‘Love Is Blind’ Star Nick Thompson Claims He’s Nearing Homelessness, Calls Netflix ‘Exploitative’

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“Love Is Blind” alum Nick Thompson is slamming the reality dating series, as well as Netflix, for what he feels are exploitative business practices.

The reality star — who appeared on the second season of the hit dating series — recently revealed that he is on the brink of homelessness, and lays the blame, at least in part, on his involvement with the show in 2021. “I lost my job last November [and] I’m having an incredibly hard time finding [a new] one,” Thompson recently told The Daily Mail. “I burned through my savings that cashed out my 401(k).

I’ve got two months left in the bank to pay my mortgage. I can’t get a job because people don’t take me seriously,” he added. “I was a VP in software for five years, so it’s not like I don’t have a track record of experience or success.” According to Thompson, he was paid $10,000 for 10 weeks worth of work, and Netflix made no consideration for residuals when it came to their contract with him.

Which is something Thompson says he doesn’t understand or think is right “when you think about the amount of money that’s being made… and the fact that anyone can go on and watch me [and yet] I’m going to be homeless.” Thompson claims that, when the figures are broken down and hours of work are factored in, he was paid approximately $7.14 per hour — less than the federal minimum wage.