Dascha Polanco, who plays Daya Diaz on Orange Is the New Black, spoke with BuzzFeed News about her character’s painful arc and how she will move forward. WARNING: SPOILERS FROM SEASON 3 AHEAD!
When Litchfield inmate Dayanara Diaz (Dascha Polanco) started up a romance with Correctional Officer John Bennett (Matt McGorry) on Orange Is the New Black's first season, her mother and prison family all thought it was a mistake. And when she got pregnant, it only proved their point.
But as the series went on, Bennett and Daya became a fan favorite couple, sneaking off to the garden shed or sometimes the broom closet, exchanging notes in inconspicuous places, and settling into a semi-secret bliss. And then, in the second episode of Season 3, Bennett takes things to the next level, making an engagement ring out of a gum wrapper and proposing to Daya, promising her they'll "find so much happiness that [they] won't even know what to do with it."
But in the same episode, Bennett panics and leaves town, without so much as a goodbye for Daya, and he's never heard from again in Season 3. "She's really hurt with what Bennett has done because it was one of those things where she was proving everyone wrong. She was proving her mom wrong, she was proving her family wrong, and everyone around her she was proving wrong," Polanco told BuzzFeed News in a phone interview shortly after Season 3 was released. "[She felt like,] 'There are other people out there and they do love me and I'm not just his toy.' And then he runs. So, she's not only hurt, but she's embarrassed and disappointed."
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