Love Is Blind’s Cole Barnett Hopes He Didn’t ‘Shatter’ Ex Zanab Jaffrey’s Self-Confidence
usmagazine.comEating his words? Love Is Blind‘s Cole Barnett took ex-fiancée Zanab Jaffrey‘s claims about her self-worth to heart.The twosome got engaged in the pods during season 3, but their journey didn’t have a happy ending.
On their wedding day, Zanab, 32, rejected the real estate mogul, 27, claiming he “single-handedly shattered [her] self-confidence” with critiques and insults.Looking back on what could have been, Cole exclusively told Us Weekly he had some regrets. “I sure hope I didn’t shatter her self-confidence,” he said before the dramatic reunion special hit Netflix on Wednesday, November 9. “But, for sure, I see where she’s coming from and … why she would’ve felt that way.”According to Cole, the former couple have not been in touch since their breakup.
Zanab, for her part, told Us she doesn’t expect to hear from her ex, who claimed he was “blindsided” when she left him at the altar.“I think if he has questions he could definitely pick up the phone and ask,” she explained. “I would love to clear up anything for him.
I tried to be very clear at the altar [about] exactly why I was leaving and why it was a no.”Zanab pointed out that she “tried to bring up those concerns” to Cole “multiple times” before their wedding day, but she was “dismissed.” The flight attendant noted: “It was deflected to me having a bad attitude and not being sweet enough and not having fun conversations, [being] passive aggressive.
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