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Love Is Blind's Memorable Couples, Moments & REGRETS
Content warning: This communicative discusses suicide.
Love Is Blind is being accused of turning a unsighted oculus to its contestants.
Season two alums Danielle Ruhl and Nick Thompson were among respective stars from the dating amusement who claimed they were deprived of food, water, slumber and intelligence health assistance during filming. In an April 19 Insider report, cast members said they suffered carnal and intelligence breakdowns arsenic a effect of the alleged neglect, with 1 unnamed contestant describing their on-set acquisition arsenic "emotional warfare."
In effect to the article, Kinetic Content—the accumulation institution down the Netflix series—said successful a connection to E! News, "The wellbeing of our participants is of paramount value to Kinetic. We person rigorous protocols successful spot to attraction for each idiosyncratic before, during, and aft filming."
E! News has reached retired to Netflix for remark but hasn't heard back.
In the Insider report, contestants besides claimed they were required to movie up to 20-hours a day, during which they were often provided intoxicant but seldom saw sunlight and had small clip to sleep.
"The slumber deprivation was real," season one's Danielle Drouin told the publication. "I consciousness similar they bash it connected intent due to the fact that they're trying to interruption you. They privation you connected your edge."
Meanwhile, Ruhl recalled however she fainted during the show's pod period—when contestants would be secluded successful idiosyncratic capsule rooms as they mingled lone done speakers—because she said she hadn't eaten, slept or had capable h2o that day. After a COVID-19 trial taken astatine the behest of a unit subordinate came backmost negative, Ruhl claimed she was rushed successful beforehand of the camera for a confessional alternatively than beryllium sent for further medical attention.
"That was it," she said. "I had to spell close backmost into it."
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Ruhl besides alleged that producers ignored her pleas for intelligence wellness assistance erstwhile she suffered a panic attack while filming with then-fiancé Thompson successful Mexico.
"I kept telling them, 'I don't spot myself,'" she said. "'I've tried committing termination before. I'm having suicidal thoughts. I don't deliberation I tin proceed successful this.'"
Thompson, who tied the knot with Ruhl astatine the extremity of their season, told Insider that helium received little assistance from producers erstwhile their marriage began falling apart off-camera.
"I virtually begged for help, and I didn't get it," helium said. "Like, I privation to hole my matrimony that you've thrust america into for profit. And it was nothing."
Ruhl ended up filing for divorce in August 2022 aft 1 twelvemonth of marriage. Thompson claimed the lone connection helium got from producers astatine the clip was a telephone telephone assuring him that helium wouldn't beryllium sued, even though his declaration forbade him from seeking a divorcement until the final occurrence of his season aired.
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"It was brutal," helium said of the breakup's aftermath. "That's erstwhile I started to crumble mentally."
As for Ruhl, she's inactive reeling from her quality on Love Is Blind and has attended trauma therapy to process what happened.
"I don't deliberation that I've felt myself since earlier filming," she shared. "I'm trying to refind who I americium due to the fact that it f--ked with maine truthful much."
If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize needs help, telephone 988 to scope the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You tin besides telephone the network, antecedently known arsenic the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, astatine 800-273-8255, substance HOME to 741741 oregon sojourn SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for further resources.
