“Mental health is an important issue…when you’re trying to heal and grow, you need to have a healthy environment.”
Season 2 of Love is blind has just finished, pending the long-awaited meeting on Friday, of course, and there is much to talk about. From on-screen relationships to the drama that happened over the past week, there’s a lot to dissect.
But according to Love is blind participant Deepti Vempati, we should all turn our attention to the way Danielle Ruhl has been treated since the show aired.
Danielle has been mocked, belittled and shamed for the mental health challenges she spoke about on camera, and Deepti speaks out against this on her behalf.
About a week after Danielle said Love is blind “misrepresented” her “as a person” and omitted the key context surrounding her panic attack In Mexico, Deepti defended her former co-star in a lengthy Instagram post shared last night.
“Wanted to take a moment for all of you to meet @dnellruhl through my eyes,” Deepti wrotenoting that she and Danielle have “become best friends” since Love is blind finished filming.
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“She is such a caring, empathetic, funny, lyrical and down to earth human… We bonded over our love of music, The officeinflatable guitars, our insecurities, our anxieties and our love for others.
The data analyst went on to call out those people who posted rude comments and spread “hate” about Danielle on the internet. “I’ve seen a lot of hate and negative comments and it makes me sad,” he said.
“Mental health is an important topic and I won’t pretend to know everything about it. But one thing is for sure: when you’re trying to heal and grow, you need to have a healthy environment,” Deepti continued.
“Let’s cheer each other on and be understanding of the journeys we’ve all decided to take. Please be compassionate and kind!”
Deepti’s sentiment echoed parts of an Instagram mail that Danielle recently shared. “I want to reiterate that I am fully aware that I can project my anxiety onto others and it is something that I am constantly working on,” she said.
“However, being dragged onto the internet for my mental health and being ‘diagnosed’ with every disorder in the book based on an hour of footage taken from months of filming is not only detrimental to me and my family, but to anyone else.” what [has] had similar experiences.
