"Patrick Suzuki, an Asian American man with insecurities about his ethnicity, proposes to Kacie McIntosh, a white woman, who says yes - only to get cold feet within hours of seeing him. In a bewildering conversation at her hotel, a panicking McIntosh tells Suzuki she can't join him on the standard post-engagement getaway. She never explicitly says she's breaking up with him, even as Suzuki repeatedly asks her if that's what is happening."
"In the pods, Suzuki wavered between McIntosh and Anna Yuan, a Chinese American participant who seemed to draw more of his interest. Both he and Yuan were Colorado-born and raised in overwhelmingly white dating pools. Before their relationship could properly take shape, however, Yuan chose to leave the experiment, a departure that redirected Suzuki's path toward McIntosh and the heartbreak that would follow."
"But over Zoom the week of the season nine premiere, Suzuki looks like a man rebuilt. Since filming, he has thrown himself into, as they say, self-improvement. "I've done a shit ton of therapy, dude," he says. "I've been working on a ton of stuff about myself. Internally, externally, hitting the gym as hard as I can, trying my best to stay focused on working and educating myself.""
A Denver-season Love Is Blind engagement collapses when Kacie McIntosh gets cold feet hours after accepting Patrick Suzuki's proposal and declines the customary post-engagement getaway. McIntosh never explicitly says she is breaking up, though Suzuki repeatedly asks and perceives rejection. Suzuki has long struggled with insecurities about being an Asian American man, and the show foregrounds his fixation on ethnicity. Suzuki had also shown interest in Anna Yuan in the pods, but Yuan left the experiment, redirecting him toward McIntosh. Since filming, Suzuki pursued therapy, physical training, work focus, and education, and reports strong support from friends and family.
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