Against all odds, Payton and Jordan stayed together until the Love Triangle Reunion— but a huge spanner was thrown in the works when audio surfaced of Jordan making a vile comment about his girlfriend.
In a post-reunion interview, Payton told Chattr that things only got worse after the Reunion wrapped, and she believes her whole relationship with Jordan was a lie.
“I don’t think he’s ever had feelings for me at all. Genuinely, I don’t think he’s ever had feelings for me.”
Payton told Chattr that straight after the cameras stopped rolling at the Reunion, Jordan “didn’t have much to say.”
“He just kept saying, ‘I didn’t know you then, and I know you now,’ and that the experiment worked the way that it worked,” she said.
What happened between Payton and Jordan after the Love Triangle Reunion?
Payton explained that she flew out to her friend’s engagement party the morning after the Reunion, which is when Jordan first broached the subject of the audio played.
“I got off the plane in Perth to this really, really long text, basically saying that it all worked — the experiment worked — and that he’s so apologetic, and more than anything, he wants to keep trying with this and give this a shot. And, yeah, just essentially spilling his guts with emotion.”
“I read it and teared up because I was like, ‘Oh, he’s had time to process and realise that he doesn’t want to lose me’. I mean, where the hell was this last night? But okay. And I thought, maybe it means more because it’s off camera, you know? Maybe it means more because it is between us — and it’s off camera, and it’s real.”
Payton said she agreed to give their relationship another go, but Jordan put in no effort.
“We probably exchanged 10 messages after that — very half assed messages — him being like, ‘Oh, this was my day,’ and it was a photo of, like, a fence. Like, just absolutely nothing.”
Payton knew she needed more from Jordan and spent some time writing out her thoughts.
“I needed to put my feelings on paper. I needed to end it, and I needed it to be done, because I don’t want to be holding space for someone who’s taking up my energy, my time and my feelings.”
After reflecting on her situation, she decided she wanted to break up with him and thought the best way to do it was over the phone.
“I tried calling him, but there was no answer. I tried calling him six times, right? Six times — no answer. He did not text me to say, ‘Are you okay? Why are you calling me? Is everything good?’ Nothing.”
She said Jordan finally sent her a message weeks after the missed calls.
“And he goes, ‘Why did you call me seven hundred times the other night?’ Obviously, it’s been weeks since I tried calling him. And he goes, ‘Yeah, but why? I thought something bad had happened?’ It had been weeks.
“I said, ‘I wanted to talk to you’. And he goes, ‘What was wrong?’ And I was like, ‘The moments been and gone.’ And he was like, ‘Rats.’ That was it.”
Payton added that they hadn’t spoken since, except for a message from him asking if she watched the Reunion — which she didn’t reply to.
She added that what hurt her most was the fact that it seemed like Jordan had zero regard for her feelings.
“It’s the deceit — because someone who I genuinely thought, if not a lover, was at least a friend at the end of the day… but he’s not even that.”
Payton added that her time on Love Triangle has taught her to value herself more and stop tolerating toxic behaviour.
“I’ve definitely learned not to settle. I’ve definitely learned not to put up with anyone’s bullshit. And that, yeah, there’s someone for everyone—and my self-worth is definitely a lot greater than putting up with any of that bullshit.”
What were Love Triangle’s Jordan’s controversial comments about Payton?
Of course, as viewers, we already knew Jordan once said some pretty horrible things about Payton during the first dinner party.
“Fuck you man, you know I’m not attracted to that,” Jordan said to someone, about Payton. “I asked for small, tanned, ethnic… She is the complete opposite in every single thing.
“Literally any other girl here I would be into,” he continued. “If I fucked her or whatever then I’m like even more of a fuckwit. Like, there’s just no way I’m not looking like an arsehole after this, dude.”
Previous Love Triangle star Allan Wallace told Chattr it’s pretty hard to forget you’re mic’d up. “You usually ask your sound guy to mute your mic,” he said. “If you’re still wearing a mic, just don’t say anything dumb, surely it’s common sense. It’s virtually impossible [to forget].”
What happened between Jordan and Payton at the Reunion?
Things at the reunion started on a hopeful note, with Payton and Jordan confirming they were still dating, doing long-distance and officially boyfriend and girlfriend.
Then, Jordan’s controversial comments were shown, leaving Payton in a state of shock.
“I got carried away. I completely forgot I said it, but I said it,” Jordan said as an explanation.
Payton teared up as she said she was “used to it and disappointed” and “not thrilled about the situation.”
“That was all me, that was prompted,” Jordan said, before Chrishell called him out for not giving a genuine or remorseful apology.
“I’m genuinely sorry for saying it, I can’t imagine how you felt,” Jordan said, before Payton said she wasn’t sure if she could continue the relationship.
“I don’t think there’s any apology, the only thing I can do is show you in the next few weeks how much my feelings have changed for you,” Jordan said. “There’s nothing I can say, that was fucked.”
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