'Love is Blind' Season 1 star Lauren Speed Hamilton opened up to Parade about her infertility, saying she was actively going through IVF. She also discussed the current state of the reality series as well as whether filming 24/7 would be a good thing.
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00:00It's important to foster a friendship with them so that the communication is there,
00:04so that you know that that person has your back no matter what.
00:07Helped us to keep our relationship strong. That's my best friend.
00:15So you and Cameron have been together. You just celebrated your sixth anniversary.
00:20How are you guys doing now?
00:22Oh, we're doing amazing. Like, it's so crazy to believe that we're entering into our
00:27seventh year of marriage. What? Where does time go? Like, how old am I? What day is it?
00:33Like, it's so crazy, but life has been a blessing. I am so grateful to have Cam by my side. He is
00:40literally the best partner that a woman can ask for. So I'm just, I'm grateful to have the honor
00:46of being his wife. So sweet. Do you have any secrets for keeping things as strong as they've
00:50been all these years? Oh, secrets. I would say remain best friends with your spouse. You know,
00:56I feel like a lot of just relationships or marriages sometimes just like, okay,
01:00husband, house, this, this. And it starts to become like a business relationship almost,
01:05which you need that too to manage a household and if you have children. But I also think that
01:09it's important to foster a friendship with them so that the communication is there so that you
01:14know that that person has your back no matter what. So that you know that you can go to them
01:19in your most vulnerable moment and not be afraid of how they'll treat you or judge you or your
01:24reactions. So that has really helped us to keep our relationship strong. That's my best friend.
01:29You recently opened up about some of your fertility struggles. I was wondering if there's
01:33any update there, anything you'd be willing to share or how you're just doing mentally today?
01:38You know what? I'm doing all right today. It's funny that you asked that because I'm in the
01:43middle of an IVF cycle right now. I had a very big appointment today. So, you know, keep us in
01:49your prayers and send us all the good energy and hopefully I'll have some good news for y'all
01:56down the line once everything is good. So just throw up a prayer for me. But you know mentally
02:01IVF is hard. It's a very difficult journey. You have your mental ups and downs. Same with your
02:07body. You're on hormones. You gain weight. You do this. You do that. So it's, it's been a journey.
02:14But thank God I have an amazing support system. Cam, friends since we opened up, all of our
02:20supporters, our online cousins as we like to call them have been reaching out with love and support.
02:26So we're feeling good. We're feeling hopeful. What made you feel ready to start talking about
02:32it publicly? Well, because it's one of our most asked questions. Literally every day someone's
02:38asking me, when are you going to have a baby? When are you going to have a baby? So we just
02:41thought that it was time to share where we were in that journey, but also to share so that people
02:46can feel seen. I mean, IVF is not so taboo. There are so many women and men that go through this
02:54process to conceive and we wanted people to feel seen. And then with us having our love seat
02:59podcast, we felt like it was the perfect vehicle to share that, open up and be vulnerable with our
03:05audience. So fertility can obviously be a tough topic to navigate within a marriage, but so can
03:11finances. And you are partnering with Kelly Blue Book to talk about for a podcast mini series.
03:17Yeah. Love if you could tell us about how this podcast is going to help listeners start the
03:22year off on a good note in terms of their finances and their mental health. Absolutely. The name of
03:26the podcast is called Life and Drive, and it's really a celebration of Kelly Blue Book's Best Buy
03:31Awards for this year, 2025, where, you know, they highlight the best of the best in different
03:36categories with vehicles and experts share who they think are the creme de la creme. So we're
03:42kind of taking that same sentiment and we're bringing it to the podcast. How do you and
03:46Cameron handle your finances? We talked about finances right away. Like that was one of the
03:51first things when we met in person, it was like, so, you know, are you in debt? What do you have
03:57going on? You have a job, you make this much. And we were just very honest. And I think that
04:03it's important to do that in a relationship. I know that a lot of people kind of shy away from
04:07it because it's like taboo. But especially if you're planning on getting married, it's important
04:11to know where you guys both stand so that there's no surprises. But even still today, me and Cam are
04:17very transparent about our finances. Like me, I like to shop. Cam likes to save. So we have to
04:23meet in the middle. We have our moments. But overall, we want to do what's best for our home
04:29and for our future, for our family. So, you know, we meet in the middle and we tend to agree.
04:36And since you're working with Kelly Blue Book, I would love to know who the better driver is,
04:40you or Cam? Oh, I'm going to say me all day. Now, if you ask Cam, he'll probably say something
04:45different. But I feel like I drive safely to get where I'm going. I feel like Cam is more of a
04:52mosey-er. I feel like he's about to pop in here any moment and be like, what? But, you know,
04:57I feel like I drive with a purpose. Cam's like, oh, but I'm still safe. Don't get me wrong. So
05:05I would say me. So we are about to enter into a new season of Love is Blind. Obviously,
05:10the show has changed pretty dramatically since the first season when you were in it.
05:14Do you feel like maybe the fact that the show became so popular is part of the reason why some
05:20of these couples haven't lasted as well? Yeah, I feel like when we were on the show, we were the
05:25very first season. It was a real experiment for us. We didn't have anybody ahead of us to be like,
05:30oh, this is how we should be on the show to get more camera time or this and that. And I feel
05:35like with any reality TV show, as it progresses, people start to see what works for other people
05:41and try to mimic that instead of just being themselves, which is where they go wrong in the
05:45first place. Because a lot of times I feel like people think that it will get them camera time
05:50and TV time and fame. But a lot of the time it's the reverse. Like you become infamous and people
05:55are not cheering you on. They're like, boo, tomato, tomato. So, you know, but it's definitely
06:01changed a lot. I feel like people's intentions are appear to be different now. I would love to see
06:08on the future episodes, people are there for the right reasons. Like if you're not
06:12vibing with someone or if you really don't feel like this is the person for you, your husband or
06:17wife, leave the show, walk away. OK, it's OK. Don't you're going to have to get divorced anyway
06:24if you don't do it. So why waste the time, energy and money? You feel me? So just be true to yourself,
06:31be true to your goals for yourself, the relationship that you really want, a healthy
06:36relationship. And if it's not going in that direction, walk away. And speaking of divorce,
06:42we have that couple, is it? I want to call him Tyler and Ashley. What are your thoughts on that
06:49situation? Like, do you think they should have maybe never gotten married? Yeah, I mean, you know,
06:54it's like, are we surprised? I'm surprised it took this long because what? And, you know, I understand
07:00that everyone has their own journey. OK, so I try not to judge. But girl, girl, any man that denies
07:10his children in any way, shape or form, when there's clearly proof of his relationship with
07:16the children just to be on a TV show for what that speaks to someone's character, I believe
07:21that's not the type of person I will see being a successful marriage, because if he's going to
07:26deny his children, girl, what's he going to do to you? So, you know, I'm just God bless them both.
07:30I wish them the best. And I think it was the right decision to get a divorce. What are your thoughts
07:35on the idea of them adding 24-7 surveillance cameras to the apartments in Love is Blind?
07:41Because we've missed so many of the big arguments that seem to be like the moment that things fall
07:46apart. And so many reality shows do incorporate the cameras that are always on. What do you think
07:51of that? Oh, as someone who actually lived it, I'm not a fan of that as someone being filmed. But as
08:00the audience, I'm sure the audience is like, yes, we want it all. We want to see you go to the
08:04bathroom. We want to see you in the shower. Like, I know, I understand that the audience wants to
08:10see everything. As someone on the other side of it, sometimes it's like, y'all, I need a break.
08:16This is a lot. Like mentally, I need to not be filmed. And it's funny that you mentioned that,
08:22because even after we stopped filming Love is Blind, I went through something called a phantom
08:28mic and camera syndrome where I would be talking to Cam and I'd be like, oh my God.
08:33But this was way after the show had stopped. Like, I would think that I was being filmed and recorded.
08:38So it could be a lot. So I think 24-7 is a bit much. It's a bit much. Yeah. And the fans have
08:46long been requesting that you and Cam step in as the hosts and, you know, take out Nick and Vanessa.
08:53You guys in instead. What are your thoughts on that? I don't think that Netflix is having that.
08:58I think that Nick and Vanessa are in it for the long haul, which is completely fine.
09:04And, you know, maybe one day me and Cam will have our own dating show. It may be a little
09:08different than Love is Blind and we'll be the host of that show. But, you know, Nick and Vanessa
09:13and their relationship with Netflix, they seem to love them. So who are we to intervene? Do you
09:18But hopefully, you know, one day soon you'll see me and Cam hosting a show of our own.