Netflix, already skating on thin ice with some subscribers for its increased pricing and other issues, found themselves trending on Sunday (April 16) for less than favorable reasons. The popular unscripted series Love Is Blind was expected to air a live reunion episode on Netflix, but technical difficulties held up the show with folks on Twitter frying the streamer for wasting their time.
For those who live away from modern technology or just simply don’t care, Love Is Blind is the brainchild of Nick and Vanessa Lachey and puts together a collective of individuals who go on dates inside pods that obscure what they look like in order to foster a connection of the mind between two people. The social experiment is wildly popular and one of the top series on Netflix due to not only the premise of the show but the participants themselves.
The episodic drama of Love Is Blind built to a fever pitch this past Friday (April 14) with the airing of the wedding episode. We won’t offer spoilers here but a lot of the drama played out much as many expected with the usual twists and turns that the program is known for.
On Sunday, Netflix was supposed to air at 8 PM ET but the hiccups were evident from the start. This prompted the streamer to issue a statement and share that the episode will air today (April 17) at 3 PM ET.
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
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 sorry.
The statement sparked a ferocious and often hilarious wave of snark and slander that we’ve captured below. Keep scrolling for those tweets.
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Black Twitter and White Twitter coming together to collectively drag Netflix for this mess #LOVEISBLINDreunion #LoveisblindLive pic.twitter.com/xiNxguY8eu
— Robin (@_MissRobin) April 17, 2023
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Netflix charging Netflix running
extra for services one live event #LoveIsBlind #LoveIsBlindLIVE pic.twitter.com/fqH5m41emT— Shelby (@Shelby_Delaine) April 17, 2023
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Someone call Lucia the seamstress to fix this. I believe in her
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 17, 2023
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the love is blind cast sitting in silence next to each other for the past 30 minutes as netflix is trying to get their shit together #LoveIsBlindLIVE pic.twitter.com/qCEEnwH6zH
— liv (@elvnhopp) April 17, 2023
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Netflix execs when their first LIVE event isn’t loading on time #LoveIsBlindLIVE #LoveIsBlind pic.twitter.com/Mr25KAAVmv
— T (@trinawatters) April 16, 2023
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You’re telling me I waited ALL DAY to watch the Love is Blind live reunion and it won’t load because Netflix was not a platform built for live tv???? pic.twitter.com/nvsaKhpDHr
— Breanna Jacobs (@Jacobs_Breanna) April 17, 2023
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Netflix servers right now #LoveIsBlind pic.twitter.com/8vk9jVa8hS
— Daniel Xu (@TheXuKeeper) April 17, 2023
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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
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Netflix said 15 minutes, well it’s 8:18 and I’m still waiting impatiently – like what is the truth at this point? #LoveIsBlindLIVE pic.twitter.com/qbCAXnYBra
—
alien superstar
(@RobynDMarley_) April 17, 2023
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When we thought we were going to be dragging Jackie but we ended up dragging Netflix #LoveIsBlindLIVE pic.twitter.com/X31nug1Lrl
— rosechocglam (@rosechocglam) April 17, 2023
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I don’t want to even watch it anymore. Y’all made it available for some people and they ruined it for everybody else when y’all should’ve just premiered it as an actual episode.
— error message: unavailable (@2MuchDotNETTE) April 17, 2023
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Netflix app really glitching out after promoting #LoveIsBlindLIVE for weeks?? pic.twitter.com/4xHaYYmN2N
— Jay (@jhadit9) April 17, 2023
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Netflix is wasting our time, like Jackie, wasted Marshall’s. #LOVEISBLINDreunion pic.twitter.com/K3emVp8UIB
— M A R I A M (@MariamOAdams) April 17, 2023
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