Instagram-gate is rocking Love Is Blind — and the Lacheys marriage.
On season 8 of the Netflix dating show, stars Daniel Hasting and Taylor Haag’s engagement bliss was soured when she accused him of following her on Instagram before the show.
“It’s funny because that was one of those moments — we always tend to agree, but then when we do disagree, we agree to disagree. And I was like, ‘I understand what she’s saying.’ And [Nick’s] like, ‘I don’t think it’s that big of a deal,’” Vanessa Lachey told Us Weekly during an exclusive interview with husband and cohost Nick Lachey. “That’s the beauty of the show is that water cooler talk.”
Vanessa noted that this season in particular “really highlighted how social media does impact a relationship.”
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“If somebody is following you and does know a lot about you, is that fair?” she pondered. “And it didn’t give you an opportunity to truly get to know them for who they are because that is personal. That is why it’s Instagram and it’s posted. She had this little voice in the back of her head, and I’m really proud of her for speaking up on it.”
Fans see Taylor confront Daniel during the final moments of the first batch of episodes that started streaming on Friday, February 14, telling her new fiancé that she recalls seeing photos of him at Christmas time after he allegedly followed her on the app.
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“Nick, again, was like, ‘I don’t think that it was that big of a deal,’ but I understood why it was a big deal to her,” Vanessa added. “And I think that they handled it beautifully.”
The couple noted that Taylor and Daniel are a duo they are rooting for.
“We were like, ‘Oh, they’re gonna be golden’ [and we say that with a couple] every season we watch. And then when it clipped right to her being in her room, we were like, ‘Wait, what?’” she said.
“Every season is unique and specific and different,” Nick noted. “We’ve never seen that particular scenario play out before. That’s what keeps it exciting for us.”
Fans will have to tune in to the next batch of Love Is Blind episodes — which start streaming on Netflix Friday, February 21 — to find out if Daniel and Taylor can move past the IG drama.
