Blake Anderson is opening fans' eyes to the real reason for his early exit on Love Is Blind .

Despite forming connections with contestants Anna Yuan and Megan Walerius , the accountant abruptly walked off season nine of the Netflix show (out Oct. 1) without getting engaged—or even saying goodbye in the pods.

Now, Blake is sharing why he thought leaving was the "right thing" to do.

"Touching on that condensed timeline, you go into it and you're skeptical," he told E! News in an exclusive interview. "But you start going on these dates, and you're having fun, you're forming these connections, and you get optimistic. You start thinking, 'OK, maybe, maybe this can work for me.'"

However, the 34-year-old soon realized he wasn't going to be getting down on one knee for any of the w

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