'Love Is Blind' Star Nick Thompson Starts Nonprofit to Help Reality Stars With Mental Health

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's Nick Thompson announced he started a nonprofit to help reality TV stars in the wake of allegations of mistreatment on the hit Netflix show.Thompson, who appeared on season 2 of and married before divorcing co-star Danielle Ruhl, took to Instagram on Thursday and announced he's a founding board member and executive director of outreach for the UCAN Foundation, which aims to «provide mental health and legal support to past, current, and future reality TV contestants.»Thompson explained in a lengthy caption that, no, he and fellow reality TV stars didn't sign up to be food and water-deprived, allegations made by several of his co-stars, including his ex.  «I signed up for a 'psychologically-based' love experiment sold as 'different from other reality shows,'» he wrote in his caption. «Love is Blind S1 made a believer out of me, and I thought the experience could work for me if I went with good intentions and stayed true to myself.»Thompson went on to say that the «vetting» process «included psych tests and evaluations, background checks, and assurances the cast members selected is 'ready for marriage.'» He also claimed being told that the psychologist that conducted his evaluation spoke to his therapist to verity the ethics and conditions of the show out of concern it would diminish his progress.

He claimed none of that was true.A post shared by Nick Thompson (@nthompson513)«I lost 15 pounds in the three weeks in the Pods and Mexico from limited access to food and water,» he continued to claim in the caption. «Aside from the 'psyche evaluation,' there was no mental health support before, during, or after.» He claimed that, in Mexico, producers «withheld» from him that his partner, Ruhl, «experienced a panic attack and.