Love is Blind (which will be Netflix subscription holders) has featured a plethora of contestants because it premiered again in 2020. When a season is accomplished, followers are largely handled to developments concerning an individual’s relationship standing. That was the case for Season 2 alum Nick Thompson, whose divorce from fellow collection star Danielle Ruhl was broadly reported on close to the tip of 2022. Now, nearly a 12 months later, Thompson is revealing that he’s affected by vital monetary points. He additionally blames the beforehand talked about streaming service for his incapability to discover a job.
38-year-old Nick Thompson participated in a wide-ranging interview wherein he was candid about his present monetary {and professional} conditions. He additionally {accused} the Love is Blind producers of protecting a decent leash on individuals and claimed they’re “accountable for you 24 hours a day” whenever you’re on the present. Thompson was notably essential of his wage, which he says was “$7.14 an hour.” All in all, his 10 weeks of filming (which included After the Altar) apparently amounted to a $10,000 paycheck. He went on to share extra essential ideas about his returns and why he believes he can’t discover regular employment:
When you consider the sum of money that is being made, and the way in which that it is the path for future seasons, and the truth that anybody can go on and watch me… and I’ll be homeless. I misplaced my job final November. I am having an extremely laborious time discovering [a new] one. I burned by my financial savings that cashed out my 401(okay). I’ve acquired two months left within the financial institution to pay my mortgage. I am unable to get a job as a result of folks do not take me severely.
The previous software program VP was apparently unable to depart the present amid manufacturing as properly. He claimed to Every day Mail that per the specifics of his contract, he may’ve confronted $50,000 in damages had he dropped out. All in all, he’s unhappy with the way wherein actuality TV stars are handled. He alleges that he and his Love is Blind co-stars “had been manipulated” by producers and that their “triggers had been utilized in opposition to [them].” On that observe, he helps the formation of a union for actuality present expertise, which was lately known as for by Actual Housewives alum Bethenny Frankel. Thompson was later requested if he would’ve joined the present that “ruined his life utterly” if he’d identified how it could have an effect on him and mentioned the next:
That is a troublesome query. I travel. I by no means thought I would be on a actuality TV present. Even after I took the decision, I used to be like, I am not for this; I’m not very dramatic, I’ve acquired my shit collectively and I’ve acquired an excellent skilled job, I’ve accomplished a whole lot of remedy. Subsequent factor I do know, I used to be there. After I take into consideration every little thing that is occurred and I take into consideration my relationship, it is laborious to say I want I by no means did it.
Netflix doesn’t launch viewership numbers, however LiB has confirmed to be an enormous success for the streamer. As such, it’s doubtless that this system has introduced in a substantial quantity of revenue for the corporate as properly. 4 seasons of the present have been launched to date and a fifth is reportedly set to premiere later this 12 months as a part of the 2023 TV schedule.
Studio-amassed income has been a serious matter of dialog in current months because of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA writers strikes. Each of these conditions don’t immediately affect the truth TV reveals, as they don’t characteristic actors and are unscripted. That doesn’t, nevertheless, negate style veterans’ want to unionize for themselves. Nick Thompson aired extra ideas on how media firms are allegedly in a position to profit from the content material he and others assist create:
They’re simply making that cash as a result of actuality TV is extraordinarily low-cost to provide, and so they can proceed to take action by the strike.
As of proper now, Nick Thompson – who contributed to some main LiB Season 2 moments – hosts a podcast known as Eyes Large Open. It was additionally reported earlier this 12 months, that he’s one of many actuality present’s many collection alums who presents private cameos. His appears unclear at this level however, on the very least, it appears like he desires nothing to do with the “brutal, brutal, brutal trade” that’s Hollywood.
