August 19th 2024.
Next up on Love Is Blind UK, a contestant has revealed that there was a lot more going on in those famous pods than viewers got to see. In fact, there were five other engagements that didn't make it to our screens.
The UK version of the popular US dating experiment hit Netflix earlier this month, bringing us 30 singletons who were ready to find love without ever laying eyes on their potential partners.
As we eagerly await the finale episodes dropping this week, many are wondering which couples will end up saying "I do" at the altar, and who will experience the painful reality of ending their romances in front of their friends and family.
But while we wait for answers, one of the show's cast members has spilled some juicy details about the things that didn't make it to air. Shirley Bekker, a junior doctor, joined the show in hopes of finding love but ended up with minimal screen time despite having her own romantic journey.
Addressing the flood of questions from fans about her lack of airtime, Shirley took to TikTok to reveal that out of the 30 contestants (15 women and 15 men), 11 of them actually got engaged. Only four, including herself, did not. With only 11 episodes, it's understandable that not all of their stories could be shown in full.
Shirley also shared her disappointment that the show only focused on the journeys that ended in engagements, leaving out the ones that ended in heartbreak. She revealed that there were even more wild moments that we didn't get to see, such as a girl proposing to a guy and more love triangles.
In response to her experience on the show, Shirley explained that the female contestants initially went on dates with all 15 men, but as time went on, they focused more on the connections they were developing and saw less of the others. She also shared that she had developed strong feelings for one particular person, Richie, and decided to close herself off to all other men.
Sadly, Richie didn't reciprocate Shirley's feelings and ended up getting engaged to someone else, Ria, in unaired scenes. Shirley asked to leave the experiment early as she no longer wanted to continue without the person she had developed feelings for.
Returning home as a single woman was difficult for Shirley, but she revealed that Richie reached out to her after the experiment ended. While she couldn't share the details, she hinted that the aftermath was even more hurtful than what happened in the pods.
Despite her experience, Shirley holds no bitterness towards the show and is now happily dating someone new. She expressed her gratitude for the position she is in today and the person she is with.
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