Monica from Love Is Blind Reflects on Discovering Stephen’s ‘Kinky, Dirty’ Texts Following His Sleep Test.
Love Is Blind’s Monica Davis is revealing how she found those texts.
During the Oct. 10 episode of The Viall Files podcast, the sales executive, 37, opened up about the fateful moment she discovered her fiancé Stephen Richardson’s explicit messages to another woman while they were outside of the pods.
After leaving the season 7 pods engaged, Love Is Blind contestants are provided an apartment space in the same building to live as a couple before heading to the altar. Monica explained that their fellow costars, Taylor Krause and Garrett Josemans, were going to make everyone “fall cookies” and informed them they would send a text once they’re ready to be dropped off.
“So Stephen and I were hanging out in the apartment, having a great, great time laughing,” she recalled, adding there were genuinely enjoying each other’s company without cameras.
Eventually, Stephen, 34, “stepped into the bathroom and as he did, his phone went off, and he got a text that we were waiting for,” Monica said.
“And I said, ‘Oh, babe, like Garrett just texted, I’m gonna respond. It’s about the cookies,'” Monica continued. “And I went to go, click the message, and next thing you know, I’m in his text, and I see a girl’s name… This was something I was not expecting from this person, really at all.”
Despite her better judgement, the reality star opened the message and discovered Stephen had been sexting another woman while they were engaged. She confessed she didn’t remember exactly what his texts said, but felt “so taken aback” and like she “couldn’t breathe” as she scrolled.
“Even right after it all went down, I didn’t even remember the girl’s name,” she explained. “Truly, I do remember seeing, like, really kinky, dirty talk, like one specific message was just talking about how he’s never been been able to find someone who’s satisfies his kinks, the way that she does.”
Monica clarified, “I’m not kink-shaming. I’ve been accused of kink-shaming already. I just didn’t know that this was the person I was, you know, that I was sharing a bed with.”