'Love Is Blind' Transphobic, Homophobic Comments Controversy Explained

There’s no end to the mess that comes with each new season of Love is Blind, and now accusations of homophobic and transphobic comments are plaguing two of season four’s participants.

Jackie Bonds ultimately ditched ex-fiancé Marshall Glaze to get together with Josh Demas, but she recently took to Instagram stories to accuse Glaze of using a transphobic slur to describe her when they were together.

“Marshall told me I looked like a [transphobic slur] that he viewed me as a project that he could turn into something,” she wrote in a text message to fellow contestant Tiffany Pennywell. “I would have never thought he would say those to me. Told me I wear too much sweats & that I need to give him more.”

Bonds repeated the accusation in another text, saying the incident happened while they were filling out marriage documents and he was “joking” about whether to select male or female, and telling her “u kinda look like a [transphobic slur].”

During the recent Love is Blind reunion episode on Netflix, which Bonds did not attend, Glaze denied using the word in question, but said he told his ex, “You know, you got a strong jawline. You coulda been a man for all I know,” during an argument.

“I felt like it was my turn to make a jab,” he said. “I thought it was a safe space because she’s coming at me, calling me out for my sexual preferences… I did not say a specific term. I did not use a derogatory word, no.”

A friend of Bonds previously leaked text messages that allegedly included her making insinuations about Glaze’s behaviors that came across to many as homophobic.