Love Is Blind star insists he’s ‘stronger’ after being blasted over ‘embarrassing’ behaviour-Pierra Willix-Entertainment – Metro

Love is Blind UK star Sam has spoken about the backlash he’s received from viewers (Picture: Netflix)

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.

The 31-year-old from London was one of 30 singles searching for love on the Netflix dating series (Picture: Netflix)

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’.

Many of his comments and actions rubbed people the wrong way (Picture: Netflix)

‘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 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 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’.

Sam however 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.

He proposed to Nicole, however she later ended their relationship (Picture: Netflix)

‘That was really hurtful…and a lie,’ Nicole 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.

Sam previously said the editing ‘hasn’t really worked in my favour’ (Picture: Netflix)

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’.

‘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.

Love is Blind is streaming on Netflix.

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