Bartise Is The Show’s Real Villain

Every season of Love is Blind has its villain; the first season had Jessica Batten who had her eyes on another contestant’s fiancé, constantly brought up her partner’s young age, and, perhaps the worst of it all, let her dog drink wine (which is super unsafe). The following season had Abhishek “Shake” Chatterjee, who continuously body-shamed his fiancé and objectified the other women contestants.

But what about the latest season of the Netflix reality hit? The internet has collectively decided to band against Bartise Bowden (despite everybody teaming up against Cole Barnett during the reunion). The 27-year-old data analyst spent the season engaged to Nancy Rodriguez, 32, however, as revealed in the finale, things didn’t really go as planned. Nancy was ready to get married, quickly saying “I do” at the altar, while Bartise hit her with the harsh “I do not” in response.

Now, you might be thinking, “Well, that’s the nature of the game,” and that’s so, so, true. But in this case, Bartise was a walking red flag (before the wedding) and on instances, told his fiancé that he was attracted to another contestant while on their honeymoon and made continual comments about not being physically attracted to her.

Already dubbed a “narcissistic fuck boy” by Reddit, Bartise continued to drop major bombs during the reunion episode, where it was revealed that he was flirting with a “tall blonde” mere days after his failed wedding. It was a bit of a “three strikes and you’re out” scenario, and Twitter wasn’t going to let him get away unscathed.

While social media users have delivered some of the best, meanest jabs towards the young professional, Nancy’s family represented all of us during the wedding. The realtor’s mom and brothers, who already informed Bartise of their protectiveness, didn’t hold back when it came to calling him out for his immature behavior.

His former partner didn’t go uncriticized during all this as many were confused about why Nancy allowed Bartise to speak aggressively to her family. At one point, when her mom was coming to console her, both contestants ushered her away. Upon her second try, Nancy’s mom told her that Bartise wasn’t ready for her because she was “too much” for him to handle.

Bartise responded with, “Would you have rather me say yes to your daughter, knowing what you just said about me? […] There’s no way that would’ve made any sense. I’m sorry. He then mentioned that their “journey” could continue after the failed nuptials (which Nancy quickly put an end to).

After more badgering, he eventually snapped “I don’t owe you anything” to both Nancy’s mom and her brother, before telling the latter, “Go inside, bro. You don’t understand this.” Disrespectful much?

Whew! Bartise is not coming out “on top” when it comes to public approval. In addition to receiving criticism for the way he handled his relationship, the internet has also decided that they don’t like his “goofy” hair or the things he shared at the reunion.

We don’t think Bartise is going to have a comeback anytime soon. So, there you have it, girlies: never trust a man who wears a dangly earring.

Love Is Blind Season 3 is currently streaming on Netflix.