Love Is Blind personality Sara Carton is responding to rampant speculation that she has been dating costar Joey Leveille since their respective breakups.
“I’ve seen this a few times online in the past 24 hours,” Sara, 29, said on the Thursday, March 13, episode of “The Viall Files” podcast. “Well, to be clear, me and Joey are not dating.”
Sara and Joey, 36, were both participants on season 8 of Love Is Blind, which was filmed in Minneapolis in spring 2024 and aired on Netflix last month. They each found love sight unseen with Ben Mezzenga and Monica Danus, respectively. After whirlwind engagements, both couples broke up at the altar.
“There was a love square between me, Monica, Ben and Joey. We were all talking to each other until the second to last day in the pods,” Sara recalled on Thursday. “Of course, naturally in that circumstance, you do connect with people. I feel like me and Joey did establish a really great friendship.”
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According to Sara, she “didn’t really talk” to Joey further until “five months” post-production.
“[Joey] and five other people visited me in Nashville and we called ourselves the ‘Yee-Haw Crew,’ like, it’s such a good time,” Sara said. “We grew really, really close with each other just because of the support for each other, knowing what we’ve all been through and being able to be there for one another. It’s been super important to me.”
She continued, “This whole situation, I’ve felt very close with Joey. I’m fond of our relationship, but I [also] feel very well-supported by all those involved. I’m just very grateful that I’ve met him, but, yeah, we definitely have a friendship. We’re definitely not dating.”
As to whether a potential romance could eventually unfold between the two pals, Sara played coy.
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“I don’t know what the future will hold,” Sara teased. “But, I do know for right now, I definitely have no capacity to even think about a relationship.”
In addition to her friendship with Joey, the nurse has been able to lean on her family while navigating her broken engagement. (In the end, Sara called off her nuptials to Ben over fundamental political and religious differences.)
“I couldn’t have done it without them. And also my brother, my mom and stepdad, they were my rocks. I cannot state how much I appreciate them for being there for me,” Sara exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the March 9 finale. “[My sister], Lisa, and [her partner], Kelsie, they’re very rational people and that helps me keep grounded. Sometimes I’m, like, all about the fantasies and being spontaneous and having fun and they helped me a lot, especially with this scenario putting it all in context.”
She added, “They helped me feel OK that it may not be my person and that’s OK — even though I so badly wanted it to be my person and have this beautiful thing work for me.”
Love Is Blind is currently streaming on Netflix.
