Blaire Frey | From “The Blairette” to Motherhood: The Update You’ve Been Waiting For!!
Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe
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4.5 • 21.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
#919. This episode is a full-circle moment in every sense!
A few years ago, Blaire Frey came on Off The Vine asking for a boyfriend and Kaitlyn fully committed to her matchmaking era. What started as a fun segment called The Blairette turned into a real love story… one that changed Blaire’s life in ways no one could have predicted!!!
In this conversation, Kaitlyn, Blaire, Luke ( and a very special appearance from baby Dawson) look back on how it all began, then fast-forward through the moments that reshaped everything: marriage, motherhood, an early NICU journey, loss, gratitude, and the identity shifts that come with growing up in real time.
This is the update you’ve all been asking for! An episode that reminds you life doesn’t always go according to plan — but sometimes it gives you something even better!
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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
- (6:20) The birth of The Blairette — asking for a boyfriend, the five F’s, and how a fun segment turned into something very real!!
- (15:15) Luke & Blaire’s proposal story.
- (22:40) Dawson’s early arrival — navigating an unexpected NICU journey and all the emotions that came with it.
- (25:00) Grief and gratitude — losing their beloved dog, Waffle
- (47:19) When content doesn’t perform — comparison, pressure, and being your own worst critic.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Off the Vine is brought to you by Cover Girl. Go the distance with Cover Girl's new |
| 0:05.3 | eye enhancer wrap tubing mascara for a lash extension effect. Shop at your nearest retailer now, |
| 0:11.4 | only from Easy, Breezy, Beautiful Cover Girl. |
| 0:18.2 | You're listening to Off the Vine with Caitlin Bristow. |
| 0:22.8 | Hey, Vino's, real quick, if you are listening right now, which obviously you are, you wouldn't be hearing this, can you hit the subscribe or follow button on whatever platform you're on? |
| 0:31.2 | Please, that one simple thing helps more than you even realize it allows me to keep growing on this podcast and making these episodes |
| 0:38.4 | the best they can possibly be obviously for you. That's the only favorite I'm going to ever ask, |
| 0:43.5 | okay? It truly means the world to me. Thank you. Now let's get into it. Hey everybody, welcome |
| 0:47.7 | to Off the Vine. I'm your host, Caitlin Bristow. And today, I was going to say the fresh prince |
| 0:53.0 | of Blair is here. But my guest has obviously been on |
| 0:56.1 | the show before. I think the last time I was on it was when we were traveling abroad in |
| 1:00.0 | 2022. We were in Thailand. Oh, yeah, yeah. On Zoom, we did a Zoom. Yeah, you're right. So long ago, |
| 1:05.2 | though. But I did when we first met, I confidently stepped into my matchmaking era where Blair became |
| 1:10.7 | the real life Blairette. |
| 1:11.8 | She met her husband, who is now her baby daddy. They are joyous on the podcast because since then |
| 1:17.7 | you've become a mom. You've navigated incredibly intense years and loss and life and joy and moved |
| 1:24.8 | across the country and all the things that people would not recommend doing all at once that you did. |
| 1:30.0 | Just while simultaneously growing an audience online and just having so much fun with your platform. |
| 1:35.6 | So today's just a full catch-up. |
| 1:37.6 | I feel like we caught up on everything. |
| 1:39.6 | We laughed. |
| 1:40.6 | We did cry. |
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