Love Is Blind’s Mason Admits the Show ‘Sped Up’ His Move to Minnesota
Love Is Blind star Mason Horacek revealed that being cast in season 8 helped him find the answer to a big decision.
“So is this the real reason why you moved to [Minnesota]?” an Instagram user asked in the comments of one of Mason’s posts.
He replied, “It definitely sped up the process.”
Season 8 was filmed in March 2024 and the cast all hail from the Minneapolis area. Mason, 33, was one of the 32 men and women cast in the newest eason, even though his time on the show didn’t end with an engagement. In his Love Is Blind bio, Mason said that his friends and family would “lovingly describe him as a ‘big softie.’” He also revealed that he works as a cinematographer, and because of that he’s “used to relying on his visual instincts.”
“His biggest accomplishment is making a living in a creative career he loves, and he’s looking for that same passion and drive in a potential partner,” the bio continued. “A skater girl would be particularly rad, as Mason shreds whenever he gets the chance, even sneaking in skating sessions before work. In fact, he’s so committed to the sport that he once went through an entire workday with a broken foot.”
Fans saw Mason connect with two women during his time in the pods – Meg Fink and Madison Errichiello. While Meg, 31, seemed all in on Mason, Madison, 28, was struggling to choose between him and fellow contestant Alex Brown.
“These past few dates have been really clarifying for me,” Madison told Alex, 28, during Love Is Blind season 8 episode 3. “There’s one other person that I’ve been dating, and I know there’s another girl dating him, and I just haven’t even been upset at all.”
Even though Mason told Madison that she was one he was “always thinking about,” but unbeknownst to him at the time, it wasn’t enough for her.
“I’m having feelings for people I’ve never seen before,” he told producers. “It’s really scary how much chemistry there is when Madison and I are talking, but Meg just says exactly what I was about to say … it doesn’t feel real. It’s really weird to have a connection that deep and close.”
On their next date, Madison broke it off and she later explained to Meg that she felt like Mason was essentially stringing them both along with his “indecisiveness.”
“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 told Meg while sitting in the women’s quarters. “He just could not decide which direction to go, and I chose quicker than he did.”
Ultimately, Meg felt like she was Mason’s second choice, and she broke up with him, too. However, fans can’t rule out Mason ending up with someone from the cast just yet. During the midseason trailer shown at the end of episode 6, a scene featured Meg happily telling her friends that she looked Mason up on social media after they left the pods.
The next three episodes of Love Is Blind season 8 premiere on February 21, 2025.