The pods are officially open this side of the pond, with Love Is Blind UK finally arriving on Netflix. The first four episodes dropped on 7th August and so far we’ve had multiple engagements, heartbreaking revelations and some very memeable moments (shed a tear for Maria’s lipstick).
And with six engagements we’ve managed to get to know the cast pretty well, including Catherine who had one of the first dates on the series. But of course there’s always more to know about the Love Is Blind UK cast, and so consider this your 101 on all things Catherine.
How old is Catherine?
Catherine is 29 years old.
Where is Catherine from?
Catherine grew up in Jersey.
What is Catherine’s job?
Catherine is a dental nurse and as revealed on the show she was previously a swimmer and so now also works as a swimming coach, teaching Down syndrome children to swim.
What is Catherine’s background?
As she mentioned on Love Is Blind UK Catherine is adopted. She opened up about her family during episode two during a date with Freddie.
When Freddie asked her how she felt about it, she said, “Growing up, I was like, ‘Oh, it never really bothered me’ and then as I got later 20s, I was like looking in the mirror, and obviously I was just like, ‘Who am I?’. And I always see families and what they look like. And I never really knew what I looked like.”
She then spoke to camera where she revealed she previously struggled with dating as men found her “sensitive” because of her upbringing, but within the experiment she was hoping to be more open about this part of herself in order to form stronger connections with the men in the pods.
What is Catherine’s journey so far on Love Is Blind UK?
Catherine’s date with 32-year-old funeral director Freddie was one of the first we saw on the series and from day one Catherine got on very well with Freddie. They bonded over their family values, their love of the gym and Catherine opened up about how being adopted impacted her.
However, Catherine was also building a connection with Ollie, with the pair having a very flirty connection, while also touching on deeper subjects. The problem was, Ollie was also building a connection with Demi (is this now a love square?) and in the end Catherine and Ollie both came to the decision that he would be focusing solely on Demi and building up their connection.
This left Catherine to solely focus on Freddie and the funeral director soon popped the question. The couple travelled with the rest of the group to Corfu, having a very nice time on the retreat, with Catherine telling producers the couple had sex twice on their first night in Corfu.
Will they be able to keep this honeymoon spirit up for the rest of the experiment?
What is Catherine’s Instagram?
If you want to learn more about Catherine then you can follow her on Instagram at the handle @catrichards94, where she regularly posts stunning pictures of herself on nights out and on holiday.
The first four episodes of Love Is Blind UK are available on Netflix now
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