Love Is Blind star who quit show in the middle of filming explains shock reason she left hit Netflix dating show
A former Love is Blind season 10 cast member has explained why she decided to quit the hit Netflix dating show in the middle of filming.
The first nine episodes of Love is Blind season 10 are available to watch on Netflix now, and keen fans have noticed that one of the cast members disappeared from the woman’s lounge part way through filming.
Priyanka Grandhi began the love experiment and was going on dates in famous pods, but has now revealed she decided not to continue and chose instead to quietly leave the show.
The Netflix star has spoken out about her sudden absence, giving fans information that isn’t included in the pod-based episodes after they noticed she had seemingly suddenly gone missing.
Grandhi was included regularly in the edit of the first few episodes of the newest Love is Blind season, and was often seen supporting her fellow single women. The dates she had in the pods were not included in the edit, however.
In a video she posted to her Instagram page, Grandhi spoke directly to the camera as she explained why she wasn’t included in the next batch of episodes, which have just been released - revealing that it is because she decided to leave the Love is Blind experiment.
She began: “I have been super excited to kind of share more about my experience in the pods. The lounge experience, I think, was one of my favourites. I made lifelong friendships.” She then went on to explain “what actually happened”, while also addressing some rumours about her role on the show: “Yes, I was dating. No, I was not a hired counsellor in the lounge – That was a hilarious theory,” she said. “There are so many other funny theories out there and I’ve enjoyed reading every single one of them.”
Going to to discuss her dating experience in the pods, she said: “There are a couple of guys that are being featured who I did have a connection with and they were probably like my top three to four people. So, you know, I was actively dating as well. Ultimately I did end up with one person. We made it to the end of the pod dating experience. I think it just wasn’t – or I wasn’t fully aligned.”
Grandhi then said she decided to end the relationship and “leave the experiement”. She ended her video to say that she had no regrets about her decision, adding that she believes she ended up the person she was “most compatible with” - but she did not say who that person is, or who she had bonded with during her time in the pods.
She wasn’t the only Love Is Blind season 10 hopeful who ended their relationship as the process progressed. Elissa got engaged to Miguel - but the couple split shortly after he proposed, and as such their dates and engagement won’t be included as part of the edit.
According to Reality Steve, Miguel ghosted Elissa once when they got back to Ohio after the reveal, so no wonder they didn’t make it down the aisle. Plus, “he has since gotten engaged to someone else not affiliated with the show.” What’s more: “Miguel also ended an engagement in 2024. The Elissa engagement happened in March of 2025, and then his current engagement happened end of last year”, so says Reality Steve.
Elissa later explained to Tudum that while she and Miguel had “chemistry,” she was blindsided when he told her that he planned to leave Ohio for Florida. “We got engaged. We did the reveal, and it was awesome. Right away, when we saw each other, it was chemistry, like, I thought it would be,” she said.
“He stole the experience from me,” she added. “It was really hard afterward. Since that day, we haven’t talked. That was it . . . I dodged a bullet [with Miguel].”
* Love is Blind season 10 is airing now on Netflix with further episodes to be released later this month.