Taylor Haag and Daniel Hastings have proved that love is blind — and that Netflix’s actuality TV experiment works.
Taylor and Daniel fell in love sight unseen when the Netflix pods arrived in Minneapolis in spring 2024 and the present aired one 12 months later. After a simple connection within the pods, the duo walked down the aisle and finally mentioned “I do” within the season finale — and stay blissfully in love.
“To say that it’s been a wild experience can be fairly the understatement,” Daniel informed Taylor in his marriage ceremony vows. “It’s loopy to assume that simply 5 weeks in the past to the day, I used to be getting on a knee after our first date. I fell in love with you as a result of … the way in which that you simply course of issues, the way in which that you consider issues, the way in which that we immediately grew to become finest pals, the way in which that I can see you being plugged into my life because the mom of my kids and as my spouse for the remainder of my life. Like, that is it. I can see it.”
He added, “Once we have been courting within the pods, you may’t see it, you may simply think about it. After which I see you, and that’s what I see. That’s who you might be and that’s what I like about you. I can simply see a future with you. I see our life collectively and I’m so excited.”
Taylor Haag almost walked away from the Love Is Blind season 8 pods lengthy earlier than Daniel Hastings ever proposed. “I virtually went residence — I misplaced my voice for 3 days straight and I used to be so pissed off,” Taylor, 32, informed Leisure Weekly in an interview revealed on Wednesday, February 19. “My voice is all I […]
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An On the spot Pod Bond
Taylor and Daniel have been considered one of one another’s very first dates within the pods, the place she jokingly requested him to get down on a knee. After he stood again up, the duo bonded over their values and shared love of the Christmas vacation.
Regardless of an instantaneous connection, Taylor almost gave up her public seek for love when she felt sick throughout filming.
“I virtually went residence — I misplaced my voice for 3 days straight and I used to be so pissed off,” she informed Leisure Weekly in February 2025. “My voice is all I’ve right here and I’m preventing to get phrases out. I wasn’t actually interacting with the women within the lounge as a result of I used to be attempting to relaxation to get [my voice] again as quick as attainable, so I felt like I used to be lacking out on these interactions.”
She added, “I had began placing issues in my bag. I used to be like, ‘If I don’t have a voice tomorrow, I’m going to go residence,’ and it got here again.”
She Mentioned Sure!
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With the return of her voice, Taylor was capable of proceed attending to know Daniel, who finally proposed on the finish of the 10-day pod experiment.
“Truthfully, I’ve loved being your boyfriend for the final two days — however I’m type of prepared so that you can be my fiancée,” he requested. “So, I’m not going to spend any extra time, I’m simply gonna get on my knee. I’m on my knee once more, full circle. My candy Taylor, will you marry me?”
Taylor and Daniel solely met in individual after she accepted his pod proposal.
The Instagram of It All
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After the pair’s reveal, Taylor felt one thing was off and claimed that Daniel knew what she appeared like earlier than becoming a member of the experiment, speculating that he had adopted her on Instagram earlier than filming. Daniel fervently denied the accusations.
“It’s humorous as a result of that was a type of moments — we at all times are inclined to agree, however then once we do disagree, we comply with disagree. And I used to be like, ‘I perceive what she’s saying.’ And [my husband Nick’s] like, ‘I don’t assume it’s that large of a deal,’” cohost Vanessa Lachey solely informed Us Weekly concerning the pair’s first argument. “That’s the fantastic thing about the present is that water cooler speak.”
She added, “If any individual is following you and does know rather a lot about you, is that honest? And it didn’t give you a chance to really get to know them for who they’re as a result of that’s private. That’s the reason it’s Instagram and it’s posted. She had this little voice behind her head, and I’m actually pleased with her for talking up on it.”
Instagram-gate is rocking Love Is Blind — and the Lacheys marriage. On season 8 of the Netflix courting present, stars Daniel Hasting and Taylor Haag’s engagement bliss was soured when she accused him of following her on Instagram earlier than the present. “It’s humorous as a result of that was a type of moments — we at all times are inclined to […]
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Taylor was finally capable of overcome her hesitation, and the pair continued on with their engagement all through the forged journey to Honduras all the way in which to their marriage ceremony day. They each opted to get married — the one season 8 couple to take action — within the season finale.
“I fell in love together with your phrases [on our first date] and day by day going ahead,” Taylor mentioned in her vows. “Now we have chosen one another since that first date, and I promise to proceed selecting you for the remainder of our lives. You’ve given me a love I wasn’t certain existed however had at all times prayed for.”
Fortunately Ever After
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In the course of the season 8 reunion, Taylor gushed “that the final 12 months’s been actually nice” for the then-newlyweds.
“Daniel is my perfect pal, like, we’re laughing the entire time, which I feel that was proven fairly a bit,” Taylor mentioned in the course of the tell-all. “We simply have a lot enjoyable collectively and I’m authentically myself and he accepts [that] I’m tremendous goofy. He takes it at face worth and laughs with me, which is priceless.”
Daniel, in the meantime, made their love a bit extra everlasting and acquired a rendering of Taylor’s eyes inked on his chest.
“I do know that she had essentially the most tender coronary heart, she’s the kindest individual,” Daniel shared on the time. “I actually get pleasure from having the ability to expertise that day by day with how she treats different individuals, and clearly, how she treats me. Seeing her work together with family and friends and people who we run into and simply how form she is to them and know that’s what I skilled along with her within the pods … it holds true in actual life, as nicely.”
March 2025
Daniel referred to Taylor as his “finest pal” in a candy birthday tribute.
“Right this moment and at all times, we have fun you my candy Taylor — as a result of the world is brighter, kinder, and higher with you in it. I like you! ❤️,” he wrote through Instagram on March 13.
Taylor, for her half, modified her social media deal with to take Daniel’s final title.
Two months later, Taylor and Daniel acquired married once more.
“Yesterday, we mentioned ‘I do’ a second time with a vow renewal and dancing the evening away with 400 of our favourite individuals,” they captioned a joint Instagram submit on Could 31. “What a present it’s to decide on one another repeatedly.”