Love Is Blind: Jessica Reveals ‘Weird’ Encounter With Barnett & Amber

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Jessica Batten is dishing on her "weird" encounter with Amber Pike and Matt Barnett on Love Is Blind season 1 and where they all currently stand. Jessica came off as a homewrecker on the show after she made comments to Matt about choosing the wrong girl. With Matt and Amber making it down the altar and remaining a married couple, they weren't looking forward to bumping into Jessica at the anniversary party two years later. Things got heated during their brief run-in and went «differently» from how Jessica hoped it would go.

The love triangle that became of Matt, Amber, and Jessica made for a juicy season 1. Matt got busy in the pods and hit it off with a few different women. Amber, Jessica, and Lauren «LC» Chamblain were on Matt's initial list of attractions. But in the end, Amber was the one who walked away as his wife. During the After The Altar special, Matt and Amber faced backlash for their treatment of Jessica. Amber was accused of holding a grudge against Jessica for her past with Matt. Meanwhile, Matt admitted to not being «allowed to» speak to Jessica despite the anniversary gift she brought for the couple.

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Following the awkward reunion special encounter, Jessica is opening up about where she stands with Matt and Amber. “I chose to go and I chose to go on my own. I could have brought [my fiancé] Ben — he and I talked about that extensively,” Jessica revealed on Us Weekly’s Here for the Right Reasons podcast. Noting how glad she is that she ended up going alone, «I wanted to walk into that room of people, you know, standing on my own two feet,» she explained. But when she approached Matt to give him an anniversary gift, he snubbed her. Jessica was hoping