Interview
‘Love Is Blind’s Hannah Addresses Nick Split: I Became the ‘Worst Version of Myself’
Love Is Blind Season 7 star Hannah Jiles is ready to explain her side of the story. Hannah and fiancé Nick Dorka broke up in the latest batch of episodes, all of their problems culminating in a tense confrontation. Toward the end of her relationship with Nick, Hannah realized they weren’t good partners for each other.
“I think, as you can see, towards the end, I start being the worst version of myself,” Hannah told Swooon. “I think we both do. I think we brought out the worst in each other. And really, when you look back, we probably should have broken up earlier, but there really was love. I was really trying to make it work, and I think he was, too. That’s why I dragged out for as long as it did.If we would have dragged out any longer, I think he would have seen an even worse version of myself. And that’s just not right for me. It’s not right for him. I just feel like when we ended it, it was time.”
She owned up to “how demeaning I can be, and how over-critical and nit-picky,” before adding, “I wasn’t nice a lot of the time, and the things that I say, even though they are the truth, and that was my truth… I could say it in a lot kinder, in a better way, but that’s how I felt in that time, and I felt like that’s how I needed to get it out for him to understand.”
Despite everything, she is grateful for what she and Nick shared. Hannah knows now that the love she shared with Nick was real, but they weren’t compatible. During that final conversation, she wished he would’ve reacted differently.
“I just kind of wanted to see his reaction to it all because I feel like I was being hurtful to him and mean to him, and he just let me do it, and I just didn’t understand why. He just never said anything back, or he never even asked questions… I just wanted to see, do you care?”
While reflecting on the relationship as the show rolls out, Hannah hasn’t tried to change her version of events. Instead, she stressed that she doesn’t regret anything that happened. “I wish I would have been kinder and nicer, but that’s how I felt in the moment, and all you can do is learn and grow.”
As for where she and Nick stand today, Hannah revealed, “We do not speak. We don’t talk to each other now.”
Love Is Blind, Season 7, Episodes 12, October 23, Netflix
Love Is Blind, Season 7 Reunion, October 30, 9/8c, Netflix
