie]

Right. Yeah.

[Fiancee]

We'll let people speculate on what that is. But, yeah, we've got a date in mind. I think it's achievable.

[Ollie]

I agree.

[Fiancee]

Yeah.

[Ollie]

Yeah. Once we leave here today, planning starts.

[Fiancee]

Yeah. And obviously the other thing is it's not just an engagement. Obviously, a lot of people don't, because a lot of people going, okay, so are you moving to London or am I moving to Charlotte? And it's kind of neither of those.

[Ollie]

So we're moving to la.

[Fiancee]

That's it.

[Ollie]

Boom.

[Fiancee]

So we got to do some apartment hunting as well, which I'm very excited about. You're stressed about it, but like, please. It's gonna get done. It's gonna get done.

[Ollie]

When?

[Fiancee]

I don't know.

[Ollie]

We're gonna be in a box, I swear.

[Fiancee]

No, we ain't.

[Ollie]

We're living on set.

[Fiancee]

Listen, that's your bed. Listen. Fine, but it's gonna happen. You need to manage your standards a little bit better, I think. See, we're not gonna get a Jacuzzi in the room.

[Ollie]

And that's where we. This is where we differ. Yeah, see, this is where we differ.

[Fiancee]

But you're talking like I want to sleep in a bar and I don't. I'm just saying, like, there's a middle ground between what you want and what I want. Or between what you want. Sorry. And like sleeping on the streets. Do you know what I mean?

[Ollie]

Luxury.

[Fiancee]

Do you know how much luxury cost in la? That's all I'm saying. That's what I'm saying.

[Ollie]

That's why we're working hard, honey.

[Fiancee]

Like, we ain't in Charlotte no more. Or Boston. You get me? So, yeah, now I get it. We'll find. Listen, I genuinely think we'll find something that's going to tick all our boxes. I'm gonna be very happy. So. Yeah, it's crazy because it's not just like, I'm moving to LA and I'm looking for a place to stay. It's like we are looking for our first home.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

So there's that. Finding our first home. Obviously this is a big move for me. I'm very excited about it. Planning a wedding.

[Ollie]

Two weddings.

[Fiancee]

Two weddings. Are you gonna tell them why you can. Okay, so want to get married here in the States so that obviously your family can be there and share on the experience and then my. Some of my people will still come, but then for those who can't, on a big thing in the UK as well, so that those who couldn't make it to the. The stateside one can make it to the UK one. Plus it gives us an excuse to have two big ceremonies, which I'm looking forward to.

[Ollie]

Yeah. And two dresses and two shoes and two tuxes. Yeah.

[Fiancee]

One ring. I'm just letting you know now in advance, like that's. That stays like that and then who knows, maybe we'll be starting a family at some point. No.

[Ollie]

Yeah, yeah.

[Fiancee]

Don't make it. I can't end this on my own.

[Ollie]

I didn't know we were dropping family bomb on here.

[Fiancee]

It goes without saying though.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

That's the natural progression of things. I mean, we both Want kids. I mean, some people don't, but we both want kids.

[Ollie]

So, yeah, we haven't been. Not, not, not anyhow.

[Fiancee]

I'm exhausted. It's not funny. Yeah.

[Ollie]

So for I don't know, we both went on shows about love and to get married and find our person. And a lot of people on the outside world are just like one. You go on these shows and they're clout chasers or this is fake or whatever that they come up with. But yet here we are sitting here in real life. Love. How do you feel about people saying that this is all fake?

[Fiancee]

I mean, I can't speak for everyone. I can only speak for myself. And to be fair, maybe there is a small contingent of people that go on these shows for the wrong reasons. And I kind of openly said that whilst I went on for the right reasons, I probably wasn't as ready as I should have been. But that, like I say, hindsight is 20 20. But we are testimony to the fact that you can find real, genuine love on these shows. And again, we took a very unorthodox route because the show that we were sort of expected to find love on didn't quite get there. And then we went on a show that probably respectfully isn't taken as seriously in terms of like, finding long term. Yeah, love. We went and found it there.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

But I think it goes to show that, like, even if it wasn't on that particular show, people that go into these experiences are very, very open to finding real love. And we were. And we did. And so there you go. But, yeah, it took me by surprise because I didn't think it was going to be on Private Matt. So, yeah, mad. But yeah, in the best way. Like, yeah. Now, like I say, I get why people think these things are fake and I get why people have, like, their skepticism about it. But yeah, I mean, we've got other married couples from previous seasons and then here we are about to be adding to the numbers.

[Ollie]

So, yeah, I think these shows are only as real as you make them. And I think we could have easily went on Perfect Match, did our thing and went our different ways, but we chose to intentionally.

[Fiancee]

Well, that was the plan.

[Ollie]

That was the plan.

[Fiancee]

But it wasn't my fault that you came and blew my mind and flipped the script. Like I say, I. I wasn't going in there expecting to come out with, like I say, even a girlfriend, let alone a girlfriend that was going to eventually become my fiance. So, yeah, it. Not me for six. But in the best way, like I'M Yeah, I'm still in shock about it. I ain't gonna lie. I was like, me too. Because I just thought it was gonna be a vacation. Beach, cocktails. Cool. Done.

[Ollie]

And now look at you.

[Fiancee]

And by the way, to touch upon what you said earlier, I was this close to not doing it, you know, like. Yeah, I was very close to just being like, do I really want to do this? I've just, like. Because bear in mind, when I was about to embark on it, my show was still braced, had just come out. Do you know what I mean? It was literally like a week or two after the reunion for my show came out, for Love Is Blind UK came out, that was then leaving for this one. I was like, this is too much. Do you know what I mean? And I remember one of my boys at my house, he's like, you know who I'm talking about when I do that? He's like, bro, if you, like, you're going, like, from Birmingham, by the way, that's where the accent is. He's like, bro, I'll come pick you up from the airport myself. I'll grab you myself. You're going. I was like, all right, all right, all right. I go, yo, I'll drive you there myself, bro. You're going. I was like, all right, I ain't got a choice.

[Ollie]

That always makes me think of that point that I always ask you. Like, do you feel like you jumped into everything too soon? Because you did get into this show, like, right on the cusp of yours airing, and then you jumped into this, which you were thinking was gonna be unserious, and then I kept being like, honey, like, are you sure this is what you wanna do? Are you sure you don't wanna be in the Streets?

[Fiancee]

Yeah, listen, the Streets has nothing for me. And you know this, like. And I've spoken to you about this before. Like, there's genuinely nothing in what would be my single life that I'm missing or wishing I was experiencing genuinely. Like, I've never been happier than. Than I am now.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

I've never felt. I said it in my proposal. I've never felt as happy or as complete as I have since I've met you.

[Ollie]

Yeah.

[Fiancee]

So, yeah, I'm so glad that, like, it's crazy. So much of it does feel like fake. So much of it does feel like it was meant to happen because you were about to go on another show. I was genuinely this close to not doing the Perfect Match. And then we met and the rest is history.

[Ollie]

I love you.

[Fiancee]

I love you more.

[Ollie]

I love the way you talk about us. But again, very great. Very grateful that we had this opportunity to talk.

[Fiancee]

Me too.

[Ollie]

And we'll be back to spill some actual.

[Fiancee]

Oh, yeah, yeah, that's. That's gonna go crazy.

[Ollie]

Perfect match tea.

[Fiancee]

Oh, Lord.

[Ollie]

You guys, thank you so much for tuning. Tuning in and listening to another episode of what's the Reality? We are going to be doing this every Wednesday. Don't forget to follow us on all our platforms and like. And subscribe at. What's the reality? Pod, I love you so much.

[Fiancee]

I love you, too, baby.

[Ollie]

What's the reality? What's the reality?

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[Ollie]

Hey, everyone. I'm Gypsy Rose Blanchard. So viewers will see in this season of Life after Lockup my struggles and mistakes I made, how I handled my I'm excited about motherhood.

[Fiancee]

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[Ollie]

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[Fiancee]

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[Ollie]

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[Fiancee]

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