As Love Is Blind season 4‘s live reunion was delayed over an hour on Sunday, April 16, criminal defense attorney Zack Goytowski posted a bunch of Instagram stories as the “receipts” of the show. During the bickering and drama on the reunion, Zack mentioned for fans to check out the real receipts on his IG, which entailed a series of stories about his heart-wrenching relationship with his now-deceased mother when he was growing up and as a young adult.
So what exactly was Zack’s intention in telling fans he had the receipts? Perhaps he wanted to turn the ugliness from the show, and personal attacks from many fans towards the perceived villains of Love Is Blind season 4, to highlight showing forgiveness and grace towards others’ mistakes. Receipts generally refer to airing someone’s transgressions, and Zack flipped that on its head by talking about how he forgave his mother’s frailties to help her recover from mental illness and addiction.
“I have receipts, but the only receipts I think the world should see are the ones I posted on my Instagram today,” Zack said, as fans oohed in the audience, anticipating some juicy drama about the show there. “With that said, I really believe Irina that you will become an amazing person one day. I believe that and I forgive you for what happened — and I hope the world does too.”
Zack’s Receipts On Instagram Show Love Is Blind Viewers To Stop Judging & Attacking Cast Who Made Mistakes
The start of Zack’s receipts story about his mom and her redemption story (Instagram).
Zack in a series of IG stories talked about hardships of growing up with his mentally ill mother. Because they were poor, they were constantly moving and Zack had to keep saying goodbye to friends. He also couldn’t invite friends home due to the poverty stricken conditions they lived in.
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Zack’s receipts on his difficulties growing up with his mentally ill mom (Instagram).
Love Is Blind star Zack learned about the teachings of Christ and and the power of forgiveness. After he decided to not harbor resentment for the hardships his mother put him through, Zack continued to love his mom and help her save herself from her addiction and despair.
Zack found out his mom was homeless and needed his help (Instagram).
Zack’s receipts about his mom (Instagram).
His mother miraculously recovered from her afflictions and was able to help those in need for a few years before her tragic death.
The so-called receipts show that forgiveness and building up those who fall from grace is far more powerful than kicking someone when they’re down (Instagram).
Tragically, Zack’s mom was killed by a drunk driver in 2014.
Fans React To Zack’s Receipts About His Mom
@alexabwilliams We miss and love her everyday ?? #loveisblindnetflix #loveisblindseason4 #loveisblindseattle #loveisblindzack #bigbrother #loveisblind #drunkdrivingawareness @zackgoytowski
“The receipts = forgive and give grace. Zack forgives Irina, and he knows she’s being put through the ringer. [He] hopes she finds a little bit of hope in hopelessness and now I’m crying. Zack is a beautiful human being and Bliss saw his worth. Bliss is just a magic fairy goddess of a woman and I’m so glad they found each other,” said one viewer on Instagram.
“Thank you for sharing your story. God is good!!” said another.
“Appreciate you stepping into lawyer mode on Paul’s behalf. You noticed they kept drilling him on the mother question and you spoke up and pushed the narrative away so that he didn’t give them a one liner they could use against him,” said a third.
Zack’s receipts have over a quarter of a million likes on Instagram and countless positive messages sent into the world, proving love and forgiveness can go even more viral than hate.
