- The "After the Altar" episodes of "Love Is Blind" season 4 premiered on Friday.
- In the episodes, viewers get updates on couples from season 4 one year later.
Josh Demas and Jackie Bonds incited a lot of strong feelings among viewers during their time on season 4 of Netflix's "Love Is Blind," mostly due to the drama that they started with other cast members. Judging from the "After the Altar" episodes that premiered Friday, the couple hasn't changed a bit.
On "Love Is Blind," Jackie accepted a proposal from Marshall Glaze while still in the pods. The two traveled to Mexico together with the rest of the engaged couples, but things took a turn once they returned to Seattle and began living together. Jackie frequently expressed her frustration about Marshall not being "masculine" enough, and in one infamous argument between the two, even told Marshall to "boss up." They ended their relationship, and Jackie began pursuing Josh, whom she'd initially turned down in the pods.
Josh, for his part, was not prominently featured on the season after leaving the pods, until he and Jackie reconnected at a coffee shop after her breakup with Marshall and they began dating. To further complicate matters, leaked texts Jackie sent to her friends criticizing Marshall went viral on TikTok as the episodes were airing on Netflix in April. (Jackie has since apologized.)
Then, in a pretaped interview at the season 4 reunion, Jackie and Josh revealed that they were still together. Here's what to know about where the couple stands a year after filming "Love Is Blind."
Jackie and Josh are still in a relationship in the 'After the Altar' episodes, and they continue bringing the drama
The couple is shown on the "After the Altar" episodes enjoying a wine and cheese date on a ferris wheel in Seattle, and getting the keys to their new apartment together. Jackie and Josh still seem happy in their relationship, and they even attend a flag football game organized by fellow season 4 castmates Bliss and Zack, and featuring other contestants from their season, including Marshall.
But trouble arises at a cocktail party after the football game. Marshall and Jackie have a heartfelt conversation in which they both apologize for their past actions, agree to move forward on friendly terms, and wish each other the best.
A previously unseen love triangle between Josh, Jackie, and Monica takes center stage
When Jackie's pod friend and season 4 castmate Monica Rodriguez shows up, things get tense. It's revealed that Monica and Josh actually connected in the pods and got engaged during filming, though their relationship didn't end up working out and was ultimately cut from the final edit.
It seems that Josh and Jackie were upset that Monica posted about her engagement on Instagram earlier this year after "Love Is Blind" aired. Though Monica's account now appears to be private, a report from ScreenRant at the time says Monica wrote about her engagement in the lengthy post without mentioning anyone by name. Per ET, Monica reportedly revealed in her post that she ended the engagement after things didn't feel right during the reveal.
Monica and Jackie attempt to have a heart-to-heart about this once she arrives, and Monica emphasizes that she just wants to be Jackie's friend and put all the drama behind them. She even has Jackie call Josh over to try and clear the air between the three of them, but Josh is having none of it. He accuses Monica of being a "clout-chaser," and says he's upset with Monica's friends leaving comments on the post that he feels were bad-mouthing him. As the argument devolves into a shouting match between Monica and Josh, Jackie runs outside. Soon after, Josh leaves Monica sitting at a table to try and talk with Jackie.
The last viewers see of them, Josh is urging Jackie to take her mic off so that they can just go home.
On Instagram, Jackie and Josh appear to be enjoying time as a couple
Since filming "After the Altar," Jackie and Josh appear to be enjoying life as a couple, posting photos and TikToks of themselves on vacation and enjoying downtime in an apartment that they appear to share.
Josh's Instagram account is now private, but Jackie still follows him and occasionally tags him in comments on her own posts. Though Jackie hasn't shared photos of the couple to her page since June, she did like a post from a Seattle-based photographer featuring couple shots of the two of them, in which they were both tagged.
Season 4 of "Love Is Blind: After the Altar" is currently streaming on Netflix.