The latest season of Love Is Blind UK is off to a very dramatic start – with one pod member storming off in tears and demanding someone ‘get this mic of me’ after a heated chat with a co-star.
Netflix’s hit reality show sees hopefuls date each other through a wall – looking to fall in love based on personality alone.
And the UK adaptation of the landmark US series has just landed with its second season, with married couple Emma and Matt Willis as the show’s hosts.
But while some connections are blossoming in the pods, others have not been so lucky in love.
Gaming entrepreneur Kieran, 30, developed a relationship with two girls – Megan and Sophie.
And he quickly admitted his head was ‘in a bit of a pickle’ as he was tasked with deciding between the two.
The latest season of Love Is Blind UK is off to a very dramatic start – with one pod member storming off in tears and demanding someone ‘get this mic of me’
Gaming entrepreneur Kieran (pictured), 30, developed a relationship with two girls – Megan and Sophie
Testing the waters, Kieran left Megan a personal gift, which ruffled Sophie’s feathers and prompted a fiery confrontation
Testing the waters, he left Megan a personal gift, which ruffled Sophie’s feathers and prompted a fiery confrontation.
An irritated Sophie told Kieran: ‘Your actions have made your intentions very clear,’ to which he responded: ‘I have made a strong connection elsewhere.’
‘I bring a lot to the table,’ Sophie argued. ‘I want to be with someone who sees that.’
Annoyed and on the verge of tears, Sophie called out Kieran’s decision as ‘rude’ and ‘disrespectful.’
‘I wouldn’t do that to you because it’s a sh** feeling,’ she continued. ‘If you truly cared about how I felt, you wouldn’t have put me in that position.
‘I’m a prize. I’m a catch and, on the outside world, you would see that, so I’m not here to beg you to love me.’
Wiping away tears, Sophie told the camera: ‘I just feel like I’m done now. I didn’t find my husband and that’s okay.’
And after returning to the girls’ living area, Sophie broke down in tears again, dabbing frantically at her eyes.
Sophie stormed out of the pod and, after returning to the girls’ living area, she broke down in tears again, dabbing frantically at her eyes
Walking off screen, Sophie says: ‘Someone needs to get this mic off me’ and swears repeatedly
‘I just want to go home, I’ve had enough,’ she said, before storming off, saying: ‘F**k this, I’m going home. F**k this – piece of sh**.’
Walking off screen, Sophie says: ‘Someone needs to get this mic off me.’
Kieran did select Megan, and the pair got engaged, but the series teased at the end of episode four that Manchester-based Sophie will be back for a future cast mixer.
Despite ending a five-year relationship a year ago, law graduate Sophie said she doesn’t think she’s ever been in love and is scared of having her heartbroken.
Before the show, the senior commercial manager admitted she can be confrontational but thinks her over-protective dad and four brothers could be the reason she’s still single.
She said she’s most attracted to men who can stand up for themselves and won’t let her walk all over them.