The 8th installment of Netflix’s Love Is Blind had viewers rooting for Lauren O’Brien and David “Dave” Bettenburg until their relationship eventually fell through because Dave wasn’t comfortable with O’Brien’s recent relationship coming into the show — the fact that she was dating this man three months prior and even staying at his place. However, she is now clapping back at Dave and insinuating that he should’ve been ready for a “mature relationship.”

During the March 25, 2025 episode of Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, O’Brien expressed surprise that Dave, who had initially dismissed concerns about her dating history, would abruptly reverse course like that. According to her, before cameras rolled, Dave allegedly told her, “I don’t really give a s--- who you slept with.” Yet once word took root that O’Brien had been romantically involved with a man who was connected to Dave...