'Love Is Blind' season 5 star Aaliyah discusses whether she thinks Lydia secretly planned to get cast on the show to be with Uche.
In the first four episodes, viewers were left reeling after Uche revealed to Aaliyah that his ex from the real world is in the pods with them — and it's none other than Aaliyah's supposed pod BFF Lydia. The strange comments Lydia had been making to Aaliyah earlier about how they're the "same" finally made sense, because Lydia knew that Aaliyah was falling in love with her ex.
But at the end of episode 6 and beginning of episode 7, Aaliyah returns to meet Uche in person. They go out to lunch to discuss everything that happened in the pods, why Aaliyah left without talking to him, and whether they could continue their relationship in the real world. Uche finally tells Aaliyah the ugly truth about his past with Lydia — he claims he discovered Lydia had been doing things to "invade [his] privacy" and lied to him about it.
After they both admit they still love each other, Uche tells Aaliyah that it's over because of the way she kept following him on social media only to then block him multiple times, as well as her decision to run instead of talking things through with him. As for whether Aaliyah believes Lydia actually planned the whole thing to get cast and reunite with Uche in the pods, she still hasn't made up her mind. "I'm not sure, to be honest with you," Aaliyah tells EW. "I really don't know. There were emotions on both sides which I feel were valid emotions. Just stepping outside of myself, woman to woman, I could kind of understand how she was feeling. But also, I realized I just truly was not comfortable with the situation.
Even though she didn't end up making things work with Uche, Aaliyah doesn't regret leaving the pods. "It was the right decision," she says. "I hate that anybody would feel abandoned, you know what I mean? That was something that he and I had to work through and we've had several conversations about it and I think now there's a deep mutual understanding on both sides.
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