Whatever Happened To Zanab Jaffrey From Love Is Blind?
Isabella Bartlett
Though "Love is Blind" Season 3 dropped on Netflix in October 2022, filming wrapped over the summer of 2021 (via Bustle). In the interim, Zanab worked to process the on-set intensity and prepare for the media scrutiny coming her way. "After the wedding a year and a half ago," she told Entertainment Weekly in a November 2022 interview, "I went to therapy because I was like, 'Help me. This is what's happened...'"
The reality star has spoken openly about her struggle with an eating disorder on the set of the show. "I left that relationship [with Cole] pretty beaten down and broken," she said. "Plenty of women deal with [disordered eating], and there are a lot of societal standards for what is a beautiful size on a woman."
Her "Love is Blind" co-star, Colleen Reed, spoke about the effect Zanab's then-fiancé, had on her friend. "Whether she asked about it or not, [Cole] still said that she was a nine out of a 10 and two other women were 10 out of tens," Colleen told Us Weekly. "She definitely became a shell of a human being." Ultimately, Zanab — along with many of her "Love is Blind" castmates – is an advocate for therapy. As she joked with Entertainment Weekly, she also worked on "avoiding men at all costs" in the months between her final "I don't" and the show's release. Reportedly, Zanab is on her recovery journey and doing "really well."
If you need help with an eating disorder, or know someone who is, help is available. Visit the National Eating Disorders Association website or contact NEDA's Live Helpline at 1-800-931-2237. You can also receive 24/7 Crisis Support via text (send NEDA to 741-741).