"Talk about reality royalty": Perfect Match's AD chats with Nick Lachey about castmates from different franchises

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Perfect Match host Nick Lachey | Image Source: Instagram/ @nicklachey

Perfect Match Season 3 star AD invited show host Nick Lachey on her What's the Reality? podcast on the August 6, 2025 episode. The two talked about exciting events, twists and turns, and cast members from the Netflix show.

They also opened up about getting cast members from various franchises to join for the third season of Perfect Match. Further, Nick shared how certain twists featured on the show happened, and as a result, certain things unfolded.

Talking about how she didn't expect cast members from many shows and different franchises, AD stated:

"And then like people from Love Island, and Juliette from Siesta Key, what a show! Talk about reality royalty. She's been doing that forever. And then, Bachelor Nation is just such a crazy combination, which I obviously never saw coming. And I never saw a lot of things coming."

Perfect Match Season 3 host, Nick Lachey, and cast member, AD, discuss cast members, twists and turns, and more

During Nick Lachey's appearance on AD's August 6, 2025, podcast episode, she asked him about cast members. She mentioned how he felt bringing stars from outside the Netflix universe.

Nick said that he liked that twist. He added that it started with a celebration, and then as it got bigger:

"I thought it added something bringing our two Bachelor Bachelorette stars into the mix, and I can see that, you know, being a format change that continues to work, you know, Perfect Match going forward."

AD mentioned that it was "so cool" and that none of them saw it coming. She mentioned Juliette from Siesta Key, Bachelor Nation cast members, and more.

She recalled the twists and turns featured on Perfect Match Season 3. Nick responded that he loved the cast members' reactions. AD recalled that whenever Nick arrived in the house, it was "rarely" good news.

He told her not to look at it as "bad news" but as "interesting" or "different" news. Further, He shared an interesting perspective regarding the twists and turns.

"You know what, those moments, it's interesting when you look back, though. Do you think that things would have turned out for you maybe the way they did if that moment hadn't happened?" asked Nick.

AD recalled one of the major twists from Perfect Match Season 3 Episode 6. It was when Lucy and Daniel chose Madison and Ollie to go on dates. That also meant that their partners, Freddie and AD, had to go home.

She admitted that that twist came as a "very devastating shocker." In response to Nick's perspective about the twists and turns, AD shared:

"But to your point, I don't think my life...I would be sitting here and doing the things and feeling the way and being engaged and pregnant, had that not happened because, one, it tested our relationship for sure, like, and that's what the show is about, testing the relationship."

The Perfect Match star admitted that despite the twists and turns being devastating, they made sense. She now understood "why" they needed to happen.


Netflix will release Perfect Match Season 3 Finale on August 15, 2025.

Edited by Gira Rathod