I Survived the ‘Love Is Blind’ Live-Reunion Event

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( love is late [I Survived Love Is Blind’s Live-Reunion Event]( Love is blind and drinks are free. Photo: John Salangsang/Variety via Getty Images Technology was [not in Netflix’s favor Sunday night,]( when its attempt at a live reunion for season four of [Love Is Blind went off and caught every hitch](. But at Netflix’s viewing party at the Hollywood Vermont in Los Angeles, attendees — including press, fans, influencers, and Netflix-reality-show alum — were unfazed. There were no riots happening, as there were on Twitter, because everyone was too busy getting drunk on free LIB-themed cocktails. Or maybe they were unfazed because, like many of us, they knew there was no way this night was going to go smoothly. Hosted by comedian Chris Burns and Netflix staple Chloe Veitch of Too Hot to Handle, The Circle, and Perfect Match (“I’m like a yeast infection — you can’t get rid of me”), the viewing party achieved one goal: to be messier than Chelsea’s birthday. Strong drinks like the Real Thing, a blueberry-gin cocktail, were poured for guests at the open bar, and appetizers no bigger than my index finger were being passed around. Upon arrival, I was told by the security guard to “drink all you want tonight.” Looking around the room during the seven hours I was there with Vulture colleagues and Love Is Blind scholars Anusha Praturu and Nic Juarez, I observed all the familiar faces, including The Circle season-one finalists Joey Sasso,[Shubham Goel](, and Sammie Cimarelli, who greeted one another with big bear hugs, and exes Veitch and Mitchell Eason from The Circle and Perfect Match, who had a friendly catch-up before the show started. I found my spot on a couch toward the back (potentially the same type of couch Tiffany fell asleep on), started sipping my first drink, and enjoyed the show. Here’s what it was like being in the room where it (the live reunion) happened (was [delayed an hour and a half](). [read more]( [Exclusive Anniversary Offer](: Get a limited-edition tote plus save up to 60% on unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. 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