love is blind premiered just in time for
valentine's day 2020 and successfully
introduced viewers to an entirely new
reality dating show format
however not every scene made it to
netflix this is what the cameras didn't
show you on love as blind
if you're a fan of netflix's love is
blind chances are you're probably
familiar with a little show called the
bachelor
for years fame jewelry designer neil
lane has been a bachelor staple
appearing at the end of each season with
a briefcase full of dazzling diamond
engagement rings for the contestants to
propose with
while getting engaged is a major point
of focus on love is blind the actual
engagement ring doesn't play as big a
part on the show
however much like the bachelor love is
blind did allow contestants to choose
their own engagement rings
series creator chris colen told
entertainment tonight once they decided
to get engaged they were given a couple
of choices should they want to take us
up on that
it's obviously such a gigantic moment in
people's lives that we wanted it to be
as
authentic to them as it possibly could
be lauren speed and cameron hamilton
were the fan favorite couple on love as
blind the two connected immediately
within the dating pods before going on
to become the first couple viewers saw
get engaged
while the majority of couples split at
the altar hamilton and speed tied the
knot and are still going strong
of course there are simply not enough
hours in the day to show viewers every
single aspect of love is blind
relationships which means that some
crucial moments got left on the cutting
room floor
in season one this included footage of
speed forming a close-knit bond with
hamilton's mom
hamilton told page six mom and lauren
really bonded very quickly
lauren showed her her wedding dress on
her phone meanwhile speed told the
publication
it was unfortunate that that was cut out
because so many people were like well
what happened did you meet his parents
did they not want to meet you it's just
been great i mean we've been truly happy
blending families
amber pike was one of the more
controversial contestants on love is
blind season one
pike found herself the subject of much
criticism when she opened up to her
fiance matt barnett
about her maxed out credit card and
unpaid student loan debt after they had
already gotten engaged
even more worrying was pike's apparent
disinterest in getting a job
opting instead to binge watch netflix
while barnett worked however according
to pike
love is blind failed to show the real
reason behind her unemployment she told
the los angeles times
i was in the middle of a lawsuit over a
workplace injury i couldn't contribute
so i was stuck at home and i couldn't
work but i work i'm more than happy
making my own money to pay my part of
the bills
throughout the netflix shows for a
season contestants could be seen
snacking in their pods
while on vacation in mexico and downing
cocktails at any opportunity
contestant cameron hamilton told
refinery29 lauren and i had bonded over
our love of hennessy at one point
we went into the pod one day and then
there was hennessy in there for both of
us the producers listened
fellow contestant kelly chase told
refinery29 that some cast mates could be
pretty picky when it came to their
snacks
chase revealed i just needed some meat
and greens but everyone else was being
very very particular
they were like i need the chocolate chip
pop-tarts with chocolate frosting
netflix's love is blind is a show about
falling in love with a person while
being blissfully unaware of what they
look like while it may seem like an
outlandish idea contestants matt barnett
and amber pike prove that it was
possible to fall in love sight unseen
when the two went from being virtual
strangers in the dating pods to
exchanging marriage vows in just over a
month's time
however physical appearance was most
definitely on some contestants minds
as barnett told the los angeles times i
like describing myself wrong it's fun
for me i would say
look like jon snow but balding unlike
her now husband pike didn't talk about
her appearance as she told the los
angeles times
that was kind of against the point of it
but if somebody did ask i think my
general go-to description was sandra
bullock and miss congeniality
love is blind is hosted by power couple
nick and vanessa lachey
while the hosts were heavily featured in
the first episode of the netflix series
they were noticeably absent from the
episodes that followed except for some
short appearances here and there
the lache's minimal involvement may
strike you as odd however
according to the star couple they were
much more active during filming than the
cameras let on
nick lachey told entertainment weekly we
would interview them when they came out
of the pods we would say
who was that with where's your head at i
just think in terms of editing
it just didn't make sense for the flow
of the show meanwhile vanessa revealed
that they were heavily invested in the
show
and told entertainment weekly we're
nervous we were like what if nobody
proposes and then even the producers
were like we don't know
we just hope we can at least have one
couple so we can follow them and their
journey
the dating pods on love is blind are
where the contestants spend the majority
of their time before deciding whether or
not they want to get engaged to a person
they've never actually seen
fortunately for the contestants the pods
were pretty cozy with each tiny room
housing a couch blankets
pillows and a whole host of stylish
decorations oh gosh
i didn't know you're in here according
to cameron hamilton
some contestants found the pods
comfortable enough to nap in he told
refinery29
some people actually did take naps in
the pods because they knew they weren't
going to get together
and the reason why contestants needed to
catch up on sleep is because their
actual sleeping arrangements were less
than ideal
contestant kenny barnes revealed to
refinery29 we slept in trailers and they
were correctional facility beds
the design was to just strip us down
from our comfort level we were getting
four hours of sleep on cots per night
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