We get that the Minneapolis dating pool is small, but thank God it isn’t small enough that the Love Is Blind season-eight cast members only have each other. Despite rumors, Sara Carton confirmed she isn’t (currently) dating Joey Leveille on a March 13 episode of The Viall Files. “I’ve seen this a few times online in the past 24 hours,” Sara said. “Well, to be clear, me and Joey are not dating.” But that doesn’t mean she’s not into the idea. “There was a love square between me, Monica, Ben, and Joey,” she said. “We were all talking to each other until the second-to-last day in the pods.” Unlike Ben, Joey did visit Sara in Nashville, along with five others. “I feel like me and Joey did establish a really great friendship,” she added.
The original rumor came from the March 11 episode of the Reality Receipts podcast covering the Love Is Blind reunion. “Apparently [Joey and Sara] were spotted in a hair salon together, and then people very close to the situation have confirmed that they are dating,” host Rikkii claimed. The podcaster said she wouldn’t be “surprised if they tried to come out and say, ‘No, we’re just friends,’ then six months from now, saying it evolved into a relationship.” Sara is definitely committing to the “just friends” part so far.
“This whole situation, I’ve felt very close with Joey,” Sara added on Viall Files. “I’m fond of our relationship, but I feel very well supported by all those involved. I’m just very grateful that I’ve met him, but, yeah, we definitely have a friendship. We’re definitely not dating.” Except … “I don’t know what the future will hold,” Sara continued. “But, I do know for right now, I definitely have no capacity to even think about a relationship.”