Love Is Blind’s Madison Shades Alex and Mason: ‘Glad It Ended’
Love Is Blind star Madison Errichiello connected with both Mason Horacek and Alex Brown during her time in the pods in season 8, but she has “no regrets” about walking away without an engagement.
“Do you feel like you missed out on stuff because your relationship didn’t progress?” one fan asked Madison, 28, during an Ask Me Anything (AMA) via Instagram Stories on February 15.
The artist replied, “The only thing I missed out on is wasting more time Imao. I’m glad it ended when it did!”
Madison doubled down on her opinion when another viewer said they felt like it “was obvious Alex couldn’t handle” her.
“I mean I’m sure I could have handled certain situations differently, but overall, I don’t think that would have changed the outcome of anything,” she explained. “What happened was meant to happen even if it was a little messy. So, no regrets!”
Madison developed feelings for both Mason, 33, and Alex, 29. However, she felt like Mason was too indecisive about who he felt stronger for – Madison or her fellow Love Is Blind costar Meg Fink. When she broke up with the cinematographer, she wasn’t a fan of his response.
“Yesterday, he was like, ‘I’m committed to you,” and today for him to be like, ‘I take that back …’ Based on what he told me, I don’t think you’ll be impressed,” Madison explained to Meg, 31, after their final date. “He just could not decide which direction to go, and I chose quicker than he did.”
While it seemed like Madison and Alex were headed for an engagement, she didn’t like that he refused to bash Mason, and the two ultimately went their separate ways. However, Alex stood by his decision to not speak poorly about Mason.
“I think Mason was unfairly targeted,” Alex explained to People in an article published on February 15. “He did mess up, and I think he understood that fully in the moment, that he did mess up, and I just didn’t think it was appropriate to bash him any more than he already was feeling.”
He continued, “Every time, I’m going to stick up for people and have empathy. I have a very open mind. I understand why people act the way they do, and we all have a reason for acting the way we do, and we’re all trying to be the best people we can be. I think if you start and you come from that place of empathy, that’s how you should go about your life, at least that’s the way I do.”
Alex, who works as a commercial real estate broker, said that he “tried to portray” that he had “empathy for both parties” during his final date with Madison.
“I understand the perspective of both sides and I have empathy for both people, and I just think we should not be speaking negatively about anyone, because I do feel for both sides of the situation,” Alex concluded.
Even though Alex, Mason, Madison and Meg all left the pods single, that doesn’t mean that’s the end of their time on the show. During the midseason trailer shown at the end of episode 6, Meg revealed that she looked up Mason online once they left the pods.
The next episodes of Love Is Blind season 8 premiere on February 21 on Netflix.