Who Is ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 3 Star Cole Barnett? 5 Things to Know About the Netflix Contestant

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Who Is ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 3 Star Cole Barnett? 5 Things to Know About the Netflix Contestant

After signing up to find love in the pods, Cole Barnett knows what he’s looking for.

“I want to make a lot of babies, for sure. Like, right now, if I could just, like, snap and they’d all appear, I’d say, like, seven. But real-world dating sucks. It’s been one of the hardest things, is dating as an adult,” the Texas native, 27, said during a confessional from the first episode of Love Is Blind season 3, which dropped earlier this month. “In high school, easy. Got a massive pool to choose from. In college, easy. You’re living on campus, there’s babes everywhere. You become an adult, it’s like you’re at the office working all the time. What, am I really going to meet my wife in the grocery store?”

While dating might be a struggle for Cole — who is divorced from a previous partner — he made headlines on Love Is Blind season 3 after sharing a laundry list of dealbreakers. On his list of dating red flags, the realtor admitted that nurses are “off the table” and his future wife must be a Jonas Brothers fan.

“I’m a picky guy. You gotta be able to banter, like, if you can’t banter, I’m not going to sleep next to you at night, I’m not taking a road trip with you, you’re not having my babies. You can’t make me laugh,” Cole quipped during the episode. “I’m looking for a wife!”

Cole soon sparked pod connections with Zanab Jaffrey and Colleen Reed, ultimately dumping the latter for failing to have deep conversations and seeking a “shallow marriage.”

The real estate agent proposed to the flight attendant, 32, at the end of the pod experiment, noting he was falling in love with her and could picture their future life together.

“It was a shocking experience to be like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is what the face and the body of the girl I fell in love with looks like in real life.’ I did not know that, I had a different idea,” Cole admitted during a confessional after meeting his fiancée in person. “I’m attracted to Zanab though.”

While the couple enjoyed getting to know one another in real life, their connection stalled after Cole thought Zanab displayed a few red flags.

“From the pods to here, there’s been a disconnect for me,” the Netflix personality told Bartise Bowden and Sikiru “SK” Alagbada during the cast’s California vacation. “There’s been like a ‘Holy crap, you’re not what I had pictured. This is different. I have to reconnect that person in the pods to the person in my bedroom right now.’ I’m figuring things out. … Here’s the thing, I’m still in love, it’s different now.”

He added: “Zanab can be kind of passive-aggressive. It’s not at all a good thing, it just beats me down. … Like, she genuinely hates the fact that the towel is right there. So, she’s gonna be like, ‘Hey you think you could next time maybe not put your towel on the coffee table?’ [Because] to her that’s how she banters and how she plays but it’s just not fun for me.”

The twosome have since navigated ups and downs on Love Is Blind in advance of their wedding day.

Scroll down to get to know Cole:

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Who Is ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 3 Star Cole Barnett? 5 Things to Know About the Netflix Contestant

After signing up to find love in the pods, Cole Barnett knows what he’s looking for.

“I want to make a lot of babies, for sure. Like, right now, if I could just, like, snap and they’d all appear, I’d say, like, seven. But real-world dating sucks. It’s been one of the hardest things, is dating as an adult,” the Texas native, 27, said during a confessional from the first episode of Love Is Blind season 3, which dropped earlier this month. “In high school, easy. Got a massive pool to choose from. In college, easy. You’re living on campus, there’s babes everywhere. You become an adult, it’s like you’re at the office working all the time. What, am I really going to meet my wife in the grocery store?”

While dating might be a struggle for Cole — who is divorced from a previous partner — he made headlines on Love Is Blind season 3 after sharing a laundry list of dealbreakers. On his list of dating red flags, the realtor admitted that nurses are “off the table” and his future wife must be a Jonas Brothers fan.

“I’m a picky guy. You gotta be able to banter, like, if you can’t banter, I’m not going to sleep next to you at night, I’m not taking a road trip with you, you’re not having my babies. You can’t make me laugh,” Cole quipped during the episode. “I’m looking for a wife!”

Cole soon sparked pod connections with Zanab Jaffrey and Colleen Reed, ultimately dumping the latter for failing to have deep conversations and seeking a “shallow marriage.”

The real estate agent proposed to the flight attendant, 32, at the end of the pod experiment, noting he was falling in love with her and could picture their future life together.

“It was a shocking experience to be like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is what the face and the body of the girl I fell in love with looks like in real life.’ I did not know that, I had a different idea,” Cole admitted during a confessional after meeting his fiancée in person. “I’m attracted to Zanab though.”

While the couple enjoyed getting to know one another in real life, their connection stalled after Cole thought Zanab displayed a few red flags.

“From the pods to here, there’s been a disconnect for me,” the Netflix personality told Bartise Bowden and Sikiru “SK” Alagbada during the cast’s California vacation. “There’s been like a ‘Holy crap, you’re not what I had pictured. This is different. I have to reconnect that person in the pods to the person in my bedroom right now.’ I’m figuring things out. … Here’s the thing, I’m still in love, it’s different now.”

He added: “Zanab can be kind of passive-aggressive. It’s not at all a good thing, it just beats me down. … Like, she genuinely hates the fact that the towel is right there. So, she’s gonna be like, ‘Hey you think you could next time maybe not put your towel on the coffee table?’ [Because] to her that’s how she banters and how she plays but it’s just not fun for me.”

The twosome have since navigated ups and downs on Love Is Blind in advance of their wedding day.

Scroll down to get to know Cole:

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1. What Does Cole Barnett Do for a Living?

Cole flips properties in Fort Worth, Texas, and also serves as a real estate agent.

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2. Who Did Cole Barnett Propose to on ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 3?

Cole was beyond excited to pop the question to the London native, noting that while she’s not his typical type, she’s “exactly the type of girl that [he] needed to go for.”

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3. What Happened Between Cole Barnett and Colleen Reed on ‘Love Is Blind?’

The outdoor enthusiast also sparked a connection with the ballerina in the pods. “I really think Colleen might be The One. Colleen, I see us having amazing sex and hot babies, but being poor,” he quipped in an early confessional.

While Cole eventually called it quits with Colleen over their shallow relationship, he later admitted that he found her attractive “in the real world.” (Colleen agreed with her former suitor that she found him cute, but made it clear she was happy with fiancé Matt Bolton.)

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4. What Did Cole Barnett and Zanab Jaffrey Struggle With After Leaving the ‘Love Is Blind’ Pods?

After Cole and Zanab left the experiment, the Dallas resident was upset that her man seemingly wasn’t physically attracted to her, claiming he didn’t speak to her for several hours in the morning. Cole also had to adjust to his fiancée’s physical appearance, telling her that Colleen fits the part of the girl he’d typically go for, but that Zanab was the one he fell in love with.

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5. Is Cole Barnett Related to ‘Love Is Blind’ Alum Matt Barnett?

Despite the same last name and similar stories of love triangles, Cole and the Love Is Blind season 1 vet have no relation.

“I guess he’s the brother I never knew I had 🤷‍♂️,” Cole joked via Instagram after social media started speculating about their similarities.