And he said, “No, babe, I’m totally into you.” And I said, “Well, it’s just I’m getting this sense that something’s a little bit off.” And while we were unpacking our suitcases, I think he said something to the effect of, “You’re just not my usual type, but that doesn’t mean that I’m not into you.”
So I kind of dug deeper, like, “What is your typical type?” And he was like, “I just usually date more petite women.” I am a really confident person. At that moment, it kind of put me into this insecure feeling.
[Joe tells Glamour, “I was trying, poorly, to explain a pattern in my past dating experiences, not to compare or criticize. I definitely do not look anything like Madison’s past partners either. I would be hard-pressed to say she thinks I am her regular type she usually goes for, but that is the experiment.”]
You two seemed to connect very quickly in the pods. Were there any other connections we didn’t see?
I actually went to proposal day with two people. Blake was actually my number one, day one. I loved Blake. He was great. Joe was actually my number five on day one. And he kind of slowly climbed the ranks as I got to know him more and as we spent more time together.
Do you have any regrets about that?
I don’t have any regrets. I think that my journey through this experiment was exactly what it was meant to be. While I do feel disappointed in the way that I was treated, it has opened so many doors for me emotionally, to get to know myself and to be more confident and be able to speak my truth in ways that I hadn’t before.
When things first started getting weird at the pool party, there was an interaction I thought was strange. At one point, Joe asks if you like Jordan and you say, “Jordan, of course, he’s a good friend.” And then Jordan says, “Well, I don’t like you.” What was that about?
