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Love Is Blind’s Dave Reflects on His Reaction to Ex Lauren’s Past Hookup: ‘I Just Feel Like an Idiot’
Love Is Blind star David “Dave” Bettenberg opened up about his split from ex-fiancée Lauren O’Brien, admitting he regrets how he ended things after learning about her past hookup.
During season 8 of the Netflix show, fans watched Dave, 33, and Lauren, 32, get engaged after sparking a connection in the pods. However, they split before their wedding day after he learned that she was hooking up with someone else before the experiment.
Lauren insisted that things with the other guy were casual, and Dave later admitted during the reunion on Sunday, March 9, that the unnamed man was “planting this idea” in his friends’ and sister’s head that his relationship with Lauren was more than it was.
“It was all fabricated and he did it on purpose because he’s trying to manipulate his way into the show,” Dave told People about Lauren’s past hookup. “Honestly, it’s embarrassing and it’s desperate for attention and it’s pathetic.”
The reality star continued, “Watching what he’s doing right now is just pathetic. Me and Lauren have talked. We’re like, we don’t even want to talk about this guy and give him the attention that he wants. Because he’s been literally planning this for a year. Plotting and planning this behind the scenes, and flat-out lying to people that know me specifically so I would hear about it. That’s literally psychotic behavior. That’s not OK.”
Dave also admitted that he believes Lauren is the “one that got away” due to her ex’s involvement in their split.
“Throughout this entire past year, I still thought what I initially thought was the truth, and now I just feel like an idiot,” he told the outlet. “I’ve apologized to Lauren so many times. I believed the people that he was telling all this stuff to, and I didn’t know what else to do. There’s no real right answer to how to navigate that.”
After noting that he now has an “entirely different perspective” than when they called it quits, Dave recalled his mindset at the time he chose to end his engagement to Lauren.
“Because in that moment, when me and Lauren eventually don’t work out, and it’s mostly because of this guy, I’m just making the best judgment call I can in that time with the information that I have from people that I trust,” he continued. “There was no way I was going to spin that in her favor unfortunately at the time.”
Dave also admitted that he wonders what would have happened if he hadn’t let Lauren’s ex get in the way of their relationship.
“Now me and Lauren, we’re joking around with each other and texting back and forth how much we hate this guy and how disappointing it is that people feel the need to do stuff like this,” he said. “But he did it at the expense of our relationship. What if we would’ve worked out had he not done that? He is ruining people’s futures and lives.”
He added, “You could never have expected what happened to us. That was just so bizarre.”
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