Shake made multiple women cry during 'Love Is Blind' and even hit on Vanessa Lachey, ex-fianceé Deepti says
- "Love Is Blind" player Abhishek "Shake" Chatterjee had many of the show's biggest red-flag moments.
- In a new interview, his ex-fianceé Deepti Vempati revealed that he made multiple women cry.
"Love Is Blind" contestant Abhishek "Shake" Chatterjee made multiple women cry during the dating period of the show, his ex-fianceé revealed in a new interview.
The Netflix series' fan-favorite, Deepti Vempati, shared behind-the-scenes stories from her time on the reality show with a new official Netflix podcast called "We Have the Receipts."
Cohosts Lauren Speed-Hamilton (who was featured on the first season of "Love Is Blind") and Chris Burns (a comedian and podcaster) spoke with Deepti about Shake and the initial reaction she had to his questions that seemed designed to gauge the women's physical appearance.
"Actually me and the girls talked about it," Deepti said. "I rated Shake very low. It's kind of interesting because I could tell right away this was probably not going to work."
The 31-year-old information data analyst mentioned that she went into the dating show with the mindset that she wouldn't want to go for the one Indian guy who was there just because of their shared background.
"But just talking to him, and then hearing his experiences with the other girls — he made a lot of the other girls cry," she said.
Shake's disrespectful comments towards women were shown in the first episode, but the aired footage didn't include any tears in response.
"They don't show that, but I actually had to talk to him about that," Deepti added. "It was a rocky step in our progression in the pods. And that's when he had that self-reflection moment of being like 'I don't know why I'm asking these questions,' and so I saw some depth in him. I was like, 'Oh there's some good in there, maybe I just need to extract it out.'"
Deepti revealed she tried to remain friends with her ex-fiancé, Shake, but he would drain her energy
Deepti told the hosts that she tried to maintain a friendship with Shake after she broke things off on their wedding day, but she noticed a change in his demeanor.
"As the days unfolded, I kind of saw more of his true character," she said. "I realized the face or mask that he put on during filming is nowhere near the person that I thought he was. It kind of sucks, but every time I would hang out with him, my energy would be drained, honestly."
Deepti said she saw how Shake would have a "problem" with at least one person in the room every time they hung out, and said it was usually a woman.
"He just doesn't know how to talk to women," she added. "It's so degrading and misogynistic. We are not friends anymore but I am still there for him if he really really needs me."
The podcast cohosts also mentioned Shake's behavior during the "Love Is Blind" season two reunion special, where he said the only woman in the room he was attracted to was Vanessa Lachey (who hosts the reality show alongside her husband, Nick).
Deepti said that wasn't the first time Shake had made a play towards Lachey. According to Deeps, he also hit on Lachey during a planned event in Mexico when all of the engaged couples saw each other in person for the first time.
"Can I tell you — he was hitting on her at the couple's reveal," she added. "So disrespectful."
You can listen to Deepti's full interview on the "We Have the Receipts" podcast here, and read Insider's round-up of the 17 red-flag worst moments between Chatterjee and Vempati here.