‘Perfect Match’ Star Joey Sasso on Running Around Panama to Find an Engagement Ring, How Much It Cost and What Viewers Didn’t See

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Emily Longeretta SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from Season 1 of Netflix’s “Perfect Match.” “Perfect Match” may not have been designed for cast members to get engaged, but one pair did!

Joey Sasso and Kariselle Snow got engaged during the final episode of Season 1, which dropped on the streaming service Tuesday.

Sasso, who previously won Season 1 of “The Circle,” entered the house in a completely new mindset than his last time on reality TV, as he’s now sober. “If there’s one thing that has been missing from the show that I wish was there, was how much I talked about going into the show with my sobriety and really trying to be vulnerable,” Sasso tells Variety. “I spoke so much on being an addict, recovering and trying to come in and not hold anything back for better or for worse.” Below, he talks more about his experience on the show, his response to some of the backlash the show’s received and purchasing the engagement ring for Snow. How do you feel watching the show back, more than a year later? There are a lot of times in the show where I can come off like I hopped around a lot.

I would say I’ve been a single guy who’s just been trying to find myself and find the person I wanted to be with. Coming onto the show was an opportunity for me to really try to make things right in my life, because I was in a place of really trying to find someone.