Age of Attraction returned for a reunion but Netflix viewers will be surprised to know the special episode isn’t available on the streaming platform.
The new dating show, which premiered in March, followed couples with significant age gaps trying to navigate new romances. Divided into three parts, the first batch of episodes showed the initial connections that were formed before individual couples made promises to each other, explored a long-lasting connection and then made a promise for the future — or broke up.
It was announced that a reunion would be released on Wednesday, April 1, with hosts Nick Viall and wife Natalie Joy hosting on his “Viall Files” podcast. But the episode won’t be available to watch on Netflix — despite the entire first episode being released on the platform.
According to the first trailer, stars Andrew, Chris, John, Logan, Derrick, Libby, Vanessa, Theresa and Leah. Pfeifer, meanwhile, is missing from the reunion while Vanelle and Jorge were featured despite exiting the show early.
Before the show premiered, the finalists addressed the backlash to the show.
“Initially the response [was so strong] because there wasn’t a lot of information when it was first released. The concept of the show made people go, ‘Oh, my God, here we go. A bunch of old and creepy guys with young girls,’” Andrew exclusively told Us Weekly. “I think Netflix has done a great job with the trailers and what they put out there to clarify that that’s not what this is going to be about.”
Andrew teased how the show is “going to test it both ways,” adding, “There’s older women with younger guys. There’s younger guys with older women. Now, it’s leveling out. There’s still some people hating on it, but you’re always going to have that. But I think some people — the majority — are curious and looking forward to seeing it unfold.”
His partner on the show, Libby, had a similar outlook on the backlash.
“I would say my hope is that people maybe approach the way that they’re thinking about me with an open mind. It would be natural to think that there was a young and naive girl with an older guy,” Libby, who is 16 years younger than Andrew, explained. “That’s the stereotype that you’re used to. But I really don’t feel like Andrew and I had a lot of differences — and I found a lot of similarity between us. I understand your concerns 100 percent but I don’t find our relationship concerning.”
Age of Attraction is now streaming on Netflix.
