Love Is Blind's Ramses Wasn't Caught 'Off-Guard' by Marissa's New Boyfriend but Says His 'Jaw Was on the Floor' at 1 Moment

Warning: This story contains spoilers from Love is blind season 7

• Rames Prashad says ex Marissa George didn’t catch him “off guard” when she revealed her new relationship on Instagram
• The Love is blind The Season 7 star sparked controversy with the way he handled their conversation about birth control methods before finally breaking off their engagement
• Ramses believed that the staged conversation made him appear to be concerned only with his “personal gratification”, which he claimed was not the case

Love is blindRamses Prashad says his ex-fiancée Marissa George’s new relationship was anything but a surprise to him.

During the performance at Viall files podcast on Nov. 5, the reality star, 35, shared that he was “aware” that Marissa was seeing someone new before she debuted her mystery man on Instagram earlier this month.

“She’s been going out with him for the past few months or earlier in the year and, yeah, I’m happy for her,” he said. “If it’s someone who can embrace her for who she is and if she’s happy, then that’s great.”

He added that their social media debut “didn’t catch me off guard.”

Marissa George with her new boyfriend.

Marissa George/Instagram

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On Nov. 2, Marissa shared a video on Instagram of her and her new man dancing together on Halloween. She captioned the video: “Life has a funny way of surprising you. I didn’t expect to fall in love again, let alone with someone who accepts all my energy and flaws. When we first met, I asked him if I was too much. He looked at me confused and said, ‘What do you mean?’ I simply replied: ‘It doesn’t matter’ and from that moment I never questioned my energy again.🤎”

She also posted a photo of her and the lucky guy on her Instagram Stories, writing “African space cowboy” and “dream astronaut” over the photo.

“Love out of this world,” Marissa added in the bottom corner of the image.

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The new romance comes after Ramses ended his relationship with Marissa after getting engaged in an unprecedented season seven Love is blind. During their time together, Ramses sparked controversy when he discussed their birth control plans on the hit Netflix series, in part because he apparently refused to wear a condom because he wasn’t that comfortable with sex.

At a special reunion of the series, Ramzes said that he felt the conversation was misinterpreted.

“I never tried to give Marissa an ultimatum,” he explained, adding that he respected Marissa’s choice not to use oral conception and they came to a solution they both agreed on. “It wasn’t a situation where I was whiny or cocky or whatever the perception was.”

He shared further Viall files that he wanted to further “provide context and some sort of explanation” for the conversation, adding, “I know what’s being perceived seems really wild, and I promise, I’m not the person people are trying to make me out to be.”

From left: amses Prashad and Marissa George on ‘Love Is Blind’.

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Ramzes noted that the conversation lasted 30 to 45 minutes, which was edited to two minutes in the show.

“The whole point of that conversation was to talk about what our long-term method of contraception was going to be,” he explained. “I know, the perception from that is like this guy is against condoms. This guy is just concerned about his own personal satisfaction in this situation.”

He continued: “Trust me. I am well aware of what hormonal contraception can do to a woman’s body. I am aware of all these things. And so, you know, we, me and Marissa, are very honest when it comes to these kinds of conversations.”

Ramzes added that they even considered his vasectomy during a “very nuanced conversation.”

From left: Marissa George and Ramses Prashad on ‘Love Is Blind’.

Courtesy of Netflix

“I was really just trying to be very careful at that point,” he said. “I promise it’s not the way it looks, but I was really trying to figure out what would work best for us in a marriage. I promise I’m not against condoms or whatever the internet is saying.”

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He said he was shocked by the edited version of the pair’s conversation, explaining: “Honestly watching it, my jaw was on the floor because I recognized what it was about and I knew immediately what the perception was going to be at that moment.”

Ramzes added that it was “difficult” to watch the conversation in hindsight, adding: “If I was an outside viewer watching this conversation in hindsight, I would say, ‘Yeah. This guy is a jerk, but trust me right now, I understand the perception.'”

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