Love Is Blind’s Raven Ross and Sikiru ‘SK’ Alagbada’s Ups and Downs: Wedding Drama, Cheating Rumors and More

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Love Is Blind’s Raven Ross and Sikiru ‘SK’ Alagbada’s Ups and Downs: Wedding Drama, Cheating Rumors and More

Love is messy. Season 3 Love Is Blind contestants Raven Ross and Sikiru "SK" Alagbada learned that first-hand, as viewers watched their roller-coaster relationship play out on screen and off. “In some ways, I was definitely shocked,” Raven exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2022 about her beau saying no to her at the altar on their wedding day — a dramatic moment that stunned both the Pilates instructor and fans alike. Season 3 of the Netflix hit premiered in October 2022, and the couple got engaged in the pods before meeting face to face. When SK revealed he wasn't ready for marriage, the bride opted to look on the bright side of the situation. “Him and I didn’t talk about, like, a definitive answer before we got up on the altar, but I knew in my heart and I knew in his that, like, we had this incredible journey and that was so special to us,” she shared with Us after the season finale. “And we’ve worked through so many other problems that even if it’s not our time today, like, pretty soon we can try to work on it and get better and just keep growing — that’s probably the best thing that we did throughout this entire thing is just grow together and be patient.” In November 2022, the two revealed on the season 3 reunion that they were trying to make the most of dating long-distance. [sendtonews type="float" key="eDcL3S6GsE-2829615-14453"] “We’ve been working on [our relationship]. And he’s just such a beautiful person, so we’ve been giving each other patience,” the Dallas resident gushed to Us about SK, who moved to California for grad school. “It’s been great.” The couple also noted during the reunion special that their romance had “grown so much” from the distance. Weeks later, however, SK found himself in the middle of a cheating scandal when a woman accused him of talking to her on a dating app while he was with Raven. The fitness instructor, for her part, took to social media to address the rumors. “I don’t have anything to say about it. To summarize, rumors are rumors. And we’re fine. We’re good,” she said in November 2022 after sharing several videos of herself reacting to the drama, including footage of herself on the phone that she captioned, “Me calling att to pull up the messages y’all we’re talking about.” Raven added: “That’s my man and I’m sticking beside him.” The pair eventually confirmed via their respective Instagram accounts that they had called it quits. "Due to on-going legal proceedings surrounding these allegations, we can not provide additional details and ask that you please respect our privacy during this hard time. Thank you for following our love story and believing in us," they wrote in November 2022. "This journey has forever shaped our lives and we are so grateful for everyone who has been a part of it. Your love and support means everything." Keep scrolling to see all of Raven and SK’s ups and downs:

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Love Is Blind’s Raven Ross and Sikiru ‘SK’ Alagbada’s Ups and Downs: Wedding Drama, Cheating Rumors and More

Love is messy. Season 3 Love Is Blind contestants Raven Ross and Sikiru "SK" Alagbada learned that first-hand, as viewers watched their roller-coaster relationship play out on screen and off. “In some ways, I was definitely shocked,” Raven exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2022 about her beau saying no to her at the altar on their wedding day — a dramatic moment that stunned both the Pilates instructor and fans alike. Season 3 of the Netflix hit premiered in October 2022, and the couple got engaged in the pods before meeting face to face. When SK revealed he wasn't ready for marriage, the bride opted to look on the bright side of the situation. “Him and I didn’t talk about, like, a definitive answer before we got up on the altar, but I knew in my heart and I knew in his that, like, we had this incredible journey and that was so special to us,” she shared with Us after the season finale. “And we’ve worked through so many other problems that even if it’s not our time today, like, pretty soon we can try to work on it and get better and just keep growing — that’s probably the best thing that we did throughout this entire thing is just grow together and be patient.” In November 2022, the two revealed on the season 3 reunion that they were trying to make the most of dating long-distance. [sendtonews type="float" key="eDcL3S6GsE-2829615-14453"] “We’ve been working on [our relationship]. And he’s just such a beautiful person, so we’ve been giving each other patience,” the Dallas resident gushed to Us about SK, who moved to California for grad school. “It’s been great.” The couple also noted during the reunion special that their romance had “grown so much” from the distance. Weeks later, however, SK found himself in the middle of a cheating scandal when a woman accused him of talking to her on a dating app while he was with Raven. The fitness instructor, for her part, took to social media to address the rumors. “I don’t have anything to say about it. To summarize, rumors are rumors. And we’re fine. We’re good,” she said in November 2022 after sharing several videos of herself reacting to the drama, including footage of herself on the phone that she captioned, “Me calling att to pull up the messages y’all we’re talking about.” Raven added: “That’s my man and I’m sticking beside him.” The pair eventually confirmed via their respective Instagram accounts that they had called it quits. "Due to on-going legal proceedings surrounding these allegations, we can not provide additional details and ask that you please respect our privacy during this hard time. Thank you for following our love story and believing in us," they wrote in November 2022. "This journey has forever shaped our lives and we are so grateful for everyone who has been a part of it. Your love and support means everything." Keep scrolling to see all of Raven and SK’s ups and downs:

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Meet-Cute

Like their fellow Love Is Blind contestants, Raven and SK met on the show. (Season 3 was filmed in 2021.)

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Engaged

The pair were one of five couples on season 3 to get engaged, and did so during the pods.

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Altar-cation

While Raven said “I do” to SK on their wedding day — they held a traditional Nigerian ceremony to honor the computer scientist’s heritage — he did not.

Raven later told Us that she was “definitely shocked” at the time, but she emphasized that she and knew what they meant to each other. “Him and I didn’t talk about, like, a definitive answer before we got up on the altar, but I knew in my heart and I knew in his that, like, we had this incredible journey and that was so special to us,” she shared.

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What Went Wrong?

“It is no question in my mind. I love Raven. I know she’s probably mad and angry, but I just would feel really bad and really guilty to continue on in a marriage with her when I know there are so many other unanswered questions,” SK told producers at the time. “It’s not just about me having to leave after our marriage. It’s about her not being flexible to maybe move to California with me. It’s also about certain things I know for a fact that she’s very strong about. I still have a little bit of an issue with the family situation. I have thought about the risk of losing her forever because of my decision today, but as sad as it sounds, I think I would rather lose her than be in a marriage with her where I will feel a lot of shortcomings from her every day.”

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Dating Long-Distance

In November 2022, the couple revealed during the season 3 reunion that they were still together and dating long-distance for now. Raven and SK also confessed that they didn’t sleep together until after the wedding that wasn’t.

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Growing Together

“We’ve worked through so many other problems that even if it’s not our time today, like, pretty soon we can try to work on it and get better and just keep growing — that’s probably the best thing that we did throughout this entire thing is just grow together and be patient,” Raven told Us in November 2022 about her reaction to SK denying her at the altar.

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Unresolved Difference

“It was like merging two different people from two different continents trying to make this work,” SK exclusively told Us about why he didn't say "I do" on their wedding day. “And I just felt like we still had a lot of unresolved differences that adding a marriage on top of that still would not help us resolve. Also, I would’ve had to move, like, four days after we got married and because of where we are at in our relationship, I didn’t think our relationship was ready for that.”

He further explained: “After the show, I reached out to her and we talked things over and we are on good terms. We’re just taking things one day at a time right now. I’m very consumed with school, so it’s been very, very hard to even try to do anything serious. … We’re just taking things one day at a time.”

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Standing by Her Man

Despite speculation of infidelity — SK was accused of sending messages to another woman while in a relationship with Raven — the workout guru set the record straight via social media in November 2022, saying, “Rumors are rumors.”

“That’s my man and I’m sticking beside him,” she added.

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Assuring the Fans

"Are you two okay ? We want to know," a TikTok commenter wrote on November 18. Raven replied, "We are." She also agreed with another comment that said couples' counseling is "lit."

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Deleting Photos

Raven seemingly deleted all photos of SK from her Instagram grid — with the exceptions of photos from their wedding ceremony — on November 19 after a TikTok video showed photos and videos that allegedly prove SK cheated. Raven also posted an Instagram Story with three prayer hands emojis. 

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It's Over

The pair confirmed via their respective Instagram Stories in November 2022 that they had called it quits amid accusations of SK's infidelity. "We are saddened to announce that we have decided to go our separate ways," the statement read. "Due to on-going legal proceedings surrounding these allegations, we can not provide additional details and ask that you please respect our privacy during this hard time. Thank you for following our love story and believing in us."

They continued: "This journey has forever shaped our lives and we are so grateful for everyone who has been a part of it. Your love and support means everything." 

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Taking Legal Action

The data engineer took to social media to deny cheating allegations and claim he would be taking legal action against those who accused him.

“Dear LIB family, Raven and I left the Love is Blind altar as single individuals who went back to dating other people,” he wrote via Instagram on November 24. “While our journey back together hasn’t been straightforward, the unique emotional connection we develop from this experiment kept us together as friends, and helped rekindle our relationship after the fact.”

SK went on to claim that the rumors he was unfaithful to the Texas native were “false misrepresented with malicious intent to extort” and the pair would be “actively pursuing legal actions against the accuser.”

He concluded his statement by apologizing to “Raven, my family and everyone involved” for any “pain” he caused, sharing that he and the yoga instructor would “continue to support each other.”

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Thanksgiving 2022

Raven acknowledged her split from SK while celebrating Turkey Day by herself. “Spending thanksgiving alone b like….,” she shared via social alongside a video of her dancing and twerking while cuddling a cat. SK, for his part, appeared to have spent the day with family in Chicago. “La Familia…,” he captioned an Instagram Story photo of his Thanksgiving plate.

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‘Love Is Blind: After the Altar’ Revelation

The three-part After the Altar special aired in February 2023 and showed SK and Raven’s second proposal, which happened in fall 2022. The pair’s official breakup, which took place “a few months” after they get re-engaged, also played out on screen following cheating allegations on SK’s part.

“Since then, a lot has changed. My world is completely different because, you know, SK cheated on me and now our relationship is over,” Raven told the camera. “It’s so crazy to watch it back and, like, remember my feelings then. … I was so happy. I really was so invested in the person that everyone saw and everyone loved, like, that’s the person that I saw and I loved every day too. So, to see everything that has happened since then is so hard because that was not the person that I thought that I was with.”

SK didn’t share his side of the story on the special, but he previously denied in November 2022 that he cheated on Raven. At the time, he claimed he and Raven “were not together” when he was in contact with Hannah.

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Raven Details the Alleged Cheating Timeline

“There were definitely a lot of moments when I had a very unsettled feeling. I don't know if necessarily they were red flags, but I was ignoring things that I shouldn't have. I was like, ‘Hmm, something isn't right here,’” Raven exclusively told Us in February 2023 after she alleged during the After the Altar special that SK was unfaithful. “And instead of using my voice and communicating with my partner, I just kind of was like, ‘Oh, I don't wanna stir up any conflict.’ In the end, it really didn't serve me. So now I know, like, I need to listen to myself. “

The health guru claimed that she and SK were engaged for the second time “for several months” before she learned of the alleged cheating scandal and they split for good. Raven claimed that she found out about the alleged infidelity via TikTok and social media in fall 2022 during the same time fans did.

“A lot of the allegations and a lot of the receipts, you know, were from even before the show ever came out, and I was really understanding of that,” she explained to Us. “But, there were some that definitely were when we were together too. You gotta take some accountability for things that had happened, especially, you know, while we were engaged.”

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SK Speaks Out

“There were certainly key moments that had me questioning if we were right for each other,” SK said in an exclusive statement to Us in late February 2023. “Instead of confronting how I was feeling, and how it turns out we were both feeling, I pushed on in the relationship out of hope and wanting to make things work. I learned a lot during the relationship and I hope my lessons will make me a better man and partner in the future.”