What's the Reality?
Love is Blind's Colleen Reed Breaks Her Silence: The Truth About Her Divorce
21 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hi, everyone. It's me, Giannina.
And me, Blake. And we are your guest hosts while AD is out on maternity leave. So we're so excited to be here for another episode of What's the Reality?
And today, someone very special from our Love is Flying family is here. Colleen Reid from season three is joining us today. I'm so excited to have you here. And this is actually her first time talking about her divorce from Matt and how she is doing today. And if you're not watching, she is looking pretty good. She looks great. You're glowing, Colleen.
You're glowing. Seriously, though.
So we're so happy to have her here. So let's welcome Colleen to What's the Reality. Yay!
yay thank you so much for having me I love you guys you guys are like an inspiration power couple everything I like adore you I adore your family so thank you so much for talking with me today no thank you yeah well thanks for coming I know that there's a lot going on and just want to say first and foremost I don't know where you are on your journey just quite yet we'll get into that in a second but
from a third party who has been always rooting for you and seeing you. You are just glowing different. So I just want to say I'm proud of you with whatever you're doing and we'll see where you are.
Just recently, I remember like you popped up on my Instagram and I sent it to Gina. I was like, Colleen looks good. I was literally like Colleen. I literally, I was like, wow, like that's Colleen.
Like she looks amazing. Oh my gosh, stop.
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Chapter 2: What does Colleen Reed reveal about her divorce from Matt?
I'm not going to be able to walk through a door.
But how are you doing? How are you feeling? She said, I know there's a lot going on.
Yeah. So today I'm doing great. I am good. It's a roller coaster of a journey. There's always like ups and downs. We'll get into it. But there was definitely a down and then there was a high and then you just it's literally a roller coaster. So right now I'm doing good. I'm in like a healthy mindset. I'm feeling good in my life right now. So I'm OK.
It's good. Yeah.
Because you announced that you were splitting from Matt in May. Yeah. Early May, end of April. So like springtime. Right. So we announced and then we actually have been. Not together since November of last year. So it's been about a year since we've been, I say separated, broken up. But yeah, but we didn't announce until springtime.
So I was dealing through the process of like the breakup for several months before I brought it to the public. That's so smart. Yeah, I think that's the way to go. I am so glad that we did that. And I would say that like he would agree with that as well. Was it your idea? We both...
it was kind of like logistics in terms of like the house because we lived together for those several months when we were separated. So we just didn't wanna like deal with all of that while we were dealing with our own like chaos and sadness and heartbreak. I didn't even wanna have that like in my eyesight.
So yeah, we both kind of agreed upon like let's not say anything until we are not living together. And so the day that I left, the day I moved out was the day that we announced. Yeah. How did that feel? So that day was probably the hardest day of my life because it was so, so sad. I would say that he would agree with that as well because we weren't going to see each other anymore.
Even though we were separated for those several months, we still saw each other. And so it was kind of like that finality of it, that realization that we really are not together anymore. We're not going to be together anymore.
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Chapter 3: How did Colleen's experience on Love Is Blind shape her relationship?
And then as we progressed and progressed and through the process, and I was just like, both of us were like, let's just do it. Let's just say yes to each other in this moment. And we did, but I never in a million years thought I would... actually get married. But I love the idea of it, I was open to it. I just never didn't think it was in my cards to actually say yes.
To find someone in this situation. So you guys agreed before you guys were at the altar, yes, we're saying yes. No.
Oh. Yeah, so we actually, we were at Applebee's or Chili's, Applebee's, whatever, the night prior with both of our families and we were flipping a coin and
Get out of here.
Yes, we were flipping a coin. Okay, heads we say yes, tails we say no. No, fate. Yes, we just kept flipping a coin, flipping a coin, and... I would say like two out of three times. And I truly did not know what to do. And he didn't know what to do. And I can't remember if we, I feel like that day was such a blur.
I don't know if you felt that way too, but I can't remember if we spoke that morning on the phone, but he was just like, I'll see you at the altar. And I was like, I'll see you at the altar.
What?
And it was crazy. Yeah. No, it's insane. It's actually crazy. And they asked him and he said yes. And I was like, okay, like, sure, let's do it. Yeah. So would you say you had a positive experience on Love is Blind?
Oh my gosh, yes.
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Chapter 4: What unexpected support did Colleen find in her friendship with Alexa?
really hard times, I would see him get vulnerable too where he wouldn't necessarily get as vulnerable on the show. So I would see almost a completely different side and I felt in love with him even more post the show. But then when things would go up and down, I would say we were always up and down and that's since day one.
And that's the one thing that ultimately led to our breakup is that it was never consistently high. It was always these high highs but never consistent. And so I would always cling back to like how we were with each other when we are good and not, you know, I wouldn't look at it big picture, if that makes sense.
Well, I've experienced something similar where it's just like, we're going to get on the same page. Like we're going to, because we relate on so many different levels. Like there's no way, like maybe if, you know, we move in together, which you guys eventually did, maybe then we'll get on the same page. How is that? Because you guys didn't live together.
Yeah, so we didn't live together until I think like a year and a half after we got married, which is so strange.
I know, I know. Well, not to cut you off, but I do think when you meet someone on a reality TV show and then you go into being engaged, like The Bachelor, being married, like Love is Wine, you're still dating. You're still learning that person. So I didn't think that it was weird.
No, I just, I really, for some reason, marriage was like, yes, but moving in together, whoa.
Chill out.
So I needed I had lived when I went on the show I lived with two other girls at the time So I had not even lived with by myself yet.
So I just said I was I thought and he would say as well What's the rush like we are we said yes to each other like let's just let's just take a beat and Let's both mature ourselves and then we'll come together and live together When we moved in together, it was a relatively smooth it was Honestly fine because we had all he was always at my place I was always at his we rarely did sleep apart.
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Chapter 5: How does Colleen describe her emotional journey after the breakup?
For him to initiate. Initiate. Date night. You know, even if it's just like, hey, I saw a movie that I really want to watch. Like, let's watch it together. Like that, I don't want to initiate. I want to be courted. Yeah. Even after marriage. Forever. Forever. I want to be courted. And as a lover girl, like I love a urine, like, you know, urine for me.
So, and I just, that was definitely, you know, lacking, especially towards the end of our relationship.
No, I agree. I mean, especially when you're with someone for so long. I've heard you fall in love with someone, the same person, I think five times. Oh my gosh, no way. Yeah, the first time. Then the second time, I think, is when you get into your first fight. And then you realize they're not perfect. And then when you have a kid. Or then when you get married. Then when you have a kid.
And then fifth, when you're super old. So you have to continuously fall in love with somebody. And you change, right?
You change over the years. So you do fall in love with a different person. not a completely different person, obviously, but like a new person. Yes.
So you want to be courted in each phase. And we both evolved so much. Like I was a baby as well and he had, you know, changed so much. And so we just weren't like growing together. We weren't working on it, on it. So yeah, that's just, yeah. Crumbled basically. What was the breaking point?
I would say it got, you know, so I said, you know, roller coaster, high highs, and we stayed at the lows for a long time. And we finally, we tried everything. We did everything. We really, any time that we felt like we were almost at that moment of breaking, we would say, no, you know, I still love you. I still, like, let's still work on this. Like, I can't imagine a life without you.
And we would say, okay. And then we work on it and then low. And so it was low, low, low. And we finally just hit that point where it was, you know, we can't do this anymore. Like we, we've tried it so many times and it hasn't been successful. And I'm was, you know, I've just turned 30 and we do have a clock ticking and I really, really, I want four kids. Yeah.
I want, I want, I want a big family, but I, I will not have kids with you until I know I am absolutely in love with you. I'll freeze my eggs. I'll be okay, but I am not going to have a kid with you until I truly love you. I want to... You know, having a kid in the relationship already adds so much stress. We're not like madly in love with each other. That's, no, we can't.
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Chapter 6: What were the hardest moments for Colleen during her divorce process?
I really don't like change. And so, yeah, just, I just kept thinking about that when we were saying goodbye to each other. It's like, I can't believe as soon as I get in the car, it's going to be different from here on out.
And knowing that this eventually will be public, right, and navigating that, what's something that you wish people knew about your relationship? Is that something that you want them to walk away with? Like, fight until the bitter end, and if you don't, mature and move on. Like, what is something that you want people to walk away from?
I don't know, because I don't know if you should fight until the bitter end, you know? I... It was, it's so emotionally draining. I just think having continuous conversations with your partner really honestly is like being on the same page and saying like, can we do this? Can we keep going? I don't know what the answer is for us. you know, I don't regret anything.
Um, but I don't know if that's the right decision to keep fighting and, you know, until you literally can't do it anymore. But for us, like, I'm glad that we fought until we could, and I'm glad that we decided to end things when we did.
Yeah, no, I think that's great. And also your future kids are going to really, really thank you for that. Yes. Be really grateful for the healthy home. And then Once that all comes together, you're like, yeah.
Like, I just want complete and utter happiness. And I just wasn't getting that with Matt.
And I think it says a lot about you that you did fight to the bitter end. Like, you didn't give up.
You know what I mean? You did as much as you could. You both did, right? I guess that's definitely what I would want the audience to know is that, one, it wasn't fake. It was 110% real. But we really tried. Like, we really did. did anything and everything possible to make it work.
And at the end of the day, sometimes two people just aren't meant for each other and we just weren't meant for each other. So where are you now? How's the divorce been? The process? What are you up to? So as soon as I said goodbye to him, I got on a plane to Italy. And I want to move to Italy because that place cured me. I had so, so much fun in Italy.
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Chapter 7: How does Colleen feel about dating again after her divorce?
Don't let your husband get in the way of finding your future husband. Yeah, exactly. You know what I mean?
No, it says a lot about you. I think it says a lot about you. And it seems like you and Matt have a decent relationship still. You still, obviously, you're not wanting to throw one of the bus. I can tell you're very careful. Which is, again, it says a lot about you.
Yeah. Well, and, you know, even though we had our lows, you know, when we do communicate, I like, it's crazy communication. because I'll get so sad. I get so sad. And it's not that I want to get back with him or anything. I just worry for him. As a Scorpio, I'm very loyal and very protective. I just want to protect him as much as possible. And so I just get sad whenever we talk.
he'll text me and then I'll like text my friends and I'll be like, well, now there goes my day. Like, it's just, I just get so sad like thinking or when we do communicate, but we still like, we have a good friendly relationship. We'll ask like how each other's doing. I asked him if he got Halloween decorations, you know, like just kind of like,
I want to take care of him, but it's not my job anymore.
No, I think it's really important to remember that. Yes. But it's also part of the healing. Yeah. You know, it's hard to go cold turkey.
It's that's what it's going cold turkey. That's the hardest.
Just the hardest breakup. Yeah. Yeah. Because you're such a big part of your life, right? For so long.
Yes, half of my 20s. Have you ever had a breakup or someone that you've been with for such a long time?
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Chapter 8: What lessons has Colleen learned from her relationship and divorce?
And so I just had to like, keep telling myself that, I'm not the only person in the world going through something or like going through a heartbreak. And I... I think I made a video recently or something where I was like, am I alone? And all the comments bombarded with comments being like, you are not alone in feeling this way.
So just really sitting with yourself and being like, it will be okay. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Because I'd be like, when am I going to feel okay again? And it just takes time. It takes...
I mean, it's almost a year now and I still am like kind of sad and it just takes a lot of time and spending time alone and sitting, but also I loved, I'm so, so grateful for the support system that I had. My girlfriends, my family constantly calling me, checking in on me, making sure that I was okay and would let me talk about the same thing over and over and over again.
So sitting with yourself and being alone, but really also like, Surround yourself with your people as much as you can.
Your village. Yeah, your village. The ones that get you and wanna see you be you again.
Because sometimes you can take your mind off of things for just two seconds and then you'll be okay.
It's really brave of you to be going through this publicly and not afraid to open up about it. Because I think, like you said, I always say like, when you're at your lowest, like more people can relate to that than when you're super happy.
You know what I mean?
So I know on TikTok reason you opened up about, you know, not being where you thought you'd be at 30. And it seems like a lot of people, you know, how are you feeling about that now? Like, do you feel better?
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