Monica Davis is all about moving past her time in the pods. After the Love Is Blind season seven star broke up with her fiancé Stephen Richardson over his sext messages to another woman , the sales executive shared where they really stand. As you might imagine, following what she calls a “really tough” split, they’re not exactly besties.
"I think that leading up to the reunion, there's been a lot of confusion because of things that have been on social media," the 37-year-old exclusively told E! News at the reunion for the Netflix show, "and maybe Stephen perhaps trying to present this narrative that we're much closer than we are or cooler than we are." (For his part, Stephen has shared a few throwback pictures from his time on the show to Instagram, including one of him and Monica together, noting he was "whatever the fans" wanted him to be). However, as Monica explained, she "wanted to be able to hold him accountable" once they saw each other again after some time.
"We're in a better place now," she shared, "but we're not good friends." And when it came down to those messages she found that led to their split, Monica isn't second guessing what she saw. "I think that Stephen sent those texts because he wasn't committed to our future together," she told E!, "and was giving into temptation.
That's probably putting it lightly." But after taking "a little bit of space," Monica shared that she was willing to meet up with the electrician, 34, and have a conversation. "We ne.