Warning: This post includes spoilers for Love Is Blind Season 2, so turn back now if it’s still on your to-binge list.
Love is complicated, whether it’s blind or not. Like all dating shows, Love Is Blind has a mixed track record when it comes to happily ever afters. Season two ended with some happily loved-up couples (Jarrette and Iyanna, Nick and Danielle) and a lot more newly-single-again contestants.
Now, however, fans think Deepti Vempati and Kyle Abrams, who didn’t get together on the show, might be a ~thing~ in real life. We’re here to answer the burning question: Are Deepti and Kyle dating? The short answer is a very strong maybe. As for the longer answer, we’ve compiled the evidence that has fueled (and supported) the speculation about Deepti and Kyle’s post-show coupling below for your scrolling pleasure.
KYLE’S REUNION CONFESSION.
At the reunion, Kyle revealed that he was *very* into Deepti when they were chatting in the pods—so much so, that he wishes he’d proposed to her.
“I have a huge regret. Biggest regret is I should have asked Deepti to marry me,” he explained in the reunion special (per Us Weekly). “That’s what I learned the most. I f*cked up. I should have tried harder for you. I love her so much, she’s the best. And I wish I saw what was right in front of me and that’s my biggest regret. I’m sorry.…Yeah, and it pisses me off because [Shake] wasted such a good opportunity.”
KYLE’S CRYPTIC TIKTOK.
Hours after the reunion special dropped on Netflix, Kyle posted a TikTok video that is literally him staring silently at the camera as ominous music plays before panning to reveal Deepti standing in the corner of the same room. Then he pans back to himself and flashes a sly smirk. It’s a vibe, for sure:
@kyleabrams10 #fyp #fypã‚· #kyle #foryou ♬ Edge – REZZ
DEEPTI’S KIND-OF CONFIRMATION.
In an interview with Elite Daily the day the reunion special dropped on Netflix, Deepti was asked directly about her and Kyle’s status and she certainly didn’t deny a romance.
“Kyle and I, we are figuring it out,” she said. “Not a lot of people know that we had a really strong connection in the pods.”
This isn’t the first time Deepti has at least hinted at her pod-ship with Kyle. She previously told BuzzFeed she wished another of her pod connections had gotten more screen time (although she didn’t name Kyle specifically).
“On the pods side, Shake wasn’t my only person that I was into,” she explained. “I had a really strong other connection, and I was very much going back and forth in my head on what direction to go. I wish they aired a little bit more of that doubt, but they can’t air everything.”
It sounds like Deepti and Kyle are at least exploring their feelings for each other. Either that or they’re trolling us all very hard and very successfully.