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“Extra” caught up with Izzy Zapata and Stacey Snyder at the “Love Is Blind” Season 5 reunion taping.
He says he and Stacey continued to say “I do” on their wedding day and are still “great friends.”
Stacey added: We look out for each other and check on each other. ”
Stacey revealed when she knew she would say no: “I’d say…about 48 hours before the wedding.” I knew she would say no. It was a time when a lot of bad information came out and I was trying to process it. ”
Describing her feelings at the time, she emphasized: I shouldn’t have felt that way, but I was very sad. You want that fairy tale…but I think it was a blessing in disguise that it came true the way it did. I realized there’s a lot of things we don’t cover or just have different pages. ”
Izzy opened up about why it was so shocking for Stacey to say “no” at the altar even though she wanted to continue dating. He admitted, “I was shocked because I got engaged once and didn’t even have a wedding, and then I got engaged again and went to the altar…I couldn’t have a happy ending.” Ta. I thought. ”
He added: “We are going backwards and it is painful.” It’s like going this far and coming back all the way, right? ”
Stacey was “shocked” to see how hurt Izzy was by the rejection. She said, “The night before the wedding, we talked on the phone all night and it was so hard… I don’t think I got any sleep at all and I think he broke his promise” the night before the wedding. ”
Stacey admitted that seeing him like that was “killing”, adding: “I just rolled my eyes and cried a lot. That’s the hardest part… doing what’s best for you and your partner. It’s the difference between trying to make someone happy. Someone ended up losing.”
Did Izzy’s trust issues get in the way of a deal?
She commented: “I had asked him at least a week before that because there was a lot more going on with finances and we talked about it all at once. It was an ongoing conversation. I was in therapy and I was in premarital counseling. I don’t have time to do that, so I’m thinking, “What do I need to cover?” What ground do I need to cover? She said “communications and economics”. That’s the number one reason people get divorced. you have to deal with it. “It’s not a deal-breaker, but it’s not a deal-breaker. ”
Izzy feels that not being upfront about her financial situation was a big contributing factor to their breakup, saying, “In terms of being financially stable, I’ve kept it that way, so she’s been keeping up with me.” I think he felt he couldn’t trust him.” [quiet] good bye. “
