“Love Is Blind” Season 4 stars Chelsea Griffin and Kwame Appiah have shared that they’re separating after 4 years of marriage.
On Could 15, Griffin and Appiah uploaded a somber black-and-white image of them in a joint Instagram publish with a caption that learn, “Life Replace,” and included a mending coronary heart emoji. The subsequent two slides within the publish had been separate statements confirming that they’re getting a divorce.
Appiah wrote in her assertion, “Final week would have marked our fourth marriage ceremony anniversary. Out of respect for the life we shared, I needed to handle this second immediately with the group that has supported us over time. It’s heartbreaking to share that our marriage is coming to an finish.”
She continued, “This isn’t the end result I hoped for, and I entered this relationship with deep love, dedication, and the intention of constructing a long-lasting life collectively.”
Griffin mentioned that she and Appiah have realized that their lives are taking them in several instructions.
“I poured my complete coronary heart into this marriage and needed it to work till the very finish, however lasting marriages require greater than love alone,” she added. “I stay grateful for the life, recollections, and experiences we shared. I don’t imagine any chapter of our lives is wasted, each shapes us, teaches us, and turns into a part of our private journey.”
Griffin mentioned that she continues to be longing for her future, similar to she was the primary day she stepped into the pods on Season 4 of the Netflix actuality courting present. She mentioned she hopes to search out readability and therapeutic. On the finish of her publish, she thanked followers for his or her kindness and assist over time.
As for Appiah, he expressed an analogous grateful sentiment in his assertion.
“Final week would have been our marriage ceremony anniversary. Sadly, we’re taking this second to announce that after 4 years collectively, we’re going our separate methods. This isn’t one thing both of us ever imagined, and it’s been one of many hardest selections to make,” he started.
Appiah added that he and Griffin “constructed a life crammed with recollections, laughter, and love that I’ll all the time be pleased about. We are going to all the time have respect and take care of one another in every part we shared. We’re eternally grateful for all of the love, assist and objective we gained throughout our time collectively.”
He additionally echoed Griffin’s rationalization that the 2 are divorcing as a result of their life targets don’t align.
“Thanks all for the numerous years of assist. A lot like to you all,” he concluded.
Appiah and Griffin hit it off within the pods and he penned an unique tune for her, known as “Actual Love,” that he sang earlier than he proposed. Though the 2 confronted some difficult moments, they determined to say “I do” and have become one in every of three {couples} in Season 4 to get married.
After the present, Appiah and Griffin stored followers up to date by ceaselessly sharing foolish movies collectively on Instagram. Additionally they appeared within the viewers as two of the numerous alumni that attended the “Love Is Blind” Season 10 reunion in March.
Appiah and Griffin be part of the next {couples} who’ve cut up after getting married on the present: Danielle Ruhl and Nick Tompson; Jarrette Jones and Iyanna McNeely; Colleen Reed and Matt Bolton; Alexa Alfia and Brennon Lemieux; Lydia Velez Gonzalez and James “Milton” Johnson IV; Tyler Francis and Ashley Adionser; and Amber Morrison and Jordan Faeth.