- "Love is Blind" castmates Deepti and Kyle both got engaged to other people on the
Netflix show. - Those relationships didn't work, and at the show's reunion, Kyle said he regretted not marrying Deepti.
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"The speculation is hilarious," Vempati told Vulture in a recent interview. "We're playing with them a little bit, but it's funny. Kyle and I have such a beautiful friendship. We're just figuring it out."
Netflix's experimental reality show concluded its second season with a dramatic cast reunion special last Friday. One of the most surprising moments came when Abrams professed his affections for Vempati, saying that his biggest regret of the whole experience was proposing to a different woman instead of Vempati.
"I should have asked Deepti to marry me," Abrams said on the reunion special. "That's what I learned the most. I fucked up. I should have tried harder for [Deepti] — I mean I love her so much, she's the best. I wish had seen what was right in front of me."
Both Vempati and Abrams got engaged to other people in the opening episodes of the show.
"Love is Blind" has contestants go on multiple blind dates (literally — they talk from soundproof booths but can't see one another) with multiple people before deciding if they want to get engaged sight-unseen. The aired episodes show some of these conversations, but many hours of date footage (and even some engagements) get left on the cutting room floor.
This means fans didn't see much interaction between Vempati and Abrams on the actual show, making the latter's confession at the reunion all the more surprising.
But Vempati told Vulture that Abrams had been her "number two" guy during the dating period of the show.
"A lot of people don't know that Kyle and I had a really deep connection in the pods," she said. "He was my No. 2 person, so it wasn't out of the blue. We do have this foundational bond."
She added that "it was heartwarming and so sweet to hear" that he regretted not proposing to her.
Instead, Abrams got engaged to Shaina Hurley while Vempati accepted a proposal from Abhishek "Shake" Chatterjee. Both relationships ended with dramatic breakups, including Hurley returning Abrams' mother's engagement ring to him over religious differences.
During the reunion special, a significant amount of time was spent on the way Chatterjee had repeatedly disrespected Vempati behind her back leading up to the finale episode when she left her fiancé at the altar.
You can read Insider's round-up of the 17 worst moments between Chatterjee and Vempati here.