Netflix star sparks backlash for ‘panicking’ over potential fiancée’s ethnicity-Alistair McGeorge-Entertainment – Metro

Garrett Joesmans’ comments haven’t gone down well (Picture: Netflix)

Love Is Blind viewers have blasted a contestant over his comments after his potential partner wanted to keep her ethnicity a secret.

Quantum physicist Garrett Josemans, 33, has sparked a fierce backlash after accusing Taylor Krause, 30, of being ‘calculated’ for not revealing more about how she looks.

In episode two of the Netflix show’s latest season, publicity consultant Taylor didn’t want to her mother’s name because it would ‘give away a part of how I look’.

Considering the name of the show, it seems reasonable not to reveal too much about how you look – but Garrett wasn’t pleased.

‘Your ethnicity? The thought hadn’t crossed my mind at all in any direction,’ he responded. ‘Interesting.’

He also revealed he has only dated ‘white girls’, while insisting her comments were ‘a shock’.

He accused his potential fiancee of being ‘calculating’ (Picture: Netflix)

Taylor Krause didn’t want to give away how she looked (Picture: Netflix)

He added: ‘I have to admit, I’ve dated white girls [and] that’s all I’ve ever dated.
‘It is a new feeling for me, even without knowing like what ethnicity you are. I don’t know what that looks like for me… It’s just a shock.’

He criticised her coyness, and even admitted he was wondering what else she might be ‘hiding’.

‘You are very calculated about what you say,’ he accused. ‘And while I love that about you, also, I’m like, “What’s she hiding?”‘

He questioned whether she could be presenting ‘a carefully curated image of herself’, while Taylor fired back.

‘The reason I wasn’t going to share my ethnicity was because it was an opportunity to have someone not know how I look at all,’ she explained.

‘I’m just really interested to know if my emotional intellectual thought processes is enough, and that everything else is extra.’

Fans were outraged by the way Garrett approached the issue, and pointed out the programme they were talking on.

‘Garrett started panicking when he found out Taylor isn’t white #LoveIsBlind #Loveisblind7,’ wrote @Realitea_TvJunk.

Fellow X user @Adoomies said: ‘Garrett basically told Taylor she’s sneaky and deceiving him because she didn’t share that she is not white – DO YOU KNOW WHAT SHOW YOU’RE ON??????’

Viewers have rallied behind Taylor (Picture: Netflix)

Another viewer, @naledmashihi, tweeted: ‘Not Garrett malfunctioning because he found out the woman he’s interested in isn’t white 😭 calling her “calculated” because she didn’t immediately say she’s Asian on a show called LOVE IS BLIND???’

A fourth fan @PosUncensored pointed out that as well as going against the shows ‘entire premise’, Taylor ‘should NEVER have had to justify to Garrett why she did not want to reveal her ethnicity for MULTIPLE reasons’.

And @GabWithGwen argued: ‘I hate that Garrett called Taylor calculating.
‘She was hesitant to reveal her mom’s name because it would be a clue into her ethnicity and how she looks and the show is called #LOVEISBLIND ‼️ she’s trying to preserve the integrity of the premise #loveisblind7’

Love Is Blind is available to stream on Netflix.

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