Season of 5 of “Love Is Blind” continues to be an absolute mess, top to bottom.

Episode 8 was full of hard-to-litigate conflicts (Johnie and Izzy, Uche and Lydia, Johnie and Stacy, Uche and Miriam…), and then episode 9 was like emotional whiplash as we prepare for the two — only two! — weddings we will see in the finale.

We also saw our final two couples — Izzy and Stacy, Milton and Lydia — face some substantive conflict. Milton and Lydia clash over their divergent approaches to conflict and confrontation, while Izzy and Stacy confront financial differences, and the question of when and how certain disclosures should be made ahead of a marriage.

But honestly, what’s going on outside of the episodes is almost more interesting than what we’re seeing in them. And we get into *some* of those rumors and reports in this week’s recap.

As always, take these TikTok reports with a GIANT! GRAIN! OF! SALT! These are rumors, and have not been reported.

For those who are interested, on Oct. 3, TikTok user @StorytimeWithRikkii posted a video with some ~tea~ about the four couples that allegedly got engaged but that we didn’t see. She specifically discussed Renee and Carter, who apparently not only got engaged, but filmed the full experience — and were cut from the show in post. And here is a follow-up video that same TikToker posted after we taped this week’s recap.

Whatever the reason was behind their storyline being cut, it shows just how dysfunctional the casting of this season was. I hope we get some more substantive reporting on the behind-the-scenes of this season to give us more clarity on how things ended up being so messy.

For now, I hope you enjoy our recap of episodes 8 and 9, and I’ll leave you with this incredible meme that Renee posted on her Instagram:

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