Love Is Blind season 11 star Michaella Giorgio was taken aback by Matt Waldrip’s reunion bombshell about their past relationship.
“Matt was, to me, the opposite of Rob [Feeley],” Michaella, 35, said on the Wednesday, November 11, episode of the “What’s the Reality” podcast, referring to her show fiancé. “After dating Rob, [that] was very appealing. He’s a dad, he’s very stable, he’s very smart, he’s in touch with his emotions. So, after my breakup, I’m like, ‘I need to do the opposite of what I’ve been doing, clearly it’s not working.’”
Michaella got engaged to Rob, 40, sight unseen in the Love Is Blind pods, which was filmed in 2025 and premiered on Netflix last month. The couple, however, broke up before their wedding day after Rob’s on-camera meltdowns, during which he questioned the fashion executive’s intentions and reasons for being on the show.
After her breakup, Michaella briefly connected with Matt, 37, who claimed during the Sunday, November 8, reunion that the duo had a “meaningful” relationship that he ended. (Matt also alleged that the duo met each other’s parents and shared feelings of love, the latter of which Michaella said only occurred while she was “on mushrooms.”)
“We dated for a couple weeks,” she told podcast host AD Smith. “I ended up ending things because I was not ready and it had nothing to do with Matt or who he was, and then I took a shot again in the fall and was like, ‘Hey, I’m feeling better. I’ve been thinking about you. Would you want to try this again?’ We dated for probably six weeks.”
The second time around, Michaella acknowledged that Matt pulled the plug on their connection.
Matt Waldrip at the season 11 reunion. Courtesy of Netflix
“He was not in love with me, I know that for a fact [because] he told me that he was not in love with me,” she alleged. “The way he chose to present our relationship [at the reunion], it just, kind of, felt weird. … Yes, We met each other’s parents, but it was not even remotely in the capacity in the way that I did it with Rob. He did not have my mother’s cutlets, he’s had her leftover eggplant. I made him cutlets. It just felt really mean ‘cause those are just things I care about so much.”
Michaella Giorgio can sympathize with her Love Is Blind fiancé Rob Feeley’s mom having doubts about the experiment. “I can understand her perspective. This is a huge deal,” Michaella, 35, exclusively told Us about her future mother-in-law’s feelings about the Netflix show. “Marriage is a really big choice.” She continued, “We both hold our family […]
Michaella added, “I was so disappointed with him because I thought we left on really good terms. And up there [on the reunion stage], I started saying very nice things about him. Matt and I had a great friendship, and I really don’t think we should have crossed the line into something romantic, but it [was] appealing because we want the same thing. We want marriage in a family. So, for him to show up and do that to me, it just felt mean.”
After Matt’s bombshell reunion revelation, Michaella said she opted against clearing the air further when cameras left.
“Absolutely not,” she stated. “He’s blocked, and I’m sorry if things are more intense for him. I don’t believe that they were because he has told me I don’t love you and he did end things with me the second time and said, ‘This is not right for me.’”
