James Carville took a brief break from his decadeslong career as a Democratic strategist to offer the public some dating advice. The reason behind this unexpected pivot was rooted in this year’s “Love is Blind” season finale.
The popular Netflix show has prospective couples date each other through a wall and get engaged without ever laying eyes on each other to foster relationships built on compatible personalities, rather than appearances. This season, politics played a big role.
While contestants Sara Carton and Ben Mezzenga appeared eager to tie the knot, Carton told Mezzenga at the altar during last week’s finale that she can’t — as the church he attends is too “traditional” and he didn’t have a strong opinion on the Black Lives Matter movement.
Carville, a lifelong Democrat who has been married to former GOP consultant Mary Matalin for more than 30 years, didn’t mince words when asked by Fox News Digital what he would tell progressives about finding love.
“Get over your preening and your moral superiority,” he told the outlet in an interview published Saturday.
Carville argued that “what these shows do” is create a false narrative that relationships are built on anything other than romance. He added that “you can’t change people’s minds,” and that two people either love each other or not, regardless of their political ideologies.
“It’s become a fact that more and more people, you know, use politics as a reason to date or not date somebody,” Carville said. “In my case, I wasn’t good-looking enough. I had to broaden the base, OK. I just couldn’t concentrate on Democratic women.”
Carton said on “Love is Blind” that Black Lives Matter and the LGBTQ community are too important to her for a potential partner to treat with indifference.
While opposed to such stringency when it comes to love, Carville admitted Saturday that he doesn’t have a comprehensive handle on romance, either. He said people have tried to explain it “since the dawn of time,” but haven’t quite been able to.
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“And you know what?” Carville continued. “No one’s quite got it yet, and that’s the great thing about it. And I don’t think anyone will ever get it.”
He asked, “If Shakespeare can’t explain romance, how in the hell can I explain romance?”