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Lydia Velez Gonzalez may just beLove Is Blinds most unexpected success story.
However, shes totally unbothered by the social-media speculation about her intentions on joining Netflixs famous dating experiment.
Your conversation with Aaliyah is one of the more powerful parts of the reunion.
Have you and Aaliyah connected since?
A lot of people have not seen the full story of what really happened with Aaliyah.
This did not happen like this.
First, we reunited.
She wanted to know my perspective.
I didnt know who he was gonna end up with.
Come on, people.
At the end of the day, it is what it is.
Uche wasnt at the reunion, but he has been vocal on Instagram Stories.
He can form his own conclusions.
Its the last time he saw my face.
And I wish that that was the last time he had my name in his mouth.
I dont wanna be there.
What was going through your head during that conversation with Uche when he was showing you screenshots?
We were having a conversation and I was like, Hey, can you make it out?
Because I was hanging out with some girlfriends.
The filming of the show took place a year and half ago.
Was there anything during that waiting period that you were nervous about people watching?I felt excited.
My husband, he was like, I dont think its gonna bethatgood.
Im like, Its gonna be exciting.
Our love storys gonna be there.
We are the only ones that get married.
Its gonna be so awesome!
And my hopes and dreams … [Mimics an explosion.]
What was that like?
The first batch of episodes.
I was like, what is this?
I dont have anything against production.
They have a job, they have to present entire peoples stories.
They dont know me.
At the reunion, you and Miltons relationship seemed even stronger.
I think its evolved.
I always say that our relationship matured.
I feel like our love storys not completely told.
I feel like we just grew to love each other even more.
Like were almost two years into our marriage.
You two had an additional wedding.
I loved it, but it was not truly representative of all my family.
It was really short notice, and people cannot fly in.
The people that flew in paid a lot of money to get there last-minute.
A lot of people were not able to go, and in that case, it was my grandparents.
And they were all there.
This is in front of the family and friends that I have grown up with.
So the show airs and youre excited.
Did you and Milton sit and watch it together?We did watch it together.
He didnt really care.
My husband doesnt love reality TV.
You guys can tell by his poor outfit choices, he really doesnt care.
He is way, way, way wiser beyond his years.
Where do you see yourselves in the next few years?We are both really focused on our careers.
Right now, thats our main focus.
I have a new job, so does he.
Were career-oriented people as well.
We take a lot of pride in our degrees, what we studied, because we loved it.
Thats what we are focused on before we start thinking about having a family.
We had a conversation all night about that.
His concerns, my concerns.
And theyre valid at both ends.
He was watching it back and hes like, I agree that I could have handled that differently.
