Inside Love Is Blind’s Brutal Conditions on Set

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  @savagehalfpint · 1 year ago

  I didn’t like how the show allowed some of their cast members to be demonized for sticking around and choosing not to marry their partners at the alter, while not being 100% transparent that there was a $50k penalty for leaving.  The extreme financial penalty forced people to stay and put themselves into situations that were humiliating and/or damaging to their reputations.

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• EM

  @emilybarker3240 · 1 year ago

  While I get “they signed up” to be on a reality show. That still doesn’t mean they are allowed to be tortured, which is what sleep deprivation, starvation and dehydration is.

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• WY

  @wynngwynn · 9 months ago

  taking ID's and Passports is literally kidnapping wtf

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• RI

  @ritamartins927 · 3 years ago

  I love that we’re seeing a wave of workers demanding their rights across industries worldwide

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• GR

  @GrantSR · 3 years ago

  Remember, reality TV shows was the networks' response to the previous writers' strike. This just shows just how evil they have ALWAYS been.

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• H.

  @h.g.warrender5529 · 3 years ago

  I noticed that they're always just pumping alcohol into the singles on Love is Blind. I remember one episode from Nick's "after the altar" season where they were showing the couples' itinerary for the day, and they had mimosas for breakfast, then a wine tasting, what looked like a few meals with alcohol, and a dinner party where everyone was taking multiple shots. Netflix is effectively drugging the cast members into compliance and drama to get the reactions they want for the story of their season.

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• HA

  @Hazyrachel · 3 years ago

  I think the unfair treatment of reality tv stars is so transparent just from watching reality tv. Cast members are coerced into behaving in ways they wouldn’t normally, on television through sleep deprivation, alcohol, and producer manipulation. I’m proud they are finally standing up for themselves. Cast members should be protected emotionally through this process, and compensated fairly.

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• AN

  @anessa1303 · 2 years ago

  That alcohol part disturbed me so much. I didn’t understand why they were drinking so much! What if you’re an AA?!

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• FO

  @FoineHair · 3 years ago

  Remember TIFFANY fell asleep on BRET ?? Now we know why.  Inhuman working conditions. I can remember a scene where i was like OMG TIFFANY LOOK SOOOOOOOO SLEEP DEPRIVED!!!

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• HD

  @hdfedcbauub · 2 years ago

  12ish years ago I met a woman who directed reality TV shows and she gave me an example of how they would get people on TV to fight each other. She had a can of coke in her hand and was like “it would be like if I told you to hold onto this coke and don’t let anyone take it away from you or else we’ll kick you off the show, then went and told your boyfriend that he needs to get that can of coke from you or else we’ll kick him off the show.” She explained it like it was an interesting technique and not a sociopathic way of making money. She was probably the richest person I’ve ever had a conversation with.

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• DU

  @Durtal_ · 2 years ago

  "You signed up for this" is a terrible thing to say to someone who went through something difficult. It makes them shut down, and stop expressing their feelings.

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• RA

  @razenburn · 3 years ago

  Reality TV &quot;actors&quot; unionising is such a crazy thought but I&apos;m glad they&apos;re doing it.<br>The fact that the entire genre was born to compensate for a union strike, well, I don&apos;t know if that counts as irony but it&apos;s definitely not lost on me.

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