Love is Blind UK star Sam Klein has rushed to defend himself after finding himself under fire for his behaviour on the show. The 31-year-old product design manager was one of the 30 singles looking for love on the Netflix dating series. However, when tuning into the show, many viewers took issue with several things Sam said and did, including expressing concerns about being able to ‘pick up Nicole’, how he responded to rejection and how he later commented on Nicole’s ‘boring brown eyes’.
After proposing in person, he then told her: ‘I think I love you.’ Many also suggested they believed Sam had only signed up for his ’15 minutes of fame’. However, when appearing on the reunion episode , which was released tonight, Sam spoke about the backlash he’d received.
As host Matt Willis explained when introducing him to the stage: ‘It’s fair to say you’ve provoked a very strong reaction from the public.’ After being asked how the last few weeks had been, he responded: ‘Look, it’s not been easy. I have to be real.
I went to do a show to try and find the future wife of my life and the last few weeks of my life have not been great and there’s been quite a lot of backlashes and it’s been hard to handle. ‘But I would say it’s made me a lot stronger and that I’ve learnt a lot about myself and that I can handle anything now. ‘I thought I was ready for love but maybe I wasn’t at the time.
’ Host Emma Willis then asked one of Sam’s previous love interests, Jasmine, about how she’d questioned Sam’s intentions during their time in the pods, which she said was based on ‘women’s intuition’. ‘It just did not feel right for me,’ she said. After being asked about his comment about not being able to pick up Nicole, he said: ‘I get nervous.
I am just a human and I get nervous and say things. I genuinely didn’t mean any harm by it. I know I am not a bad person.
It was honestly just nervousness.’ Nicole then went on to thank her husband Benaiah for ‘having her back’ after he warned her about his concerns about Sam before the pod proposals. The hosts then asked for clarification on who called their proposal off, with Nicole saying she had made the decision, adding Sam ‘did not take that very well’.
He then came under fire for telling Beniah at the mixer that Nicole had wanted to ‘sleep with him’ before they broke up, with Demi then speaking up and begging him to take accountability and apologise to Nicole. ‘That was really hurtful..
.and a lie,’ Nicole then said. Those watching on at home were also less than impressed.
‘A whole year has gone by, and Sam didn’t prepare or know that he should have apologised to Nicole with immediate effect. EMBARRASSING,’ Clementine posted on X. ‘They need to stop giving Sam airtime, it’s enough,’ user _ Chxrie_ shared.
‘DEMI just gave me life calling out Sam like that. Thank God. She a real one,’ Zee added.
However, before saying farewell to Sam, Emma said it was easy for viewers to have strong opinions on what they saw on screen and forget these are ‘real people’s lives’ and how there was an ‘immense amount of pressure’. More Trending Netflix viewers 'triggered' after watching 'the saddest show ever' New Netflix film with 100% RT score gets 'trigger warning' from 'devastated' viewers Netflix star Rob 'The Rabbit' Pitts dies aged 45 after stomach cancer diagnosis 'Masterpiece' British comedy TV series drops on Netflix and fans are ecstatic ‘I hope you can heal,’ she told him. Ahead of the reunion, Sam also said the ‘editing’ of the show didn’t paint him in a positive light.
‘The show was intense and high-pressure, and the editing hasn’t really worked in my favour,’ he shared on Instagram. What I Rent: I swapped London for my £1,800 a month Wiltshire home and found inner peace This London borough is the best in the capital for first-time buyers The newly-crowned 'best' commuter spot is a city I'll never go back to You can buy a house with a toilet next to the bed — but it'll cost you £360,000 You can buy a 30-acre island for less than a London three-bed Love is Blind is streaming on Netflix. Got a story? If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.
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