Love Is Blind season 3 couple Matt Bolton and Colleen Reed have split after four years of marriage.
“We wanted to share something personal, and this is not easy to do, but after nearly four years together, we’ve decided to end our marriage and move forward on our own paths,” the pair wrote in a joint Instagram statement on Friday, May 23. “We’ve been separated for some time now and have being our best to work through everything privately and with care.”
The former reality stars explained, “This was an incredibly difficult decision, not one we made lightly. It came with a lot of thought and it’s been an emotional process for both of us.”
Matt and Colleen, both 30, recalled, “We met in the most unique and unexpected way, and we’ll always be grateful for the love and memories we’ve shared. There’s not one thing we would change and we continue to have deep respect and care for one another.”
The statement concluded by saying, “Thank you to everyone who has supported us. We kindly ask for compassion as we navigate this transition.”
While Matt and Colleen were one of only two couples to tie the knot during season 3 of Love Is Blind, which premiered in October 2022, the pair had their fair share of ups and downs on the way to the alter.
The twosome faced their biggest challenge after Colleen admitted to having a conversation with contestant Cole Barnett — who was engaged to costar Zanab Jaffrey at the time — where they mutually confessed that they would be attracted to each other “in the real world.”
While the ballet dancer told Matt about the exchange later that same night, the news didn’t sit right with the businessman and he threatened to leave the show entirely.
When the season 3 finale aired in November 2022, Colleen expressed her regrets about the moment and apologized for causing drama within the group. It was really hard for me to watch. I get emotional [about it],” she said. “I never would ever want to disrespect [Cole and Zanab’s] relationship.”
The duo faced their second roadblock while out at the bar during a season 3 episode when some of the girls opted to keep the night going at a second location. Matt, for his part, questioned why his fiancée thought “going the club was more important than coming home to her f—king boy,” and once again threatened to pack his bags and exit the show.
“There’s no f***ing way I can marry this woman,” he told costar Bartise Bowden at the time.
The incident was enough to make Colleen later waver about their upcoming nuptials, telling Matt during a one-on-one date night that she didn’t believe love was “enough for marriage.”
Despite the Pennsylvania native referring to their relationship as a “roller-coaster she didn’t want to get off of,” both Matt and Colleen said “I do” on their wedding day, telling cohosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey during the reunion that they were “so happy.” The pair did, however, also reveal that they had yet to move in together after saying “I do.”
“I can’t wait to move in with him and I’m going to spend the rest of my life with him,” Colleen gushed while citing lease issues for their decision to live apart.
Following the reunion special, Colleen opened up about life with her new husband via social media.
“Matt, I met you in the most unexpected way and now I can’t imagine a life without you,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “We have gone through many challenges and I’m proud of much we learned from each hurdle that we have come across. A year and a half later and I continue to love you more and more each day. You are my love, my person, my best friend, my chef, my dance partner, my world traveler, my movie buddy, my golfer, my lobster, my silly goose … my everything. Quoting myself, ‘Cheers to getting Litty as a Titty for the rest of lives!’”
Last month, Colleen exclusively told Us Weekly that she and Matt had weathered many storms during their relationship.
“Oh gosh, we had so many challenges,” she quipped at Us + Maidenform’s Reality Star Style Awards party on April 22. “Of course, staying together, but also, I would say with all the audience and all the eyeballs is definitely the hardest to go through and all of the opinions and everything.”
Colleen added, “I would say that was 100 percent the biggest challenge. But then, you have your own everyday challenges that you go through in a relationship and a marriage. With everything, it’s definitely a pressure cooker, so you just have to be strong with yourself and with your relationship.”
