Netflix’s highly anticipated Love Is Blind: The Live Reunion kept eager fans waiting for hours Sunday evening due to technical issues.
The second live show in Netflix’s history, hosted by Vanessa and Nick Lachey, was set to stream from Los Angeles starting at 5 pm Pacific.
Netflix subscribers were able to join a waiting room for the show 10 minutes before the start time. However, a few minutes after its scheduled air time, Netflix tweeted: “Love is … late. #LoveIsBlindLIVE will be on in 15 minutes!”
Unfortunately, when Netflix subscribers tried to access the stream, they were met with a screen that said, “It’s almost time! The live event will start soon.”
The show finally started airing — seemingly live — at around 6:16 pm Pacific, although some Netflix users still reported difficulties accessing the content. Nearly an hour and a half later, Netflix apologized.
“To everyone who stayed up late, woke up early, gave up their Sunday afternoon… we are incredibly sorry that the Love is Blind Live Reunion did not turn out as we had planned,” Netflix tweeted. “We’re filming it now and we’ll have it on Netflix as soon as humanly possible. Again, thank you and sorry.”
To everyone who stayed up late, woke up early, gave up their Sunday afternoon… we are incredibly sorry that the Love is Blind Live Reunion did not turn out as we had planned. We're filming it now and we'll have it on Netflix as soon as humanly possible. Again, thank you and…
— Netflix (@netflix) April 17, 2023
As you could imagine, fans were not happy about the disruption and took to social media to share their grievances.
Someone call Lucia the seamstress to fix this. I believe in her
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 17, 2023
BREAKING: Netflix says to check your mail for a DVD copy of the LIVE reunion #LoveIsBlindLIVE #LoveisBlind pic.twitter.com/3WRiqSTcXx
— T (@trinawatters) April 17, 2023
Netflix showed up to the live reunion the way that Jackie showed up to her dress fitting #LoveisBlind4 #LoveIsBlind #LoveIsBlindS4
— d (@storytellerd10) April 17, 2023
me pretending like i don’t care about the love is blind reunion so it loads #LoveIsBlindLIVE pic.twitter.com/euexInsJ97
— kinzi🧚🏼♀️ (@kinzijoy) April 17, 2023
How long have you been waiting for the reunion to start? #LoveIsBlind #LOVEISBLINDreunion pic.twitter.com/nxEZR5s7t7
— YaYa 🧊 (@lexipepsi_) April 17, 2023
we deserve to all share the same password after this #LoveIsBlindLIVE #LoveIsBlind pic.twitter.com/wClMHJO0ro
— T (@trinawatters) April 17, 2023
Fans will now be able to watch the reunion episode at 12 pm PT on Monday, April 17th. Ironically, Netflix previously Tweeted that the reunion would be "worth the wait," and considering how long viewers have had to wait, here's to hoping the streaming giant is right.
Love Is Blind: The Reunion will be available globally at 12pm PT on April 17. Promise. pic.twitter.com/vHKxyOiSgq
— Netflix (@netflix) April 17, 2023
