Episode Details

Madison got engaged sight unseen, got left before the altar, and still believes love is blind.

In this episode, Mehak sits down with Madison Maidenberg, a Love Is Blind Season 9 contestant, to talk about what really happens inside the experiment and what it left her with. Madison pulls back the curtain on how the pods actually work, revisits the moments with her ex, Joe, that were hard to watch, and explains why a past of unhealthy relationships made some red flags easy to miss. 

The two also dig into the current season of Love is Blind: Boston, from the casting to the couples who kept going when maybe they shouldn't have. Madison shares what's behind the reunion glow-up, how she finally met someone off the apps, and what it's been like to date while living with retinitis pigmentosa, a blinding retinal disease.

Whether it’s a pod, an app, or a jet ski, how you meet someone matters a lot less than who you are when you get there, and the right person will want to understand you before they ask to be understood.

Learn more about retinitis pigmentosa and find community through the Foundation Fighting Blindness.

Follow Madison @madisonvm on TikTok and Instagram.

Hosted by: Mehak @whathemehak on TikTok

Producer: Saadia Khan and Shei Yu | Content Writers: Mehak | Editorial Review: Saadia Khan | Sound Designer & Editor: Lou Raskin | Love-ly Theme Music: Lou Raskin | Other Music: Epidemic Sound | Cover art design: Josephine Chai | Executive Producer: Saadia Khan

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