Where Are Love Is Blind's Amber Pike and Matt Barnett Now? - Oprah Mag

• The finale of Love Is Blind, an unscripted dating show on Netflix, aired on Thursday, February 27.
• Amber Pike and Matt Barnett were among the two couples who got married.
• Are Amber and Barnett still together? In an interview with OprahMag.com, they caught us up on their last year, and on their ongoing drama with Jessica Batten. Watch them all come together during the Love Is Blind reunion special on Thursday, March 5.

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Over the course of 10 weeks, Amber Pike, 25, and Matt Barnett, 27 went from being complete strangers to husband and wife. Thanks to Love Is Blind, an unscripted show on Netflix, fans could watch the entire process—from first-date flirting to "meeting the family" jitters—unfold.

Love Is Blind's finale, which aired on February 27, showed the last step in their journey from "pod" to altar. Overcoming a persistent love triangle and hesitancy from their families, Barnett and Amber officially tied the knot.

That was their first wedding, but it won't be their last. In an interview with OprahMag.com, Amber and Barnett revealed they are planning a second wedding ceremony to celebrate their lasting love. Yep, Amber and Barnett are still going strong over a year-and-a-half after they first said "I do."

"I still want to do the bridal showers and the bachelorette parties—all the traditional Southern stuff that we skipped over and rushed through," Amber tells OprahMag.com.

The couple still appreciates their first wedding, however, because it represents the process that brought them together. "That won't take our original wedding back," Amber says. "It was a huge stepping stone for us."

With the release of Love Is Blind on Netflix, Barnett and Amber are facing the next big step in their relationship: Becoming public figures. Since the premiere, the couple has watched their Instagram following rise exponentially. In a week, Barnett's account skyrocketed from 300 followers to 40,000 and counting.

“Matt’s a lot more popular than me,” Amber laughs. She clocks in at 28,000.

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But with more followers comes increased scrutiny. The couple is grappling with having their lives on display, yet again.

Barnett is surprised to learn that on social media he's been branded a villain. During the pod portion of the show, Barnett was torn between three women: Amber, Jessica Batten, and Lauren "LC" Chamblin. While he ultimately chose Amber, Love Is Blind was starting to resemble The Bachelor for a minute there.

"It’s weird because I've never felt like I was a bad guy in this whole thing. I did have hearts in my hands—I wasn't trying to hurt anyone. It kind of sucks," Barnett says. "But I needed this to find Amber."

"I needed this to find Amber."

Once out of the pods, Barnett and Amber's lopsided love triangle with Jessica continued, providing Love Is Blind with the kind of messiness that makes reality TV magic. Over on Twitter, their conflict has spurred memes and reactions galore. For all the commentary on social media, though, this much is guaranteed: No one has more feelings about Jessica than Amber and Barnett do.

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Love Is Blind has given Amber a perspective into what really was going through Jessica's mind. Now, she's "salty" about how Jessica approached her time in the pods.

"I was more upset than anything that [Jessica] was being shady about it. Me and LC both had emotions for Barnett. We were honest and open about it. I was really proud of that. I thought that was how everyone else on the show was behaving. I was taken aback to see that's how she was behaving," Amber says.

Aside from the recent show, Jessica is hardly a part of their lives. "We’re in touch with everyone [from the show] but Jessica," Barnett says.

The cameras stopped rolling after the wedding, but that's when real work began for the couple. Three months into their marriage, Amber and Barnett had their "first real fights," as Amber puts it.

Their conflict stemmed from a very relatable place: Reconciling who their spouse was with who they wanted them to be. "Everyone has an idea of what they want out of a spouse. We were forcing that on each other," Amber says.

“We reached the peak of 'as good as it gets' for us.”

After weeks of turmoil, they sat down for a big 'ol talk. "I told him we have to be ourselves and stop imposing rules on each other. It works or it works. It doesn't or it doesn’t. We just have to be honest about it and what’s going on," Amber says. "I think from that moment we took a lot of the pressure off. We've been doing amazing ever since."

Now, Barnett and Amber have fully settled into their happy routine. The couple lives together with Barnett's dog, a wolf-German Shepherd-Husky mix. Barnett has been incorporated into with Amber's crew ("My friends are obsessed with him," Amber says). And, after some initial misgivings, Barnett's family has come around to his relationship with Amber.

"Amber and my mom are drinking buddies. I know mom loves Amber," Barnett says. In Amber's opinion, his mom was "just waiting for the party to arrive.”

While they definitely still fight, they're able to laugh it off. “There's not a day that goes by where we’re not cracking each other up," Barnett says. "Even on rough days, we still pop jokes and get over it fast. Our relationship is a lot more fun than you guys could ever even see."

"Our relationship is a lot more fun than you guys could ever even see."

Their mutual affection comes through on the phone interview, which crackles with Barnett and Amber's rapid-fire, playful banter. They alternate between teasing and displays of affection. “Baby, you're as good as it gets for me. I love you,” Amber says to Barnett mid-answer.

As much as Love Is Blind is a time machine to drama-ville, the show also reminds the couple why they got together in the first place.

“The show is reinvigorating us. And me. In areas, I guess," Barnett says, laughing. In case you're curious, it took Barnett a full 15 minutes to make one of the sexual innuendos he's become known for.

Amber, for her part, still finds them tremendously amusing. “Get out of here,” she tells Barnett. Then, addressing me, she says, “This is my life. And I love it.” As if one could ever doubt it.

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