Discover why Lauren O’Brien felt slut-shamed on Love Is Blind and how her past impacted her engagement to Dave Bettenburg.
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Why did the love between Lauren and Dave collapse into blindness?
Star of Love Is Blind season 8 Lauren O’Brien recently spoke about feeling “slut-shamed” by her ex-fiancé David “Dave” Bettenburg after he found she had dated someone just before filming.
The couple linked in the pods, but their engagement fell apart when Dave’s friends shared specifics on her past fling.
Lauren says the relationship was not serious, but Dave said it made him doubt her marriage readiness.
How did Dave respond about ego or boundaries?
Lauren said on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast she felt blindsided.
“He told me he didn’t care about my past,” she said, adding that Dave’s abrupt change seemed hypocritical.
“You most certainly are not celibate if you are casting for a dating show,” she said.
She chastised Dave’s “emotional maturity,” implying that his ego overcame their relationship even though she does not believe he is “malicious.”
How did outsiders affect their relationship?
Dave’s sister and college friends stoked the flames. They claimed the two were closer than Lauren let on and knew the man she had casually dated.
Dave told PEOPLE, calling it a dealbreaker, “I heard she was staying at his place.”
Lauren shot back, contending pre-show dating shouldn’t define her dedication. “If we are creating something real, why does this matter?”
Love stood a chance against drama?
Lauren thinks there was real love even with the aftermath.
She said she battled the material, but finally “he didn’t love me enough to move past his ego.”
Dave, meantime, presented his choice as self-protection: “I couldn’t marry someone with that history.”
Their split emphasizes the conflict between reality TV love and actual baggage.
Could This Not Happen for Future Couples in Blind Love: Is it?
Lauren’s narrative begs problems about how past relationships affect the experiment.
Should off-screen histories leak in, can love really be “blind”? Her story about trust, communication, and the pressure to redefine oneself for reality TV acts as a sobering reminder as fans binge season 8.
Quick Facts: Love Is Blind Lauren & Dave
1️⃣ Lauren called out “slut-shaming” after Dave ended their engagement.
2️⃣ Dave’s friends knew her ex, causing trust issues.
3️⃣ Lauren argued pre-show dating shouldn’t invalidate their connection.
4️⃣ Dave cited her history as a dealbreaker.
5️⃣ Both admit love existed but wasn’t enough to salvage their relationship.