Love Is Blind contestant Stew proposed, then Jax left the pods without him
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The gist
Love Is Blind contestant Stew proposed to Jax in episode 4, and she left the pods without giving him her number.
The Boston-area season's fallout has both contestants giving interviews about the split.
Background
Love Is Blind is a Netflix reality dating series in which 15 single men and 15 single women from the same region date for 10 days and get engaged without seeing each other, meeting only after a proposal. Season 11 features 30 singles from the Boston area. Scott "Stew" Stewart is a 34-year-old director of engineering, a Connecticut shoreline native living in Boston; Jacqueline "Jax" Guelli is a 31-year-old entrepreneur who owns a skincare line. The two bonded in the pods over saunas, design and dreams of a luxurious wedding before their in-person reveal.
How it unfolded
- Oct 14, 2026The first five episodes of Love Is Blind Season 11 dropped on Netflix; in episode 4 Stew proposed to Jax, who at the reveal told him he was "not really what (she) was expecting," then left the pods without speaking to him and declined to give him her number.
- Oct 16, 2026Jax gave interviews to Tudum, USA TODAY and Glamour saying she wished she had handled her exit better and explaining her Mitt Romney comparison.
- Oct 18, 2026Stew posted an Instagram video saying he was "completely shocked" and "completely caught off guard" by the rejection.
- Oct 21, 2026The next batch of episodes is set to drop on Netflix.
Who’s saying what
- Stew
- Stew said he was "completely shocked, completely caught off guard" and "did not see it coming," though with hindsight he "maybe kinda should've seen that one coming."
- Jax
- Jax said she wished she had handled it better, calling her behavior "completely immature" and "completely selfish" and saying Stew "deserved a conversation."
- Public
- Stew said "the comments, the DMs, everything have been fantastic" and he was glad viewers could "laugh along with my missteps."
Still unverified
Whether Jax and Stew get back together is unconfirmed: the end of episode 5 teased a meeting at a restaurant in Boston, and sources say only time will tell. Stew also teased "stay tuned. More to come" without specifying what.