“Love Is Blind” season 5's Izzy reveals what you didn't see in that fight about his credit score
Warning: This article contains spoilers about the Love Is Blind season 5 finale.
Love may have been blind for Izzy and Stacy, but it definitely wasn't able to forgive a bad credit score.
As one of only two couples to make it down the aisle in Love Is Blind season 5, Izzy and Stacy ultimately didn't get married after Izzy told Stacy days before their wedding that he has a bad credit score. And while the fallout from their fight was shown, plenty of drama that led to their failed wedding wasn't.
Courtesy of Netflix Stacy and Izzy on 'Love is Blind' season 5
Izzy tells EW that it all began during their final date before the wedding, when the topic of their finances came up. "We did talk about it a little bit during that final date, so when we got home, I was like, 'Let's have the convo. Let's just dish it all out,'" he says. "I wouldn't really say it was a fight, it was just a finance conversation. We had that when we got home, we pretty much just sat down and started dishing everything out, and I explained everything to her."
Izzy says he didn't feel like he was withholding a shocking piece of information from Stacy at the time. "We're talking about how much we make, savings, 401(k), things like that, figuring out the bank account situation, how we're going to go about that," he explains. "I was like, 'I don't owe any money, my student loans are paid off, I just messed up my credit when I was younger in college. I just have bad credit, that was it.' And she was just blindsided by it and felt like I was trying to keep it from her and, I guess, lie. It just freaked her out."
He adds that he was surprised by her reaction. "I didn't feel like it was going to be that much of a make-or-break [issue], but it was moreso the timeframe of when it came out," Izzy says. "She just didn't feel comfortable enough to have the time to process it as we're about to get married two days later. But I was surprised because credit is fixable, you know what I mean? I've already been fixing it since then. I didn't think that was going to be such a big deal-breaker."
What made his timing even more shocking is the fact that, earlier in the season, his pod ex Johnie revealed that Izzy told her about his bad credit score. "Yeah, that's what was crazy that I feel like I wasn't trying to hide it or anything like that, because I did bring it up in the pods, [but] the conversations you have with everyone are different or steered in different directions," Izzy says. "It was just nothing that was brought up with Stacy. I wonder if the outcome would've been different, if we would be married right now, if I brought it up sooner with Stacy."
Izzy adds that he never thought it was the right time to have that discussion, but he knew it had to happen before the wedding. "We just didn't have the time with filming and everything to sit and have that conversation — we were working, and then going to film, and then by the time we're done, it's like 12 or 1 in the morning and I got to wake up early for work again, so I just want to go to bed," he says. "I'm so mentally drained, and that's not going to be a five-minute nonchalant conversation to have. When you do that, it's going to be a pretty long conversation. But I wish I would've said it sooner."
Does he believe his bad credit score is the reason why Stacy ultimately didn't say "I do" at the altar? "That was one of the biggest things, but we had a few little other issues that we hadn't resolved," he says. "Our dogs didn't get along well. She wasn't ready. I kind of had a feeling it was coming. I was still devastated because I really wanted to get married in that moment, but I was still fine knowing that she still wanted to be together and make it work after the wedding."
Did Izzy and Stacy continue dating after their failed wedding? Find out when the Love Is Blind season 5 reunion premieres Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on Netflix.
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