Love is Blind fans are not happy!
It was going to be a special, never-been-done-before event, and fans were excited at the prospect of the Love Is Blind reunion being Live for the first time in the show's history.
But viewers were left frustrated and disappointed after technical difficulties caused a delay in the livestream of the reunion show.
Waiting for this reunion to start like #LoveIsBlind #LoveIsBlindLIVE pic.twitter.com/pOAkVJWtlx
— Ria Gajjar (@riagajjar) April 17, 2023
The conclusion to the hit dating reality show was set to stream on Netflix from Los Angeles at 5pm PT (1 am our time in Ireland)
When people went to watch the show, the could join a waiting room for 10 minutes before the start time – but found they were still waiting an hour later.
This was going to be the second time Netflix delved into the world of live television. After the success of Chris Rock's live stand-up special, they decided to host the Love Is Blind reunion live.
This live reunion was hugely anticipated by fans of the show as previous reunions had been pre-recorded. A the prospect of a live reunion had everyone buzzing to unpredictable and messy moments.
So understandably people were a bit outraged!
me waiting for Netflix to get their shit together so we can watch the love is blind live reunion pic.twitter.com/AvjGQ3jQaG
— bonniesmom.eth (@lialankford) April 16, 2023
Me when I hit play and see the love is blind live reunion isn’t working
pic.twitter.com/i6sjAjc4rN— kristalyn (@daydreamingvol6) April 17, 2023
Netflix has since issued an apology for the delay.
To everyone who stayed up late, woke up early, gave up their Sunday afternoon… we are incredibly sorry that the Love is Blind Live Reunion did not turn out as we had planned. We're filming it now and we'll have it on Netflix as soon as humanly possible. Again, thank you and…
— Netflix (@netflix) April 17, 2023
Marshall, who was engaged to Jackie and were the one couple to not make it to the alter, joked about the delay on Twitter.
I’m trying yall pic.twitter.com/e5PCY6MaHo
— Marshall Glaze (@marshalltglaze) April 17, 2023
Co-host Nick Lachey went Live on Instagram briefly from the set to try to entice viewers to stay on, which just added to the mess of it to be honest.
While it's frustrating and we're thinking about what could have been, these things happen and we're sure there was A LOT of stress on that set last night.
God bless the production team though. This is quite literally a professional worst nightmare come true. Feel for them
— Bolu Babalola & (@BeeBabs) April 17, 2023
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