Love Is Blind: Chris Backlash, Ashley’s Dad & Jess Speaks Out + Summer House West vs Jesse
Morgan's Pop Talks
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4.8 • 901 Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
POP 3:
Savannah Guthrie is pleading for answers in her mother Nancy’s disappearance and has increased the reward to $1 million as authorities declare the case a crime, saying every second has been “agony” while still holding out hope for a miracle. Nick Reiner has pled not guilty in the murders of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, as prosecutors weigh whether to pursue the death penalty despite sources saying the family does not support it, and new developments continue to unfold in the case. Plus, Hilary Duff is speaking out after being pulled into toxic mom group drama, admitting she felt “sad” and “used” while also defending her husband for fiercely stepping in online.
DEEP DIVE: Love Is Blind Episodes 6–9:
Chris shocks Jess by telling her he’s not physically attracted to her because she doesn’t do Pilates every day... then tries to backpedal while questioning if he chose the wrong woman. At the bar, Bri entertains a little too much of that conversation about Connor, and Connor has since made it clear he and Chris are no longer close. Ashley’s dad absolutely grills Alex and immediately questions his honesty. And if you’ve been wondering why Vic and Christine have basically self-shot their entire relationship, it comes down to production budget and the fact that they didn’t have messy pod drama to justify more screen time.
FINAL THOUGHTS: Summer House
Jesse asking West if it’s “cool” to make a move on Ciara is such a weird middle school energy moment, but what’s also weird is West acting detached from the group convo while clearly still having feelings. At the end of the day, this isn’t about bro code, it’s about Ciara. West never committed, it’s been three years of almosts and maybes, and you don’t get to claim territory on someone you wouldn’t lock down. If Ciara wants to explore something with Jesse, she absolutely should, and if West still wants her, it’s time to finally say it out loud.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, welcome in to another episode of Morgan's Pop Talks, breaking down the latest |
| 0:08.8 | in reality TV and pop culture. |
| 0:11.8 | On the docket today, we have Love's Blind, episode six through nine. |
| 0:15.7 | My thoughts on Jesse West and Sierra on SummerHouse. |
| 0:21.0 | What else? |
| 0:21.4 | We have a toxic mom group update. |
| 0:23.4 | So much to get into today. |
| 0:25.7 | But I don't know about you. |
| 0:27.5 | There's some things in my life that is just keeping me from really being able to put my |
| 0:31.6 | head down, focus, and work. |
| 0:33.2 | And that's the fact that every time I open my Instagram, I see Punch the Monkey with his |
| 0:37.4 | stuffed animal. And it's really... that's the fact that every time I open my Instagram, I see Punch the Monkey with his stuffed |
| 0:37.6 | animal. And it's really, it's really starting to get to me. Like I said, I'm not able to focus |
| 0:44.0 | on my work. If you were to look at my search page, my 4U page, you would see 25 videos of |
| 0:50.7 | a monkey carrying around a stuffed animal, emotional support stuffed animal. And I've |
| 0:56.2 | cried more times than I would like to admit watching these videos of punch on the internet. |
| 1:01.1 | Also, you know, I showed it to David and he's like, I don't like this. I don't like this one bit. |
| 1:06.4 | Punch, I know he was abandoned. I think he was abandoned by his mother, but punch should be out in |
| 1:10.8 | the wild living a good life. And I don't know. I think he was abandoned by his mother, but punch should be out in the wild, |
| 1:11.6 | living a good life. And I don't know. I just have so many complex feelings about it. Can't you see? |
| 1:16.9 | It's taking up all my brain power at the moment. I can't think about anything else. |
| 1:21.9 | By the time you're listening to this, Survivor 50 will have came out. And I woke up today like a kid on Christmas. |
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