Spoilers for the first nine episodes of Love is Blind season 9 ahead. In an installment full of love triangles and chains, few things feel more steadfast and sure in Love is Blind season 9 than the relationship between Edmond Harvey and Kalybriah Haskin. But, if the Netflix reality hit shows us anything, it’s that what was once a love story in the pods can quickly sour when exposed to the real world. As is the case for the Denver, Colorado-based contestants, we’re breaking down Edmond and Kalybriah’s time on Love Is Blind season 9—and any clues of whether they may still be together after appearing on the show.
Edmond and Kalybriah in Love Is Blind season 9.
What happened between Edmond and Kalybriah on 'Love Is Blind' season 9?
Edmond, 29, and Kalybriah, 29, establish themselves as characters in the show fairly early. She’s the gentle and nurturing yet hardworking and independent travel social worker who wants to one day open a non-profit group home. He’s the energetic, colorful, and exuberant realtor who loves roller skating, grew up in foster care, and dreams of becoming a substitute teacher. The two lock in on each other in the season 9 premiere, which hit streaming on October 1, after sharing an emotional, tear-filled moment when he talks about the fifth-grade teacher who inspired him to pursue elementary education. “You’ve got me falling for you,” Kalybriah gushes.
While Kalybriah and Edmond aren’t the first couple to exit the pods hand in hand (that title goes to Ali Lima and Anton Yaroush, they do get engaged quickly in episode 3). Their relationship hits all the right beats for the perfect reality TV romance: There’s instant chemistry that penetrates a wall, strong emotional bonding rooted in the tearful exchange of familial hardships, promises that the other person can always be soft with them, and an emotional proposal, capped off by al happy meeting in which both parties auspiciously wear red. They kiss. He cries. He runs off to grab the ring and a love letter (the first he’s ever written), they kiss again, and part with smiles on both their faces.
At first, it's Cloud 9 for Kalybriah and Edmond in Baja.
By the time they arrive in Baja, Mexico with the other engaged couples, all seems well in paradise. They embrace the honeymoon phase, as Edmond presents Kalybriah with sneakers and matching T-shirts, and they enjoy a helicopter ride. However, when they settle into a lunch date, we see the first crack in their relationship.
The two experience a moment of tension when Kalybriah presents a hypothetical. She asks if they were at a club and a “big, buff guy” hit on her, leaving her “feeling a need to be protected,” how would he react? Edmond responds by saying, “I’m not going to cause a problem.” When Kalybriah presses on, Edmond asserts that he’s not confrontational. The conversation diffuses, but it’s certainly far from the end.
Then comes the pool party. Historically, this gathering—when all the engaged cast members meet in person—is manufactured in part to incite drama, and Kalybriah and Edmond fall prey. At the event, Edmond mentions to the other men that he and Kalybriah haven’t had sex, citing her desire to wait until marriage, which was a boundary Kalybriah set before the engagement. Edmond expresses reservations about the boundary to the men. When Edmond and Kalybriah later talk in their hotel room, Kalybriah reveals to Edmond that they are the only couple who haven’t had sex yet, which he states he didn’t know.
Kalybriah explains that, though she has had sex with other men before, she wants to wait until she and Edmond marry in 30 days because she cares about their relationship. Edmond, who wants to take that next step, can’t comprehend how she could love him but not want to have sex with him when he’s “giving you my all.” “I think I’m more locked in emotionally than you are with me,” he says. The conversation nosedives into a full-blown meltdown, with Edmond crying and lamenting that he’s “too nice.” Kalybriah attempts to find a resolution and explain her side of things, but grows tired and ends the conversation.
The pair has one of the biggest fights of any couples this season while in Baja.
We see Edmond and Kalybriah again the following morning in episode seven, where a contrite Edmond apologizes to an inscrutable Kalybriah for his behavior the night before. They reaffirm their commitment to each other. She expresses that she “struggles to get over things sometimes,” but wants to get over that.
Eventually, it feels like they’re able to find their way back to the connection they found in the pods. Episode eight introduces Edmond’s mom, Kerry, to the couple, and she very happily gives her nod of approval to Kalybriah and the marriage. Edmond even buys roller skates for Kalybriah in episode nine, which they test drive right in their apartment—prompting a laugh-filled moment during which she repeatedly falls into his arms. However, disaster strikes in episode nine when the whole Pod Squad meets up at a rodeo bar.
It begins with a seemingly stray remark we soon discover is born from a kernel of repressed feelings. When fellow Pod Squad member Annie gushes that her fiancé Nick is perfect, Edmond responds by saying, “Just to be able to hear that would be crazy!” As the camera focuses on Kalybriah, standing right next to Edmond’s shoulder, we see the comment immediately strike a nerve. “Are you comparing your relationship?” she asks, voice hard. “You’re making it sound like I’m not doing enough.”
Edmond wants to move on, but Kalybriah presses him to tell her what he’s feeling. He reveals that he thinks she never says nice things to him, and only tells him what’s wrong. She grows angry that he bottled it up until that moment, when they’re in front of everyone, and leaves. When he comes up to smooth things over, she turns him away. “I need you to grow up and be an adult and talk to me about stuff,” she explains, emphasizing her need to work through conflict instead of avoiding and moving on. Kalybriah then retreats to the bathroom to “have a moment.”
Could Edmond and Kalybriah turn a corner?
Are Edmond and Kalybria still together after 'Love Is Blind' season 9?
We still don’t know yet, and may not have any certainty over their relationship until the finale. Both parties remain pretty tight-lipped on social media, though they still follow each other, which could be a positive sign.
However, Kalybriah has dropped a few hints that the two might not be together anymore. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Kalybriah described Edmond’s reaction to her not wanting to have sex as “hurtful,” especially considering she’d expressed the boundary before he proposed. She added that, following the argument, she slept on the balcony—which she volunteered to do—while he slept on the bed. Edmond’s remained pretty quiet, as well, but he did weigh in on that argument by posting an Instagram Story in which he said he prayed for their relationship at the time.
A preview of the next few episodes also shows a mix of bonding and tumultuous moments in store for the couple. We’ll have to wait until the next batch of episodes drops on October 15 to see if they made it to the altar—and whether they followed through with tying the knot.