Love Is Blind season 11 has produced another secret engagement revelation, with cast member Diana revealing she got engaged in the pods — only for her fiancé to quit the experiment before viewers ever saw it.
Diana shared the story on the Fan or Fanatic podcast, explaining that she got engaged to a cast member called Michael in the pods, but the scenes were never shown. According to his Netflix profile, Michael gives “so much” and was looking for “somebody who can receive all of that and fully appreciate it.” Diana said the pair did the reveal and filmed together, but then Michael decided to leave the experiment.
“He just said, ‘I’m leaving the experiment'”
“We didn’t discuss the fact that he wanted to go home. He just said, ‘I’m leaving the experiment, I’m going home,'” Diana said, admitting she felt “resentful” about how it played out. “And then the show aired. And then when it aired, it brings it all back. My storyline and I’m like, my story looks like this because you left. Because I’m like, this was not my story. I did the reveal. We did all this shit and none of it is shown.”
Diana said she and Michael remain good friends, but the experience left her frustrated that viewers never saw her real journey on the show. The revelation adds to a growing list of unseen Love Is Blind stories this season, after Scott revealed he got engaged in the pods and Netflix cut it — a story ReportRig covered earlier this week.
A season of breakups
Season 11, set in Boston, saw six couples get engaged but only two make it to the altar, and only one couple actually married. The reunion, which aired on Sunday 8 November, revealed that the one couple who did get married, Sarah Williams and John Shannon, had already split — Sarah filed for divorce on 4 June, citing an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.
The Tab reported Diana’s revelation on 10 November, and it has fuelled fresh debate among fans about how much of the Love Is Blind experiment never makes it to screen — and how many engagements viewers never get to see.
Related reading: Love Is Blind Sarah Filed Divorce June 4 and Love Is Blind Scott Secret Engagement Cut Netflix.
