Love Is Blind’s Tim Says He Broke Up With Alex After Feeling ‘Manipulated’: ‘No Serious Effort’

Love Is Blind star Tim Godbee revealed why he decided to call off his engagement to Alex Byrd ahead of their wedding day.

“When love, authenticity and respect are consistently met with lack of effort, constant antagonizing and lack of respect for your physical and mental space, it must be met with firm and unmistakable terms,” Tim, 33, wrote in a Wednesday, October 16, Instagram statement. “There is much left out from our story, some of which out of an attempt to protect something I once held dear. I am far from a perfect person. I make mistakes and fall short of glory as often as others.”

He added, “I don’t expect everyone to love or agree with what I have to say, but I have to display an amount of respect for myself and my family if it is not given by others, Meet people where they are.”

Tim and Alex, 33, first connected inside the Love Is Blind season 7 pods, which was filmed in October 2023 and started airing on Netflix earlier this month. After falling in love sight unseen, Tim proposed with an heirloom bracelet that previously belonged to his late sister.

Their bond, however, faltered in the real world when an off-camera discussion threatened a future together. Despite barely speaking throughout their post-pod vacation, Tim and Alex agreed to stay together and returned to Washington, DC as an engaged couple. They met each other’s families shortly before Tim suddenly pulled the plug on their relationship.

“I have never argued with someone with the amount of consistency I did as with this experience,” Tim wrote in his Instagram post. “Many of which I did my best to keep off-camera. Through hours of tough conversations that weren’t seen, I made  the decision to remove myself from what felt like a toxic situation where I was being manipulated and given no serious effort from my partner.”

Tim further alleged that Alex “consistently” acted in a “mean-spirited” demeanor toward her then-fiancé. Alex, for her part, has not publicly addressed the claims or the end of their relationship. Us Weekly has reached out for comment.

According to Tim, the pair “can’t even be friendly” at the moment.

“We live in what felt like two different realities,” Tim claimed on Wednesday. “To frame me as an angry or controlling person is a projection of all the stereotypes I have worked against because of who I was born into this world as.”

He added, “There is nothing left to say. There is nothing left to talk about. Do the work. Be Better. Grow. Move in peace but always be willing to defend yourself and the ones you love.”

Despite leaving Love Is Blind single, Tim does not regret the experience.

“I remain grateful for the experience, opportunity and the things it showed me about myself. It is what it is,” he wrote via Instagram on Wednesday in a separate caption. “I know when to remove something that is a negative presence in my life. I will continue to reflect on myself more than I do others and attempt to live life as honorably as I can by the principles I was brought up to have. I still have my joy.”

Love Is Blind is currently streaming on Netflix. New episodes drop Wednesdays.