Clay’s Mom in the Love Is Blind Finale Gave This Season an Actual Soul
glamour.comfinale is full of both heroes and villains. Those we root for and those we despise. And while fans this season may have loved Amy’s sweetness and AD’s pure heart, to me there is a clear winner for the queen of : Clay’s mom.We first were introduced to Clay’s mom—whose real name is Margarita—in episode nine of season six, when introduced his new fiancee, AD Smith, to Margarita and his sister, Taylor.
However, Margarita loomed large during the couple’s entire relationship, as one of the things Clay struggled with the most was his worry that he could not be faithful in a long term relationship because his father, Trevor, openly cheated on Margarita during the marriage.Clay spoke often on the show about how his parents’ divorce deeply rattled his belief in commitment, saying he worried he would make the same mistakes as his father.“I’m always having a fear of, ‘Can I just be with one person?’” he told the cameras.In the Love is Blind finale, we see how much Clay’s worries got in the way of his connection with AD.
At the altar, Clay says he cannot go through with marriage, saying “I won’t go there with you when I’m not ready.” He told the cameras he felt like he wasn’t 100 percent sure he was ready to marry her after their short time together, and was unwilling to do so if he didn’t feel completely in.Afterwards, he tells a heartbroken AD that he “was not a husband right now,” emotionally.“I’m gonna put the work in,” he told her. “I’m gonna go to therapy, all that stuff.”The cameras then cut to a poignant conversation between Trevor and Margarita.
Standing outside in the aftermath of their son’s failed engagement, Margarita turned to her ex, and told him the truth. Their son struggled with marriage and with the concept that.
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