Taylor and Garrett from 'Love Is Blind' Season 7 pose for a photo on a balcony on their wedding day

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‘Love Is Blind’ Not Doing More ‘After the Altar’ Specials, Creator Says

Early seasons of 'Love Is Blind' followed some of the couples after their weddings. But the 'After the Altar' episodes just weren't that interesting, the show's creator says.

by Megan Elliott

Published on November 1, 2024

2 min read

Love Is Blind is moving on. The seventh season of the hit Netflix reality series wrapped up on Oct. 30 with a reunion special that brought together key D.C. cast members to share updates on their lives. But fans hoping to see more of Tyler and Ashley or Taylor and Garrett will be disappointed. There are no plans to film an After the Altar special for season 7, Love Is Blind creator Chris Coelen recently confirmed.

Josh and Jackelina drinking out of gold goblets in 'Love Is Blind: After the Altar' Season 4 — Josh Demas and Jackelina Bonds in ‘Love is Blind: After the Altar’ Season 4 | Courtesy of Netflix © 2023

Love Is Blind, which premiered in 2020, follows groups of singles as they go on blind dates (literally) in the show’s signature pods. Couples who form a pod connection get engaged, sight unseen. They then live together for several weeks before heading to the altar to either say “I do” or break things off on their wedding day (assuming they make it that far).

But what happens to Love Is Blind couples after the cameras go away? The show’s first four seasons offered insight into post-show relationships thanks to the After the Altar specials. The three-episode mini-seasons dropped months after the reunion episode and checked in with various cast members, including some who didn’t get married, to see how they were faring.

The last After the Altar special aired in September 2023. It followed people from Love Is Blind Season 4. Since then, three more seasons of the show have aired, but there have been no After the Altar episodes for those seasons. That’s a deliberate choice, Coelen said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

”No. Not interested in doing that,” he said when asked if there would be more After the Altar specials.

Coelen said that while After the Altar sounds intriguing on paper, it’s not actually that interesting to make or watch.

“It sounds fun to catch up, and that’s one of the reasons with the reunion now — it’s fun to catch up and see where some of your favorites have been,” he explained. “But when you get into an After the Altar structure, it becomes more like a docuseries. And docuseries, as many people know, are really driven by drama.”

The result? A show that feels like it’s there just for the sake of being there, Coelen said.

“And to go into an After the Altar with [Love Is Blind Season 4 couples] Brett and Tiffany or Zach and Bliss or whoever, where’s the drama going to be? It doesn’t feel real; it feels like at that point you’re just making something that’s kind of for the sake of making it” he said “It’s not an exciting idea for a show. It doesn’t really feel fulfilling to me as a producer. And I think, ultimately, even though people liked it to some extent, I just don’t think it’s that great.”

Love Is Blind is streaming on Netflix.

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