Each season of Love Is Blind tends to have a cast member who receives the “villain edit,” and the most recent was no exception. Leo Braudy made waves on the reality TV show for how much he talked about his wealth while in the pods.
While Leo may have not put his best foot forward while on the show, he’s since had a bit of a character makeover. Largely thanks to his social media presence since the series ended, he’s begun to win over fans of the show in an entirely new way.
Since the cameras have stopped rolling, it appears that Leo’s learned how not to take himself too seriously. On his personal social media accounts, he’s begun to post videos poking fun at himself for how he came off in the pods, including a video series where he shares the “reality TV lessons” he’s since learned.
More recently, Leo jumped in on a video trend that he posted on his Instagram account. The idea is to do a “POV” style video encouraging people to act a certain way, then having the camera accidentally flip the other way to reveal who’s actually behind the message.
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In the video, the text across the screen refers to a joke between Leo and his former partner Brittany:
As a trophy wife, we need to normalize letting our men take sips of our drink because they are our kings.
When the camera pans around to Leo, he pretends to be caught in the moment and even spits out his drink. The line is a reference to his Love Is Blind ex admitting that she wasn’t a fan of how Leo always wanted to try her drink as well as his.
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Fans Are Surprised By How Much They Like Leo
In the comments of Leo’s videos, it’s clear that fans have experienced a change of heart. While at first he was the target of lots of online hate, with viewers condemning him as out of touch and shallow, not the support he gets from fans appears to be anything but.
“I’m not sure how you went from nationally disliked to a national treasure but here you are 😂,” wrote one user. “You and Brittany deserve a Guinness world record for going from most disliked to most loved 😂,” said another, referencing the way that Leo and his former fiancée remain good friends even after their messy breakup (which wasn’t even fully captured in the series).
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One of Leo’s followers seemed to summarize the collective feeling about his post-show transformation:
Leo somehow turned from my least favorite to my absolutely favorite from this season. Cheers to getting to know the individual behind the “character” 🥂
Other fans expressed a similar sentiment, with many of them saying they didn’t understand how they had come to be rooting for Leo, like it had almost come out of nowhere.
For his part, Leo continues to share other parts of his life with his other followers. He recently started another series on social media talking fans through his work as a successful art dealer, explaining things like the way that pricing and bidding on art pieces works.
While Leo claims that he is single at the moment, his recent transformation with the public might make fans wonder if he might be being primed for another reality TV dating show like Perfect Match. For the time being, his next reality TV appearance has yet to be confirmed.
In the meantime, Leo has let fans into even more random pieces of his life. He shared some short clips of him on a tennis court showing off his athletic skills, and in another he talks about his favorite Trader Joe’s snacks.
Fifteen men and women from the same city come together to compete in Love is Blind, a reality dating show created for Netflix. The show sees couples meet and fall in love with a twist – they’ll only meet face to face if one of the two accepts a marriage proposal. If they accept, they’ll move in with their partner, meet their families, and ultimately decide if they want to say “I do.”
- Release Date
- February 13, 2020
- Main Genre
- Reality
- Cast
- Nick Lachey , vanessa lachey , Micah Lussier , Chelsea Griffin , Tiffany Pennywell , Zack Goytowski , Brett Brown , Kwame Appiah , Alexa Alfia , Brennon Lemieux , Colleen Reed , Matt Bolton , Bartise Bowden , Bliss Poureetezadi , Paul Peden , Cole Barnett , Zanab Jaffrey , Raven Ross , Nancy Rodriguez , SK Alagbada , Deepti Vempati , Danielle Ruhl , Mallory Zapata , Natalie Lee , Nick Thompson , Iyanna McNeely , Jarrette Jones
- Seasons
- 7
- Story By
- Chris Coelen
- Writers
- Chris Coelen
- Directors
- Chris Coelen
- Showrunner
- Chris Coelen
