In a first for the franchise, two cast members realized during a pod date that not only had they met before in the real world — meaning they already knew what each other looked like, which defeated the whole purpose of the reality dating experiment — they also had an entire relationship that ended only three months before filming began.
. As for Lydia, she told Milton an abridged version of her past with Uche, and while he needed a break to process everything, he ultimately proposed to her the next day."It was new information to me, and just like anytime I get additional information, I need to process that," Milton tells EW of how he reacted to Lydia's confession.