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Love Is Blind’s Dave Reveals Why He Talks About His Sister So Much, Defends Harsh Jokes
Love Is Blind fans quickly called out season 8 star Dave Bettenburg for his behavior on the show, including the fact that he spoke about his sister so much and made several harsh jokes. In light of the backlash, the Netflix star has addressed why his sister came up so often in conversations.
During the first six episodes of season 8, which premiered on February 14, fans watched Dave, 33, explain to his potential love interests that he was worried how his sister would react to him leaving the pods engaged. He also noted several times that she was not optimistic about his time on the show.
Despite expressing his sister’s hesitations, Dave explained that his sister was “taking it in stride” when he appeared on the Tuesday, February 18, episode of “The Viall Files” podcast.
“The internet is just insane, because apparently having a good relationship with your sister is a bad thing. Sorry, she’s cool. Whatever,” Dave said in response to the backlash. “I think she’s doing OK. If she was struggling with it, she would have been talking with me and texting me a lot. I think she’s doing alright.”
Not only were fans confused by Dave’s decision to frequently bring up his sister, but he also faced backlash for making harsh jokes to women while in the pods.
“The crazy thing about that is … if you kind of understand that humor or whatever, people can tell it was a joke,” he said. “[My eventual fiancée] Lauren [O’Brien], I think she handled it really well and we kind of connected after that and hit it off.”
One joke that many people were offended by was when Dave asked several of the women, “What’s wrong with you?” as an icebreaker in the pods.
While not everyone appreciated the joke, Dave insisted that he was “happy” with his opening line. “It landed with a lot of women, honestly. It made things fun. I have a personality, so I was happy to, like, show that side of me,” he explained. “It also weeded out a lot of the people that I didn’t connect with. It helped me get there a little bit quicker. I like to keep things light, you know, keep it fun and honestly that came out in the speed date portion right away. I was just trying to have some fun with it and see who I connected with.”
“I mean I talked a lot, you’re in those pods for hours on end and, like, there’s just a lot of stuff you talk about,” Dave continued. “That’s a really important piece of, like, a partner that I was looking for. I want to be able to have fun with that partner. I feel like I just want to be myself and make sure people understand me for me.”
Another joke that a handful of people had issues with was Dave’s comment that some people get “too much Botox.”
“They show me talking about Botox, filler, stuff like that a lot,” the former medical device salesman said. “I was in that industry at the time and there’s nothing wrong with a little Botox here and there, I’m a fan of that. … I know I’ve been shallow in the past, I really don’t want to be like that. I feel like I talked a lot about being the person that I know I can be when it comes to looks and loving someone for the right reasons. I was thinking a lot about that when I got there.”
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