Last year, Taylor Krause decided to go out of DC with a bang.
This will be my last hurrah of dating in DC, she thought.
Its probably not going to materialize into anything.
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Taylor never expected to fall in love, but she did.
But as much as fans are enjoying their love story, theyre mostly just here for Taylor.
Its all a life twist that she certainly didnt see coming.
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(Note, this interview covered through episodes 1-9 ofLove Is Blind).
Glamour: Okay, lets get to the most important things first.
No spoilers, but I have to ask you what you think about thememesof Garretts wardrobe and styling improvements.
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Taylor Krause: I think that it really could go either way.
So far, your relationship with Garrett has been relatively stable forLove Is Blind.
There have been some challenges, like your parents being skeptical about the show.
How was that to navigate?
And so, I felt guilty.
Now Im like, Oh my God, no, this is nuts.
Were you always planning to move back home?
DC in particular is a very transient city.
Its kind of a revolving door.
Clearly theres a turn of administrations, and then all the jobs that go with that.
But every time I came back to San Diego, I kind of got in a situationship.
I was thinking that, Okay, well, maybe it makes sense.
I want to have kids near my parents.
But then you ended up onLove Is Blind.
Did you bring up your plans in the pods?
But for Garrett in particular, he was like, I could do that.
Other guys that I was dating were like, I could do that.
I was really shocked that they would be willing to do something like that.
At the time, I was like, Oh, duh, its San Diego.
You [Garrett] like fishing.
The weather speaks for itself, in my opinion.
Yeah, so we didnt talk too much about it in the pods.
That was the impetus for talking about it a lot more once we left the pods.
Did you ever consider deciding to stay in DC or move to Virginia, where Garrett is from?
I said that I would never want to raise my family in Fredericksburg.
Garrett promised me that he would never bamboozle me to stay in Fredericksburg.
We were actually discussing doing a digital nomad thing and trying New York City on.
So in terms of moving back to San Diego, it was actually far out into the future.
So, you never know.
We were talking about a lot of things, and youre getting married on reality television.
You and Garrett also ended up being a part of the aftermath of Stephen and Monicas pretty intense breakup.
How did you end up being the ones to console her?
Garrett had texted Stephen like, Hey, coming up with muffins.
And then because of that, Monica checked his phone and saw the text messages.
It kind of all went from there.
So when we were coming up with the muffins, it was just really bad timing.
So Stephen was really brought down by muffins.
I call it Muffin-Gate.
But then I was like, probably not.
Its, like, bad luck to do that.
Not the Trader Joes muffins!
Theyre really good, and theyre gluten-free.
I cant recommend them enough.
Everyone onLove Is Blindkind of acknowledges that this is such a weird experiment to be a part of.
Did you ever expect to get this far on the show?
Can you believe you did it?
Now you just have to figure out logistics.
What did you learn about yourself through this experience?
It was a really big growing moment for me.
Im not necessarily someone that just blurts out a bunch of stuff.
So, I can really empathize and see why Garrett thought I was calculated and guarded.
Youre kind of in this fishbowl of all these cameras, and youre having deep conversations.
Im like, Ah, Im not used to saying all these things.
The word calculated wasnt the best word choice by Garrett, but I understood what he was saying.
I think we addressed it pretty well.
You saw we fixed it and moved on.
Had you watched the show before you went on it?
What surprised you about being on the show?
I watched every season as a passive thing when I was folding laundry….
I didnt realize how big of a show it was until I was on it.
Im not someone who really watches reality television.
You have emerged as a fan favorite this season.
Did you see that coming?
I hate to tell you that were going to probably not go past this point [of filming].
I didnt think wed be a fan favorite.
I thought we would be middle of the pack, or like, Fast-forward, fast-forward, fast-forward.
So Ive been pleasantly surprised.
You also now have nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram.
Whats it been like getting all this attention online?
It has been weird.
I mean, the human brain is not supposed to get this much attention.
So, yo share with us that intersection!
Thats what that intersection is.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity
