Following the news that Ben and Poppy had left the show, Ben took to Instagram to thank fans who had expressed concern. Ben explained that Poppy "got sick" during the show's fifth episode, and there wasn't enough time in the shooting schedule for him to properly quarantine. Ben was quick to add, though, that Poppy had since recovered and was now doing fine.
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Ben even said that they didn't want to leave the show, but “had a ton of fun building with the rest of the cast.”
Reality series like this often shoot on very tight schedules, which can make things like illness very difficult to overcome. The tight schedules help to keep the shows relatively cheap, which is one of the reasons why Ben and Poppy may have been forced to leave instead of just waiting out his illness.
Thankfully, it seems like Poppy's illness wasn't anything that a little bit of bed rest couldn't fix. Unfortunately, in the cutthroat world of reality TV, bed rest isn't always in the cards. Ben and Poppy may not have had the chance to win the series, and it's clear they were disappointed about having to leave early, but they really didn't have much of a choice.
