Are Johnie and Chris still together from Love Is Blind Season 5?
Are Johnie and Chris still together from Love Is Blind Season 5? The answer seems to be yes. Johnie Maraist and Christopher “Chris” Fox met in The Pods on Love Is Blind Season 5. Johnie broke up with Chris in Episode 2 because of her stronger feelings for Izzy, another contestant. However, when Izzy broke up with Johnie in the same episode due to his stronger feelings for Stacy, Johnie asked Chris to reunite in Episode 3.
Johnie and Chris broke up in Episode 4 when Chris rejected Johnie’s invitation to get back together because he didn’t feel like he was her first choice. They revealed they were back together in Episode 7 when they attended a cast party and explained that they had reunited after they both left The Pods. At the time of Love Is Blind Season 5’s premiere, Johnie and Chris were not following each other on Instagram.
Johnie and Chris confirmed they were not still together in the Love Is Blind Season 5 reunion. They revealed during the reunion that they broke up after Chris cheated on Johnie with his current girlfriend. “That weekend was my birthday weekend. Chris had a wedding out of state, so he left the state, and I didn’t see him. And then the next week I didn’t see him,” Johnie said. “I found out the following weekend that Chris was seeing someone else. I never saw him again.”
Chris confirmed Johnie’s story. “That is how it went down, and I didn’t handle the situation as someone would properly. But I did someone who I now live with and I love, and we’re very happy together,” he said. “I’m sorry if that hurts to hear, but the whole experience is to find yourself and then findg someone who accepts you for who you are. And that’s what I found and I wouldn’t change that for anything.”
When host Vanessa Lachey asked Chris if she thought what he did was cheating, he confirmed that he did. “It’s terrible. I know I was wrong. I felt guilty and heartbroken and as many emotions I could. I did fall in love with you and I still care about you,” Chris told Johnie. “It’s a terrible thing to do, and probably one of my biggest regrets is not being forthcoming with you. I’ve apologized and I continuously apologize.”
Johnie revealed that she found out Chris cheated on her when her friend saw him with the other woman. “My friend saw him with the other girl and told me. I think I blamed myself still a little,” she said. Chris added, “It’s my fault. You don’t need to.. it’s not you. One of my biggest faults that I continuously try to work through is to tell people news they don’t want to hear, and it sounds good, like I don’t want to say bad things to somebody, but it doesn’t work. It’s not a good trait to have. I continuously, to this day, try to work through that.”
Johnie added, “I think he thought he didn’t want to hurt me, so he thought maybe he was going to ease his way out.” Chris continued, “There was no plan. It was just I love this girl.”
In an interview with Today in September 2023, Chris explained why he got back together with Johnie and hinted that they were still together. “When you finally meet somebody that you have that kind of emotional bond with, that you’ve fallen in love with, you don’t just mess that up because of something outside of your control,” he said.
Chris also told E! News about why he gave Johnie a second chance in the real world following their breakup in The Pods. “For me, it was a no-brainer to give it a second chance,” Chris said, calling Johnie an “incredible woman.” “We are all going through something that we’ve never been through before. It’s uncharted waters.” He continued, “She is always trying to do what’s best for her and I can’t hold that against her.”
Chris also told E! News that he doesn’t have any ill will toward Johnie for choosing Izzy over him at first. “When you have a relationship like that, it’s very hard to find,” he said. “And I’m not going to throw that away because of not making a mistake, but choosing an option when we’ve never ever done this before.”
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly in September 2023, Chris looked back on the love triangle between him, Johnie, and Izzy. “I definitely fell in love with Johnie and we had a extremely tight bond from the very start,” he said. “And when she told me that she was going to take a different route, I don’t hold that against her. Everyone there is trying to make the best decisions for themselves. Johnie’s an amazing, smart woman, and I trust her to make the best decision for herself. Even sometimes it’s the wrong decision — I would’ve chose me.” He also explained why he forgave Johnie. “You can’t make that life decision right after something like that happens,” he said.
He also told Entertainment Weekly about how he didn’t regret his relationship with Johnie in The Pods, including opening up to her about the sexual assault he experienced when he was younger. “But when you go into the experiment, I feel like I did it properly and I’m really proud of how I did it — I was as open and honest as I could be,” he said. “If you’re going to fall in love with someone and marry them, then they need to know everything about you and what makes you you. It is a very tough subject that I don’t really want to go back over right now, but I am glad that I opened up and got to that point where I felt trusting enough to have those conversations.”
