Love Is Blind couple leave viewers heartbroken as they announce surprise divorce at the reunion
LOVE Is Blind couple Steven and Sabrina left viewers devastated after revealing their surprise split at the reunion.
Gym owner Steven, 37 and marketing director Sabrina, 35, got engaged after hitting it off while in the pods.
With Sabrina living in Belfast and Steven residing in London, they had planned to split their time between the two cities.
Speaking at the reunion, presenter Emma Willis said: “Sabrina and Steven, it’s so sad to see you sitting apart.
“Right from the off, hopefully everyone will agree, you seemed like the perfect couple and everything just seemed to make so much sense. What happened?”
Sabrina revealed: “There was so much I fell in love with about Steven.
“One of the big things in the pods that really drew me to him was when I said I’d quit my job, how he reacted to that. He said, “I can’t wait to support you” when I said I wanted to start my own agency.
“But the support wasn’t there then.
“We had agreed we were going to split our time between Belfast and London for the first year, so that left us in a position where we were doing long-distance which was not the plan from the word go.
“But, the communication was awful, there was no consistency in Steven’s behaviour towards me and the relationship.”
In response, Steven said: “Primarily, it was the long distance.
“We underestimated the added pressure of what the long distance would cause.
“We both left our jobs to find love, that’s why I fell for Sabrina. Sabrina started her own company, it took off and it was brilliant.
“We just lost our spark. Our communication expectations were very different, we hadn’t done long distance like that.”
The revelation comes as fans previously believed the couple had split prior to the reunion episode airing.
Eagle-eyed fans had noticed how Steven and Sabrina sat apart during the reunion proceedings.
One viewer said: “Love them, why were they seating apart in the reunion. Please don’t break my heart you two.”
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.
A second wrote: “They don’t follow each other either!”
“They’re not sat next to each other at the reunion, I’m worried,” said a third.
While a fourth commented: “I love them I hope they’re still together.”
Love Is Blind UK airs on Netflix