{"id":70236,"date":"2025-08-16T02:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/70236\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T02:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:18:08","slug":"how-did-ad-and-ollie-get-over-their-perfect-match-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/70236\/","title":{"rendered":"How Did AD and Ollie Get Over Their \u2018Perfect Match\u2019 Drama?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Going into this season of Netflix<\/a>\u2019s Perfect Match, fans already had an idea that things were going to work out between AD Smith and Ollie Sutherland<\/a>\u2014getting engaged on TV before the season actually airs will do that. But now that reality TV<\/a> obsessives have watched the entire season, there are some lingering questions. Like, how did AD and Ollie move past all that Perfect Match drama? <\/p>\n

\u201cOllie was in time out for a while,\u201d AD admitted to People<\/a> in a post-Perfect Match <\/a>finale<\/a> interview. And now that we\u2019ve all watched season 3 of the Netflix dating show, it\u2019s easy to see why. <\/p>\n

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\u2019s Justine Joy and lied to AD about kissing Justine, something she later found out on her own.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe had a lot of making up to do,\u201d AD continued. \u201cBut 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.\u201d
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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. \u201cIn 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,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

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<\/a> season 8 reunion, news that was soon followed up by a pregnancy announcement. They\u2019re now enjoying being engaged while they await the arrival of their baby girl. <\/p>\n

It might seem fast in the normal world, but in the world of reality television, it\u2019s actually pretty standard. \u201cThe show expedited things for sure, because from day one, when you\u2019re sharing a room with that person, you\u2019re waking up and doing challenges with that person,\u201d Ollie explained. \u201cIn the real world, you don\u2019t date in that fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n

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