Going into this season of Netflix’s Perfect Match, fans already had an idea that things were going to work out between AD Smith and Ollie Sutherland—getting engaged on TV before the season actually airs will do that. But now that reality TV obsessives have watched the entire season, there are some lingering questions. Like, how did AD and Ollie move past all that Perfect Match drama?
“Ollie was in time out for a while,” AD admitted to People in a post-Perfect Match finale interview. And now that we’ve all watched season 3 of the Netflix dating show, it’s easy to see why.
AD and Ollie came in second place and were still together when it ended, but they also had a few major pain points that needed tending to. Despite being paired up from the beginning, AD and Ollie had their rough patches on the show, specifically when Ollie went on a date with Love Island USA’s Justine Joy and lied to AD about kissing Justine, something she later found out on her own.
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“He had a lot of making up to do,” AD continued. “But we focused on intentionality in our relationship and just being open and honest with each other about what we wanted out of our own personal lives and what we wanted as a couple.”
For his part, Ollie told People that their brief split on Perfect Match is actually what made him realize just how strongly he felt for her. “In that moment, where I was so scared I was going to lose her, I think that made me realize just how important she was to me, and how much I’d never want to be in that position again,” he said.
That feeling might help explain how the couple went from reality show to engaged in less than a year. AD and Ollie announced their engagement in March of 2025 during the Love Is Blind season 8 reunion, news that was soon followed up by a pregnancy announcement. They’re now enjoying being engaged while they await the arrival of their baby girl.
It might seem fast in the normal world, but in the world of reality television, it’s actually pretty standard. “The show expedited things for sure, because from day one, when you’re sharing a room with that person, you’re waking up and doing challenges with that person,” Ollie explained. “In the real world, you don’t date in that fashion.”
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