Love Is Blind Star AD Admits She’s Been ‘Flirty Friends’ With Clay Since Leaving the Show
Am I the only one who can’t get a read on where AD stands when it comes to Clay?
During the Love Is Blind season-six reunion, AD Smith and Clay Gravesande did not confirm online rumors that they got back together after calling it quits at the altarâor, more accurately, after Clay rejected the 33-year-old real estate broker in front of both of their families.
However, Clay clearly had a change of heart since leaving the dating show and starting therapy. During the reunion special, which Netflix aired on March 13, the 31-year-old entrepreneur said he would â1,000%â try again with AD, calling the former dancer the âlove of my life.â But when the Lacheys asked AD her thoughts on their future together, she replied, âNext question.â
AD was similarly vague during her appearance on The Viall Files, which dropped on YouTube a day after the reunion. On one hand, she spoke confidently about her assertion during the show that she would not date Clay if they did not get married, even though Clay apparently thought he could convince her otherwise. âIt was important for me to stand on that because you had your chance,â she told host Nick Viall. âHow much more time do you need to play my face?â
Still, she told the Bachelor alum that she was âsatisfiedâ with Clay’s statements at the reunion, crediting her ex for taking âaccountability for everything,â including âfor being weird, for leading me on, for embarrassing me.â AD also confirmed that his plan is to âfight for me.â
But will he succeed? When Viall’s fiancĂ© and cohost Natalie Joy asked whether Clay’s apology âturned you on a little,â AD smiled, replying, âI wasn’t mad about it.â
Earlier in the interview, AD revealed that she and Clay had gotten back in contact âa few weeksâ after their failed wedding, though their conversations were âvery surface level.â However, it sounds like their relationship eventually evolvedâŠand the lines are a little blurred.
âClay and IâŠwe’re flirty friends,â she later told Viall, who was trying to ascertain whether the exes ever hooked up after the show. âSo if we see each other outside, we’re, like, in each other’s facesâlike, we like hug and cuddle and, like, we’re all over each other, but again, we’re friends.â She also said she takes âevery chanceâ to show him what he missed out on, including her reunion dress (which I correctly described as a revenge dress).
So will AD take Clay back eventually? The reality star seems hesitant to say anything definitive, but she did tell Viall that she’s ânot a red flag chaser anymoreâ and that she is learning to âtake people at face valueâ instead of âtrying to dig and find the good and the potential.â
Oh, and she’d fully be willing to go on Love Is Blind again, with âa new batchâ of suitors. Sorry, ClayâŠyou had your chance.
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