From Sperm Donations to Partner Swaps! The Biggest ‘Love Is Blind’ Scandals Over the Years

Zach Goytowski and Irina Solomonova’s Failed Engagement

Zach was debating between Irina and Bliss Poureetezadi in the pods, before choosing to get engaged to Irina. After meeting in person, the Seattle native felt a disconnect from Zach and called him “dorky.” The pair eventually broke off their engagement while on their cast getaway to Mexico.

Zach reignited his spark with Bliss after the show and they made it down the aisle in May 2022.

Jackie Bonds Ditching Marshall Glaze

While Jackie was initially torn between Marshall and Josh Demas while in the pods, she ultimately pursued an engagement with Marshall.

“Marshall is just the better choice for me. He’s gonna help me grow,” the dental assistant told producers in a confessional. “He is emotionally available. He’s able to handle my spiciness, my attitude. He knows how to make sure that I’m feeling and solid.”

However, soon after getting engaged, the problems started and the Seattle couple experienced an off-camera fight where Jackie made Marshall feel like he “wasn’t man enough.” While Marshall left their shared townhome to cool off and not “blow up” after their fight, upon his return, he came home to Jackie packing her bags to leave.

After she exposed that they didn’t “have sex” and suggested he be more aggressive in the bedroom, the incident escalated when Marshall called her a “project.”

After their fight, Marshall and Jackie reunited with the rest of the cast for fellow pod-member Chelsea Griffin’s birthday. It was there where Josh told Marshall that he was going to “steal his girl.” He wasn’t exaggerating as he pulled Jackie for a private conversation shortly after.

Although Jackie went home with Marshall, Marshall later learned that his fiancée skipped her wedding dress fitting and was shown meeting up with Josh. “I couldn’t even get the decency of the text message,” Marshall said in a confessional interview, admitting that he still loved her. “If she wants to talk, cool. I’m done talking.”

The pair later had a sit-down conversation where Jackie informed Marshall that she had “chemistry with Josh” and ended their engagement. Jackie and Josh continued their relationship, before splitting in September 2023.

SK’s Cheating Scandal

During season 3, Raven and SK made it down the aisle. Although fans were shocked when SK said “no” to Raven at the altar, the pair announced they had rekindled their relationship during the season 3 reunion.

“We’ve grown so much from this experiment, from what we’ve went through,” Raven gushed about their relationship at the time. “From being apart, it makes it so much better when we’re together … it’s really beautiful to be able to do that.”

However, Raven revealed that they split via her Instagram Stories on November 20, 2022. “We are saddened to announce that we have decided to go our separate ways,” she wrote, referencing TikTok user @HannahBethStyle’s claims that SK cheated on Raven with her. “Due to ongoing legal proceedings surrounding these allegations, we can not provide additional details and ask that you please respect our privacy during this hard time.”

SK denied the allegations, taking to his own social media to address the situation. “Raven and I left the Love Is Blind altar as single individuals who went back to dating other people,” he wrote in November 2022. “While our journey back together hasn’t been straightforward, the unique emotional connection we developed from this experiment kept us together as friends and helped rekindle our relationship after the fact.”

He continued, “[The cheating] allegations have been falsely misrepresented with malicious intent to extort, and we are actively pursuing legal actions against the accuser … I am deeply sorry for the pain this has caused Raven, my family and everyone involved. Raven and I will continue to support each other and wish nothing but love.”

Jeramey Lutinski, Laura Dadisman and Sarah Ann Bicks’ Love Triangle

Although Jeramey had a connection with Sarah Ann, he felt his connection with Laura was stronger and ended up proposing to her.

However, after leaving the pods, Jeramey stayed out all night, and upon checking his location on her phone, Laura suspected he was having an affair with Sarah Ann. Both Sarah Ann and Jeramey denied the allegations, stating they only became involved after Jeramey’s engagement to Laura ended.

Eventually, Sarah Ann acknowledged that she had sent Jeramey a DM after leaving the pods, but she insisted that she only did it for “closure” and did not expect things to go the way they did.

Sarah Ann and Jeramey’s relationship didn’t last, the pair later announced their split in September 2024.

Tyler Francis Revealing to Ashley Adionser That He Fathered Three Kids

Two weeks before they were set to make it down the aisle, Tyler revealed that he fathered three children. At the time, he explained that he was helping a lesbian couple that he “knew” with a sperm donation as they couldn’t have children of their own. After the episode aired, the mother of Tyler’s three children, Bri Thomas, slammed him on social media for “characterizing his relationship with his children” as simply a sperm donation. She also shared footage of Tyler spending time with the three children — a son and twin daughters — during the holidays, directly contradicting his claim that he wasn’t involved in their lives.

“‘Family … Holidays … what does that look like.’ Here a few videos three days after Christmas ‘22 (Filming occurred October 2023. Which makes this the Christmas before filming),” Bri wrote in the since-deleted post on October 10, 2024. “My children love their ‘Dad.’ To think that he has reduced them to ‘sperm babies,’ when I was told he was going on the show to be able to better provide for them, is the most absurd and hurtful thing ever. My kids don’t deserve this.”

In another post, Bri explained that their twins were the result of “natural unplanned intercourse with absolutely no complexity surrounding parentage.” Meanwhile, she acknowledged that the original plan for her eldest son was for Tyler to assist her and her ex-wife in having a child. “It was understood that Tyler was not supposed to assume a father role in Ky’s life,” Bri said on October 19, 2024.

Bri explained she spoke out publicly because the last time Tyler spoke to his kids was September 30, 2023, the day before he left for the Netflix show. “Tyler was there with me the entire way, extremely supportive. We went to doctor’s appointments together. We even were living together,” Bri continued. “I truly hate that I had to provide an explanation in hopes of defending myself and my children. I just could not continue to sit back and allow what was being said about me and the kids to continue on and just be lied on and just sit here.”

Tyler and Ashley got married during the season 7 finale, with the marketing director describing the situation as “complicated” in an Instagram comment to a fan.