for warning her about Shake Chatterjee in a new episode of The Viall Files. Deepti was a contestant on the latest Love Is Blind season, and quickly became a fan favorite for being empathetic and kind-hearted. Early on in the pods, Deepti met Shake, and he didn't exactly make the best impression. In fact, Shake seemed to rub many of the women wrong by asking coded questions about their weight and physical appearance. Even going so far as to ask Deepti if she would be easy to "lift" onto his shoulders at a concert, assumedly trying to gauge her size. Despite Deepti's hesitation, the two ended up bonding over their cultural background and ultimately got engaged.
While their initial meeting went well, seemingly out of nowhere Shake began saying he was not sexually attracted to Deepti. An issue to tackle for sure, but rather than discuss it once with Deepti and attempt to work on it, Shake began telling everyone from the cast, to even his own mother about how unattracted he was to his fiancée. In a conversation with Jarrette, Shake tactlessly confessed, "I’m not physically attracted to her, man. It feels like I’m with my aunt or something." To fans watching the show, it seemed like everyone but Deepti knew how he felt. Fans were anxious given the circumstances Deepti was going to say "I do" at the wedding but were proved wrong when in a twist Deepti ended up rejecting Shake at the altar.
Now fans are getting a little insight on who clued Deepti in on Shake's behavior. In an episode of Deepti started with Shake's conversation with Jarrette, "I think the editing kind of showed Jarrette in a weird laughy mood there. But Jarrette actually specifically pulled me aside and was like ‘I don’t think you should marry him. He doesn’t speak highly of you.’" This is news to fans of the show, who never got to see anything past Jarrette laughing. It seems a lot of the key moments that told Deepti something was wrong were not shown in the final edit. Deepti added about Shayne Jansen, "the whole time protected me, so I’m thankful for the cast."
The other contestants got to know both Deepti and Shake. Deepti even itted while the show captured a lot of things, they didn't show everything she did for Shake, "I’d walk his dog, make him breakfast, pack his lunches. I just put so much of my time and energy into that relationship and so to see he treated me that way and talked about me that way is disheartening and kinda sad." Deepti has recently opened up about how hard it was to watch the show back with her parents. She noted that they welcomed Shake into their home only for him to disrespect their daughter on public television.
Watching Deepti and Shake's story play out was frustrating for fans who just wanted to jump through the screen and warn her. It's refreshing to know that even while dealing with their own relationships and drama the Love Is Blind contestants were able to see through Shake's words, especially Jarrette and Shayne. In the highly anticipated reunion episode, almost all of the cast proved they were #TeamDeeps by standing up for her to Shake. It was nice to see them holding him able for how disrespectful he'd been to not just Deepti, but women in general.
Source: The Viall Files