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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Yvonne Villarreal

How 'gaslighting' led a 'Love Is Blind' fan favorite to be jilted at the altar

Finding "happily ever after" on "Love Is Blind," the Netflix dating show we can't stop cringe-watching, turned out to be harder than unclogging a toilet without a plunger for Nancy Rodriguez.

Each week since the third season premiered last month, viewers have watched in frustration as her pod partner, the vain, gym-obsessed 25-year-old Bartise Bowden, openly shared his attraction for another fitness-loving contestant, Raven — all while Rodriguez, a giggly 31-year-old speech pathologist and real estate investor, stayed hopeful their love would prevail.

But after Rodriguez shared her "I do" at the altar, Bowden made the decision not to marry her.

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