Madison Maidenberg, the breakout star of Love Is Blind season 9, has publicly revealed her new boyfriend — and she’s already calling him “the man of my dreams.” After a high-profile engagement breakup with Joe Ferrucci, the 28-year-old is celebrating a fresh start in 2026, with glowing praise for her new partner’s character and a bold prediction that she’ll marry him.
Madison Maidenberg, 28, is embracing 2026 with a new romance — and she’s not holding back. Posting on Instagram on January 3, she declared, “2026, a new year and a new love. Hard launch🥂,” sharing photos from a New Year’s Eve celebration in Breckenridge, Colorado. The post, tagged with “Boyfriend Reveal,” marked her first public acknowledgment of her new partner — though she hasn’t disclosed his identity.
“I think that I started dating my husband,” Madison gushed in a TikTok video posted later that day. “I’m so excited to announce that I have a boyfriend. … He has such a heart of gold, he so fiercely pursues me, he’s so sure of me [and] he’s such a kind, good person.”
She added, “He has the most beautiful heart that I have ever seen. I’m going to be shocked if I don’t end up marrying this man, mark my words.”
Madison’s new chapter follows a dramatic and widely discussed breakup with Joe Ferrucci, whom she married sight unseen on Love Is Blind season 9. The engagement ended before their wedding day, a decision Joe described as a “breaking point” — a moment that occurred while he was shopping for his tuxedo, with Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” playing in the background.
“It seemed Madison was all in and what you would want in a person. I, on the other hand, had some concerns, nervous, scared, anxious. I never saw that coming from Madison,” Joe told Us Weekly in October 2025. “I think it scared me seeing that as well, and I know she wanted to keep on with the experiment, go through, get as much as you can out of it, in the way of, ‘Is this my person?’ More time for discovering that. I think there was a certain breaking point for me where I couldn’t go on any longer.”
Joe’s emotional exit from the relationship was further compounded by his own mental health struggles, which he described as a “crash” — a moment he felt “faulty” for not handling better. “It felt a little faulty on my part, and I could have handled it better. That’s the story of my experiment on TV. It just felt disingenuous on my part to even be there, if I didn’t think we had enough time to get there or if I knew this wasn’t my person,” he told Us Weekly.
Within weeks of the split, Joe briefly dated costar Kacie McIntosh before settling into a new relationship with Averee Madison — a name that has since become a point of fan speculation and commentary. Madison’s own experience, however, took a different turn. She later revealed that the breakup left her grappling with an eating disorder, a direct result of Joe’s body comments — a revelation that underscored the emotional toll of the experiment.
Now, with her new relationship, Madison is projecting a sense of emotional safety and authenticity. “This is my person,” she said. “I am seriously in awe of the man that he is. He brings out this part of me that feels most like myself. There’s nothing about him that I would want to change, and he makes me feel so accepted for who I am in its entirety. … He’s just incredible.”
Madison’s journey from a high-stakes, emotionally charged engagement to a deeply personal and public declaration of love is emblematic of the broader narrative arc of Love Is Blind — one that explores the fragility of human connection, the power of self-discovery, and the enduring hope that love can be found even after heartbreak.
For fans, Madison’s story is more than just a personal update — it’s a testament to resilience. Her transition from a televised experiment to a grounded, emotionally honest relationship reflects a deeper truth: that love, in its most authentic form, is not about perfection, but about mutual acceptance and growth. As she continues to share her journey, Madison is not just rebuilding her life — she’s redefining what it means to find love after a public failure.
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