"So many red flags"— Love is Blind UK fans criticize Tom's comments about Maria's profession

Love is Blind UK dropped new episodes on Wednesday, August 14, 2024. Episodes 5-9 featured the cast spending time with one another as part of their honeymoon phase before making their way back home. One of the couples whose journey was featured on the show was Tom and Maria who got engaged in episode 4.

However, as the two got to know one another better, they had certain disagreements, one of them being about Maria's profession as a makeup artist. As the female cast member asked Tom about his first impression of her, he admitted he was "a bit judgy" about what she did for a living.

"I was a little bit judgemental when I first heard what you did. I can be a bit judgy at times," he said.

Fans of the dating reality show took to social media to react to the conversation and criticized Tom. One person wrote on X:

"Tom is showing sooo much red flags. Judging Maria for being a makeup artist and the comments about how a persons job defines them #LoveIsBlindUK"

"this conversation between Maria and Tom regarding the work/jobs they do is so uncomfortable #loveisblinduk," a fan commented.

"That conversation that Maria had with Tom regarding jobs was nasty Tom gives off major elitist vibes. #LoveIsBlindUK," a tweet read.

Love is Blind UK fans wondered why Maria being a Makeup artist was a problem:

"Maria and Tom…what is the problem with someone being an MUA #LoveIsBlindUK," a tweet read.

"Tom behaving and talking about Maria's job like it is selling something in an alley way when she's just a makeup artist. I have to wonder if he's stupid #loveisblinduk," a fan wrote.

"Tom being so judgemental of Maria being a makeup artist is absolutely insane… #LoveIsBlinduk," a person commented.

Love is Blind UK fans further said:

"why is Tom being a judgmental d*ck about Maria’s job as a MUA?? he’s pissing me off!! #loveisblindUK," a person wrote.

"so it’s weird to tom that maria is a…make up artist?? GIRL #LoveIsBlindUK," a fan commented.

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Maria gets offended by Tom's comments about her job in Love is Blind UK episode 6

In Love is Blind UK episode 6, the cast made their way back home and started living together as engaged couples as part of the next stage of the Netflix social experiment.

Tom and Maria playfully argued about the male Love is Blind Uk star being on his phone a lot and he defended himself by stating that it was because he was a "high-power PR executive."

This prompted Maria to ask what he thought about her profession as a makeup artist and the latter jokingly said he had "huge admiration."

"You had a low opinion of me," Maria said.

The Love is Blind UK star admitted to having a low opinion of her when he first heard she was a make-up artist. Maria was offended by it and told him he needed to be "a little bit less judgemental."

"But like, the one thing that I will stand by on that is, like, a big value of mine, is, like, you know, work hard, be ambitious, because I wanna live, like, a really good life, you know?" he added.

Tom added that he wanted to feel secure with someone he had a romantic connection with and the same values, which included jobs. The Love is Blind UK star added that it was in most relationships, it would have been a "deal breaker".

Maria said she found it "bizarre" that people might judge her based on what she did and use that to "build up" a picture of her. She added that she thought it was "really stupid."

Love is Blind UK fans chimed in on the interaction online as they defended Maria and criticized Tom for his comments.

Episodes 1-9 of Love is Blind UK are available to stream on Netflix.