Love Is Blind John Shannon Admits Cheating at Season 11 Reunion
John Shannon told host Nick Lachey on the Love Is Blind season 11 reunion that he cheated on his wife, Sarah Williams, by texting a woman he met on a boys' night out. Williams filed for divorce on June 4.
Love Is Blind star John Shannon admitted on the Season 11 reunion, which premiered on Netflix on Sunday, November 8, that he cheated on his wife, Sarah Williams.
Shannon said the cheating happened about six months earlier, during a boys' night out. He met a woman who he later revealed was a stripper and also worked as an escort. They exchanged text messages afterward, and he described them as "graphic."
"I guess so, huh? Yeah."
Shannon insisted nothing physical happened. He also said he had crossed a boundary Sarah set in their marriage. "I crossed a line," he said.
Host Nick Lachey pressed him for a plain answer: "In your words, did you cheat on your wife?" Shannon replied, "Mm-hmm. I guess so, huh? Yeah."
He said the woman gave him her phone number and he reached out afterward. "Nothing happened with it. Sarah knows this," he said.
Sarah's account
Williams said the texts were the final straw. "It was just the last thing. It was, like, this slap in the face that I needed," she said.
She also said she struggled with Shannon's communication style throughout the relationship. According to her, he lashed out during fights and called her "dumb." "I've never been spoken to by a man like that ever," she said.
Williams said she had feared the outcome before the wedding. She recalled telling castmates the night before she walked down the aisle, "I did say that this ends with him cheating on me."
Shannon takes the blame
Shannon took responsibility for the breakup and said it was 100% his fault. He said he "appreciated attention from women more than I should" and added, "I don't blame her at all for leaving."
He said he has been working on himself in therapy. Williams said she sees "positive change in him."
Williams filed for divorce on June 4, just over a year after the two became the only Season 11 couple to actually get married.
Castmate Morrey Eglin reacted angrily to the confession during the reunion. He said what he wanted to tell Shannon was not for an audience, and added: "I'll find it back in Boston."
Season 11 of Love Is Blind is streaming on Netflix.
