The Ultimatum season three brought a lot of drama, especially between one messy love triangle. Nick and Sandy struggled when J.R. partnered up with Sandy and tensions seemed higher than ever. Nick and Sandy left The Ultimatum season three by going their separate ways, but they shared their biggest regrets while on the show. They opened up and shared their chaotic sides of the story on The Viall Files podcast yesterday.
Nick
Nick had a tough time on the show, especially living right underneath Sandy and J.R.‘s apartment. He has already opened up about his struggles with alcohol on the show, and admitted to “drinking” a lot. His biggest regret was not looking out for himself.
“I wasn’t sleeping. I was having a very difficult time being in my apartment, and it just kind of tallyed up and tallyed up. I was far more emotionally volatile or reactive than I would ever want to show up for somebody that I care for, no matter how crazy the experience was. I don’t feel that I showed up with my true authentic self and that’s hard to digest in any scenario, especially when you have to watch yourself back.”
Nick admitted that he’d had his “ebbs and flows” with watching the show back and how he battled with his struggles.
“I recognise through the experience that I needed to take a harder look at it. It had been something that came up in our relationship prior and I would sometimes look like I had it together, then sometimes I would get back into it. I don’t think I was getting the mental health support and I wasn’t putting the right structure in place to not use things to escape,” Nick explained.
Sandy
Sandy mostly regretted her “attitude” on the show, which host Nick Viall described as a “lack of empathy.”
“There’s a lot. I’m not the type of person who has regrets and there have been a lot of learning lessons through this, truly. But, I can’t lie when I say there are a lot of things I would do differently. I think if I could pinpoint one it would just be my overall attitude and kind of my frustrations that I was holding on to towards Nick throughout the process; Not really considering what he was going through, because it’s very clear to everyone else, of course. In the moment, it’s so hard to see other people’s experiences because it’s so intense for yourself.
“There were a lot of things that happened that we don’t see in regards to me and Nick and what we’re talking about that just made it worse and worse and worse, and I think it just got out of hand. I mean, I care about this man so much and our love has never been the issue. it’s never been a problem for us. and it’s really hard to watch because it looks like I don’t give a s**t.
