Love is Blind UK star reveals heartbreaking family tragedy after being abandoned by his dad and losing his cousin
LOVE is Blind star Bobby Johnson has shared the devastating accident that rocked his family – and revealed he was abandoned by his dad.
Bobby, 33, told the cameras his family will “never be the same again”.
The songwriter has joined the cast of the first season of the UK spin-off on Netflix.
Emma and Matt Willis are presenting the show and fans are already loving the first four instalments, with the next four episodes dropping in seven days time.
Viewers have been binging the series and have already caught up on episode two which introduces singer Bobby Johnson.
In one emotional scene he opens up to Jasmine, 29, who is a nurse, and who asks him the difficult question.
She tells him: “You made me think a little bit because you were talking about your mum. My dad left us when we were 12 I would say.
“What’s the dynamic between you and your dad? If you don’t feel comfortable talking about it it’s fine.”
“We don’t speak,” Bobby replied.
“It’s never been out of choice it’s just as a kid he never made an effort to build a relationship.
“But not having a father figure you look for other people around you to give you that guidance.
“Yeah so I used to look to my three cousins they were all older than me. I used to look to Danny really. He is the one who took me under his wing, taught me how to play basketball, how to make music. How to rap.”
He continued: “I looked towards Danny really.
“It meant, you know, it meant a lot to me, but I went to work away on a ship and my mum just said you need to call me and I give her a call and she just said, you need to sit down.
“I just kind of held my breath and just said, tell me you know, and then she said, Danny and Kim are dead.”
The star went on: “Kim was Danny’s fiance. Kim was Danny’s fiance and yeah, and I was just like what? you know, it’s just, didn’t make much sense.
“She just said, ‘Yeah, they got into an accident in the sea.’ They both drowned.
“I think the family will never, ever be the same.”
Meet the cast of Love is Blind UK
HERE is the full list of hopeless romantics looking to find love...
- AARON is a 33-year-old chicken restaurateur from Milton Keynes whose best friend is England footballer Ivan Toney.
- BENAIAH is 33 from Preston and works as a structural landscaper who travels the world.
- STAFFORDSHIRE-born Bobby is 33 and works as a globe-trotting luxury shopping guide.
- CATHERINE, 29, works as a dental nurse from Jersey who is adopted.
- CHARLIE is 34 from Hertfordshire and is general manager of a gym.
- DUBLIN-born Conor is 31 and is the owner of a health food business.
- LONDONER Demi is a 30-year-old safeguarding and attendance manager.
- SOCIAL worker Ella is from Derbyshire and is 27 years old.
- GRAPHIC Designer Ellis is 27 from London and says she was raised by her dad who is “husband goals”.
- FUNERAL director Freddie is 32 from Bolton and has a brother with Down’s Syndrom.
- 32-year-old Jake from Leicestershire is a civil engineer who tragically lost his mum.
- MENTAL Health Nurse Jasmine is from London and is 29 years old and grew up in the Phillipines.
- JOANES is a resident service manager who was born in Angola but lives in Luton and is 33 years old.
- FASHION tech founder Jordan is 33 years old and lives in Surrey.
- LISA is a baby photographer from Edinburgh and is 34 years old.
- MAKE-UP artist Maria is 30 from Southampton and was devastated by the death of her dad in 2020 during Covid.
- NATASHA, 32, is a career coordinator from Cheshire and wants to find her forever love like her parents who have been married for 42 years.
- HEAD of brand and marketing’s Nicole is 29 from Surrey and was previously married, but hasn’t given up on love.
- CREATIVE project director Olivia is 28 from London but has lived and worked in Los Angeles.
- OLLIE works in software sales, lives in London and is 32 but hasn’t been in a serious relationship for six years.
- 37-year-old Priya, who was once engaged for 24 hours, is from Berkshire and works as a procurement manager.
- RIA is 34 from London and her job is a commercial contracts manager.
- SPORTS-mad Richie is a 30-year-old from Gloucestershire who works as a sports turf maintenance director.
- TECHNO DJ and Cellist Ryan is 31 from Edinburgh, but was born in Korea.
- SABRINA, 35, is a director of marketing and communications from Belfast who describes herself as “unlucky in love”.
- SAM is a 31-year-old Londoner who works as a product design manager and is desperate to find The One.
- MUSIC boss Sharlotte, 35, London, is a global communications director at Universal.
- JUNIOR Doctor Shirley, 27, is from London, but was born in the Netherlands and falls for emotionally unavailable men.
- STEVEN is 37 years old from London and is a gym owner.
- 38-year-old Tom is a PR and advertising consultant from London who describes himself as a mummy’s boy.