A controversial second from the most recent season of Netflix‘s Love is Blind goes viral on social media after contestant Sara Carton selected to finish her engagement to Ben Mezzenga over his conservative political opinions.
The scene in query unfold like wildfire on X, the place viewers had been divided over the breakup: Some congratulated Carton for ending the connection, whereas others felt Mezzenga finally “dodged a bullet” by getting dumped.
Carton made the troublesome choice to finish the connection on the altar earlier than all of their family members.
“I like you a lot, however I’ve all the time needed a companion to be on the identical … wavelength and so right this moment, I can’t,” she tells him on the present. “I’m sorry however I don’t need that to be misunderstood. I nonetheless love you and all the pieces about you is superb and I care about you a lot.”
In response, Mezzenga stated he nonetheless needed to proceed their relationship even when they didn’t proceed with the marriage. In a later scene along with her mom and sister, Carton revealed that her choice to finish the connection was as a result of their political views on matters resembling Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ+ rights didn’t align.
“I would like somebody to consider that stuff,” she stated, later including in a confessional, “Typically I did surprise if was floor, enjoyable, carefree love that we had.”
The second sparked a fierce debate on-line as viewers remained divided over whether or not she made the suitable choice to depart him.
“Sara is getting a whole lot of hate on Love Is Blind when Ben couldn’t even man up and say “I don’t align”….her values had been EXTREMELY clear within the pods. He led her to suppose he was open, when signal after signal confirmed he wasn’t as open as he led her to consider,” one viewer wrote on X.
Others referred to as Carton “insufferable” and stated she “encapsulates all the pieces that’s flawed with this nation.”
Some Love is Blind followers additionally criticized Carton for ready till they made it to the altar to finish the connection in any respect, calling the transfer “fully pointless since you already knew.”
Regardless of the breakup, Carton later moved to Nashville to stick with Mezzenga, although she stated he later ghosted her.
“I felt so duped,” Carton instructed Netflix’s Tudum. “It took me months — longer than I even knew him — to course of all the pieces, settle for all the pieces that occurred, and transfer ahead.”
Carton has since returned to stay in Minneapolis. Love is Blind Season 8 is streaming now on Netflix.
