One participant was absent from the Oct. 13 "Love Is Blind" Season Five reunion, but his name was mentioned often.

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The 34-year-old lawyer and founder Uche Okoroha was with Aaliyah Cosby in the pods and Lydia Velez Gonzalez out. At the reunion, he did not discuss the historic "Love Is Blind" season.

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The Messenger reported that Uche chose to attend a business convention in Mexico for his tax software company rather than record the reunion.

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TODAY.com has attempted to contact Okoroha for more comment but has not received any reply as of the time this article was published.

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The reunion was special because two competitors had dated before for the first time in "Love Is Blind" memory.

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Variety said that "Love Is Blind" creator Chris Coelen and other producers were "blindsided" to hear Uche and Lydia dated three months before the test. 

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Uche remembered an unrecorded discussion with a producer during "Miss Explained" podcast filming. When the producer inquired his thoughts, he said

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I think y'all went out and find somebody I used to date to have some kind of plot twist and mess with my head," stated Uche. 

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