“Michaella and I did have a relationship after the experiment ended,” Matt says at the Love Is Blind Season 11 reunion. “Ultimately, I did fall in love with you.” The beekeeper’s bombshell reveal left Michaella briefly stunned before she shut it down, saying: “That’s an exaggeration of our relationship.” From there, their conflicting accounts spilled out in real time.
“We had very different interpretations of our relationship, and I think that emotions were high at the reunion,” Matt tells Tudum. It’s true that Michaella reconnected with her other pod connection, Matt, after her engagement with Rob abruptly ended. But what started as a soft landing after heartbreak eventually became its own complicated chapter.
For Michaella, the relationship with Matt felt more like a rebound that crossed a line it shouldn’t have. “If I could go back and change it, I would’ve stayed friends with him,” she says, reflecting on their post-show dynamic. Matt, on the other hand, insists their reconnection was never casual. “It was never communicated to me that she wanted to be just friends,” he says. “We were kind of revisiting our connection that we had in the pods that was more than friends. It was really a romantic connection.”
Keep reading to unpack the timeline of their relationship after filming and to find out if there’s any chance at reconciliation for the former couple after that shroom comment.
Did Matt and Michaella date after the pods?
Michaella reached out to Matt roughly six months after filming wrapped. “He’s a really nice guy, and I think what drew me to him is that he was the exact opposite of Rob,” Michaella says. “I felt like I needed to self-correct a little bit after being so blindsided by what happened with Rob.”
That self-correction turned into an actual relationship, according to Matt — one that lasted from around September to late November. “That’s when we actually dated, or what I saw as a relationship,” he says. Michaella pushes back on the idea that they were in a committed relationship. For example, whathe describes as “meeting each other’s families” is something she frames as a chance encounter when she dropped Matt off at his mom’s house. “I don’t think we were in love,” she says at the reunion.
Matt admits it hurt to hear that Michaella recalls the time they spent together as something far less meaningful than what it was for him. “Sometimes two people can share the same experience and walk away with two different memories,” he says. “My love for her certainly was real during those times we dated.”
Despite the differences in perspective, Matt feels strongly that it was geography, rather than mismatched feelings, that brought about the end of their relationship. “We are two and a half hours apart in Boston traffic,” he says. “It was never a question of the love being there, it was just a question of the distance and the sustainability of a long-term relationship.” As a single father, Matt says he couldn’t reconcile that distance with his responsibilities at home. “It was really on me that I felt like I couldn’t give her what I needed to as a partner.”
He also pushes back on any interpretation of malice around their breakup. “When things ended, it was sad. I mean, we both cried,” he says. “To Michaella’s credit, she was willing to try. She was willing to make the distance work.”
Michaella seems to view the Matt chapter as a footnote to the relationship that actually broke her heart — her engagement to Rob. Reflecting on Matt, she frames their post-show connection less as a love story and more as a stepping stone: “What’s great about us is we want the same thing out of life . . . but I think our journeys to get there are really different,” she says. “I think that’s kind of why it would never work.”
How does Matt feel about the mushrooms comment?
Perhaps the most pointed moment of the reunion was Michaella’s claim that she was on mushrooms when she told Matt she loved him — a detail that visibly stung the beekeeper.
“That was probably the most hurtful thing she said, because I have no recollection of that,” Matt says, pushing back firmly. “I live a very wholesome life . . . I’ve never done shrooms.” Whether or not the specifics line up, Matt says the comment cut deep. “It was almost like she was minimizing or dismissing her feelings for me, which were communicated to me as being very real.”
Does Matt want to get back together with Michaella?
There’s been no contact since the reunion — and neither seems to be actively seeking it. Matt confirms they haven’t spoken, adding that while he’d be cordial if he ran into her, he has no interest in rekindling things romantically. “I wish her the best,” he says, “but at this point, I wouldn’t have a desire to reconnect.”
At the reunion, Michaella is a bit more direct when Matt offers support. “I need nothing, I need nothing, I need nothing,” she says. “News flash! Nothing.” In what we can only imagine is a huge diss in beekeepers’ circles, Matt counters, “I’m glad I didn’t bring the honey as a gift for you tonight.” A not-so-sweet ending to their almost-love story.
Both have since turned their focus elsewhere. Matt is still hard at work taking care of his beehives. He says he’s taking time before dating again, focusing on his son and “being the best version of myself.” Michaella, meanwhile, says she’s ready to move forward after finally getting some closure on her Love Is Blind journey. “I’m excited to start dating again,” she says. “I know how to be in a relationship. I can do it. I can be a really great partner.”
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