Never has there ever been a more frustrating character than Madison Errichiello on Love Is Blind Season 8. As one-fourth of the quartet of major characters who left the pods alone, Madison has spent much of her time trying to rewrite history. And the reunion has proven that her ability to manipulate and mold situations is unmatched. As the reunion shed a lot of light on various situations, Madison continued to push herself into stories and narratives she should not have been in while deflecting by playing the victim card.
First, she randomly became the “other girl” in a tiff post-show between Joey Leveille and Monica Danus. The whole story was so farfetched and convoluted that it only came to light on camera because Madison desired screen time that wasn’t going to be socially reprehensible and character-damaging. The reunion should have been the opportunity to resolve the tension and issues regarding the downfall of the quartet. Instead, it became the “Madison Is a Victim Show.” Well, at least it tried to be. Just look at who sat on what couch, Madison!
Madison Didn’t Want Anyone To Be Happy If She Couldn’t Be
The long, complicated saga of Madison Errichiello started all the way on Episode 1 when she seemed as if she was going to become the season’s breakout star. What in turn happened was an unfathomable fall from grace where she walked out as one of the least regarded characters of the season. And that includes David Bettenburg. The reunion was the culmination of a disappointing character arc.
After her cameo in the Joey-Monica squabble, Madison then took the time to congratulate Meg Fink and Mason Horacek for finding FRIENDSHIP while publicly bashing him, causing Meg to call her out on the spot at the reunion. What does this illuminate? How Madison truly is the cog that destroyed the potential for any of the four to find love. She doesn’t like that she might be the problem, so she continued to blame Mason for his role in the pods. In one sentence, she claimed to have given Mason an out to break up with her, knowing Alex Brown was her number one. In the next, she claimed to have had feelings for him and didn’t want to be the one to make the decision.
Shouldn’t the strong woman she claims to be have had the power to pull the plug? Whether she wanted to admit it or not, Madison pressured Mason into committing to her just so she could feel wanted and desired by all her suitors. Oh, and it just kept getting better. She then told Meg that she villainized Mason for Meg’s sake, not her own. As Meg rightly said, she was screwed over by both Mason and Madison, but the ball was also in Madison’s court to end things amicably.
Ben posing for their profile shot for Love is Blind Season 8
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Madison’s Arm Pit Receipts Backfired at the ‘Love Is Blind’ Reunion
Madison poses for her portrait for the ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 8 reunion.Image via Netflix
Madison hears what she wants to hear, and then uses her strong use of persuasion to belittle others. Her taking out the “receipts” of her texts from Alex and trying to psychoanalyze his use of emojis might be the biggest stretch Love Is Blind has seen since Chelsea Blackwell compared herself to Megan Fox. By then, taking one of the “arm pit” text messages out of context to prove Alex was a “bad friend” to Mason was truly sad to watch. She claimed he was referring to Mason, and yet there is no proof in the texts she provided. Though a story on her Instagram alleged that there was a “key” part of the text left out, reading, “so cute tho i hope it works out for them.” All Madison had to do was literally say that when she was laying into Mason and Meg moments before. But alas, she did not.
Madison truly thought her arm pit paper receipt reveal was the biggest mic drop, and yet who was there to defend her? No one. Maybe Molly Mullaney. But literally no one else defended her. Certainly she’ll have a manipulative reason for that. Her ability to deflect has been a central issue for her. She chooses to play the victim often. During the reunion, she placed blame on Mason for the things he did to her, comparing it to the larger “societal issue” of how men treat women, only for the couch of Mason, Meg, and Alex to ask to roll the tapes as a reminder that it was Madison who put herself in the position she’s in.
Her deflection became: “I’m so tired of women having to fall on the sword for things that men do every single day.” That was the moment that illuminated Madison’s inability to take accountability for her wrongs. Madison so desperately wants to be the central figure of everyone’s stories, and yet, she doesn’t want to take the heat for her actions. All she had to do was dump Mason, allow Meg to be with Mason, be with Alex, and everyone leaves happily ever after. But the drama she created was the domino that caused Alex to defend Mason’s emotions, and thus, Madison to become avoidant. Madison played the victim in order to deflect the negativity onto the other person to look like the villain, without owning up to her actions. Madison had the chance to fix her image, but her deflection only made it worse.
