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Giannina Gibelliis getting candid about what went down between her and exDamian Powersduring theLove Is Blind: After the Altarspecial.
During an appearance on theOut of the Podspodcast, the reality star, 30, opened up about finding out about Powers’ flirty relationship withToo Hot To HandlestarFrancesca Faragoand how his treatment of Gibelli during theLove Is Blind: After the Altarmade her finally decide to call it quits.
In the chat, Gibelli told hosts (and fellowLove Is Blindalums) Deepti Vempati and Natalie Lee that she and Powers had been “on and off the whole time” before the reunion special was filmed.
The two got engaged on the show, but didn’t go through with the wedding.
“We just never met eye to eye on a lot of things, but I trusted him,” she said. “Even though my trust was betrayed over and over again.”
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“That night I officially broke up with him,” Gibelli said. “That night I felt nothing, and I was free.”
“At that point it was so personal that I wasn’t going to give him another ounce, another tear, another shout — I was just done,” she continued. “It was like, humiliate me once, shame on you, humiliate me twice, shame on me. Humiliate me three f—— times at this point, I’m done.”
She said she didn’t know the true extent of Powers' relationship with Farago until after the special was wrapped. Powers and Farago would go on to star together in another Netflix reality showPerfect Match, where the two dated on screen.
“After the Altarhappened and the entire time Damian was reassuring me, ‘There’s nothing going on between us. There’s nothing going on between us.’ Then a year later, I see the whole thing and I just felt like a f—— idiot,” she explained.
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The Netflix reality star revealed shehad moved into Horstmann’s house in Coloradolate last year. Alongside pictures of the couple from their residence, Gibelli wrote in caption, “Honey, I’m homeeeeee (officially) 🤍.” Gibelli also quipped via her Instagram Story at the time, saying, “He (officially) asked me to move in anddddd I immediately took over the closet.”
source: people.com
