Love Is Blind's Hannah Reveals How She Really Felt About Leo Flaunting His Art Dealer Job — and Their Big Fight (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Warning: this story contains spoilers from episodes 1-6 ofLove Is Blindseason 7.

Love Is Blind’s Hannah Jiles is setting the record straight about her time dating Leo Braudy.

In the first batch of episodes fromseason 7, Hannah and Leo formed a connection inside the pods and appeared to be torn between each other and their respective other connections — Hannah with Nick Dorka and Leo with Brittany Wisniewski.

Ultimately, Hannah, 27, ended things with Leo, opting to pursue an engagement with Nick D., while Leo decided Brittany was a better match for him and he later proposed to the esthetician.

“Maybe I was wearing rose-colored glasses or something, but for me, I knew money was a thing, but I didn’t think it was as big [of a deal],” she explains. “And again, you have to remember, I’m not seeing him in his Rolex and his suits and how he carries himself.”

Hannah Jiles and Leo Braudy.Adam Rose/Netflix

Adam Rose/Netflix

“So, yeah, he talked about it. But I guess for me, it just never was like, ‘Oh my God, this guy won’t shut up about how rich he is,” she adds. “I just knew that’s what Jennifer Lawrence’s husband [Cooke Maroney] does… And I was like, ‘I think that means money.’ I don’t know. I was confused. And then the more he went on and stuff, I understood, but I didn’t really realize till later on, maybe.”

Leo Braudy.Courtesy of Netflix

Courtesy of Netflix

“Honestly, I just didn’t know. It was just a very confusing situation because I knew he was dating Brittany and I decided to choose Nick. So I went in there and I was like, ‘Alright, I’m going to break up with him. If you say that you have this great connection with Brittany, it shouldn’t be a problem,'” she recalls. “So I think I was shocked. I was just like, whoa. I just wasn’t expecting that.”

“I don’t really know exactly if it was a switch-up or not, but I just wasn’t expecting that conversation we had,” she continues. “I think how someone handles difficult rejection, it really shows a lot about them. And so maybe he just didn’t handle rejection that well.”

Asked whether her perspective on Leo would’ve changed had he reacted differently, Hannah says: “I think if he would’ve handled it better, yes, maybe down the road, we would’ve been fine. But Nick was who I wanted and no matter if he was being aggressive or he was being cordial, it still would’ve been Nick.”

Hannah Jiles and Nick Dorka.Adam Rose/Netflix

After the two went their separate ways in the pods, Nick and Hannah got engaged and jetted off to Mexico for the couples’ getaway. Leo and Brittany also got engaged in the pods but after an “awkward” reveal, it was confirmed that the two later called things off.

Brittany Wisniewski at the reveal.Courtesy of Netflix

As of episode 6, Hannah and Nick remain together, but both agreed they have some “concerns” they want to “address” before heading to the altar, including Nick’s duck incident and Hannah’s bullet point list.

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Episodes 1-6 ofLove Is Blindseason 7 are now streaming on Netflix, and episodes 7-9 will drop Wednesday, Oct. 9.

source: people.com