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Love Is Blind season 9 star Anna Yuan has an impassioned message for rampant online body-shamers.
“Reminder that it’s weird as f*** to message a person you don’t know to comment about their weight or physical appearance,” Anna, 28, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Saturday, October 25. “Please, for the love of God touch grass!”
She continued, “Also, yes, I’ve lost about 40lbs since filming. It’s not that deep and, again, you are weird [for commenting on it].”
The hairstylist previously condemned fan comments about her body after the season 9 premiere of Love Is Blind earlier this fall.
“Hi friends, reminder that I am human,” she wrote via her Instagram Story on October 2. “A human who has devoted her life into a craft to make other women feel beautiful. I have struggled with my weight since I was a little girl. For the first time in my life, I am proud of how healthy I am. I’m not a character. I’m a real human being just like you. Be kind. Love you all anyway.”
Anna appeared on season 9 of Netflix’s Love Is Blind, where she formed connections with Patrick Suzuki and Blake Anderson in the pods. Anna, however, withdrew from the show mid-experiment once she realized her person wasn’t on the other side of the pod wall.
“I started seeing myself being pretty vulnerable, and it scared me a little bit because this is an intimate part of my brain. These are very sensitive topics for me,” Anna told Tudum earlier this month about her decision to leave the reality TV dating experiment early. “It’s not that I’m just sharing it with whoever I’m dating or the other women — this is going to be broadcast for people.”
According to Anna, she doesn’t regret walking away.
“I don’t think I regret it because I don’t think the connections were strong enough to have a successful marriage from there,” she added to Tudum, noting she applied for the show without any expectation of getting engaged. “I went in there thinking that anything could happen. I’d be OK if I didn’t find somebody because it’s such a wild thing, and it’s so far off from how any of us have dated before.”
While Anna made peace with her choice, she was saddened that her decision hurt Patrick, 31, after ghosting him on a date in the pods.
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“I tried it, [and] ultimately it didn’t work out for me and that’s OK,” Anna said via her Instagram Stories earlier this month. “The only thing I cared about was hurting Patrick with how I exited the show, and I deeply regretted that. Since then, he and I have built a friendship that means a lot to me, and that’s all that matters. Although, I’m grateful for this experience, this was filmed almost two years ago. When I left, I wanted that chapter to come to a close.”
After Anna’s hasty exit, Patrick pursued fellow contestant Kacie McIntosh and they got engaged at the end of the 10-day pod experiment. Kacie, 34, ultimately broke off her engagement several hours after meeting Patrick in person over a lack of physical attraction.
The Love Is Blind season 9 reunion airs on Netflix Wednesday, October 29, at 9 p.m. ET.
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