Actor from Love Is Blind.The season 4 star Micah Lussier is the subject of some inside information from Natalie Lee. Natalie had an appearance on the second season of the popular Netflix dating series, where she proposed to Shayne Jansen. During a disastrous off-camera altercation, Natalie turned Shayne down at the altar after the two had made it there.
Currently, Natalie and Deepti Vempati, who plays her on the show, are talking about the most recent season of Love Is Blind on their new podcast, Out of the Pods.
In the first of this week’s two episodes, Natalie and Deepti discuss the new singles looking for love.
Based on what Natalie referred to as “production sources” for the Netflix show, she didn’t have the best initial impression of Micah.
In the pods, Natalie referred to Micah as being “so, so manipulative” and brought up how she and her fiance, Paul Peden, had decided to “go for” Micah.
“It just feels like she’s trying to ‘win’ and move on in the process for probably more screen time,” Natalie speculated. “I hate talking about that, but that is definitely a big reason for a lot of contestants who are part of the Love Is Blind experiment. They just try to partner up and make it to the next round.”
Natalie even admitted that there was some of that motivation in her own love story with Shayne, saying she felt relief when Shayne told her early on that he was picking her.
“It was confirmation like, ‘Hey, we’re going to Mexico.’ I hate admitting that because I don’t want anyone to think that my connection with Shayne wasn’t genuine, because it truly was,” she explained. “I was head over heels for this man. I don’t know how, but very much that intention was there of, ‘Oh, I don’t have to worry about finding anyone else. We’re going to Mexico.'”
As for Micah, Natalie claimed that she had some insider knowledge that the marketing manager is not, in fact, a “genuine” person.
“I did hear from some insider sources that at least Micah isn’t very genuine in terms of how her relationship with Paul and her intentions to really find a partner,” Natalie said. “That’s me just saying it in just the nicest way.”
She also called out Paul, adding, “I don’t think he’s very genuine either… it seems like someone who wants to sound genuine, but they’re not.”
Deepti also spoke about Micah’s controversial friendship with Irina Solomonova, noting, “We did hear that these two women did ruffle some feathers with the other women in the lounge.”
Micah and Irina have been called out for their “mean girl” behavior in the women’s lounge, and Natalie noted, “It’s hard seeing really bad behavior on TV because you know that there’s cameras around.”
New episodes of Love Is Blind drop Friday, March 31 on Netflix.