Love Is Blind’s Deepti Vempati Admits It’s ‘Hard’ to See Ex Kyle Abrams Move On: It’s Been ‘Tough to Lose My Best Friend’

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Finding her way. Deepti Vempati revealed how she really feels about Kyle Abrams finding love so soon after their split.“At first it was hard because, you know, obviously I care about him,” the 31-year-old reality star exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, September 22. “But I have met [his girlfriend] before and she’s very sweet and, you know, I just want the best for him.”Vempati met Abrams, 30, while filming season 2 of Love Is Blind, which aired in February.

While the duo didn’t end up together on the show, they formed a close bond. After months of romance speculation — and talking about missed opportunities during the reunion in March — the twosome both appeared on Love Is Blind: After the Altar, which premiered in September.The three-episode series filmed in spring 2022 and wrapped in April, which is when Vempati and Abrams decided to date.

The pair’s romantic relationship, however, ended that summer, which the Illinois native announced on September 19 via social media.Vempati, for her part, told Us on Thursday how hard it’s been to adapt to life without Abrams as both her BFF and romantic partner.“It was, like, an amazing time, but I think we didn’t really communicate as much as we needed to about our love languages [and] what we’re expecting out of life,” she explained, noting that the “outside world” affected their dynamic. “There was so much pressure on us and I think it really impacted our relationship.

And [we] we’re just trying to navigate this new life.”The India native confessed: “It’s been tough to lose my best friend, but you know, it is what it is.”Vempati, who was briefly engaged to Abhishek “Shake” Chatterjee on Love Is Blind, told Us that she and Abrams are “cordial,” but their relationship has