- ♪ Everybody just wants to live ♪
- Eight singles said "I do"
to marrying a complete stranger
in front of their friends and family.
[applause]
- I've always wanted to be married.
I wanted that fairy-tale ending,
if you will, and today, I got that.
I'm a wife.
This is the start of a beautiful journey to come.
- Absolutely. - [laughs]
- My favorite obviously is salsa, like Colombia.
- You're gonna have to teach me how to dance salsa.
I just pretend. - Yeah.
- I just, like, do a little bit of that.
- She's very talkative, and she's got a lot of energy.
She's spunky.
I can tell that she's gonna be fun.
- I said, "She better be Black."
[laughter] - I said, "I want a leader."
And I said, "I want--I want a man who dates Black women."
- I mean, here I am. [laughs] - And here you are.
- Good first impression?
[giggles] - Come on now.
Really? I almost-- jaw almost dropped.
Like, it's a hell of a day.
I'm absolutely speechless.
I don't know if I could have dreamed up a better situation.
- I'm really kind of nervous about, the--like,
the whole, um, you live in your parents' basement.
So I just hope she understands.
- He's getting a beautiful girl.
He's getting a good lady.
- Yes. [laughs]
- And he'll be getting more of me if he ever messes with ya.
[laughter]
- Noted.
- ♪ Oh, oh
- Hello, everybody.
[laughs]
- And tonight, the wedding day continues.
- Please stand.
[anticipatory music]
- ♪ Tonight
- You, um, really, like, my type.
Like, usually the type I go for, looks-wise.
- OK, well, that's a good start.
- Looking at each other.
Aw, there we go.
- I'm very excited to keep kissing her lips.
I'm very excited to keep getting to know her.
- [giggling]
- We cheated.
[dramatic musical sting]
- You both have, like, strong personality.
You are gonna be struggling.
[tense music]
- I would be made to feel like [bleep].
- What have you done to heal yourself?
- I don't know you.
You might say one thing, and your actions show another.
[upbeat music]
- ♪ It's all or nothing
- This is "Married at First Sight."
♪ There's no other way
- ♪ It's all or nothing
- ♪ We're gonna give it all right now ♪
♪ We're gonna take it up to the sky ♪
- God, I love you.
- Aw, love you too, Dad.
Thank you for coming.
♪
Goodness.
♪
- I can only imagine how she feels right now.
- I am nervous, obviously, because I am so independent.
Like, I've been single for six years.
Am I too set in my ways now?
Like, will I be able to share my independence
with somebody else?
But I think the bigger risk is like,
the what if I never do this?
So let's start this big journey together.
It's been a lot of buildup to this moment.
So... [clicks tongue] I'm ready to head on down.
[tense music]
- Oh, man.
♪
[exhales] - Please stand.
♪
- Oh. [chuckles]
- [laughs]
- ♪ Making new beginnings
♪ Let your heart...
- Hi, new friends.
[both laugh]
Hey! - [laughs]
[upbeat music]
Hello, beautiful.
- Hey! [giggles]
- Ah.
- Hi.
- Well, hello there. - Nice to meet you!
- It's a pleasure to meet you. - [laughing]
- Wow.
And is this your mother?
- Yep, this is my mom and dad.
- I'm David.
- Oh, this is David.
- Oh, sorry. [laughs] - Is that what he said? Is th--
- [bleep] that one up, didn't I?
You have a very courageous daughter.
And thank you guys for supporting her as a family.
Family means everything to me as well...
- Awesome. - So it's a great start.
- Yes, it is. - [laughs]
- How you doing, sir? - Nice to meet you.
- Thank you very much. - Kent.
- Kent? A pleasure to meet you, sir.
- It was David, right? - Yes, it is David.
And yours is? - I'm--ooh, I'm Michelle.
- Hello, Michelle. - [laughing] Yes.
Are you nervous? - Oh.
I've been shaking in my boots all day.
- OK. Same. [laughter]
- Michelle, meet for the very first time,
David, your husband-to-be.
David, Michelle's family and friends want you to know,
although she may be a small-town,
country girl at heart...
Michelle has always been destined
to live her life in the big city.
She's one of the most sincere and genuine people you'll meet.
She is a perfect balance of tough and sensitive.
Michelle loves an exciting weekend out in the city,
however, cherishes a quiet Friday night
chilling on the couch with her three babies,
Walter, Trixie, and Lily.
[gentle music]
- They're animals.
[laughter]
- Michelle beats to her own drum
but will happily welcome anybody that wants
to march along with her.
We have no doubt she will make a great wife.
- That was good. - Yes.
That was music to my ears. - [laughs]
Aw.
- Michelle... - Ooh, yes, your turn.
- [laughs]
- David's family and friends want you to know
that family means everything to David.
He is a loyal son, uncle, and brother.
We are so excited to add husband to that list
and welcome you into this big, loud family.
- [giggles]
- David is a mama's boy.
His mom means the world to him. - Aw.
- He gets his big heart and his strength from her.
And while she's sad to be losing her firstborn,
she couldn't be happier to gain another strong woman
into the Tremble family.
- Yes, that is my last name, Tremble.
[laughter]
- Although he may look like a caveman...
[laughter]
- An upgraded caveman. - Uh, yeah. [laughs]
- He's really a gentle giant with a teddy-bear heart
who gives the biggest teddy-bear hugs.
You have also written your own vows.
Michelle? - Yeah.
- Would you share your vows first?
- OK, where have you been hiding?
Seriously, where have you been?
When I dreamed about this day, I would have never imagined
I would have to enlist experts
to find you and hand-deliver you down here to me.
But here we are.
And it feels good to be in the company of someone
just as insane as myself.
So nice to meet you, David.
- Oh, it's a pleasure to meet you.
- So today is the beginning of the next chapters of our lives.
And I truly can't wait to see what's in store
for the two of us.
I know you don't know me, but I can promise you
I will always be there to make you smile
after a hard day.
I will laugh at your jokes even when they aren't funny.
I will push you to be the best version of yourself.
I will strive to see both sides of the story
even when it's hard.
And finally, I will dream big with you.
Can't wait to build an amazing life with you
from this day forward.
- That was beautiful. [laughs]
So I guess it's my turn, right?
- It's your turn.
- So there are three things that we need
to create our love,
and those are loyalty, honesty, and respect.
And with those three things, our love can be created
as we have a clean slate to build our adventure,
our empire, our love for one another.
From this day forward, I promise to cherish your love,
your mind, and your body.
And with our loyalty, our honesty, our love,
and our respect, I am very confident
we can succeed together in this journey hand in hand
and forever and forever.
- Yes.
That was good.
- Michelle, will you take David
to be your lawful wedded husband?
Will you love him, comfort him,
honor and keep him so long as you both shall live?
- I do.
[cheers and applause]
- And David?
- I do.
- Yay.
[cheers and applause]
- May we have the rings, please?
Michelle? - Mm-hmm?
- Please take David's hand and repeat after me.
- OK. - With this ring...
- I wed you, David...
- With this ring, I wed you, Michelle...
- For today and tomorrow and for all the years to come.
- Please wear this as a sign of my commitment...
- And a notice to the entire world that I am your wife.
- That I am your husband. [chuckles]
Oh, it's snug. It's not coming off now.
[laughter]
- And now, by the authority vested in me,
I now pronounce you a married couple.
[cheers and applause]
David, you may now kiss your bride, Michelle.
Go for it.
[cheers and applause]
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce,
for the first time as husband and wife, Michelle and David.
- Yes!
[Wizardz of Oz's "More Than Love"]
- ♪ One kiss, the world comes down ♪
- ♪ And time stands still
♪ This is more than love
♪ This is more than us
- Who would've thunk? [both laugh]
- You crazy.
- Nah, we are both crazy.
- Aw.
[giggles]
- [vocalizes]
♪
Oh, this is pretty.
- Oh, very pretty.
[sighs]
That's a sigh of relief right there.
- OK, should we do this?
- I'm down if you are. - Yeah, let's do it.
- Just hit the jackpot.
Yeah, I don't know when I'm gonna stop smiling.
[laughs]
[cork pops] Ooh.
Hey. [chuckles] - Whoo.
- All right, where's someone coming out
and saying I just got punked?
That's what I want to know.
I'm just lost for words. I'm just in shock.
- [laughs] Yeah. - I'm happy.
I'm so happy, you don't even know.
Like, that's why, like, this grin is hurting my face.
- [laughs] - I've been doing this all day.
- Did you have, like, a vision
of, like, what you thought I would look like?
- Um, yes, and actually, they nailed it
to [bleep] T. - Really?
- The first thing I noticed was her blonde hair.
And that was something that I asked about.
So right off the bat, I was... really locked in.
She has dark blue eyes.
As her family was describing her personality,
that she's independent,
I asked for a independent woman,
as I like to do my own things, give her her time.
We have our time.
So, uh, yeah,
I'm a very happy husband right now.
And how old are you? - I'm 38.
- 38. Ah, yes.
Your husband just turned 36 today.
- Oh--today? - Yes.
- Oh, my gosh. Happy Birthday.
- [laughs] - Really?
- Yes, I was waiting for the right time to tell you.
I didn't want to take away from our moment.
- Oh, my gosh. - Yeah.
- Sorry to steal your big day! - No, no.
No. You're not stealing my day.
This is the best present that I could get right now.
- Oh, my gosh, that's crazy.
- My father and my brother got married
on their birthdays as well. - Whoa.
- I wanted to tell you one on one.
- I wasn't prepared with a gift.
- No, you don't-- you are my gift,
so don't worry about that.
Now this is gonna be our day.
- Aw.
- Do you drink a lot or--
- Um, socially. - Socially.
- I wouldn't say a lot.
Thank you. Do you?
- No, I mean, socially, like, when I'm doing activities--
softball, darts, and whatnot.
But when I'm at home, I don't crack open a beer.
- Yeah, same, I never drink at home.
- Yeah, no, that's not me.
I do have to say, I do socially smoke, though.
- Oh, like cigarettes? - Yeah.
- Oh, God, that's gross.
[laughter]
- I had to admit it to you, though.
- OK, I was like, oh, goodness.
- And that is something that I'm willing to stop, though.
I just do it-- - OK. You should--
you should quit that for your own health.
- Yes, yes, I should.
I just want her to know off the bat I am real.
And, like, I ain't got nothing to hide.
So I'm just gonna go with the vaping
and then try and teeter off,
'cause I do not want that to be a factor.
I'm not losing that beauty over
some [bleep] 16 pack of cigarettes.
[chuckles]
But I just wanted to let you know.
I want to get everything-- we got a clean slate, so--
- Yep.
- So do you live in the city? Do you live in the suburbs?
- I live in the city. - OK. You live downtown?
- I live in the West Loop. - OK.
- I am an absolute city person.
I, um--I've lived in the city for 13 years, I think.
I can, like, walk to work. I--
- So I don't--I drive to work. - OK.
I currently live in my parents' house.
- Oh, my gosh. Crazy.
- I choose to live at home because I have family
that accepts me and whatever.
I have my two careers. Um, so it's just, like--
- But, like, you don't want to live at home forever?
- No, no, not whatsoever.
It's just, like, I had--
for the last three years, I'd been living in a empty bar
that I turned into my condo, 2,500 square feet.
And, like, it was getting lonely.
I was like-- - Yeah.
- And then, so we decided to sell.
And I was like, let me just go back home for a little while
and then just see what I'm gonna do.
And then here we are now. [chuckles]
So... - Yeah, crazy.
[tense music]
[punchy music]
♪
- Hey! [laughs]
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ And I'm feeling good
♪ How 'bout you?
- Did y'all meet my husband?
- How you doing? - Nice to meet you, brother.
- Oh, now--oh--oh, OK, now.
- [laughs] - OK.
- Ay, she want to know if you got a brother.
- [exclaims]
[laughs]
- Your bouquet. And just have it on the side.
Your banana.
We need to do the banana shot. - Oh.
- Hold the banana up.
- 1-800-HotHusband alert.
[laughter]
- ♪ It's a mood
♪ And I'm feeling good
♪ How 'bout you?
- Close--get closer.
♪
- Yes, I love the chemistry. Look at that.
- Mm.
- Looking at each other.
- Ah, there we go.
- Kissing my husband feels so right.
I hope he gets used to it, 'cause I love kissing,
and I love giving kisses.
- Here, let me carry-- I'll carry it for you.
I'm very excited to keep kissing her lips.
I'm very excited to keep getting to know her.
So--so-- - And the flowers,
do you want me to hold them?
- Is your mother here?
Or is she--she's not here or?
- No, both of my parents aren't here.
- OK. No, listen. I totally understand.
Like, we can be OK-- - Yeah, you--I mean--
- Like, this is-- this is a little bit crazy.
- It's just, one, my dad's, like, super--
like, he doesn't even take pictures.
He's just, like, behind the scenes,
like, macho man, you know? - Got it. Yeah. Yeah.
Just, like--and then my mom's, like, so supportive of my dad.
So my mom's like, oh, my God,
I can't go and then your dad not go.
- Yeah. It makes sense. Yeah. Yeah.
- So I was like-- but I love that.
- Yeah, yeah. My dad--
my parents would be the same way.
- Yeah. Right.
- Honestly, like, my parents are, like, tight.
And my family is-- you're gonna--
you're in for a treat, I think.
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
- Yeah, boy!
- [speaking Spanish]
- Hola.
[laughs]
- [speaking Spanish]
- Hi, I'm [indistinct].
- And you guys are all cheering.
You ready, guys?
[cheering]
- ♪ We were meant to be
♪
♪ Oh, ah
♪
- [speaking Spanish]
- Yeah. - [chuckles]
- One, two, three.
One, two, three.
- I do wish my parents were here.
This is such a special moment.
And I'm so happy.
And then just feeling the love
that my husband has with his family,
I know would warm my dad's heart.
And I'm just, like, so excited to go back
and be like, I'm married, Mom and Dad.
And I--and I like him.
I'm excited.
- ♪ I need it
♪ I want it
- Whoo!
- ♪ Keep on going higher
♪ Burning with desire
- And look like this? Forehead? Temple?
- You can start off-- - OK.
- Forehead? Oh.
he said "Temples," didn't he?
[laughs] - It's OK. We'll learn anatomy.
[laughter]
- ♪ Keep on going higher
♪ Burning with desire
- I'm so happy right now, I honestly am.
Like, I'm married. [giggles]
He's definitely not, like, my typical type
that I've ever gone after, which is groomed up,
a little bit more metro, I guess,
with, like, more of an athletic body.
But honestly, I can definitely see why the experts
put Allen and I together, for sure.
Like, he's super funny--
- And nuzzle your nose on her temple.
- What am I doing?
- Nuzzle your nose on my temple.
- What am I, a bear? - [laughs]
Light-hearted.
But he's got, like, a very gentle
and, like, kind way about him.
Allen and I have both decided that we want marriage.
And we want partnership.
And we want, like, love.
And it's very clear
that he's, you know, ready for that.
[laughs]
- I can't help--
- Hey, I'm not-- I'm not blaming it.
- All right. Good, good.
I don't know if I could have dreamed up a better situation.
You know, I already can see us creating a life together
and have that together, loving family,
you know, the family that I never had.
- Beautiful, guys.
- So right now, I'm thinkin',
how have I not found you before?
Where have you been?
Why did I have to wait this long to find you?
♪
[Vanacore Music's "Let Me Introduce Myself"]
- ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh
♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey
- At this time, we'd like to welcome our newlyweds.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Nothing wrong, nothing bad ♪
- Hell yeah. - [laughs]
- ♪ Got that flow, got that glow ♪
♪ Yeah, it's happenin'
♪ I'm feeling pretty
♪ Let me introduce myself
♪ This my city
♪ Yeah, I love to show and tell ♪
♪ So write this down, 'cause we might let loud ♪
♪ I'm feeling pretty
♪ Let me introduce myself
[country music]
[cheers and applause]
- OK.
- ♪ I love to feel the way
♪ You softly whisper
♪ I can smell the summer in your hair ♪
- Now I got one big question for you.
- Oh, gosh, OK.
- The expectations when I-- when you see me walking down--
- Oh, like, my first, like, impression?
- Yeah. - OK.
You know what--like, first impression was, I was like,
you look like the genie-- - [laughs]
- Is that good or bad?
- Uh, that's a new one. - Oh, OK.
That's what I thought.
- I haven't heard that one before, so--
- Well, yeah, it was like, the--
- I love it. - OK.
[laughter] Oh, what was yours?
- Uh, once I seen the blonde hair...
- Yeah. - My--I started to smile.
And then I knew you had blue eyes.
- Yeah. - And I was just--
I--everything that I asked for.
- Aww.
Yeah, um--
- And how are you feeling at this moment?
- Yeah, I--very overwhelmed. - Me too.
- And, like, everyone's staring at us right now.
A lot of pressure. - Yeah, well,
we're good-looking.
[laughter]
- How are you feeling?
- I'm feeling happy as can be. - Yeah. OK.
- Like, everything's fell into place.
- Oh, gosh, yeah.
- I know that may be a little too much
for you right now, but-- - Yeah. [chuckles]
I'm still very overwhelmed.
I don't love how he lives with his parents.
I am focused on that.
But I'm going to try to not make that my only focus.
I'm the only one putting pressure on myself right now.
And so I just need to chill. [laughs]
- Spin her! Spin her!
[cheering]
♪
[soft music]
- You do look beautiful. - Aww, thank you.
- That was a good selection on the dress.
- Thank you, thank you.
You look very dapper too.
- I was going for the Don Draper look.
- Yeah. - [chuckles]
- Yeah. [laughter]
- You, um-- really like my type.
Like, usually the type I go for looks-wise, so--
- OK, well, that's a good start.
- I was like, hopefully she has a good personality,
which you do, so. - Yeah, I know.
Thank you. Thank you. - Yeah.
I know my dad would be proud because he'd be happy
that I've finally taken that step into marriage.
You know, in my past, I've had trouble sticking
with, you know, commitment on things.
And I've done a lot of work on myself.
So this time around,
I've, you know, put myself out there
and didn't overthink things, and I committed to Camille.
And it just feels good.
- I feel a lot less nervous now.
So that's--just, you could tell you got a good head
on your shoulders and a good family.
And family's important, so that's--
- You as well.
I just heard you say some of those things
that I was like-- like, my eyes lit up
because that's, you know... - Yeah.
- Exactly what I'm looking for, so.
I'm older, and, you know, this is, like,
something I didn't know was gonna happen,
or didn't think was gonna happen,
so it's a pleasant surprise. - Unexpected. Yeah.
I think it's for a reason. - Yeah, absolutely.
I'm past the point in my life where I want to play games
or do any of that dumb stuff.
- Yeah. - So I feel good about it, so.
- Well, good, good.
That's what I need to hear, for sure.
I'm feeling like I think this is someone
that I'm gonna be safe with,
someone that I'm going to be comfortable with,
and someone who's not going to play around with my heart.
Looking back on my past relationships,
they weren't really ready for actually being married.
And I've never met the man before today.
But a lot of the stuff he's telling me,
it's really-- it's heartwarming.
And it's helping me let the guard down a little bit
with knowing that this person's true intention
is to be together for the long--long run.
So I'm loving that, and it's kind of setting the tone
for what I think's to come.
♪
My hopes are that, you know,
we just choose each other, you know, every day,
and we can both agree to see that through.
- Mm-hmm.
- ♪ I believe
♪ We're right where we are meant to be ♪
- ♪ There's a whole world outside ♪
♪ All we've got is tonight
♪ Let the lights go out
[glasses clinking]
- Whoo!
- I'm gonna be chiming myself.
You have to kiss me. - Oh, yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
[giggles] - Is that what that means?
- Yeah. - Oh, really? I had no idea.
[together] Aww!
- [laughs]
- You look very beautiful. - Mm-hmm, thank you.
[light rhythmic music]
- Salad kisses.
[laughter]
- Is that cumbia?
- Yes, I love cumbia.
- Hey. [speaking Spanish]
- You do salsa, and I do cumbia.
- There you go. - Uh-huh.
- My mom, she can dance, man. She's pretty good.
- She's so cute. - Right? And she's so cute.
- Mm-hmm. - [laughs]
- Does she live here?
- She lives in North Carolina. - OK.
- Both my parents live in North Carolina, so I try--
- Are you the only one here then?
- Yeah, I moved here by myself. - Oh, my gosh.
- I was born in Bogotá.
But I was raised, till I was seven,
in Barranquilla-- the beach, you know?
It's cool. You're gonna love Barranquilla.
- Yes, we'll have to go.
- You are gonna be in ecstasy.
That's how much fun it is. - I can't wait.
- It's cool.
Yeah, a lot of dancing, a lot of singin'...
- Mm-hmm. - Laughin'.
- Good times.
- What's, like, your week look like usually?
Like, what is your-- like, a normal week for you?
- Whatever I want it to-- it changes every day.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
So I'm able to, like, manage my schedule.
So I'm able to just, like, decide that week, like,
what hours I want to work
or just whatever it is I want to do.
- You're gonna find that I'm, like,
as far as--I have a lot of routine in my life,
as far as, like... - Ooh!
- Monday through Friday. - Really?
I'm so far from routine.
- The reason is 'cause, like, I do work in construction.
And, dude, these guys that are in construction,
they're up at 4:00 in the morning.
And then also, I developed an app, like a mobile app.
So I launched an app. - What kind of app?
- It's a social-media app to connect--
I used to be a frequent flyer for work.
So I got to the airport, and I was like,
man, like, all these people show up here
an hour, two or three hours before their flight.
Nobody's interacting.
People are traveling for business.
Nobody's networking.
So I was like, you know, I'm gonna connect these people.
Is there an app to connect these people?
And I searched, and there wasn't.
So I was like, all right, [bleep] it.
I'm just gonna launch this thing.
- That's amazing. Yes.
- Developing a piece of tech is not easy, and it's not cheap.
So the app is not generating any revenue yet.
- To me, money is energy.
I don't really care anything about money.
To me, like, it comes and goes. - Thank you for saying that.
Absolutely. - I mean, I truly don't care.
I had this moment of, like, enlightenment in life, like...
- Tell me about it. - Where it was just, like,
a sudden shift of just, like,
my mindset and just, like, what I wanted in my life.
It's like, I think, like, we're all light beings.
And we come to Earth to learn more about ourselves.
And it just, like, all came to me in, like, my meditation.
So why I'm here is to remind people, like,
all this [bleep] means nothing unless you're one with yourself
and you have connection with, like, others.
So, again, connection.
Like, my whole thing is love and connection.
- Hopefully, you know, that's something
that we could build together.
And I would love to participate
in the things that you're trying to accomplish.
- I can't wait to teach you.
I love that. - You know? Cheers to that.
- Aw, we're gonna make planet Earth better.
- 100%. - Mm-hmm.
[soft music]
- ♪ Ooh, ooh
♪ I guess they never met you
♪ If your love is all I got
♪ Then I'll be flying
- Cheers. [glasses clinking]
Oh. [laughs] Look, he's ready.
- Already? Already. We just got here.
- [laughs] Yeah. - Oh!
[cheers and applause]
♪
- Um, this is the salad fork, I think.
- Uh, I'm not fancy enough to know.
- All right, cool. Well, we'll go with that.
- Don't let the suit fool you. - Yeah. [laughs]
- So there's some things about me
that you'll probably find annoying.
- Like?
- I'm particular about stuff. - Mm, mm-hmm.
- I eat one thing at a time on a plate.
- Yo, no lie, so I've been told that about myself.
And I didn't even realize it was a thing.
But I literally find myself just, like,
finishing one thing first, then going to the next
and going to the next, so, you know, that's--
that's all right with me.
[laughs]
My sister swears I need someone a little more grounded
with some good structure, and I--
So I think that your particular side will be--
she would approve of that.
- All right, good. - [laughs]
♪
You've never been married before?
- Nope. You? - OK.
No, mm-mm.
No. I know. - Um...
I was never married, but I was in, like,
a nine-year relationship.
- Were you, OK? - Yeah.
- How long ago was that?
- About 4 1/2 years ago.
- What kind of happened with that or--
- We--we kind of grew apart towards the end.
- Mm-hmm.
[light chatter]
- I think I had things all figured out and thought
I knew--I knew what I was doing, and I really didn't.
- Was it, like, realistic expectations
you had for yourself back then, or it was just, like,
you kind of needed more time
to grow into who you were gonna be?
- I did.
I think she wanted to be married too,
and I wasn't sure about it.
- Yeah, no, that's real.
It does make me a little worried in terms
of his ability to really commit.
That's something that's lacked
in a lot of my past relationships.
So it makes me wonder if he was with someone
for nine years,
how is he gonna be able to know
that he's ready to be married now?
- So have you ever lived with a man before?
- I haven't.
No, I never have. - Wow.
- I know. I never have.
- Ooh. [laughs] - Yeah.
My longest relationship was, like, five years.
- Mm-hmm.
- And that ended--that was, maybe, like, seven years ago.
So yeah, since then I've had a couple, like,
one-year relationships.
But yeah, it just kind of ends up in the same place.
Like, I think people just not really knowing fully
what they want.
But, hey, it all happened for a reason, I guess,
to lead us to this spot.
- Exactly. We're here now.
[upbeat music]
- ♪ I think I'm falling in love ♪
♪ And I know that this feels right ♪
- I know we gonna talk about it later,
but the hell made you do this?
- I mean, I've been single for a hot minute.
I don't like dating sites.
I work a lot. - Mm-hmm.
- And I don't want to focus on my career as much.
I don't want to be single forever.
What made you do it?
- It's been a desire for a while.
The problem is that I didn't want it to just be anybody.
- Yeah.
- So when they say that I've been, like,
praying for you for a while, I wrote a book.
- Mm.
- It's a book of letters to my wife.
- Mm.
- So that's what they're talking about.
- And you ain't give me that?
- Nah, 'cause... - And you ain't give me that?
- 'Cause I can write you a whole new set.
- OK.
So would you consider me your type?
- You are definitely beautiful. - Thank you.
- I don't necessarily have a type.
- OK.
- They asked me, was like, what's your type?
A Black woman.
- Oh, I love that. - Who's your celebrity crush?
- A Black woman. - Kelly Rowland.
- OK, I know that's right. - Michelle Obama.
- OK, give me some.
- And, I mean, I think it's more about energy
than--than anything else.
- Ladies and gentlemen, at this time
we'd like to invite all of our guests
to get out of their seats and join us over by the piano.
- What is--oh, you know what's happenin'.
- I know not what you speak. - OK.
You know what's happenin'.
[dreamy percussive music]
♪
- Mm, I love that.
- I did hear him.
- I love that.
He just ain't know she was in Chicago.
Baby. - Wait till he find out.
- Hi, y'all. - Hey.
- These are some of my favorite musical people.
And I just want them to speak for me through their music.
Wife? - Yes, husband?
- Whoo-whoo! - Thank you. Thank you.
- What you sayin'?
- I'd like to present to you, wife...
- Husband.
- As if no one else is here but you and I.
- OK. - Ooh.
[gentle piano music]
- OK.
♪
- ♪ Baby, I don't know what it is that you do to me ♪
♪ But lately, you've been heavy on my mind ♪
♪ And it just don't make no sense ♪
♪ Maybe I'm crazy
♪ But this thing I've got for you, it don't compare ♪
♪ To none other that I've had in my life before ♪
♪ And I swear it's a feeling that I can't ignore ♪
♪ See, this thing that you do to me ♪
♪ Is oh-so, oh-so incredible
both: ♪ You do that
- ♪ Something 'bout the way you walk ♪
♪ Something 'bout the way you talk ♪
♪ Pretty dimples when you smile ♪
♪ Oh, the sparkle in your eye
♪ Looked at me and oh-so sweet ♪
♪ My life has now become complete ♪
♪ Feeling I cannot explain
both: ♪ You do that thing
- ♪ To me
♪ You
- Baby.
[cheering, laughter]
- Don't stop. [laughs]
[light piano music] OK!
- You do that thing.
- Yeah! [laughter]
- It's something about the way you walk.
- OK.
- Something 'bout the way you talk.
- ♪ Something 'bout the way you talk ♪
- Some--dimples in your--
- ♪ Something 'bout the smile, yeah ♪
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - [laughs]
- Do that smile. - You do that thing.
You do that thing.
♪
- ♪ Something about the way you, you walk and you talk ♪
♪
[lively music]
- ♪ All go and never slow
♪ Got it goin' on
- Welcome to your intervention.
[both laugh]
- Intervention? I thought this was an interrogation.
- Ah, a little bit of both.
- Yeah. - All right.
- Hey, hey! - Gentlemen, gentlemen!
- Hello! - What's up?
- The pressure's on.
- [laughing] Pressure is on. - Grill me.
[laughs] - So how you feelin'?
- I'm literally on cloud nine.
I'm--like, this has-- I feel like has been,
like, the best that I could have ever expected.
Like, after talking to Allen a little bit,
I truly feel like when they matched me and Allen,
they saw all of these similarities.
And, like, his love and excitement
and just, like, care in tonight, like,
he's pulled the chair open for me every single time.
He asked to kiss me before he kissed me, even as his wife.
Like, he's... - Yeah.
- Everything he's-- - That's Allen.
- That's Allen. That's, like-- - I know, but, like,
for me, I haven't gotten a man to do that for me
in so long and truly mean it.
And, like, having him do it with knowing nothing about me
outside of the gift that I gave him,
I'm like, this is [bleep] awesome, like.
[laughter]
- I want to know,
what is your hope for this marriage?
And what do you hope for for your future with Madison?
- I romanticize a lot of things.
And for me, the best possible outcome
is gonna be, I found my person.
You know, I found my person that, when we're 80 years old
and I've got my walker
and we get little tennis balls on there...
[both laugh] - Oh, yeah.
- And, like, and she's ahead of me,
I'm gonna throw one of my balls at her.
And I'll be like, I'ma go get you.
- Wait up, my girl!
[laughter]
- Like, let me ask you this.
Like, so Allen is very--
like, he has a certain kind of view
of what he wants out of this, right?
And are you kind of--like, what do you want out of this?
- Physical attraction is important,
but it also comes in a lot of different ways
from emotional security, like, mental security.
Like, that's what I'm looking for.
Like, I personally feel like I've just dealt
with a lot of bull[bleep] because,
to be honest, people take one look at me.
And they're like, you're gorgeous.
You must be stuck up and snobby.
And that's not the case.
Like, I'm very humbled because I wasn't always beautiful.
I love myself now, for sure. - Mm-hmm.
- But, like, I have my ole slew of [bleep]
that I, like, grew up with to get to where I am now and...
- Yeah. - I'm looking for somebody who,
like, appreciates me and I find attractive
and that finds me attractive for, like, who I am
and not, like, just from the outside.
You know, like, I want them to know my soul and my heart
and, like, what I bring to the table and--
- I will say, Allen is one of those people
that if you're into it, he'll be into it.
- I only want him to, like, really be into it, though,
like, if he wants to too, because I feel like I've also
been in places where I was kind of that same mentality of,
yeah, if you're into it, I'll like it.
But I could end up hating it and then, like,
not tell you that I hate it and never want to do it again.
- And it's not that, like, if you like it, he'll fake it.
If you're genuinely excited about something,
he will genuinely also be excited about it.
- OK, cool, cool, because the one thing
that I've just wanted so badly is, like, effort and commitment
and just, like, somebody who wants to try.
- So I kind of want to get into... - Yeah, please.
- Your past. - Yeah.
- Like, what was your past relationship?
Why didn't it work out? - Yeah, why'd it end?
- I was in a relationship for four years
that ended about a year and a half ago.
That was probably the one I thought I was gonna
be done with dating and everything.
But as the years progressed, it was just not healthy.
Like, I came home, and I felt like--
I would be made to feel like [bleep] because it was like,
do you have your receipt for the gas station
because you're nine minutes late?
- Why have you done to heal yourself from that?
Or is that something that might come up
with your relationship with Madison?
- I am a huge advocate for mental health.
You know, between my mom and my dad,
you know, we were in custody battles for 14 years.
You know, there was a lot of counseling.
There was a lot of therapy, and I guess my intention
with getting married, you know,
is I get a lot of motivation from the things
that I didn't have in life, you know?
And eventually pray that we can form the foundation
that we can build, that love will grow.
[bright music]
- ♪ For your love, I'll follow ♪
♪ Been looking for this for so long, so long ♪
♪ We got something real, babe ♪
- Hello, ladies. - Hi.
- Hi! - All right.
So what intel do I get from you guys?
- Well, congratulations. - Why, thank you kindly.
It's a pleasure to meet you guys.
- Yes. - And I wanted
to thank you guys right off the bat
for supporting Michelle.
I want to hear your guys' insight.
- I think, physically, check, check, check.
You meet all of the standards of her type, 100%.
- Why, thank you kindly. - You literally were, like,
what we thought you would look like.
And, like, I feel like everybody feels like
there's a big weight lifted a little bit
as we've, like, been able to mingle and talk.
But I think, like, as long as you can match her
without overshadowing her and, like, dulling that shine
that she's got that we all love about her, I think, like--
- Of course. But I will tell you this,
I'm not gonna outshine her.
We're gonna work together and be together.
- Are you guys having fun?
- We are having fun. - OK, good. Yes.
- Have some questions. - Ooh, yes.
Hopefully I have answers.
- So what made you do this?
- Yeah, I think it was like, I've been single
for a really long time, and so, um,
it hasn't worked in the past for me.
And so I was like, maybe I am what's going wrong.
- OK. OK. - I've got the bad picker,
because I am the common denominator
in all these past relationships that haven't worked out.
So now I'm like, OK, well, like, if I'm sick,
I would call a doctor to help me.
If I can't find love, I call in the experts to help me.
So that's how I kind of took it. - OK. OK.
He literally said these experts let him open up
a lot more too, which is good.
- Yeah. - Which is good.
Now, is there anything you want to know?
- Ooh, he right away was like, putting things about him
that I think maybe he was, like, hesitant to tell me--
he kind of threw it out there really fast.
And two of 'em, which I want your opinions on, like,
why--or, like, what you think of that.
He said you guys were roommates.
- Mm-hmm. - So I'm curious
as to why do we think--
like, why is he living with you guys?
Are you like, "Get outta here"?
- No. - Or you embrace that?
- It's a temporary thing. He is ready to move on.
- Yeah. - I-I think he's been there
because we've needed him to do things
and he's always been supportive,
not that he doesn't adventure and do for his own.
It was just the caring and the love that we have, that's it.
I mean, he's ready to just move on.
But we've never pushed that issue
because our door is just always open for him.
So, I mean, it never will be closed.
- Totally, and it shouldn't. - No, exactly.
No. - Yeah.
- I want to get to know her a little bit.
What do you guys have to-- what makes her tick?
- Oh, honey, we're not done with you yet.
That wasn't-- - All right, OK.
- I like that you tried to just be like,
OK, we're done with this. Now let's talk about this.
- Are you, like, ready for this?
Like, really ready for this? - [bleep] yeah.
- After the cameras go away,
after, like, life starts happening?
- I am ready. - Your first big fight,
how do you come back from that?
- Honestly, it's listening.
Communication.
Take one day at a time and compromise.
I know that I'm gonna have to work on it.
It's not gonna be a [bleep] overnight,
like, hey, here, boom.
You know, we're both fresh at this.
It takes a long time.
So I'm just really genuine, honest, and loyal.
And I just want to be able to support her
and be up to her par, I guess.
So you ask me, I'm a open book.
If you like it, you like it. If you don't, you don't.
But at the same time, it's honest.
- Sure, sure. - So.
And I hope that she's the same with me.
And it seems that she has been
because I told her that I smoked cigarettes.
She said, "Gross."
I appreciated that she said "Gross"
rather than "Eh, that's not something I like."
No, just give it to me real. And then I know.
- He mentioned that he smokes cigarettes.
- Yes, I feel that he does it on a social basis.
- Oh, he did say that. - And he--
literally, my husband... - He knows I don't like it.
- He doesn't like it. I'm a cancer survivor.
So literally, I used to smoke. - Yep.
- So I think that that is something
that just triggers him.
Like, he does it on a social, and...
- OK. OK.
- You just got to push him on that, that's all.
- Yeah, 'cause he doesn't smoke in front of me.
- Yeah, OK. - Yeah. Yeah.
- But tell me a little bit about her.
- All right, we'll let you ask that question now.
Now we'll let you-- - Now--now I can get it?
- We got a little more info from you.
- But we're gonna come back to you too.
- All right. - We're not done--
- Yes.
- She likes being treated special, right?
So it's, you know, flowers without being asked.
It's... - The little gifts.
- Like, a little sweet treat.
- Be thoughtful and, like, sentimental.
- The little, small things? both: Yeah.
- She also--when she needs it, she needs her space.
- Hey, don't we all? - And that's OK.
both: Yeah. - She's not, like,
always open to being super vulnerable.
- Mm-hmm. - OK.
- She's a good mix, like, you know,
of being sensitive and, like, really tough.
- But strong and keeping it to herself.
- Yes, she'll keep her cards... - Sounds like me.
- Close to her vest a little bit, yeah, so.
- So we got to break each other down
or just be there for one another.
- Yeah.
- She just has really high standards for herself
and anybody else who's coming into her life.
And she doesn't put up with a lot of bull.
[percussive music]
♪
- ♪ Got nothing to prove
♪ Stuck on you
♪ A little bit of love
♪ Baby, we can't lose
- Hello, guys. Hola. - [speaking Spanish]
- ¿Cómo estás? ¿Alejandro?
- Alejandro. - Alejandro y...
- Giuliana. - Giuliana.
- Yes, come here, brother.
- Mucho gracias. Mucho gracias.
Thank you, guys.
- Yes, of course. - The new brother-in-law.
- Thank you for having me. - How are you feeling?
- I am feeling very good. - Yeah?
- You guys are amazing and welcoming to me.
- Oh, thank you. - So that's a big deal.
- Absolutely. - And not only that,
I think your family is amazing too.
- Yeah, thank you. - You know what I mean?
So they've been so nice, so loving.
I mean, I can't ask anything better for Karla.
- Well, thank you.
- Are you having fun? - A lot.
- Yes, we are. How about you?
- Oh, my God, I am enjoying myself thoroughly.
It's been amazing.
- Awesome, awesome.
- What do you think about Juan?
What's your initial--
- He seems so cool, like, very chill,
like myself, up for adventure, an entrepreneur.
Like, I love that he's very goal driven.
I feel he will help me grow with my own business
because I'm so in the clouds all the time.
And I'm, like, a dreamer.
I have the vision. - Uh-huh.
- So hopefully he can help me execute the vision.
And I'm hoping to bring to his life,
not everything has to be planned.
There doesn't need to be structure.
You can, like, go with the flow.
And everything always works out.
- He flows, but he flows with a plan.
- With a plan. - Right?
- Well, maybe that'll be the perfect balance,
'cause I flow with no plan.
You can't control life, right?
You just have to, like, flow with it.
So hopefully I can bring that, like, ease to him
and let him know, like, everything's gonna be OK.
- What made now, like, the right time for you?
- A lot of the decisions I've made have been based
on a lot of risk and adventure.
You know, like, you know, I'm 36.
I've lived a lot of life.
In my 20s, I would have never thought about getting married
or having, like, that long-term relationship
'cause I don't think--
I don't know, I'm speaking maybe for myself--
but I don't think men are mature enough in their 20s
to make that type of commitment to somebody.
- Yeah. - You know, we're more mature
in our 30s to be ready to, like,
kind of hang the gloves up and just be, like, I'm done
with, like, just having fun and thinking for myself.
- Yeah, you've done the grown up, you know?
- Exactly. - You've grown up already.
- You know, the reason I decided
to do it this way is because I'm very passionate,
and I just jump into a relationship.
And then I end up, like, oh, well,
I'm not really compatible with this person.
- What's something that you would say, like, you know,
something that you will have to work on?
'Cause, like, you know, I don't want to say a flaw,
'cause, like, we all have to work on something, right?
- I have to work on my softness.
I'm very blunt and direct.
And sometimes, it can come off that way,
and it can come off harsh.
But I always mean it with the best intentions
and, like, all the love inside my heart.
So hopefully we can both give each other, like,
space or just the time to get to know each other
and, like, understand how we communicate.
- It will be a challenge.
I will tell you one thing. - Yeah.
- Like, it will be a challenge.
- You both have, like, strong personalities.
And if you don't work in that situation,
you're gonna be struggling.
[tense music]
- ♪ Watch me make my move
♪ Lining it up, taking my shots ♪
♪ Now I'm in my groove
♪ Best believe it
- Hi. Hey, ladies. - Hey.
- How are you guys? - Join us.
- How are you feelin'?
- I actually feel fantastic.
I'm--I'm elated. Like, I can't stop smiling,
because I almost feel like I won a lottery today.
- Oh, we think you did. - So yeah.
- We know you did.
[laughter]
- When you came down the aisle,
were you pleasantly surprised?
- Yeah, definitely.
Yeah, he cleans up nice.
I was like, OK, all right.
This is a good starting spot. - Yeah.
I think he had a great feeling about you.
I know, like, me and him are very close.
So I know he was happy when he saw you.
- Good, good, that makes me feel better--
- You shouldn't have anything to worry about in that aspect.
But I'm his brother.
I'm like, that's my best friend.
That's my partner. Like, we're really close.
And, like, my brother, because he was single,
he would come over, and he would join us.
How do you feel about, like, combining those families
and hanging out with each other,
going to barbecues,
doing, like, pool parties, stuff like that?
- Yeah, that's--I feel like that's what I thrive in.
Like, that's what I seek out.
Like, I feel like I wouldn't mesh as well
with someone who didn't have that kind of environment
and that family to lean on and be part of.
And that's one of the biggest things
that I told the experts that I need,
is someone who is family oriented
and really wants family to be top priority.
- Oh, awesome.
- So how long was your longest relationship?
- My longest relationship was nine years.
- Wow, and can I ask what happened or why it ended?
- Um, if I'm being 100% honest with myself,
I was not a good boyfriend at the end of that relationship.
- What do you mean?
- What makes you feel like that?
- I stepped outside of our relationship.
- I mean, when you say you stepped out,
do you mean, like, you stepped out,
like cheating or you, like... - Yeah. Like, I--
- Checked out. - No, like infidelity.
- Wow. All right.
- Obviously, Tom was in a long-term relationship,
nine years it sounded like.
And so, you know, he was telling me
that he just didn't really feel like he was ready
to fully commit with her, and, you know,
she wanted marriage. He wasn't ready.
So would that be any issue or area of concern, is like,
would you say there's any commitment issues in general?
- Um... I think he kind of got stuck in something.
And then, I think, like, he just felt compelled to stay
in something that wasn't really the best fit for him.
- Yeah. I see.
- So I think he just couldn't
hit the eject button on that, so.
- Yeah.
- That was actually a really tough time for me.
It was probably one of my lowest points.
But I definitely put a lot of work in on myself.
And following that, I did some therapy.
I saw a therapist for, like, six months
because I wanted to find the root
of what my actions were,
'cause there's reasons people do things like that.
You can't just chalk it up to, I made a mistake.
I think you really got to examine that.
And one of the key takeaways I took from it is,
you have to be open and honest, and you have to communicate.
Otherwise, you're not gonna know
what the other person's feeling.
- My advice would be, I read my brother really well.
And sometimes he's closed off.
To me, that could be a issue in a relationship,
and especially a marriage.
I would challenge you to open him up,
for lack of better words.
Like, our upbringing was tough.
Like, my dad was a military man.
Uh, he was very disciplined.
And he had--you know,
we didn't really show our emotions so much.
So sometimes we'd bury it inside, especially him.
He'll see his body language kind of closes off.
I would encourage you to encourage him to open up
and speak freely because it could affect
the trajectory of your relationship.
- Yeah.
- How long were you in your relationship
before you realized that, OK, this isn't--
this isn't where I want it to go?
Because I don't want it to seem like you're in this--
- Eight weeks is such a short amount of time, like--
- Yeah. - Right. How will you know?
- Like, are you gonna know, like, this is my forever,
in just eight weeks, you know?
- Or be able to, like, recognize when
some of those same feelings are coming up
and be able to work through them?
- Yeah, I think that I am,
because that was a different situation, obviously.
But that was--that was over a long period of time,
and we were both, like, young when that started.
- You stayed because of the time.
- Yeah.
- Do you guys feel like he is ready to be married now?
Or you think it is more of the,
you know, not wanting to be, like,
the single friend that's kind of driving that?
Do you guys really feel like he's ready to be married now?
- Ab--
- You want to answer? - Yeah. Ab-absolutely.
'Cause, like, before,
he wouldn't really even talk about the subject.
This is the most committed and focused
I have ever seen him on anything.
And, like, when he gets committed and focused
on something, he's gon' do it.
- OK.
- Is there something you see in Tom thus far,
in this short amount of time,
that makes you feel a little more confident in...
- I'm already starting to pick up on what you said
about him when he's committed to something being committed.
And I think he's taking marriage seriously.
And I don't think it's just gonna be a phase for him.
At least I hope not.
[laughter]
- ♪ Let the fire ignite
♪ Put out the darkness with your light ♪
- Hello, fellas.
- Hey. - Hello.
- Hey, what's happening? - How are y'all doing?
both: Doing well. - How are you doing?
- I'm good. I'm married.
both: Yeah. - Right?
- You's married. - I'm good. I'm married now.
- Translation--better now. - OK.
- Better now. - Better now.
- And, you know, this is a time for us
to get to know you a little bit more.
So, like, what's the story that got you to marrying a stranger?
- [laughs] So I'm a nurse practitioner.
I own my own practice.
And honestly, for the last 15-ish years,
I've focused on my career.
And now I'm 35 at this point.
And I'm like, OK, wait,
I'm ready to share my life with someone.
And then the guys I've been encountering dating,
they're not ready for commitment.
- Wow.
- Yeah, so it's been hard.
- It's crazy because, um-- and it's emotional for us too,
because I once feared that Ike would never wander off
into the love space again because,
you know, he was really in love with a young lady.
And this was a long time ago, but he was really
in love with a young lady.
And she broke his heart,
you know, cheated on him.
He had given everything.
So he carried that for a long time.
You know, I think that made him--
kind of shaped his decision-making with,
you know, relationships, like, nah,
I'm not gon' completely be vulnerable, yeah.
You know, I'm not gonna
completely open up, 'cause I remember what happened.
- Absolutely.
- But, I mean, you know, you seem like you all-in.
- I'm all-in. I'm very much so all-in.
I know that Ike wanted a wife.
And I want a husband. - Uh-huh.
- And we got lucky enough that we vibe well.
- Wow.
And then that's the pressure on the situation, man,
because, I mean, Ike has been writing to his future wife...
- Mm-hmm. - Like, for a minute.
- For a while now. - Like, how long?
both: Forever. - Like, he's been writing.
And it's also immense amount of pressure, too,
because it's like, that's you.
- Whew.
- Oh, man, I'm here like a big brother today, man.
So I got to drill you in a little bit, you know?
So I hope you don't mind, man. - I don't, man.
- I know it's your time to shine,
but, you know, it's some things we just got to figure out.
- I get it. I get it. - You get it?
- When's the last serious relationship you had?
- 12 years ago.
- SO, in 12 years, you telling me
you haven't dealt with a woman seriously?
- I've dealt with women seriously.
But it hasn't gone past a certain point.
- Never been close--engaged? - I have been engaged before.
- How many times? - Once.
And what happened with her.
- It didn't.
- I mean, it didn't because of her or because of you?
- Because of me.
- OK, so you just walked out on her?
- It wasn't that.
We decided not to--
- Mutually? - Mutually.
In my 20s. - In your 20s.
What was the longest relationship you had
since that last engagement?
- Six, seven months. - Six, seven months.
And it always just a flop?
- I listened to what they said.
I listened to them
saying that they didn't want to have children,
they didn't want to be married.
I listened to them say
that they didn't want things that I want.
- I mean, you're 41 years old, right?
- I am.
- And so you still want children?
- I do. - How many?
- I'll take "a" at this point in life.
- You'll take one? - I'll take "a."
- OK, OK.
Now, another thing is when people move to Chicago,
they feel like they want to move back home.
So that's another thing-- like, at the end of the day,
she doesn't have that much family here.
- Yeah. Yeah. - But Chicago's her home.
You know, her friends have became her family.
But, I mean, you just coming to Chicago from Texas.
- Mm-hmm. - I mean, what are you--
Are you planning on staying here?
- Yeah.
I just re-signed my contract. - OK.
- And, I mean, I thought about buying a place here.
- From a man-to-man standpoint, I mean,
you seem, on paper, just like a real eligible bachelor.
But, I mean, at the end of day,
what makes you ready at this given time?
I mean, you had your whole life.
You had chances, you know-- you may have felt
like they wasn't the one for you.
But what makes you feel like she's the one for you?
And what you gonna do to keep her, keep her the one?
- I'm here with, like, an open mind, an open heart
to see what can happen.
I don't know but the information
that I've just learned about her.
And what I know about her is she's dope.
- OK.
- I mean, I know for a fact she's dope
because you wouldn't be here grilling me if she wasn't dope.
- Exactly.
- You wouldn't be trying to protect her heart.
And, I mean, that speaks volumes.
- Mm-hmm. - I mean, I can't tell you
that it's gon' be the best thing ever.
What I can do is, I can promise you that while she's around me,
she's gonna be safe. - OK.
- While she's around me,
she'll have the respect that she deserves.
And that I'm going to make sure that she's good.
- I mean, you have a way with words.
But I mean, at the end of day, like, I don't know you.
You might say one thing, and your actions show another.
You might have just went ahead and said your vows.
I mean, very great vows.
I mean, you dress sharp. It seems like you're ready.
But, I mean, things are gonna move fast.
- Yeah.
- And I'm just really hoping
that you make the right decision.
I mean, he's a man.
You know, I mean, what are your intentions?
And what are your motives?
He sees that she's ambitious and she's established.
Is he looking for somebody to take a ride with?
I mean, he speaks on, he has a house in Houston.
But why did you leave Houston? Are you running from things?
I mean, a number of different things
run through my head.
It's like, that's her husband.
But then I'm like, that's a stranger.
So this is all a big, like, question mark to me.
It's gonna take some time.
You know, it's gonna take some time for me
to just open my hands
and just, like, all right, bro, you my bro...
- Yeah. - You know, um,
because I have to see how you're treating her.
- I get your concerns. I understand your concerns.
I mean, everything is a question.
- But we're just gonna make the best of it
and hope for the best.
♪
- ♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, I can't hear you ♪
♪
[rapping rapidly]
♪
- [squeals]
- Whoo!
[all cheering]
- No, you're not done.
♪
- ♪ They bring that attitude ♪
♪ That's when you clap back
♪ Ain't never need for words
♪ 'Cause they ain't worth that ♪
♪ No, they ain't worth that, no need to get mad ♪
♪ That's when you put your hands together ♪
♪ And just clap back
- So what do you think?
- I like him. - Yeah.
- He's really adorable. He seems like--
- He seems like a good dude.
- I really have been enjoying talking to him
because I think I've been able to dig to the deeper.
And, like, his core values are amazing.
- Your values and your morals are very similar.
But...
he did openly admit
to stepping out of his relationship.
♪
Basically, he cheated. - Mm.
- That's something that doesn't align with you.
- Right.
- Yeah, that's, like, a nonnegotiable for you.
That's what I said. - Yeah.
- Like, obviously you guys, like, dug deeper.
Was this something that it was, like, in the heart
of the relationship?
Or, like, at the end, it was over with?
- Where he checked out. - Yeah.
- And he wasn't vocal enough to admit that he checked out.
- Yeah.
- Let me add that he said
after that, he did go through therapy.
- Yeah. - Mm.
- He wanted to figure out why he took that step.
- So he has that self-reflection.
- Yeah, and it's been, he said, over five years ago.
So he feel like, with that time that he spent
getting to understand why he did that,
now is ready to be in a committed relationship.
- That kind of seems on par.
I've heard across the board that he's the type--
when he wants to commit to something, like, he's all-in.
And, like, it...
it makes everything else, like, more attractive
as a whole package. both: Yeah.
- It sounds like you're feeling him already, so...
- So, with that being said...
- [chuckles]
- What's on the agenda for tonight?
- [chuckles] Tonight?
- Please don't let me down
'cause I was swearing up and down,
my girl ain't gonna do nothing.
[laughter] Lord.
- Is that on the table for tonight?
- [giggles] I don't know that tonight's going
to be the night, but, you know, maybe.
[laughter]
- ♪ Oh, oh, oh
♪ It's a beautiful life, yeah ♪
- Oh, girl, yeah. - That's it. Hey, hey.
- Mm, mm, mm! - Hey, hey, hey!
- Where's my drink? - How you doing?
- How you feeling? What you doing?
- I'm having the best time. - Oh.
- Oh, thank you. - Thank you.
- That's great. [laughs]
I was talking to, like, all of his groomsmen.
And I think, like, the one, like, red flag
of that that I got is that...
they've said that he is so accommodating and loving...
- Yes. - Which is amazing.
But I'm like, being a giver can only do so much for you
without it becoming, like, resentful.
But I want to hear your opinion.
- I do think his last relationship was pretty toxic.
- Yeah, very toxic.
- And he also has family trauma.
- Yes.
- His parents had a 14-year custody battle
with him.
♪
And you have your own past family trauma.
- So you guys have already gotten more than I have.
- Yeah, you haven't been able to touch on it yet.
- Like, the fact that he told you guys that almost makes me,
like, a little bit happier... - Yeah.
- Because I feel like he didn't want to tell me it
because he didn't want to, like...
- It's heavy.
- He didn't want to trauma-bond.
- Well, and he wants to have time for you two to talk.
- Yeah, when it's right. When it's right.
- When you feel it.
- Like, everything from today, I've felt on cloud nine.
I still feel on cloud nine. Like--
- Yeah. We can tell. - Good. Yeah, we know.
- Every one of us.
- I'm honestly, like, overwhelmed with just,
like, a lot of-- they're, like, good feelings.
Like... - Yeah.
♪
- So, after speaking with him, what are we thinking?
What are we feeling?
- It's nice to see that he's serious
about being in a committed relationship.
- Yeah.
- And he puts loyalty and respect
high up on his list of things.
I hope that stays consistent with who he is
as you go through this process.
- Yeah, like, I do see why we've been paired.
Like, I see the similarities. - Oh, for sure.
- And, like, I do see that.
Now I thinking it's, like...
There's, like, small things that, like,
I am, like, getting a little bit stuck on
in my head that I'm, like--
I don't even want to say them out loud.
But, like, you know what I mean?
Like, I'm like, OK, you told yourself
you're going to be open-- like, continue doing that.
- I think, on your wedding day,
it's very natural to feel overwhelmed.
Like, with what you know right now,
do you feel like, OK, this has some legs to it?
- Yeah. No, I definitely think that.
I think I am--
[bleep].
- It's OK. Take a breath.
♪
- [voice breaking] He's, like-- he is very excited.
And I'm being hesitant.
- It's OK. - And that's OK.
- And I feel bad. I don't want to, like...
- A lot of stuff has been thrown at you today.
- Yeah, it's a lot. - It's a lot.
♪
- OK, take a breather.
- [whispering] I don't want his family to see.
- I know, it's OK.
- Do you want to go to the bathroom?
- Yeah. - OK, let's go.
♪
- You think she's into you?
- The initial feel was a good vibe.
Like, yeah. - Hey.
- Yeah, like, right now she's very overwhelmed,
but I want this.
And I want to make it [bleep] work.
- OK, OK, so...
- Breathe. Just breathe.
- Yeah.
- It's OK, it's OK.
[dramatic music]
- Yeah.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- OK.
- That's OK. - I feel better.
I can pull it together. - Yeah.
- You've got it. - Let's go.
♪
[indistinct chatter]
- Where's my wife? [chuckles]
♪
- There she is.
♪
Well, welcome back, babe. - I know.
I had to have one moment. - How you feeling?
- I mean, it's a lot, but good.
- As long as it's good. - Yeah. Yes.
- That's all I need to hear.
- How are you feeling? - I feel good.
I'm tired. But I'm happy, though.
- I know.
I feel like I'm having a moment.
But I think I'm a little overly tired.
- Oh, no, that's fine.
The espresso didn't do it. - Yeah, I know.
I'm like, I need ten! [chuckles]
But, yeah.
- Hello, hello, everybody.
I want to say this is their night.
But it is a special day for David.
Happy birthday. Happy 36th.
- Whoo!
- This is the last one you get, so...
[laughter]
Love you. Love you. - Aw.
- Bag of hot Cheetos?
- Hot Cheetos. - Ooh-hoo, hey!
- Snacks!
- You get hot Cheetos!
You get hot Cheetos! You get some!
You get hot Cheetos!
- I will take those, for sure.
[laughter]
[all shouting]
♪
- ♪ La, la, la, 'cause love makes the world go round ♪
all: Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
♪
- This is my husband!
I feel amazing.
When you're on the dance floor, it comes from nothing but love,
and you're there to have a good time
and just release this energy.
It feels so good.
♪
- ♪ Now we finally know
♪ That love makes the world go round ♪
- The wedding is bliss.
All of her sisters and cousins were hyping her up,
and all of my friends were hyping me up.
Everyone's getting along.
- ♪ We've been calling out for answers ♪
♪ Now we finally know
- I'm just ready for the rest of my life.
- Hey! Hey! - Whoo!
I can see this being my forever person,
my forever dance partner,
my forever best friend.
That makes me cheesy.
I feel like a giddy little girl.
Like, he's making me blush.
- Oh, [bleep].
- I got you. I got you. - Thank you.
[both laugh]
- ♪ I'm dreaming, baby, 'bout you and me ♪
♪ If only I could make this a reality ♪
- I always wanted that kind of fairy-tale ending, if you will.
And today I got that.
[cheers and applause]
I really feel he can sweep me off my feet,
be my own Prince Charming, the version that I need.
- ♪ Or is it just a dream?
- I'm so happy.
- ♪ Or is it just a dream?
♪ Oh, oh, yeah
- You good? - I'm great.
- Well, good. - I'm great.
Tonight knowing I'm married is crazy.
♪
- ♪ Tell me who you want to be ♪
- I've been living my life this whole time
focusing on myself, focusing on my career.
And now is my time to fall in love.
And I do see him as someone
that I would definitely fall in love with.
So I'm excited.
I'm excited to see what comes next.
♪
[indistinct chatter]
- Oh, what was that? - I don't know.
- My wife is bad as hell. [chuckles]
- ♪ When words are on the line ♪
- She checks all those marks,
and her friends said I hit every box physically.
So she's more than I could ask for,
the best birthday gift as well.
- ♪ So if you're ready to go
♪ Just take it out to the floor ♪
- I think we can make this work.
I honestly, truly feel that this was meant to be.
Ready to go, and there's the [bleep] elevator.
- Whoo! - Hey!
- ♪ We're ready to go
- Pressing all the buttons now. - [laughs]
- We'll be back.
- [laughs] - No idea.
No idea.
♪
I'm happy. I'm married.
I'm ecstatic.
[object pops, both cheer]
[objects popping, all cheering]
I just can't believe,
within a couple hours of meeting my wife,
that we had this kind of connection, you know?
It's...
unearthly.
♪
- [giggling] - Get over here.
♪
- [giggling]
- ♪ Ah, oh, ah-oh
♪ Ah, oh, ah, oh, whoa
- Ready? - Yes.
- ♪ Ah, oh, ah, oh
- Thank you.
- We're here. - We made it.
- Finally.
- Swoop me up from here. Oh, gosh.
OK. [giggles]
♪
Yay.
- Oh, birthday balloons. - Oh.
- Cute.
- ♪ Give me something to believe in ♪
[both sigh] - We made it.
- ♪ Keep on fighting
♪ I'll be here to stay, taking it all the way ♪
♪ All the way
♪ Ah, oh, ah, oh
♪ Ah, oh, ah, oh, whoa
- Oh. - [sighs]
- Holy [bleep], that feels amazing.
- Yeah.
How do you think today went?
- I think today went fantastic,
to be completely honest. - Good, yeah.
- I'm excited... - Yeah.
- To move to the next chapter of my life.
- Yeah. Do you have any hesitations?
- At this moment in time,
I do not have any hesitations. - Yeah. OK.
- I'm easygoing, go with the flow.
So I just want you to feel comfortable.
- Yeah. - So I want you--
- And I think it'll probably take me,
like, a little bit more time
to, like, really let, like, everything, like, set in.
- Take your time, be yourself. - Yeah, totally.
- If there's things that you need to ask
or know... - Right.
- Be more than welcome to open up.
- Yeah, totally. Do you think, like--
Like, that, like, caused me a little bit of pause
when you're like, oh, I live... - OK.
- Like, at home. - Mm-hmm.
- I'm like, oh, like, I wasn't expecting that.
- I'm sure you weren't expecting that, 100%.
That's why I was willing to tell you right off the bat,
because I don't think that's something
that you should find out from anybody else but myself...
- Yeah, totally.
- Or, like, walk into that situation, like, ah--
And I felt like if I kept those close,
then I would have been ashamed of how it was.
- Yeah. - And I'm not really ashamed
of living in my parents' basement because I choose to.
It's not like I have to.
'Cause there was no reason for me to move out,
just go get something for myself
to do, what, the same thing?
Go to work, do all my activities,
and come home and sleep. Like...
So now this is my window to move forward
and start my chapter and... - Mm-hmm.
Yeah, and I think, like,
I appreciate, like, this, like, communication.
Just, like, I, like, don't want to, like--
Sometimes I'm holding things in.
I'm like, no, just, like, say what you're feeling.
'Cause I don't want you to, like, draw your own conclusions
of what I'm thinking. - Oh, no.
When I told you in my vows we have a clean slate,
I came into this-- a no-judgment zone.
I guess that's why I'm so laid-back...
- Yeah.
- 'Cause I'm not scared to be honest with you.
So, at this point...
it's a good day, positive day. - Yeah.
- So on to day two. - Right.
- And let's make that a good day.
- Agreed.
- ♪ What do I do?
♪ No, I don't want to be careful anymore ♪
- Let's go ahead and get ready for bed.
- Yes.
- ♪ Oh, it feels like summer
♪ Breathing in the colors
- Oh, how cute. - OK.
- How cute is this?
- Ooh. Oh.
Look.
- Welcome to your bed.
- Welcome to our bed. - Oh, yes, welcome to our bed.
♪
- Cheers to us as husband and wife for the first time.
First night together.
- Are you nervous at all? - No, 100%.
No questions asked. - No nerves?
- No nerves. - OK.
- Yeah, I need you to help me undress...
- Yeah, let me know what you need me to do.
- My dress. - Undress the dress.
- [giggles] - Shall we?
I do like the tattoos.
- Thank you.
- ♪ 'Cause I love the way
♪ That you do what you do, what you do ♪
- Damn, girl. - Yeah, no underwear.
[squeals, laughing]
♪
- [bleep].
- ♪ Girl, you know you're sexy, and you know it's true ♪
♪ And that's just you being you ♪
♪ 'Cause I love the way
- Mmm.
♪
- Oh, man.
♪
I do feel a level of chemistry.
I do feel a nearness that can't be explained.
I've been smiling since we met.
So we'll see how this goes.
[laughs] TBD.
♪
- ♪ There's not a place
♪ There's not a time
- Oh, my stars.
- ♪ This feels right
♪ Do you want to be right here ♪
♪ Stuck inside this loop?
- Usually I sleep naked.
So the fact that I have
any type of clothes on right now is a new comfort for me,
because I'm meeting my husband for the first night.
So I hope he likes it.
- ♪ If it's all right
- It's, like, a lot of lines that...
you're trying not to cross.
But they're very difficult not to cross.
It's temptation.
Temptation is here.
- ♪ I don't want to waste any more time ♪
♪ Waste, waste
- All right. Would you like some champagne?
- Yeah. - Champaña.
- Some champaña, yeah.
- All right, let's do this.
♪
[cork pops]
All right.
♪
Cheers to our... - To us.
- First night together.
This is incredible.
- Yes, salud. So far, so good.
- So far, so good. - Mm-hmm.
- Mm, I love that you, like, looked
into my eyes the whole way-- I saw that.
- Yes, I'm ready for you to play the guitar for me.
- All right, let's do this. - Mm-hmm.
- So...
- I'm real special.
Mm.
- So we're going to do this.
I think we're going to go with this.
Do you freestyle? - Mm-mm.
[guitar playing lightly]
- ♪ Today was a very special day ♪
♪ Yeah, we got married, married at first sight ♪
♪ You know
♪
♪ I saw you walking down the aisle ♪
♪ You looked so good - Mm.
- ♪ You mesmerized me with your looks ♪
♪
♪ Yo, I'm coming with the flow, yes ♪
♪ I'm coming in hot, yeah, you make it hot ♪
♪ Unh, yeah, we combine our energies ♪
♪ We just having fun tonight, unh ♪
♪ Petals and the flowers on the bed ♪
♪ I'm not used to that, but it's all right ♪
♪ Unh, we having a good time, yo, unh ♪
Go ahead, try it out. Why not?
- I loved it. - You want to give it a shot?
- No. Bravo. Bravo. Bravo. - [laughs] All right.
- No, that was beautiful. I loved it.
Mm.
- All right. - That was perfect.
- Yeah, it was good? - That was a beautiful way to--
- End the night? - Yes, end the night.
- So how would you-- Is this your normal bed attire?
- No, I usually sleep naked.
♪
- I do, too.
- I mean, you can sleep naked if you want.
- Yeah? - [giggles]
- ♪ Get down, get down, get down ♪
♪ Get down
♪
- Hello, husband. - Hey, wifey. How are you?
- [giggles] Good. I feel so much better now.
- Good.
- I brought my special pillow case.
So this is part of what keeps the hair flourishing,
is the silk pillowcase, so...
- Yeah, I've heard of that. both: Yeah.
- Sorry, I already jumped on the bed.
- That's all right.
I know it was on your mind, for sure.
[both laugh] - I wanted to.
- As soon as we walked in. - Mm.
- [sighs] - So which side do you like?
- Actually, you know, I'm pretty--I'm impartial.
But I might--maybe I need to take that side,
because I think then you can be on this side
and be the protector in case anyone comes in.
They got to--you got to fend them off first.
- Yeah, that was going to be my guess.
[both laugh]
♪
- [bleep]. [chuckles]
- Hi. - How are you?
- Good.
- I was not expecting you to be in bed right now.
- Aw. Surprise.
- That's a great surprise. - [laughs]
Do you mind if I share the bed with you tonight?
That is-- - Yeah, totally.
- All right, because this bed looks comfy as [bleep].
- Do you care if I just, pfft, all these?
- [bleep], no. You want to do it together?
- Or is that, like, a lot of cleanup?
- I don't know. We're not cleaning it up.
You want to do this? - OK.
♪
Ooh, OK.
Aw.
♪
- All right, I got to do this.
- [laughing] Is that broccoli?
- It's broccoli.
[both laugh] What's wrong with broccoli?
- We're going to fix that. - [groans softly]
Are we? - Yeah, for sure.
- How are we going to fix it?
- 'Cause you're not going to wear a white tank top
and broccoli underwear.
- I mean, I could-- - No.
- OK, we got to get comfy.
How are we going to get comfy?
What's--big spoon? - Mr. Broccoli?
- Yeah, get your-- There we go.
- Well--
♪
Oh, that feels so nice.
- Are you ready for bed? - I am. I'm ready for bed.
- Mm-hmm, perfect.
- So are we going to try out
the big spoon, little spoon tonight, see how that works?
- I mean, I'd love to. I'm a cuddler, so...
- All right, perfect. Me too.
- Ooh, you fit so perfectly. - I know, right.
Ah, you do, too.
♪
- ♪ Drowning in, skin to skin ♪
♪ The way you put your hands on my body ♪
♪ Hold my breath
- Sweet dreams.
[both smooch]
- Good night.
♪
- Mm.
- ♪ I swear you're driving me crazy ♪
- This season on "Married at First Sight"...
♪
- ♪ Can you move your body
♪ To the rhythm of my heartbeat? ♪
♪ I want to fall in love slowly over and over again ♪
♪
- Get off my booty. My mama gonna watch this.
[both laugh]
- That partnership is the part that really excites me
about being in love.
- [squeals] - Whoo!
- Ooh! - [laughs]
- ♪ Once in a lifetime
♪ Once in a lifetime
- Go. - Oh!
- Wow.
- It's like, oh, my God, you had sex?
- Yes. [all screaming]
[whip cracks] - Ow! Why?
- [smooches] - [chuckles]
- Just you being you is what I'm thankful for.
- I think it only goes up from here.
♪
- I just want to see you happy.
- I think you are super thoughtful and kind.
- I left my job today.
- Karla is in her own world.
You can be crazy, but you shouldn't be stupid.
- Your mommy doing all your, like, things for you--
like, that's a turnoff to me.
- You act like I'm on a [bleep] pole
with my [bleep] out or something.
- What's missing is the swag factor.
- I had a special day with David today.
I'm not gonna lie-- I forgot you were there.
- Back off a little bit.
- You want your mother[bleep] space, I'll give it to you.
[dramatic music]
- [crying] I'm shut the [bleep] down.
- Do you see a world where we can last forever?
- Forever's a long time.
- What I need is to still feel
like you want to take care of me?
- It's not gonna happen.
- I don't believe you.
I think you're texting another girl.
- OK, so what do you want me to do about it?
- Admit the [bleep] truth.
- I've been texting you and calling you
for two [bleep] days!
- You haven't text me or called me.
- You're [bleep] lying!
♪
[bleep] clown.
Bring me a clown, you going to get a circus.
- [bleep] her, [bleep] her, and [bleep] you.
- Yeah, I just can't handle this [bleep] right now.
You just [bleep] lied to my face.
♪
- The secret affair will come out.
- [sniffles] - It's OK.
Come here. Come here, come here,
come here, come here, come here.
It's OK. - [sniffles]
♪
- The time has come for you to decide.
- Do you want to stay married or get a divorce?
- ♪ Where you gonna run?
♪ Where you gonna hide
♪ This time?
♪
- ♪ Get up, get up, get up, get up ♪
♪ We about to get it started
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
♪ Let's go
- Hey, "MAFS" family. Welcome to the "Afterparty."
I'm your host, Keshia Knight Pulliam.
And I cannot wait to dive into
the rest of this season's weddings
with Camille, David, and Ikechi.
Camille, Ikechi, welcome back, my friends.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Welcome back. And it's great to see you again.
You're looking lovely in orange.
- Thank you. Ditto.
- Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
Well, David, welcome to the "Afterparty," my friend.
- Well, thank you for having me.
- I am so excited for you to be here, 'cause we gotta talk.
- Oh.
- We got some things to talk about.
So on that note, now that you've all tied the knot,
we're calling tonight's signature cocktail
the Just-Hitched Highball.
- All right. - Yes.
This twist on a classic highball features
tequila, club soda, elderflower liqueur, and a lemon twist.
Cheers. all: Cheers.
- And cheers. - Cheers.
- Yeah, not too shabby.
- You can't have enough cheers, my friends.
So you guys are all officially married.
Do you feel that there is anything that could have
prepared you for this moment?
- Hell no. - Yeah?
[laughter] - I really don't think so.
- I mean, listen, I'm just asking.
I'm just asking, I'm just asking.
But let's dive into tonight's episode.
David, this season's wedding ceremonies
concluded with yours.
Let's look back at your wedding ceremony.
Roll the clip.
- Well, hello there. - Nice to meet you.
- It's a pleasure to meet you. - [laughs]
- [smooches] And is this your mother?
- Yep, this is my mom and dad.
- I'm David, a pleasure.
- Oh, this is David. - Oh, sorry.
- Is that what he said? Is that what he said?
- Kind of [bleep] that one up, didn't I?
[laughter]
You have a very courageous daughter.
And thank you guys for supporting her as a family.
Family means everything to me as well.
- Awesome. - So it's a great start.
- Yes, it is. - How are you doing, sir?
- Nice to meet you. - Thank you very much.
- Kent.
- Kent, a pleasure to meet you, sir.
- You looked pretty excited
when Michelle was coming down the aisle.
- It's just-- it's shocking, nerve-racking,
but exciting at the same time.
And she's everything that I asked for.
So right when I seen her walk down the aisle,
it was just a glow, it was a big smile.
- Oh.
What is running through your mind
as you were standing across from Michelle at the altar?
- What type of person she is. Is she a big family person?
What does she do? What does she like to do?
What does she eat, what she don't like to eat?
- Boy, you think of-- you had a lot going on.
- Oh. Oh, baby, trust me.
- OK, OK. [laughter]
OK.
So, Camille, what is it like for you watching this?
What do you see when you watch them?
- You know, I've been getting to know him.
And he's just this big teddy bear.
So it's just cool to see that that's
how he is just in all aspects.
And just, like, the family guy and going around to say hey
to all of her family members and just--
yeah, kind of taking the time to do that,
it's really cool to see.
- I think I messed that up, too,
because I think I went up to her sister,
thinking it was her mother. - [gasps]
- That was the first-- - You did?
- So wait. Wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Tell me about this.
Come on. Tell me about this.
- Well, when I first got there and I'm standing at the altar,
I looked over.
And I wanted to make sure that I thanked
her mother and her father.
And I just seen someone sitting in the first chair.
I'd like to do one thing.
Are you the mother?
- No. - She's my sister.
- Your sister's very courageous for doing this.
- Yeah. Well, so are you.
- Well, it sounds like you caught yourself in enough time.
- Oh, you know. - So it was family.
- Yeah, it was family. - It was family.
It was family.
You know, it shows how important family is to you.
And that speaks volumes.
It really, really does.
And I know your ceremony went very smoothly.
But I don't know if I can say the same
about your first conversation.
Let's keep watching.
- I currently live in my parents' house.
- Oh, my gosh.
Crazy.
- For the last three years,
I've been living in an empty bar
that I turned into my condo, 2,500 square feet.
And it was like-- it was getting lonely.
And I was like, well, eh. - Yeah.
And then so we decided to sell.
And I'm like, let me just go back home for a little while
and then just see what I'm going to do.
And then here we are now. - Yeah.
- So-- - Crazy.
- Oh, Lord.
- You just wanted to tell it all.
- Yeah, I mean, those are the nerves that come in.
And I'd rather get everything out on day one
than have it come three months down the line.
So I felt that if these things are negative to you,
we can work on those things. - OK.
Well, as you saw in tonight's episode,
this information caused Michelle
to have a breakdown at your wedding,
which brings us to tonight's Do-Over segment.
So David, in this situation,
what would you have done differently, if anything?
- What I would have done differently
is just let the moment play out, enjoy the wedding,
and just be in fathom of what I got right now,
that I'm married and just enjoy the moment
rather than trying to put it all out there.
- I respect that. And I understand that.
But one thing that I've learned is that
people family differently.
You know, my parents' house is that house for me
and all of my brothers because at some point in life,
have gone home, for whatever reason.
But what I've learned is that,
specifically when you get married,
is that people's definition and experience of home
and family is really, really different.
And then you have to combine to create what family
looks like to the two of you.
And, you know, hindsight's always 20/20.
I know next time you got to tell us something,
you're gonna be like, OK, let me figure out
a different way to try. - Glide on in there.
- Yeah. - Put your toe in.
- Gonna take a step back real quick.
- Yeah, you gonna figure it out.
All right, Ikechi, the poem you wrote for Emem
before your wedding was just the warm-up
to this opening act.
Take a look at this clip.
[flowing piano music]
- ♪ Lately you've been heavy on my mind ♪
♪ And it just don't make no sense ♪
♪ Maybe I'm crazy
♪ But this thing I've got for you ♪
♪ It don't compare
♪ You walked in
[cheers and applause]
- OK, Mr. Smooth. - Right.
- So question. - What up?
- When you were writing this song--
- No, no, no, no. - So you didn't write this?
- I did not write this song. - This poem?
- No. - Oh, help me understand.
Give me the origins. - My good friend, Bellamy--
- OK.
- Who was singing-- - He wrote the song?
- He wrote the song. - Oh, OK.
- We toured together for years.
And I was like, hey, I need that song.
And this was probably ten years ago.
- "Whenever I get married, I need that song."
- Yeah, I need that song. - OK.
- So he flew in from Germany to be at the wedding
and sang that song.
- OK, OK.
Random question, how many pairs of glasses do you own?
- Enough.
- Man got-- [chuckles]
- Because I haven't seen you in the same ones twice yet.
- I probably have about 30 pair.
- Really? - Yeah.
- OK. - Yeah.
- That must mean they're not prescription,
because you, like, don't need that.
- I mean--
- That would be expensive. - They protect my eyes.
That's what I need them to do. - OK.
- Yeah. - Don't be defensive.
I'm just giving you a compliment.
[laughter] - Thank you.
- But fine. - No, I wasn't on defense.
- OK. Because, listen, I'm simply
just saying your glasses are nice
and I noticed you have multiple pairs.
- I do have multiple pairs. - That's all.
But OK, so, Camille and David, whether it was filmed or not,
was there anything that you had planned on your wedding day,
for your husband or for your wife, that you'd always said,
you know, when I get married, I'm going to do this?
- I'm trying to think.
I feel like kind of growing up,
always being that hopeless romantic, I feel like
I probably had a whole playlist in my head of, like,
ooh, this is what I'll play at my wedding, or--you know?
So that's probably the biggest thing.
- Our wedding song for my husband and I
was Mary J. Blige and Redman.
So I get it. I get it.
So did any of your families do anything special
or have anything planned for you that maybe wasn't filmed?
- My brother had gifted me the book
that his wife had given him in regards to how to be a husband
and how to be a better man.
But it was something that I didn't see coming from him.
But he is a great man. He's my number one.
And it was something that I'll never forget.
- Understood. All right, Ikechi, well,
there is no doubt you're winning over your wife.
But it looks like her cousin needs a bit more convincing.
Take a look at this clip.
- When was the last serious relationship you had?
- 12 years ago.
- In 12 years, you telling me
you haven't dealt with a woman seriously?
- I've dealt with women seriously,
but it hasn't gone past a certain point.
[quirky tense music]
- Never been close to engaged? - I have been engaged before.
- How many times? - Once.
And what happened with her?
- It didn't.
- I mean, it didn't because of her or because of you?
- Because of me.
- So tell me about your last engagement.
Why didn't it work out?
- Me. I was the reason it didn't work out.
I mean, I was a young person, a young man
trying to navigate myself, trying to navigate art,
creativity, and be in a relationship.
And none of those worked out together.
- OK.
What are you willing to and desire to do different
now in this relationship based on what
you've learned from your previous relationships?
- I'm willing to communicate the things that I haven't
done in the past, or be as open and as vulnerable as possible.
I've been writing to my future wife
for the last seven, eight years.
I have a book of just letters to my future wife
and just say, hey, look, this is who I am.
I'm open.
I'm trying to be as transparent as possible.
- OK, OK. Well, wedding receptions are a party.
So I want to know what was going on behind the scenes?
Tidbits or funny stories or anything,
because I love this part, I must say.
- One of Emem's friends was just there already.
She--
- Oh, she-- - I think she was there before.
- Was sauced a little bit, big pregame?
- Yeah.
So in the clip, you see the girl that's talking to her.
- I love that.
- I did hear.
- I love that.
- Like, she was, like, stop every three seconds.
You just-- y'all gonna be amazing.
You just gonna be--and I was just like, OK, like, let
me get away from you before-- I don't know who you are.
Camille, David, and Ikechi. Tonh
- Hey. - And they've been giving me
all the details about their wedding receptions.
OK, Camille, your reception was going smoothly,
but then this happened.
Play the clip.
- He did openly admit
to stepping out of his relationship.
Basically, he cheated. - Mm.
- That's something that doesn't align with you.
- Yeah, that's like a non-negotiable for you.
- Yeah. - That's what I said.
- Yeah.
- Like, obviously, you guys, like, dug deeper.
Was this something that it was, like,
in the heart of the relationship
or, like, at the end it was over with?
- Where he checked out. - Yeah.
- Yeah. He wasn't vocal enough to admit that he checked out.
- Yeah.
- All right, so how did you feel
with your friends and family giving
you this piece of information?
Like, in this moment, how are you feeling?
- Yeah, it's definitely-- in this moment,
it's definitely like a little hit to the heart.
Because, you know, you got the rose-colored glasses on.
Everything's so great, you know?
You haven't really had the chance to talk
about these tough topics.
- You handled it really well, though.
- Thank you.
Yeah, you know, I'm a questions person.
So even in that moment, I'm asking for context.
But you know, I had talked to his brother a little bit
at that point.
And across the board, it was just
sounding like it was something
that was coming to an end already.
Again, not to justify it at all,
but to me, it's like, OK,
let me still try not to just pump the brakes
and all of a sudden let this derail things completely.
- You were trying to keep an open mind
still to get to know him.
- Yeah, exactly.
- So how crazy was it?
Because I know when I'm watching the episode,
and I'm looking at Thomas and his twin brother,
and they are, like, for-real identical twins.
- Yeah.
- How crazy was that, like, when you're talking
to his brother about him? - Yeah.
- It seems like it's almost like you're talking to him.
- Right, right. - Right.
- Yeah, it definitely was an interesting contrast.
And that was, you know--
this kind of is my first experience
with identical twins, because my brother and sister
are twins, so, you know--
- But they're not identical. - Exactly.
- That's the point. - Right.
It's like a different kind of--
you know, they got that connection.
But it's different when you have,
like, almost the same face.
- Right.
- So I will say, I think I noticed just enough
of the most subtle differences.
- Right.
- That I could tell them apart enough.
- That was my next question.
- Yeah, to where I wasn't like going up to him
and being like-- - Hey!
- Hey, hubby!
Yeah, so I had at least enough of a general concept
to be able to tell them apart.
So yeah, it definitely is crazy to process at first.
- So, guys, did you guys, either of you, find out--
because sometimes you have that one person who wants to come
over and just tell you stuff.
Did you find out anything that kind of perked your ears up,
maybe raised a little half-staff red flag
for either one of you about your wives?
- You? - I don't think so.
They--I mean, her girlfriends told me that I'm her type.
So I was like-- I thought that was a plus.
I was like, all right. - A green flag.
- You know?
Yeah, I was, like, I think that's a good thing.
- OK.
- I feel like we're on the right track.
- Understood. Understood.
- For me, it was the same friends.
They were just kind of adamant
about how good of a person this is.
It was kind of eerie, you know?
It was somebody like, she's a good person.
You're like, all right.
No, no.
She's a good person.
And I was like, I hear you.
- Is this the same friend though?
- No. This is more than one person.
- You're giving the same voice. - I know.
It was--like I said, it was eerie because just,
like, why are they all talking like--
why are they saying this?
- Like, trying to convince you?
- Yeah it's like that was just a little--
like I said, it was kind of like,
what the hell is this about? - OK, OK.
Well, Camille, how are you feeling about Thomas?
- I am--
I'm feeling Thomas, you know? - OK.
- He's definitely-- - I like him.
- Yeah, yeah. [laughter]
I like him, yeah.
He's definitely, like, a reserved guy.
Like, in my past, I've always kind of gone
for the loud class clowns,
kind of, the spotlight kind of guys.
So yeah, he's just-- he's real put together.
But we're having great conversations.
I can tell that he has a good heart,
good morals, good character.
And that was one of the biggest things that I really--
- His core values are intact. - Yes.
Yeah, and it was automatically making
me feel like I wanted to open up and get to know him more.
- I love it, I love it.
Marrying a stranger can be overwhelming.
And Michelle was certainly feeling the weight of it all.
Take a look at this clip.
- OK, OK.
- It's OK, it's OK.
- So what was it like seeing that on tonight's episode?
- Seeing that is--
that's rough, you know?
Seeing somebody emotional on supposed to be
one of the amazing days of their lives, you know,
and being in the same room, not knowing that she was crying--
- That was my question. - That was my--
what I seen there, right there, how did I not see that?
That was hurtful, you know, not knowing that that happened.
- But, you know, I hear you being hard on yourself.
But what I also hear in this clip
is you saying, where is my wife?
To your credit, you are trying to find her.
So I want to know from you guys, what
do you think of Michelle here?
- It's very interesting to see, like,
the high of the night and then, like, a kind of crash moment.
Like, I commend you for being that vulnerable,
maybe not saying it the way you said it.
- Yeah.
- I think we all agree on that. - I got that one.
- I think we agree on that.
- No, I appreciate that, though.
- But also, I don't want you to be so hard on yourself.
So give yourself some grace.
- And you can tell he's a good dude, too, because, you know,
he's hearing all these tough things
about what Michelle's not feeling about him.
And he feels bad that he ruined her day.
Like, that just speaks a lot to his character, too.
So it's like, you just never really know
how something crazy like this is gonna play out.
And I think everyone comes in and kind of
does the best that they can.
- You do the best that you can with what you got.
- Yeah, exactly.
- And you don't even know what you got.
- Right.
'Cause you get into it, and you're like, oh, wait a minute,
I didn't think about that. - Yeah.
- So I mean, that's just-- it's par for the course.
And we are going to end tonight's episode
on a lighter note.
How was it spending your first night with your new spouse?
- Honestly, for me, it was--
I was so tired that we just got sleep.
I mean, we were knocked out.
Like, it was-- it was like, all right, yay.
[groans] [laughter]
- Speaking of tired, when we get back to the hotel room,
we're still having a good time and just recapping.
- Did you fall asleep? - No, he basically did.
- I'm talking to this man.
- In the middle of the conversation?
- Man, when I tell you his blinks got longer and longer--
and he was like this. And I'm like--
- But did he start snoring? - No.
- OK, well, it's not too bad. - I know.
But it's still, like-- my intrusive thoughts were
ready to just--you know-- like, you know, just, like--
- I get it. - Wake your ass up.
Yeah, exactly.
- Man, yeah. [indistinct]
- Well, I guess we can say that nothing extra fresh
happened in any of y'all's wedding nights.
- Some fresh sleep.
- That's all that we have time for tonight.
But before we go, here's an exclusive preview
from next week's brand-new episode
of "Married at First Sight."
[upbeat music]
- I'm curious.
Would I have a chance with her, just walking down the street?
- No. - No?
- Absolutely not. - OK, OK.
- [laughs] But she--
physically, she does have a type, pretty boy.
And so I think you're a complete opposite of that.
- OK.
- So initially, my initial reaction was like, oh, my gosh.
But then when you started talking,
your personality was, like, completely won me over.
- [laughs]
The brunches with the in-laws are no joke.
Camille, David, and Ikechi... [laughter]
Thank you so much for joining me at the "Afterparty" tonight.
I hope to see all of you again very soon.
And to everyone at home, join us at the "Afterparty"
two weeks from now for a special episode
that you won't want to miss.
I'm Keshia Knight Pulliam. Goodnight.
- ♪ Pull up, pull up, pull up, pull up ♪
♪ 'Cause life should be a party ♪