What Happened Between Sal and Mallory When They Were Engaged?

What happened between 'Love Is Blind' stars Sal Perez and Mallory Zapata when they were engaged? Sal detailed a story at the particular that were given lovers talking.

Shannon Raphael - Author

Spoiler Alert: This article accommodates minor spoilers for Love Is Blind: After the Altar Season 2.

The 2d version of Love Is Blind: After the Altar debuted on Netflix on Sept. 16, and fanatics are catching up with the notable stars (minus Shake Chatterjee) for the primary time at duration since Season 2 dropped at the streamer in February of 2022.

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While enthusiasts were interested by whether Kyle Abrams and Deepti Vempati would decide to in any case take their friendship to the following stage, and whether or not there was drama in the DMs between Shaina Hurley and Shayne Jansen, some other he-said-she-said warfare arose in the third and final episode of the special.

After Salvador "Sal" Perez introduced his present female friend, Jessica "Jessi" Palkovic to satisfy the rest of the pod stars from Season 2, he sat down with his siblings to discuss his version of why he broke up with fiancée, Mallory Zapata, at the altar.

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He alleged that something came about a few week ahead of the marriage that made him feel sure that he may just no longer say yes on his marriage ceremony day. While Sal had in the past alluded to this incident right through the Season 2 reunion, the After the Altar special marked the primary time that he publicly elaborated on his aspect of the tale.

What happened between Sal and Mallory earlier than their marriage ceremony? Read on to find out what Sal needed to say to his siblings, and to be informed what Mallory's response used to be.

Why did Sal and Mallory get a divorce? Sal mentioned his version of why issues ended between them.

After the main Season 2 crew reunited at a apartment space to have fun Natalie Lee's birthday for After the Altar, the Love Is Blind stars returned to Chicago. Sal met up along with his siblings, Victoria and Daisy, to speak about the potential of getting engaged to Jessi, and to share why issues in reality did not determine between him and Mallory.

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"I protected Mallory throughout this whole experience, and I don't know why," Sal stated in a confessional in the 3rd and final episode of the particular. "I don't think she deserved it. I think I should have spoken my truth more, and I don't want to protect Mallory anymore. I don't need to protect Mallory anymore. I'm done."

Sal went on to describe why he actually determined to mention no to Mallory at the altar. He acknowledged that the two had made plans to hang out and buy groceries a few week prior to their wedding.

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"I didn't hear for her for two hours. I end up going to a couple of stores, waiting for her, because she says she's going to meet me," he continued. "But, the last phone call that I got from her, she was slurring her words, and I just started walking back to the apartment."

On the way back to his condominium, Sal said he noticed a man throw a cup out of the window, and that he then heard a female voice say, "That's my coffee."

"I was like, 'Wow, that sounded a lot like Mallory.' I look into the car, and Mallory's in there with some random guy, just drunk," he added. He then addressed his siblings. "That was the night that I actually came and stayed with you all, 'cause I couldn't stay at that apartment that night."

Later on within the episode, Mallory addressed Sal's aspect, and she shared her personal aspect of what happened leading up to the wedding.

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Mallory shared her facet of the story during the remaining credits of 'After the Altar.'

While Sal's model of events implied that his then-fiancé was once inebriated and putting out with a "random guy," Mallory acknowledged that the person within the automotive was if truth be told an established friend of hers. She also said that she told Sal this, and that he was "play[ing] the f-----g victim."

"I was out with friends 'cause I hadn't seen them in a while, and we were just catching up. We talked about it," Mallory acknowledged in a confessional, sooner than bringing up that the person within the automobile was once her pal.

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"This is somebody who I've known most of my life, and who is one of my closest friends. And I don't know if Sal thought that this was like — you know, because it's my guy friend — he misunderstood the situation, but I didn't stand Sal up that day at all... I don't know why this is even being brought up," she added. "Wow, anything to just play the f-----g victim."

Mallory and Sal might disagree about that fated night ahead of their marriage ceremony, however the two are actually in settlement that their relationship never would have labored outdoor of the pods.

Love Is Blind Season 2, which contains the three-part After the Altar collection, is available to stream on Netflix now.

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