[dramatic music]
- Five couples searching to find love
took a gallant leap of faith
and got married at first sight.
Last time...
- I feel like a giddy little girl.
Like, he's making me blush.
- I got it. I got it. - [laughs]
Is that broccoli? [laughs]
- What's wrong with broccoli?
- [laughing] We're gonna fix that.
- So are we gonna try out
the big spoon, little spoon tonight?
- I'd love to. I'm a cuddler, so yeah.
- [laughs] All right, perfect. Me, too.
- Mm.
- Oh, man.
I do feel a level of chemistry,
so we'll see how this goes.
[chuckling] TBD.
[upbeat music]
- I'm not really ashamed of living in my parents' basement
because I choose to.
- I appreciate, like, this, like, communication.
♪
- You will be heading to Mexico!
- Yeah!
- Should we bring these as well?
[laughter]
♪
- And tonight...
[overlapping chatter]
Our newlyweds leave for their honeymoons.
- It's like you looked at me on our wedding night.
- [laughing] Ah!
- But first, each spouse will meet individually
with their new family and friends
in order to get to know who they just married.
- I do just want to be, like, a super realist.
Like, we don't know anything about each other.
- Right.
- Is this really ready for marriage,
looking for love, or is this an opportunity?
♪
- How you make your money?
- Are you not 100% in?
- This is my daughter. And I'm watching you, bro.
- Are you my typical type that I have dated?
- Yeah. - Not necessarily.
Who would choose to live with their parents at 36 years old?
Your mommy doing all your, like, things for you?
Like, that's not-- that's a turnoff to me.
[dramatic music]
- ♪ It's all or nothing
- This is "Married at First Sight."
- ♪ There's no other way
♪ It's all or nothing
- ♪ Not gonna stop us now
♪ Nothing can bring us down
♪ Never gonna turn around
♪ I know where I belong
- Good morning.
- First night was a success, for sure.
- I fully agree.
I don't think there was any snores.
- No. - I didn't get a little--
none of the little purrs that you were talking about.
- None of the purrs. [both chuckle]
- Good morning. - Morning.
- Good morning. What do you say?
Good morning, wife? - Mm.
- What does one say? - Good morning, husband.
- No.
It's kind of just good morning. Like--
- We'll figure it out. - We'll figure it out.
- I don't think we slept very well.
- No, I believe that we tossed and turned.
I'm possibly gonna go to the gym in a little bit,
get in my workout in before brunch.
So I'm even actually hungrier.
- I am not gonna do any of that.
[both chuckle]
- Just had a really good night and we snuggled a little bit.
And it just felt right. So--
- Yeah, he was a good big spoon, I must say.
Nothing crazy.
You know, kept it PG for night one.
Night one was clean.
- [chuckles] - TBD on the rest.
[both chuckle]
[upbeat music]
♪
- How are you feeling after last night?
- Yeah, no, I'm-- - It was so fun.
How's my bed head?
- It is gorgeous. - [laughs]
- Morning kiss.
both: Mm. [smooching]
- So? [knock at door]
- ♪ Food [both chuckle]
- Let's hope they're OK with some broccoli here.
- [laughs]
Ooh, they left it here.
- Oh.
♪
- There we go.
I'm definitely feeling optimistic.
I'm feeling a connection.
I'm feeling a lot of hope for what we can become.
[chuckles] It's very surreal.
- So what's something you're, like, most excited about
over the next couple of weeks?
- Oh, man. Well...
let me cover up my junk here.
- [laughs]
- [chuckles] That's-- [laughter]
- Yeah, get your sausage away from my breakfast sausage.
- Oh. - [laughs]
- The thing that I'm excited about is really,
you know, how we get along, you know, on the day-to-day.
You know, what are those buttons that, like,
I'm sure there's gonna be something...
- Yeah.
- That you're gonna be like, Allen, cool it.
[laughter] Like, at some point.
So, you know, finding that out.
Like, that's-- that's the real life, right?
You know, that's... - Yeah.
- How we interact when, you know,
it's not a whole big shindig. - Right, right.
- Did you actually prepare any questions or thoughts
or anything like that for my family?
- I did have a couple in mind, but I kind of just want
to have a conversation and just, you know--
- See where it goes?
- Hear their concerns, you know?
What are some things that I should know about you?
You know, my last relationship was three years ago.
But you did say that yours was, like, a year and a half ago.
- I did. - That's not that long ago.
- You don't think so? - No.
I feel like a year goes by so fast.
- [clears throat] I mean, time flies.
But there was a reason,
you know, why it ended.
And, you know,
towards the end, you could tell this is, like, not healthy.
I mean, it was a four-year relationship.
So it's not like, yeah, I'm over it in two weeks.
- Right. - You know?
But I did go and, you know, my therapist,
you know, and he, you know, helped me through
and kind of put things in perspective.
- No, I love that you went back to therapy.
I think that's so important.
And I feel like not a lot of people
will do that work on themselves.
So that's awesome.
- I don't understand why there's,
like, a stigma against it.
- I don't, either. I think it's so important.
And the more that people talk about it
and, you know, socialize that it's OK--
[laughs] To work on your mental health.
I think the better for everybody, honestly.
We're all a little screwed up with something,
- Yeah. Right?
We can all use a little chit-chat once in a while.
- For sure.
Yeah, when was the last time that you ever, like,
lived with anybody, whether it was even, like, a roommate or--
- I did live with my ex.
I think we lived together for, like, a year and a half.
- OK. - So.
- Well, I've never lived with any of my--
- Like, a partner? - Mm-mm. Past relationships.
Do you have any weird habits?
- I typically don't go on camera for my meetings.
- OK.
- Because I'm usually, you know, not decent.
- [laughs]
- So, like, I walk around the apartment,
like, throughout the whole day.
Like, if I don't have to get dressed, I don't get dressed.
- What do you typically wear then?
- This.
- Broccoli underwear? [laughs]
- I like my vegetables.
- So excited to see all the variations of vegetables
you have on your ass in the morning.
- Yeah, there's-- [laughter]
There's gonna be-- there's gonna be quite a few.
[chuckles] It's--
- Get out of my bed. [laughs]
♪
- [chuckles]
♪
- It was good to wake up as a married man.
- Mm-hmm. I loved our cuddles.
- We cuddled a lot. Yeah, that was nice.
- I loved how any time, like, I turned around,
you would come and, like, look for me.
- Yeah. - So the cuddles continued.
- I was coming in hot. - Mm-hmm.
[soft upbeat music]
Are you hungry? We should order something.
A little cafecito with your breakfast?
- Cafecito. Let's do it.
- I am still kind of in shock
that I literally just got married to a stranger.
I'm gonna freshen up. - All right.
- But I love sharing cuddles and kisses,
so I'm just thankful that there's natural chemistry.
- And on the seventh day, there was breakfast.
- Beautiful. - [laughs]
- You want coffee? Would you like creamer?
- Yes, a little cream.
You're gonna get me used to spoiling me.
- Hey, I'm gonna do my best.
Ch-ch-ch.
What do you think? Did I earn a tip?
I've never been a server, so--
- Neither have I.
I'll give you a good tip later on.
- Hell, yeah. - Mm-hmm.
- I could have made improvements
by consolidating the order.
- Right, but I enjoyed watching you walk back and forth.
So can you stir me? - Absolutely. I got you.
That's what I'm here for, you know what I'm saying?
- Thank you, mister.
- Absolutely.
I actually only drink coffee on the weekends.
- Really?
- During the week, I only drink orange juice and carrot juice.
That's my jam right there. - I love all juices.
- Yeah?
Do you have a juicer or something?
- No, I go get 'em.
- Oh, my God. You spend a fortune on juice.
- Remember I told you money is energy?
- Yeah. - [bleep] is what I believe.
- Oh, yeah? [laughter]
Those damn juices are expensive as hell.
Juices are like $10 a pop.
- Actually, they're $13.
But maybe that's--
you know, he doesn't need to know all that.
- I can make them at home. I have--
- Well, now you can make them for us.
- Absolutely.
[upbeat music]
♪
- How'd you feel about last night overall?
- I was so, so glad that you don't snore.
I was, like, really worried about that.
- [indistinct]
Yeah, I just kept thinking about worst-case scenarios
and, like, we're not gonna vibe.
Like, we're not gonna--
we're just gonna be too different.
- I know. - And it was just like--
and honestly, it ended up being one of the best-case scenarios.
Everything went perfect.
Just, I don't know.
I just--I feel like I've known you for a while,
even though I just met you.
- Yeah, it's kind of like that comfort level
right from the get-go.
Definitely the good conversation helps.
Like, I feel like we didn't stop talking at all yesterday,
so that definitely helped.
- I'm just looking forward to getting to know you more.
- I know. I agree.
I think we're just, like, scratching the surface.
Even though we've been talking about a lot,
it's like there's still so much more to find out.
- Yeah.
So have you ever seen anybody that was older than you?
- The oldest guy that I've gone on a date with,
I think he was 41.
I actually kind of like guys that are older than me.
Just yeah, because the odds are a little higher
that they'll be a little more mature
or just have a little better idea
of what they want out of life.
- Yeah, I think us older men
have a little bit more seasoning.
- [laughing] Yeah.
- Like, not just the salt and pepper in our hair.
- Right, right. Yeah.
- But we've been seasoned by life.
Having the ten-year age gap,
that's definitely somewhat of a concern for me.
I do want to, you know, have a family soon.
That is something that is in the back of my mind.
So I do have to worry about that a little bit.
But right now, I'm really looking forward
to getting to learn more about Camille.
- Yeah, my sister, I talked to her last night.
She's like, I can't believe he's 42.
Like, I literally-- I thought he was like 30 or 32.
So-- - I get it from my mama.
- Yeah. [laughs]
[upbeat music]
- ♪ You make me happy
- Good morning there. - Morning.
- How are you?
- I can't believe you went to the gym.
- [laughs] Something that just makes me happy in the morning.
- Yeah. - Gets the body going.
And I figured you could sleep in a little bit.
- Right. I feel like I have, like, zero energy,
but maybe if I would have gone--
- Nah, that might have made you even more tired, though.
- That's true.
- Did you hear me get out of the bed last night?
- No, I didn't.
And I felt like I did not sleep very well.
Like, I think it was just like--
I was, like, so tired.
But then, like-- and I wasn't even,
like, thinking of anything.
I feel like I just, like, laid here, like, blank.
- Yeah, I tossed and turned.
And then obviously, you heard me snoring,
so I do apologize, but-- - Oh, OK.
- And then sure as [bleep] I lay back in bed
and I was about to doze off and my work alarm went off.
- I did hear that.
It was early, like 4:40. - Yeah.
Yeah, 4:45 is typically when I wake up.
Now I'm on second shift, which doesn't start till 2:00,
so I don't have to leave my house until like 1:00.
What time do you start work? - 8:30.
- 8:30?
- When do you think we'll see each other?
- Um, bright and early when you wake up.
I'll definitely be up around that 5:00, 6:00.
My body's just set to that. - OK.
- So we'll have our hours there.
And then definitely have to communicate
through telephone a lot.
- Yeah.
- But hopefully I'm not on this shift for too long.
I've requested to go back on first shift,
which will get me off at 2:30. - OK.
- So I'll be home before you get off of work.
[knock at door]
- Ooh, breakfast. - Hello.
♪
- Yay. - Hey. Well, hello there.
- Do you need help?
- Thank you kindly.
♪
Nothing like breakfast in bed. - That's true.
- [laughs] - Do you eat in bed?
- I snack in bed. - OK.
- How about yourself? - Mm, rarely.
- Yeah, that is definitely what I'm going for right now.
- Um...
do you think, like, it's hard to date people,
like, while you're living at home with your parents?
Because I've like-- I'm like, thinking.
I'm like, I don't know, like, someone in their--
- 30s. - 30s, high 30s...
- I'm that guy. I always-- that's what I fear about.
- Who like living with their parents.
Like, to me, like, that's, like...
- A red flag. - Not attractive.
[suspenseful music]
But I hope that's not, like,
your plan for, like, the rest of--
- Oh, no, definitely not the plan of my rest of my life.
I could have moved out a long time ago.
- Yeah, yeah.
- But why am I gonna go pay when I could just save money
literally just waking up, using a bed?
Like, it's literally a little dungeon down there.
I'm cool with it. I'm happy.
- But is there, like, a kitchen and stuff?
- Yeah, I got a kitchen. I got a bathroom.
I got a laundry room. I got two bedrooms.
It's like kind of a own apartment.
They have their own entrance and I have my own.
So, like, I don't ever run into my parents.
Michelle is being completely honest with me,
and that's something that I've asked for in marriage.
But financially, for me,
I choose to live at my parents' house.
Hopefully she can come around to that
because I know that I could be a great husband.
But at the same time, we just got married.
She doesn't know me, I don't know her, so I get it.
I'm very independent. - Yeah.
- So don't worry.
♪
- ♪ Baby, baby, slow down and don't rush ♪
♪ Honey, honey, show me your best stuff ♪
- We got married last night.
- Saying it makes it more real. - Mm?
- The more times you say it. - Mm-hmm.
- It's like, eventually we have to go to work and be like,
so my wife, she said this the other day.
- I'm gonna be like, yeah, my husband.
My husband was saying the other day.
- How do you think your clients will--
your long-term clients, how you think--
- Oh, they're gonna be confused.
- As hell. - They're gonna be confused.
- When did this happen? Who is she?
- Wait, when? What? - We've never heard about it.
It's like, [bleep] I never heard about them, either.
- Things happened very quickly. [laughs]
- You know.
- Things happened very quickly, you know?
- So how did you sleep last night?
- I slept good. Can't complain.
- I don't even know why I asked that question,
because you wouldn't wake up.
- I needed some extra hours, you know?
You got to sleep in at least once.
- I mean, I slept in just--
no, I'm lying. - [laughs]
- I'm usually up. I'm usually at the gym.
- OK, that makes sense. That makes sense.
- Because that's like the coffee for me.
I don't drink coffee. - Me neither.
- So, like, I have to go wake up in the gym.
I don't want to talk, though. I just want to, like, work out.
- You just want to work out.
You're not one of those people who wakes up like,
good morning! - Hell no.
- Hi, how are you? - Did I wake you up?
- No, no. - No, it's not gonna happen.
But, I mean, I'm usually up 5:00, 6:00.
And especially the last two weeks,
I really hadn't slept. - Oh, yeah?
- Yeah, so it was like, wake up at 4:00, stare at the wall.
What's she gonna be like? - [laughs]
- My issue and my thought was that, like,
what if I'm not enough for her? - Mm.
- Like, when she comes down the aisle,
she look at me and be like, what y'all did?
- You know, that was the number one thing I said.
I was like, what if he's not attracted to me?
They like, what do you mean?
I said not everyone likes everyone, OK?
- What I know is, like,
last night while you were sleeping, our skin touched.
- Ooh!
- My God, today. - [laughs]
- My God in heaven. [laughs]
- We didn't do nothing, but-- [laughs]
- No, we did.
What do you mean? We connected physically.
- Far more intimate. - That counts.
- ♪ Loving you is all I want to do, yeah ♪
♪ All I want to do
- You should probably get up and get ready
since you have to go meet with my family.
- Yeah. I don't really want to go, though.
- Oh, my God, Ikechi.
Why would you--why would you-- [laughter]
You don't want to leave me?
- That's what it is. - Mm, OK.
[laughs]
♪
- You not supposed to encourage this.
[laughter]
- ♪ You gave me goosebumps
♪ Oh-oh-oh
♪ You give me goosebumps
- Hello! How's it going?
It's good to see you guys.
- Welcome, welcome. - How you doing?
Good to see you. - Lovely, lovely.
- Good morning.
- Well, you look beautiful. - Oh, thank you.
A little recovered from yesterday.
- [chuckles] - Yeah.
- Did you--did you feel the difference now
that it's like husband and wife?
Did that click? Is it hitting?
- I feel like it's still kind of surreal.
You know? - Yeah.
- Yesterday was crazy and it brought it all to life.
But I think, like, waking up today, I was like,
oh, I haven't slept with somebody next to me
in so long that wasn't, like, a friend of mine.
- Right. - So, like, it was good.
It was nice.
- How did you feel about the families last night?
Were you surprised? Were you happy with it?
- I was extremely relieved.
I mean, hugely important to me is, you know, blending
and sharing those connected family moments and stuff.
You know, as, you know, this works out
and kids came into the picture down the road,
you have a Christmas or something.
We're OK, now which house do we go to, you know?
- How soon do you want kids?
- I mean-- - You know, you're 35.
Do you want kids next year?
- I'd say two years would probably be the soonest.
- So and that brings up a delicate question.
- [chuckling] Oh, OK.
- Topic of sex.
And then I think it's super important
before you guys decide to be intimate at all
that you get tested.
[quirky tense music]
- [chuckling] Am I red? - You are.
- A little bit, yeah. - It's hot in here.
- Well, it's not every time your wife's dad asks that.
No, yeah, no, actually, number one,
I haven't really been sexually active for a while.
I was with the same person for four years.
But because I want to show her that she could trust me,
I think, like, three weeks ago was when I went in.
So. - Fantastic.
Madison still needs to see the results.
- No, we're on the same page, so.
- Great.
That's a good basis, a good foundation for trust.
- Yeah.
- Allen wants a family. - Yeah.
- He wants somebody who will support him and be loyal.
- Yeah.
- So are you looking at this as just, like,
kind of an adventure or--
- No, I think that's a very valid question.
I--like, I've gone into this wholeheartedly,
like, wanting a partner out of it
and a, you know, a lifelong commitment.
And marrying a stranger is not conventional,
by any means, to do that.
But, you know, I have had a really hard time dating
and finding people to want to commit in my past
and, you know, want to actually put in that effort
for, you know, a long-term relationship.
And we both have put ourselves out there
and we're wanting--
we're wanting the same end goal here: to find our person.
- I'm curious.
Would I have a chance with her just walking down the street?
- No. - No?
- No. - Absolutely not.
- OK. - No chance.
- [laughs] But she--physically, she does have a type.
Pretty boy.
And so I think you're 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. - [chuckles]
- You seem like you know what you're doing,
and you're, like, at that level
to be able to commit to somebody.
And I think that's what she needs.
- It seems like there's a spark there.
You know... - Yeah.
- This could be something.
- You need to support him, to love him.
- I think that's-- - To relax him for me.
- Yeah. - I'm sure she--
I'm sure she will.
She'll--she'll do a great job at that.
- [sobs] - But--
- Yeah.
- Don't cry. This is a good time.
- Yeah, it's all good. - This is a good moment.
- I'm just--because she's--she's so wonderful.
- [chuckling] Aw. - Yeah, no.
- Thank you.
- They're already married. [laughter]
- Yeah, we said I do.
- We need a successful, good marriage.
- I'm so hopeful for me and Allen, but I also--
you know, I don't want to break his mother's heart
if it doesn't work out
and I don't want to break his friends' hearts.
And, you know, I want it to be a hopeful,
you know, union between us.
But I also don't want to let anybody down.
And I love that they're already so supportive.
It's really great.
But it also scares the [bleep] out of me. [laughs]
- He has a really good heart. - Yeah?
- He'll try everything to make it work.
- He will. - He's a dreamer, right?
So for him, it's gonna happen.
We're gonna be staying married.
There's gonna be babies, puppies, like...
- Yeah, yeah. - All that good stuff, right?
- I--I do just want to be, like, a super realist.
Like, we don't know anything about each other.
- Right, exactly. - We have no idea.
Like, all we have is one day and I want both of us
to go in this with, you know, optimistic expectations
for us and our marriage.
But we have a lot to, you know, get through.
And, like, marriage is a lifetime.
- Yeah, definitely.
- And we need to see if we are compatible.
- Yeah.
[uneasy music]
- ♪ It's all or nothing
- ♪ Looking good when you look my way ♪
♪ Looking good every single day ♪
♪ Looks like together we look good ♪
- Man, how you doing? - I'm good.
- Yeah.
- Hello. - Hey, hey.
- How are you? - How are you?
[upbeat music]
- How y'all feeling? - Good, good, man.
Tired, tired. How about yourself?
- I'm even more tired than y'all.
I promise you. - I am positive of that.
We used to waking up married, though, so.
- Yeah. [Ikechi laughs]
- Right. - How was that?
- It was new. It was real new.
For one, she did not wake up,
so it was really on some knocked out seven alarms.
You know, I was just like, so you...
- Yeah. - You don't want to get that?
Like, it was-- it was really real.
- So the night went smoothly?
- Yes, it did. - OK.
- We passed out.
- Yeah? [laughter]
- Passed out. - We went to sleep-sleep.
- I said it's about to get good.
Y'all did what? OK, all right.
- To sleep-sleep. - Yeah, sleep-sleep.
- I'm talking about underneath--
- Not before a little conversation, though, right?
- Ah, I wish we got to talk. - No conversation?
- We got to chat a little bit. - OK.
- But not as much as we-- we both were just so exhausted.
- OK. - Yeah.
- So what did you learn night one?
- Night one. - Ooh.
- I learned that he's an early riser. [laughs]
- He's an early riser? - Yes.
- Oh, goodness. - He wakes up early.
- OK. - Yes, but it was good.
It was--it was a great night. - Yeah.
- OK. - Mm-hmm.
- What--what made you want to get married?
- Uh, it's been a desire for a while.
I have been engaged.
I've been engaged once about 12 years ago.
It was actually my last relationship.
And I'll be honest.
I'm the person that sabotaged the relationship.
- How so? - What does that mean?
- Being 25 and not knowing yourself
but then telling someone that you're in love with them.
- Mm-hmm.
- It was a growth process that I was not ready for,
and in the process, I hurt someone.
- Mm. - You know?
It was a mutual decision to not be married.
It didn't hurt any less, you know?
It was still a grieving process,
mourning and depression, the whole thing.
At the same time, I found myself, like,
kind of stopping myself from getting further
than a certain point with people.
- In just kind of hearing you talking,
I am wondering, what have you learned
about yourself having a former fiancée
and now you're in this situation?
- I learned to listen.
When people tell me things, I believe them.
It's like, if you tell me, oh, I'm crazy,
and you like, no, you're not crazy...
[Krissy laughs]
Then the crazy comes out,
and you be like, wow, she wasn't lying, you know?
- Yeah.
- And at this point, like,
I don't have the energy to waste on nonsense.
I mean, I've met more people who are dope.
They just weren't for me.
- So he is an author
and he has become rather popular on social media.
So how would you feel running into people and they know him?
And he's a poet as well, you know?
So I guess I'm trying to put it mildly.
The ladies love. [laughs]
- Ladies love. - Yes.
What's gonna be your approach to--
- I would say...
- Staying secure in where you guys are?
- He's gonna make sure that I'm secure in where we are.
- OK, OK.
- I'm not worried about anybody who sees him on the street.
As long as he makes me feel comfortable, I'll stay there.
- OK. - I'll stay right there.
But I do want to ask you guys, why is he still single?
Why is he not--
- I keep asking the same question.
But my husband always says Ike is looking for a unicorn.
He's looking for something that's totally different.
- Mm-hmm.
- And I think he's looking for perfection.
And perfection doesn't exist, in my opinion.
- Yeah.
- There are some things
that you're not gonna like about each other,
but every day, you're gonna choose to be together.
- Yeah.
- So it's just finding someone that--
- Chooses.
- Chooses to be with you
and is gonna choose to be with you every day.
- Mm. - Yeah.
- That was actually part of my vows, to be honest.
- I know. I loved it. - To be honest, to be honest.
- So Emem kind of talked about it yesterday.
You tried to go on "Married at First Sight"
in Houston and now doing it in Chicago,
going through all of this twice.
Like, I'm just gonna ask it bluntly.
Like, is this really you ready for marriage,
looking for love, or is this an opportunity?
- Not to, like, shade your question,
but I don't know if you know anything about the process,
but it is not a-- it's not light, you know?
- Yeah. - It's--it's homework.
And at the same time as a Black man,
it's not the easiest thing for us to be vulnerable.
So my wanting to do "Married at First Sight"
was like, hey, we want love.
We want marriage.
But, like, how do you find people in this day and age?
This was the most vulnerable.
Like, you have to be so open to the possibility of failing
in front of millions and millions of people.
I promise you, if--
if I saw it any other way, I would have done that first.
- Oh. That's cool.
I mean, obviously, we gonna be feeling you out.
Like, you know? - I expect it.
- I mean, not the FBI or anything, but pretty close.
- ♪ I just want to make a, make a change ♪
[upbeat music]
♪
- So I bring this pad of paper
because literally I can't remember everything,
but I am detailed-orientated that I want to remember
and it means, to me, a lot that I'm gonna remember
things about you... - Yes. Oh, I love that.
- Instead of ask you over and over again.
- Yeah.
- I don't want to overwhelm you.
- It feels intimidating, but I like it.
I like your style. [laughs]
- All right, let's see.
What would be a pet peeve for you?
- I don't like when men wear flip-flops.
I don't know why that's a pet peeve, but it's a weird one.
- [laughs] - What are his?
Like, what would he answer?
- I think his pet peeve is if he doesn't get to work out.
- Oh, he woke up this morning and worked out.
- Yeah, that's his thing. - And food right after.
- Yeah, OK. Like, he's like routine.
Like, always has a routine. - Yeah.
- Is there anything you want to know about David?
- Right after the ceremony, we walked out
and, like, right away, he kind of was like,
just so you know, like, I live with my parents.
And then he was like, and I smoke.
And I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa. [laughs]
Why do you think he, like,
wanted to get that off his chest so quickly?
- Because I think he was concerned--
I think he's concerned
that the living at home with the parents.
- Yeah, OK. - But it's an apartment.
It's his own apartment downstairs.
- Yeah, OK. - He's his own individual.
It's not because he has to depend on us.
- Yeah. - He's an independent person.
- OK. - He's ready to be on his own.
My biggest fear, and it has been from the beginning,
is I just don't want to see him getting hurt.
- Yeah.
- Because he is going 100% into this.
- Yeah. And I don't want to do that.
Like, for the record, I do feel like he is,
like, fully in this, which is great,
because I feel like I've got, like, a couple of hesitations,
so I'm worried about that.
- Meaning?
Are you not 100% in?
[suspenseful music]
- I just think I--
- Are you skeptical? - I'm overwhelmed.
Like, I'm like-- - OK.
- Like, he's still a stranger to me.
- Right now it's like the--
- I mean, he's-- he's so easygoing.
- Yeah.
I think if David's fully committed,
which he is, and if she's just giving halfway
and not her authentic self and if she does break his heart,
it does concern me because he's moving forward,
and he's grown through this process.
So I don't want to see him take steps back.
- Are you happy with what you've seen so far?
- Yeah, I'm happy.
I just feel like it's like information overload right now.
Like, I haven't had time to process a lot of things.
And, like, my intentions are pure,
and I hope this works out. - Good. That's all we need.
- Because that means a lot. - Yeah.
- It means a lot. - Right.
[upbeat music]
- That's all a parent can ask for, right?
- Yep.
♪
- ♪ It's all or nothing
- ♪ So I take one step closer ♪
♪ Put my heart on the line
♪ 'Cause I don't want to be on my own ♪
- Where are you sitting?
- I am sitting right here, and then you guys can sit.
- Perfect. - OK.
- And how was your morning this morning?
- Good. - Pretty good.
How about you? - We were a little exhausted.
I actually was able to make it up
and go to the gym this morning.
- Yeah. - [chuckles] Still surreal.
Processing everything.
You know, when I went to the gym this morning,
see the ring in the mirror, the reflection, I was like,
wow, you know, I'm-- I'm actually married.
I have a wife.
So I'm taking it all in,
still trying to figure out
how to get to know her better.
- How do you think she feels about you?
- That is tough to answer.
- Are you feeling-- are you getting vibes
from her about how she's feeling?
- I'm getting some vibes. She was very overwhelmed.
So at this point, I want to do everything in my power
to show her that I can be the man for her
and the husband that she's been looking for.
- Patience is key.
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.
- Our parents were divorced when we were five,
so we grew up in an all-female home.
I mean, we've been doing everything
on our own as females.
And Michelle's very successful on her own.
- Yes. Has she lived with anyone else?
- No, she's-- - So this will be the first?
- Always supported herself.
- OK. - Very independent.
- I have lived with another significant other before,
but right now, I do live in my parents' basement.
- OK. Do you pay rent? Are you paying bills?
- I do pay rent. I pay bills.
I have my insurance. I have student loans.
But I just choose to live there.
- I'm sure the issue of you living at home
probably didn't go over well with her.
I think she would probably--
I think Michelle's just more like
she wants someone who can, you know,
be on their own, you know,
show the capability that they can.
And--you know, and I'm not questioning
that you can afford to be on your own or anything like that.
Obviously, that's none of my business,
but I'm sure that's something she's thinking about.
- Oh, yeah, I definitely--
I definitely have the opportunity and can.
But I definitely hear that in her voice and the hesitation
in regards to that this morning when we were talking.
- What was her reaction? What did she actually--
- Um, she was just hesitant.
She said she was very hesitant
in the whole "living with the parent" thing.
And it kind of stopped there just for the simple fact
she is overwhelmed with everything.
I think I came off the gun a little too hot
with, like, certain things, asking her questions
because I wanted to get to know her.
I was anxious, you know?
This buildup of see who you're getting married to
and who they are and what they're like, how they feel.
But she has mentioned to me
that I am moving a little too fast for her.
- Yeah, you might honestly be a little too pushy for her.
Like, pump the brakes.
[tense music]
- Yeah, and she-- and she stated that--
that was one of her-- - Yeah.
- Like, she guards--
- She's just like--it's like you need to tell her something,
and then she needs to, like... - Process it.
- Take it in, and, like, you know, analyze it.
- That's what she was saying. - And then be like, oh, OK.
Like, this is good.
Like, we can, you know, work through this.
But then when you come with so much information,
she just doesn't respond to that very well.
It's almost like baby steps.
- When you talk, it flows out real fast.
And after a while, you've lost her attention.
When she starts getting quiet,
then that's your sign that it's--
- Yeah, shut the [bleep] up.
[laughter] - That's right.
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Bring joy
♪ Every day of your life
♪ Spread love
- How is your day? - Very good.
- Very good, very good so far. - Good, good, good.
- How are y'all? - Good. How are you?
- Good to see you. - Buenos días.
- How are you? - How are you doing?
- Estoy bien.
- Did you enjoy yesterday?
- Oh, yeah. - Yeah.
- So good. - It was excellent.
- It was amazing. - Yes, good.
My family loved everyone.
Everyone was so happy.
- It was really special.
I think that, like, both families,
like, have, like, really good connection.
- Uh-huh, it just blended.
So tell me about Juancho.
- [chuckles] - What do you want to know?
- Um, what makes him happy?
- A lot of things. He's so happy all the time.
- I think that he's happy, like, with everything.
Like, the-- he really appreciate,
like, little things in life.
He is like, OK, I want to learn this or do this.
And he's like, let's do it. - Right.
- For example, he learned how to play guitar.
- It was so funny.
So yesterday, he played the guitar for me.
And I promise you, when I used to talk--
I talk to God all the time.
So I talk to God and I say,
I want someone who plays instruments
and I want him to sing to me.
And then that's exactly what he did yesterday.
- I want to know--
I want to know how you make your money.
[suspenseful music]
- Um, I'm a hairstylist,
Pilates instructor, and sound healer.
- And you feel good? You love it?
- It's amazing. - You like it?
I started my own business two years ago,
so I'm looking to grow.
- And are you flying or--
- I'm flying. I'm high.
[laughter] I'm flying high.
- And are you ready to help Mr. Juan?
- Yeah. - Yeah? [chuckles]
- He's building a business, I'm building a business.
So obviously, we have to both contribute
and we both have to make life work.
But eventually when I do have children,
I would like to be able to raise my children.
- I'm curious to know, what are your expectations?
Like, do you want Karla to work?
How do you guys see that,
or, like, how do you see your marriage with your wife?
- [chuckling] Yeah, so--
- What are your expectations of that?
- So at the moment, I need Karla to work
just because I have a start-up.
You know? - Yeah, yeah.
- It's not easy, so I'm not-- I don't--
I'm not gonna need, like, her income to support me
or anything like that type of situation.
But we both have to contribute, you know?
- OK. And then when it, you know, shoots in,
everyone is using it, and it becomes this huge,
you know, app that everyone's using,
are you comfortable with Karla staying at home
and taking care of the children?
- I mean, you know, it depends on when that happens.
♪
- Juan spend 50% and you will spend 50%.
I believe that is the way.
But sometimes in my case--
- So you believe in 50/50? - 50/50.
- I'm OK with 50/50.
Or I should say I feel in a marriage, it depends.
Right? - Yeah.
- Everything depends, everything depends.
If we are in a place where we both have to contribute,
I mean, obviously, we have to decide
what we want our lifestyle to look like
and then how we're both gonna make that happen.
If I want to be a gypsy in the jungle
and he wants a mansion... - Yeah.
- Then we need to figure that out.
So that's a conversation that needs to be had.
- All right. - Yes.
[upbeat music]
- ♪ I just want to shout it
♪ Scream it
♪ Make the world believe it
- Hey. [chuckles] - Hey.
- ♪ Something to believe in now ♪
♪ I needed something to believe in now ♪
- So how'd the first night go?
- Really well.
We're having a good time, I think.
We relate on a lot of things.
We actually have a lot of things in common,
which I wasn't expecting.
- Was yesterday what you expected?
- It actually-- it exceeded my expectations.
It's only been one day,
but everything's been really, really amazing.
And I haven't seen any caution or red flags of my own.
- I hope that she's really able to, like,
be vulnerable with you.
Because when she does get upset,
she can get a little, like, on the defense.
So don't shut down
and definitely try to keep working through things.
- That's gonna be a struggle for both of us.
And it's not, like, my strong suit.
I try to avoid conflict if possible.
For the most part, what I've done is I've been silent.
So I let the other person do a lot of the talking.
But the problem with that is you bottle all these emotions.
You really haven't expressed yourself.
So then you build up this resentment
and this disdain towards the situation or the person.
- When things get rough or tough or whatever...
- Mm-hmm?
- How do you reassure me that
this might be different for you?
- I've had four years or so to work on myself
and really discover those things about me
that would lead me to those behaviors.
I put in the personal development
and I respect the institution of marriage.
And it's not something that you can just go into lightly.
- I am a little worried that
Camille could get her heart broken again.
She is counting on this so much to,
you know, be the final relationship.
So how do you know you're ready to be a husband?
- I feel like my last relationships
were a trial by fire.
I think I went in hesitant, like I always do.
And what I learned was
you can't keep your thoughts to yourself
regardless of how minor you think that may be,
because you guys have to know what each other are thinking.
But also, back to the vulnerability piece.
It can be scary.
It can be embarrassing to open up to someone
because there's that fear of rejection,
there's that fear of judgment, but you have to do it.
Because otherwise, you're not being intimate with the person.
I think that's the highest form of intimacy you can have
with a partner.
And that's how I try to go into conflict now.
- As a father, I've enjoyed meeting you,
but this is my daughter.
And I take this very seriously, what's happening with her.
My expectations are large. [chuckles]
So I hope that your intentions
and how you two work at your relationship
will be fulfilling for both of you.
I like what I'm seeing on the front end,
but, you know, I still got my guard up.
- I can talk all day,
but actions speak louder than words,
so I definitely want to earn you guys' trust as well.
And I think my actions will earn that trust.
- Your role in her life and your partnership with her
is something that you still got to earn to me.
I'm watching you, bro.
- ♪ It's all or nothing
- ♪ Got to make a change
♪ Live your life
♪ So you succeed
♪
- [sighs] How are you guys doing?
Thank you.
- We're feeling good. - Good.
- We're excited.
We just, like, have so many questions
running through our minds.
- I know, I know.
- And I'm sure you have a ton for us
to find out more about Tom. - Yeah, exactly.
Get a little more inside scoop. [laughter]
- When you met him, what did you think?
- How crazy it is that he fits literally, exactly,
like, what I'm looking for, what I need.
Just kind of like the core values that he holds
and, like, the things he wants out of life,
they're literally, like, exactly the same.
But we definitely have personality differences.
So I think kind of what I can bring to the table
is just the exact, like,
complement to him and vice versa.
And I can help bring him out of his shell more,
bring, like, that fun side to things.
Yeah.
- I really think my brother needs that.
But you may have to push him a little bit.
- So yeah, flipping the script,
what would you guys say if Tom's having a bad day
or if he has any, like, triggers or anything?
- Yeah, I think Tom likes joking,
but he doesn't like harsh criticism.
That will often cause him to pull away.
- Does he just get kind of quiet and then he needs space?
- He may just go be by himself.
It doesn't happen often, but just approach it gingerly.
- Yeah, it was one of those like,
it's scary to be vulnerable.
So that is something that I'm actively working on.
I think that he seems like he'll be a great person
to work on that with.
- He's definitely a good listener.
I will say that about Tom. - Oh, yes.
- That's good. Yeah, that's good.
That's what I need.
- I feel like I'm more of the aggressive type,
and he's more, like, receptive. - Mm-hmm.
- So like, it helps me and he makes me a better person.
So I hope that he can help you, and you both work on,
you know, each other's issues together.
- Yeah, yeah. - That makes me smile.
Because that's, like, literally exactly how
my sister would describe her and I's relationship.
She's kind of like a receive and unload kind of person,
whereas I'm just usually that, like, receptor.
- And then you're, like, digesting it.
- Yeah, exactly, yeah. It's funny.
We both have--we're both the sponges of our group.
So it's like, you know, it'll be--
it'll be interesting to see, like, how much we can then,
like, pour back into each other
and allow that other person to be that for us.
- Yeah.
- I'm interested how, like,
if you do find out a bad habit or how would you approach that?
- You know, I feel like
it would depend on what the habit is.
- What the habit is.
- Like, he's very meticulous about how he eats.
How would you approach that?
- Yeah, you know, I think, like,
that's really just something that makes him him.
Eat your food however you want to.
You know, that won't necessarily, like,
directly affect me.
And I told him, ironically, like, I'm someone that,
like, eats pretty much one thing at a time.
- That is so funny that you both do that.
- Exactly. Yeah, so.
- That's amazing.
I got to ask you, what are your intentions?
What do you want out of this?
- Yeah, I definitely-- it sounds cliché,
but I really am just looking for that lifelong partner
that just kind of working through highs and lows together
and just--yeah, really just that companion.
- Anything specific that happened in relationships
in your past that made you say, OK, I need to do this?
- For me, it was-- yeah, just kind of like
the last relationship was just kind of the last straw.
Like, all right, I don't know what I'm doing here.
Like, it was almost like that--
it would just be perfect if someone could just,
like, pick someone for me.
- It's crazy, but it's working, right?
- Yeah, I know.
- Like, they did a great job, right?
- I know. - So.
- You do know Tom wants children, right?
- Yep, and I do, too, yeah.
So that's definitely on my radar.
- Like in the next five years, the next two years?
What is your time frame?
- I would say probably within the next two years.
I think I would definitely be down for that, yeah.
- That's so great. - Isn't that exciting?
That's good news? - Yeah.
- That's great news, that's great news.
We're not getting any younger, you know?
I've been waiting to have a niece or nephew from Tom
because I'm like, ideally,
I wanted my kid to grow up with his kid.
- [laughs] For sure. No, that's awesome.
That's definitely something
that, you know, we both agree on.
- I think you're going to be a fantastic partner for Tom.
- Aw, thank you. - I really do.
- I love the positivity. Yeah, I appreciate that.
- I think you guys are a beautiful couple.
I just ask that you protect his heart
because he's gonna protect yours.
And just always keep each other in mind when you make decisions
and never leave each other in the dark, never close up.
- Yeah.
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Heads or tails
♪ Baby, yeah, heads or tails
♪ Oh, yeah
- How are you? - I'm good.
How are you? - Good, good.
Just came from sitting with your family.
Thank you. [chuckles]
Thank you.
- [sighs] - Ooh.
- So how was your lunch with my mom and Melvin?
- It was good. I learned a lot.
- Did you? - Yes, I did.
- You scared yet?
- [laughs] No, I'm not scared.
- What did they tell you? - You know.
Hoo, they said that, uh, you're looking for a unicorn.
- A unicorn?
- As it pertains to dating.
- I mean, who's not?
[upbeat music]
- OK.
Tell me a little bit more about this unicorn.
- I mean, it's a unicorn. Nobody ever seen them, so.
[chuckles]
♪
- Oh, thank you.
♪
Um, my ears did perk up a little bit when she mentioned,
you know, you were searching for a unicorn or perfection.
- You know, we can go with less mythical creatures.
- I am not perfect.
- And--and I think that's a--
a reach, you know? - Mm-hmm.
- LEGO pieces come in different shapes, sizes, and colors.
- Yes, they do. - But they still fit together.
- Yes, they do.
- No matter the shape,
no matter the size, they still fit together.
- Mm-hmm.
- And I'm just really trying to find somebody that fits
and I fit them in a very reciprocated way.
Like, it's not just one-sided.
It has to be, like,
I balance you and you balance me.
- Tight. - You know what I mean?
- Mm-hmm. - So perfection is--
it's impossible to do.
You know, it's impossible to find.
- Mm-hmm.
I ain't everybody's cup of tea,
but I'm somebody's Crown Royal on ice.
- No, right? [chuckles]
I like that.
- But I mean, I am looking for something that's dope.
Like, I mean, why wouldn't you?
Like, who--who--who-- - Who wants regular?
- Yeah. Who wants regular? - Who wants regular?
I don't want regular. - You know?
- [laughs]
But you are also looking for...
what's perfect for you.
And I'm hoping that, you know, during this process,
you see attributes in me that make you say,
OK, yeah, this is what I'm doing.
This is my wife.
I mean, technically, I am your wife.
- I mean, this is very, very true.
- [laughs] I am your wife, but yeah.
- I see these things,
intrinsic values that everybody don't have.
I can see success with you.
♪
- ♪ Sky's the limit
♪ Yeah, I can just feel it
♪ It's time to shine out louder ♪
♪ To find the one that's gonna take your heart ♪
- Hello. - Well, hello there, gorgeous.
- How are you? - I'm doing wonderful.
How are you doing? - Good.
- Another espresso martini?
- Yep, another pick-me-up. - [laughs]
- 100%. - Aw.
- OK, so how was the brunch?
- Oh, brunch was good. - Yeah?
Did they hit you with the hard ones?
- They did. - Ooh.
- They did hit me.
One thing that came up was
you've been saying that you've been overwhelmed.
- Yeah.
- And I've gotten that and tried to express to them
that I may be rambling off a lot.
And they told me I just need to slow down the pace.
- I take a while to process.
- And that is what they were instilling
and nailing in me today.
And I was like, OK, I think I know the route
that I kind of want to take on that and--
- What is that route?
- The route is just taking it day by day.
- Yeah. - Slower pace.
- Yeah. - And giving you time--
- Music to my ears. - Yes.
And I'm willing to work at that pace.
- Have you had, like, a meltdown at all yet?
Like, have, like, you broken down
and be like, oh, my gosh, like--
- Yeah, when I was in the shower this morning.
- OK.
- Sat in front of the mirror
and seeing the ring for the first time
and kind of the meltdown was just trying to like,
how does this work?
How, you know, do I get to know somebody so quick?
But yet in a matter of time where--
- Yeah, like under pressure.
- I'm not pressing and yeah, and pressure.
And you know, I felt like yesterday,
when everything was done and we were just laying in bed,
I felt that was our calmest and realest moment.
- Yeah. Did you see my meltdown at the wedding?
- No, I did not.
- Oh, OK. I cried at the wedding.
- Oh, and when was--where? - Yeah.
- Was I not paying attention? Was I around?
- No, I was, like, talking to my friends
and then I got really embarrassed.
And I, like, didn't want everyone to see me crying.
So I to the bathroom for a little bit,
but then I just lost it. - This is news to my ears.
I thought you were all happy-go-lucky.
- I was trying very hard because I'm a people-pleaser
that I didn't want to, like, ruin the moment.
- Well, I--I definitely didn't notice.
And I do apologize, but at the same time--
- No, I, like, kept it under wraps.
And, like, you're like, I'm all-in.
Like, no hesitations, no flags.
And I'm like, oh, my God, I just bawled my eyes out
ten times tonight, like, freaking out.
- Makes me, you know, wonder about the honeymoon
and if that's something that you're still thinking about
or would want to do. - Yeah, yeah.
- And that's a worry of mine. - Right.
Yeah, I'm planning on coming to the airport.
- All right, all right.
I can let my shoulders down and breathe a little bit.
I'm not a mind reader.
I don't want to piddle-paddle around [bleep].
So she's just keeping it-- she's keeping it 100.
So I feel like we're moving in the right direction right now.
And hopefully, we can try to keep those thoughts
out of her head.
- OK, so what else?
- They also talked about
the whole living at home situation.
- OK. - Because they asked me--
- I didn't know if they knew that.
- Well, I had told them.
They asked me what may be a problem.
So that was a little tough for me to express to them.
I'm not one to get embarrassed easily.
- Are you embarrassed that you live at home?
Or are you just embarrassed to tell people that?
- I'm not--
I kind of am a little bit embarrassed to live at home.
I think just with the whole mama boy persona
and then living in the basement,
that kind of, like, one and one goes hand in hand.
So it's a little embarrassing,
but I don't want you to worry about it.
Like, I'm not that-- - I'm worried about it.
- I know, and I see it.
And I can--I don't know if there's anything I could say
or do or show you that I can--
I don't want to be there.
I just-- I choose to live at home.
I have two incomes.
It's more, I was living on my own
for 2 1/2 years, and I just moved back eight months ago.
- Yeah. - Rather than paying,
you know, $1,700 for something,
for a one bedroom or studio in Chicago--
I know how expensive it is-- it's like,
you know, I help my parents pay their mortgage
or their rent and whatnot.
So it's kind of more of that aspect as well.
But obviously, it is time to leave the nest.
We're gonna have more time to talk about it.
But I do want to give you security
that I know that I need to get out.
I don't want to stay there for the rest of my life.
So yeah.
- And I get that, for the record.
Like, I understand that you're--
it was a question I had for your--
- I'm sure you did.
- For your family as well.
But I think that, like, I'm, like, hung up on it.
Like--
- And it's gonna take time to process.
I mean, we officially haven't been
married probably for 24 hours.
So I don't want that to be a major thing.
- See, I think it's a major thing.
- OK. - Yeah.
[tense music]
Like, I--like, I feel like that's the number-one thing
I'm hung up on. - OK.
- And I don't--you're saying all the right things.
Like, I do see. Like, I like the small things.
Like, you brought me a glass of water.
You, like, pick up my train.
Like, I do see those small things.
So I don't want you to think that just because I'm hung up
on the living at home, like, I don't recognize
all the other things.
Like, I want to, like, start, like, a life with you.
Like, you're saying the right things.
And I think now it's, like, on me, whether, like--
how I deal with it.
♪
- ♪ It all comes back to you
♪ Yeah, it all comes back to you ♪
- Hello. - Hey.
- How's it going?
- Welcome. Welcome, welcome.
- Welcome.
- Long time no see. - I know. I know.
How was your day?
- It was a long day.
- Yeah, yeah.
- There was a couple questions,
you know, that, you know, your pops threw out,
the old sexually transmitted disease question.
- [laughs] - I'm glad it came up.
I did actually, a couple weeks back,
you know, I did-- I have a free and clear test.
- [laughing] OK, perfect.
Dad was satisfied with the answer?
- Yeah.
How did your conversation go with the--
- Friends and fam? - Yeah.
- It was good.
Your friends and family definitely have, like,
a good, you know, perspective of you,
and they say you're very loving and caring.
And, you know, when you go into things,
you go into them full force and--
- Yeah.
- One thing that your friends had mentioned
is that you're a little bit of a dreamer,
and not necessarily in a bad way.
- No, I am.
- But, like, I want to make sure
that we're, like--
obviously, I'm not gonna tell you how you should feel,
but I want us to just be on that same page
of we're still just getting--
we are getting to know each other.
- 1,000%. - We are husband and wife,
but, like, we're gonna run into things that aren't--
we're not gonna necessarily agree on
or that we are gonna have to talk through.
And it could be big things. It could be little things.
And we, you know, will take it as it comes
and just be open and honest with each other along the way.
- I mean, so with that, you know, I mean, I guess,
like, physically, do you--
is this, like, outside of your...
[both laugh]
Your comfort zone or-- or do you think,
you know, the attraction, you know, is there at all?
- Are you my typical type that I have dated?
Not necessarily. - Yeah.
- So, you know, it's different, but, like,
I don't think it's necessarily in a bad way, either.
So... - I don't know.
I don't really, I guess, know what a pretty boy is.
So how would-- what is a pretty boy?
[both laugh]
- Very, like, clean-shaven, like, overly groomed, I guess.
- OK. - Very, like, metro.
The pretty boy incorporated a lot of, like, the gym too.
- Yeah.
- So, like, that has been my typical type for a while.
But yeah, like, the attraction is definitely there, for sure.
- Glad to hear that. - Yeah.
- I'm just trying to, you know, I guess gauge
what makes Madison happy, you know?
- I think we have, you know, a great start...
- Yeah.
- To build something really cool and, like, amazing.
We just have so much to learn still
and so much to go through.
- There's a lot to work through, yeah.
- ♪ All my life, I've been waiting for someone like you ♪
♪
- Oh, we have a gift.
Oh, snap. - Uh-oh.
- Got some shirts and some kind of note.
- "Congratulations on your marriage.
"Always remember the person next to you is your spouse
"and you both have made a commitment
to work every day towards a lifetime of marriage."
- "We hope that your upcoming honeymoon will be fun,
relaxing, and an exciting opportunity to connect."
- "You will be heading to Mexico!"
- Yay! - [laughs]
- I told you.
We're going to Mexico, which I'm so excited for.
- ♪ They say there's something in the water ♪
- I was low key trying to manifest
going there in the first place.
So finding out that that's where we're going,
I'm like, yes.
My third eye is activated, and I manifested that [bleep].
- You ready to pack? We can pack like this.
- Yes, actually. Wanna go upstairs?
- Yeah? Awesome.
Let's do this.
- What you think about this?
- Oh, OK. - [laughs]
- I love it.
- Left him speechless. - Yeah.
- Yeah, so, you know, this is just
a little something that, you know,
might make an appearance on the honeymoon.
We'll see.
- Well, I do got some nice plaid underwear.
- Oh, right, now we're talking.
- So if you're into patterns, I got you.
- I love me some pattern. - Look.
- [laughs]
I'm gonna need the full body roll.
- I'm gonna be gyrating hips in these.
[both laugh]
- I can't wait. I can't wait to see it.
[laughs]
- How do you like to travel?
- I'm a very good packer.
I use my little packing cubes. I get everything organized.
- I see you. I see you. That's very heavy.
Your suitcase was very heavy, not gonna lie.
- Got a lot in here. A lot going on.
- Can you unzip my dress, please?
- Absolutely, I can do that.
Hold on one second.
All right.
- I'm gonna sit on this suitcase for a second.
- [laughs] Want me to zip?
Got to-- - Yep
- Double-team this guy. - Double-team.
- There we go.
I've never actually seen the sit on the suitcase in person.
- Well, there's a first time for everything.
- I think we're gonna enjoy Mexico.
- You know, I--
I hope, you know, a couple balconies,
you know, balcony experiences.
- Mm-hmm.
- Just time to get to know you a little bit better.
- For sure.
- I want to just, like, bask in the--in the Em.
- All right. I'm gonna go change real quick.
- I just want to understand who she is.
I just want to get to know her.
The rest of it, you know,
if something happen on the balcony,
then something happens on the balcony.
[laughs]
- Should we bring these as well?
- [laughs] Hey, you know what?
Throw them in the bag. - OK.
- You never know. [laughs]
You never know what might happen in paradise.
[laughs]
- ♪ You know I love it
♪ I love it, boy
- What am I supposed to do with these?
[squeals]
- Go ahead. - Thank you.
- ♪ I can't help myself
- Thinking that your stuff was light.
[both laugh]
♪
- You want me to carry yours real quick?
- Let's see if I can do it.
- [laughs]
[grunts]
- Good morning. - Good morning.
- Morning. Good morning. - How are ya?
- [sighs]
It's early. It's early.
I'm Michelle, by the way.
- I'm Ikechi. - What was it?
- Ikechi. - Ikechi?
Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you as well.
- David. - Emem.
- Ooh. Hello!
- What's up? - Hello!
Welcome, welcome.
- I'm David, by the way.
- Madison. - Hello, Madison.
- How you doing, Madison? - Nice to meet you.
- Ikechi. - Hi.
- Emem. - Hello.
- Good morning.
I'm Karla.
- Morning.
- Hey, what's up, y'all? I'm Juan.
- Hi, nice to meet you.
- We're gonna have a party, y'all.
- [bleep]. - Hey, y'all!
- Good morning, good morning.
- It's the new wolfpack now.
- I know.
- They did a good job, though. I'll just say that.
They did a good job. - Yeah, I think so too.
[laughter]
- Everybody looks good together.
- I'm legit thinking, did they meet their spouses
before this moment?
Like, how is everyone so at ease?
Some of them are even, like, hugging,
like, touching each other, and, like, seem,
like, so into each other. I'm like, what?
Like, I'm still processing even I got married.
So it's just wild to me.
- Did everybody kiss at the altar?
- Oh, yeah. - For sure.
- Yeah. - I got kissed.
[laughter] - Ooh.
- He was OK. - [laughs]
- It was all right.
- I was--I was going to ask.
I didn't even get to say words. It was like--
- I wanted to let him know it was OK.
- I was like-- [speaks gibberish]
[laughter]
♪
- First order of business. - Yes.
- Finding some drinks.
- Mine's gone already, though. I was thirsty.
- He already polished it off on the walk back.
- Yeah. I'm ready to go.
We're ready to fly, right?
[signal chimes]
- I'm ready to eat some pescado frito, mojarra.
- Have a piña colada on the beach.
- What's up, girl? What you doing back there?
[both laugh] Over and out.
See you guys in Cancun.
♪
- [singing in Spanish]
♪
- ♪ You know I want it
♪ I just can't get enough
♪ You know I got it
♪ It's flowing in my blood
- Whoa.
- ♪ La pasión en fuego
♪ It burns inside of me
♪ You know I want it
♪ I just can't get enough
- Don't slip on the marble.
- Mexico! Mexico! Mexico!
- Mexico. México. - Hey, we made it.
- We made it. - Safe and sound.
- We made it! - We made it. We are here.
- Whoo! - Mama, we made it.
- All right, friends, I've got a good toast to introduce us
to our wonderful honeymoon.
- Let's hear it. - Let's hear it.
- It's a Myers traditional, so hope you guys appreciate it.
All right, here's to the breezes
that blows through the treeses that lifts the girl's skirts
above the kneeses, that reveals the spot
that teases, squeezes, pleases,
oh, [bleep], free from-- - Oh, [bleep]!
- Free from diseases. Here's to this [bleep].
Down the hatch. [laughter]
- Free from diseases! - All right.
- ♪ Ring the alarm
♪ It's about to go off
♪ Ring the alarm
- Thank you.
- To the bar.
Hey.
- This is cute.
This is where you can find me. - [laughs]
- ♪ La, la, la, la, la
♪ La, la, la, la, la
♪ Whoa!
- Are we supposed to blow into this?
[laughter]
- I don't think it's that kind of--
[laughter]
- I think you're supposed to suck into it.
- Yeah, I tried both. [laughter]
- So how does everyone feel that got paired?
- So far, it's been good.
I've enjoyed everything about you.
- Question mark. - Aww!
- Dot, dot, dot.
- That was more of like, "Can I say this right now?"
- I mean, you know, it's like, I don't want
to blow her head up too much.
- [laughs] - Yeah.
- But no, no, I've had a good time so far.
- I think for us, we, like, just had
this chemistry right off the bat that was undeniable.
And I never believed in, like--
like, love at first sight or, like, just really
being infatuated with anybody right off the bat.
But this process is starting to change my mind because...
- Come on. - The biggest--
- Aww. - Oh, damn.
- The biggest thing for me is, like,
I struggle with vulnerability,
and I already feel safe around you.
And, like, that's, like, step one.
- Such a compliment. - So yeah, so...
- Oh, I love that.
- I'm really looking forward to one-on-one time with you.
I feel like I just got a taste,
and I want, you know, to see the whole platter.
So, like-- [laughter]
- Damn! - Hey! OK.
- Goodness! - Yes.
- I'm looking forward to the duck-offs.
- Oh, my goodness.
- The what? - The duck-off.
To be able to get away from y'all.
[laughter]
- Oh, damn.
- You know, I mean, you know, you know...
- We're together. We're together.
- I'm just looking forward to just getting
to know you completely wholly.
I don't know that that will happen all on this trip,
but more so than anything.
- For me personally, I think we had a freaking amazing time,
like, in our wedding.
But, you know, at the same time,
we don't know each other.
You know, we-- we got to get to--
- Yeah, I think the--
- We got to get to the-- like, the feelings.
- The reality kind of set in a little bit of, like,
OK, it's like, we are around each other for
a lot of time.
So I haven't been with anybody in, like, three years.
And it's always been, you know,
I don't have to answer to anybody.
I don't have to tell anybody, like, where I'm going,
what I'm doing.
I've never lived with a boy before.
- Oh.
- So I'm like, holy [bleep], this is, like, impending.
Like, I'm, like, scared of [bleep].
- Absolutely.
- Like I went into this knowing that, like, I cannot be
just, like, my normal single self.
Like, I have to be-- - Gotta think about the person.
- Normal and I have to be a partner.
Like, so that's what's, like, caused more anxiety for me
of, like, sitting in my, like, own thoughts
of, like, holy [bleep], OK, like, this is real.
Like, this is what we're going into.
And, like, it is just a lot.
[tense music]
- Like, that's what's, like, caused more anxiety for me
of, like, sitting in my, like, own thoughts of, like,
holy [bleep], OK, like, this is real.
Like, this is what we're going into.
And, like, it is just a lot.
- Hearing that Madison's having anxiety over this marriage,
it kind of puts me in a little, like, whoa, [bleep], OK.
I was not getting that vibe at all.
I didn't realize that, you know,
it was weighing on her that much.
- We all knew what we were getting into but not fully.
Like, none of us has been married.
- You go through all the stages.
- Yeah, you go through all the stages.
- Oh, I'm excited. Oh, my God, what did I do?
Oh, my God, I got to get out of this.
No, but wait. You like him. Wait.
- It's OK to disconnect a little bit, you know?
You got to process your feelings.
You got to process where you're at.
But the whole wedding was one of the best nights
that I think I had in a long time.
So I want to see if the chemistry that we had
exists beyond that night.
If--if we have any element of that,
like, if I could just sprinkle some water on it,
let that [bleep] grill, like, you know,
I'm gonna do everything I can to do that.
We're gonna figure each other out...
- Absolutely. - And go from there.
- What's meant to be will be.
- I'm in the same boat as well.
I haven't been in a marriage for 3 1/2--or--
- A marriage. [laughter]
Oh, secrets.
- I understand.
Confess. Tell everything.
- In three years as well. And it's difficult.
You know, I got to take a step back from everything.
And, you know, when people ask me,
"Oh, we got a Labor Day party,"
usually it's like, [bleep] yeah.
But you know what?
Let me ask my wife first, you know?
- Right. Right. - See what she says.
You know, it's all about compromise.
- Yeah, it's totally different.
- Like, Pastor Cal, like, in the beginning,
he always said that, you know, we're probably gonna mix you
with someone that needs to help you open up a side of you
that you didn't know or that can make
you better as an individual.
So I definitely see that 100%.
I blabbed right off the bat
because my past two relationships,
it was hard to get [bleep] out of me.
- Yeah.
- I was trying to get everything off my bat,
which kind of overwhelmed her a little bit
and took us back a little bit, so...
- I'm having a little bit of a hard time.
- Yeah. - No, no, it's OK to say that.
Like, it's a lot.
- It's, like, a lot really fast.
And, like, I know you talk about it,
and, like, you, like, picture things,
but then when it actually happens, it's different.
- And I think it's OK to say that.
Like, we literally all just met each other.
Like-- - And got married.
Like, it does not need to be this fantasy,
"Oh, my gosh, we're meant to be."
Maybe, like, you two, but it's fine because--
- No, you guys are-- you guys are all, like--
- Who, us? What?
That's crazy. That's crazy.
- Wild.
- I think it's hard just in general.
Like, I've been single for six years.
Like, I've lived alone for six years.
So it's like, it's so much coming at me.
Like, I'm not--I'm only used to thinking about myself.
And that sounds selfish, but--
- No, but it's real-- it's reality.
- It's just like, and now, like, it's like,
someone's checking in.
I'm like, oh, my God, get out of here, you know?
Like, it's just a lot.
I'm really happy for you guys, but I'm like,
I'm probably not getting there as fast as you,
you know what I mean? - What did we do?
- What did we do?
- You guys are constantly, like, touching.
So it's like--
- Like, your chemistry is, like, radiating
in the best way.
- No, it's a compliment. It's a compliment.
- For sure. - Come on, radiate.
Come on, I see you. - Come on, shine.
- She's like, "I'm gonna radiate on you later."
- OK. - We love it.
We love it.
- No, I mean, the crazy part is that, like,
we're getting married and then we date.
- Right. - You know?
It's like, it's kind of ass-backwards
from what we're used to doing, you know?
- My approach is, look, I'm open to anything.
I want to have as much fun as possible.
I want to respect her. - Juancho loves fun.
- I want to--yeah.
I want to respect her as much as possible.
And I want to work on myself and my weaknesses
with her help.
She's a very spiritual, peaceful person,
and I'm a very business-oriented person.
So there's a lot to learn from each other.
I don't think there's a right way
or a wrong way to do this.
I think we all need to focus on having a great time
because they may find out in two weeks
that things aren't as--you see, I'm not hoping that happens.
- Why would you say that? [laughter]
- What I'm saying--what I'm saying is that just like--
just like they're having a great moment now,
you may have a great moment in--in two weeks.
- Shut up. - You know what I'm saying?
So I think--I really think just enjoy the ride, man.
Just have fun with it.
And I think her and I are just having a good time.
- And I feel like we live life like that.
So now it's just like him and I.
Like--like, is there enough
to keep us together or just interested?
- Right.
- Is there enough to keep us interested in each other?
So we shall see, Juancho.
[laughter]
- You already got a little-- - Ah, look at that.
- Why don't we have a handshake?
No. [laughter]
- Hey, this marriage is just--
it's gonna be a test for all of us here.
- Yeah.
- And no one said it was gonna be easy.
It's definitely not going to be.
But I think we're up for the challenge
because we're all sitting here right now together.
So we're just gonna see who's gonna fight for one another
and just continue to move forward.
[upbeat music]
- [vocalizing]
- Top of the morning.
- Morning. [both laugh]
- Got a good night's rest.
- It got really cold and-- - What?
- You did not keep me warm. - Whatever.
I'm always so hot when I sleep.
So I think at one point, I was probably like,
"I need you to back up.
I'm burning up."
- [laughs]
[bluegrass music playing]
♪
- There's nothing like bluegrass in the morning.
♪
Hell yeah!
[bleep] yeah.
- Let me see you dance.
- This is the yeehaw type stuff.
- Let me see how you dance to this.
♪
- This is how you [bleep] dance to this [bleep].
- Don't kick me in the face.
I'm loving being able to develop our own,
like, morning routine.
The music gets turned on as soon as we wake up.
- Come on!
Yeehaw!
- Entertainment in your bedroom at 7:30 AM.
Wake up. It's time to wake up.
- [laughs]
[upbeat music]
♪
- Morning.
I was so tired.
- I'm pretty sure my phone didn't help that cause
last night going off at 4:45.
- No, no, no. Yeah.
- I will make sure-- - That needs to be fixed.
- Yes, I will fix that ASAP.
Alarms are changed.
Just totally take off.
And that's set for the gym and work purposes.
So that's why it's going off.
I usually get off-- get up at, like, 6:00--
or 4:45 is when I start getting ready.
I either go to the gym first or go straight to work.
I know I wasn't in the bed this morning,
but I slept on the couch.
- OK. - [chuckles]
- So what'd you do out there?
- First was getting food.
Got six chicken tacos last night.
- Oh, wow.
At what time?
- I want to say this was probably, like,
1:00 or something. - Oh, OK.
- And just passed out, actually, on the couch.
- Nice.
To be honest, him sleeping on the couch
isn't really surprising to me, but it is a little concerning
that we're not at a place right now
that we want to spend time sleeping
together in the same bed.
Maybe eventually down the road, I'll get there.
But right now, we're just not there yet.
I can't get over that you ordered food so late.
- I used to eat six times a day.
That's when I was competing.
So it's kind of like, I, like, I need that--
- Competing?
- Yeah, I did physique fitness...
- Oh.
- In the bodybuilding world when I was in my 20s.
And that was just for fitness purposes.
But it's not-- yeah, I'm not trying to--
- Yeah.
- Become that.
I already, you know, have two jobs,
and now I have a wife, so...
- Are you saying I'm a lot of work?
- No, not you. [laughs]
It takes a lot of work to make a marriage work.
- 'Cause you just put me into, like, your third job.
- No.
It takes a lot to make a marriage work, though,
as my parents have told me, my grandparents.
And that's the advice that they had given.
It just takes a lot of work and time.
- So do you think, like, going back to your living situation--
I don't want to keep harping on it,
but, like, who would choose to live with their parents
at 36 years old?
- I don't see them like you think I see them.
- Like, are you motivated to--
like, to get out of your parents' place?
Are you motivated to, like, do things on your own?
- 100%.
- Like, your mommy doing all your, like, things for you,
like, that's not-- that's a turnoff to me.
Like, I want someone who, like, is independent
and, like, does their own thing.
And I'm not getting that vibe from you.
- I know how to cook. I know how to clean.
I've lived with a woman before.
So I am--I am ready to get the [bleep] out of there.
Like, when I say I choose, I choose to.
- I won't ever understand that.
Because in my mind, I would never--
I would never make that choice.
- I feel a little thrown back because I thought we were
moving in the right direction.
But the living situation, she's still hung up on,
so I'm just kind of in a no-man's land
right now because I thought we were moving forward.
I thought we were in a progressive state.
But it seems that she's in a stale state.
And I don't want to overwhelm her again.
So I'm just a little thrown back.
I mean, yeah, if there's something that I need to do,
I'm definitely willing to.
- All right.
Well, I'm sure we'll continue having this one
a couple more times. [both laugh]
- Whenever you want to bring it up,
I'm open to talk about it.
- ♪ Do what you want
♪ Do what you want, yeah
♪ You are a star
♪ Open your heart
♪ Do what you want
- Buenas tardes. - Buenas tardes.
Cómo estás? - Hola.
- Good, and you? - Cansada.
- Ooh. - [speaks Spanish]
- Sí. - Look at these snacks.
Just what I needed.
I like to eat just about everything.
There is not too much of anything
that I would say no to.
- Chitlins.
- You don't like chitlins?
- It's over.
We can go ahead and wrap this thing up.
- It's a wrap? - It's a wrap.
- I love chitlins. - You love chitlins?
- Yeah, put a little hot sauce on there.
- Well, you by yourself on that one, doc.
I don't even eat meat, and you want me
to eat some booty noodles?
- [laughs]
How you feel about liver?
- I mean, I'm not eating it.
- I love liver. - You love liver?
Who loves liver?
- Kidney? - Kidney?
Why you taking out they--no.
- Gizzards?
- Ma'am, we already established that I'm not--no.
- Those are all the best parts.
- Of the what? - [laughs]
- Leave the animal alone.
This is where you find out who--
who you married.
- This is the moment. - This is the moment.
- It is made of intestines.
And I'm good on that.
I don't care how clean them things is.
No, sir.
[sighs]
I'm gonna step away from this moment of chitterlings
and say that I don't have a lot of pet peeves.
- OK.
- But ignorance is, like, high on my list of pet peeves,
like, not wanting to know anything more
than what you know.
So I'm curious, have you ever been engaged?
- I have been engaged before.
I have.
I was younger, almost ten years ago.
It was to someone I dated while I was in early college.
You know, we had some issues, infidelities,
and, you know, forgiveness and got back together.
And it just did not work out.
Our futures just weren't in alignment.
- Yeah, I have been engaged as well.
It was at the end of college.
- Mm-hmm.
- And we were together for four years.
Like you, there was infidelity,
and there was mistrust on my part.
- Mm.
- That was, ooh, 12 years ago.
I did someone wrong, and I never want to ever do
anybody wrong like that again.
- Mm-hmm.
Well, that was a lot of serious talk.
- Wasn't it? - OK.
Now let's go hit this pool.
I have had the tendency to ignore
red flags in relationships, but I do honestly
believe people can grow.
And I think that, you know, 12, 13 years ago,
I'm sure he's not the same man he was then.
Come on.
- I feel like I got too many clothes on.
- OK, well, take it off.
Take it off then.
Should've been took it off.
That was on you.
You want to be naked.
I want you to be naked.
- ♪ So sweet like lemonade
♪ I still remember that taste ♪
- This is how you looked at me on our wedding night.
- [laughs]
Finna get me in trouble.
- Right. [both laugh]
- ♪ And you're sweet like lemonade ♪
♪
- Thank you.
- All right, look at this.
Nice little setup.
Thank you so much.
So a little--
[both laugh]
For later, maybe.
- Love it. - Cocktails.
- Oh, wonderful.
- Thank you. - Dirty martini.
- Solid.
- Thank you.
Cheers. - Well, cheers to--
- Our first technical date.
[laughs] - This is true.
- No, I--I wanted to apologize for just kind of being weird.
[laughs] [clears throat]
I think I've just been feeling, like I had mentioned,
just, you know, anxious and--
- Ooh, look at this.
Dear God. - Jeez.
- I'm still having my cheese.
- The steak scallops with mashed potato and vegetable
and mushroom sauce. - Thank you so much.
- Wow. Thank you.
- You know, you mentioned the anxiety part.
Was--was there something that, like, triggered that?
Or was it like--what--
like, how did that go about for you, I guess?
- Coming off of, like, our wedding was fantastic.
Like, our friends and family were so supportive
and got along, and, like, we were
hitting it off, and, like, there was
definitely chemistry there.
And then I think when I just kind of--
being by myself just was able to really think
about, OK, this is a lot.
We're actually married.
Like, we're going on a honeymoon together.
I don't technically know this person,
and I think it just kind of all hit me.
But I do really want to have fun with you because I think,
like, something for me that I've always, like,
pictured in a marriage or, like,
in, like, a really good relationship is excitement.
- Yeah. - I want dates.
I want, you know, a lot of, like, romance and, like, fun.
And I want it to be, like, exciting.
And so--
- I mean, girl, I'll take you on a magic carpet ride.
[both laugh]
Like, come on.
Like, I love that kind of stuff.
I think we have a great recipe for success, you know?
I mean, I think we're extremely complementary.
I mean, there's--there's a lot there, you know, and I'm--
I'm happy to explore it.
But, you know, at the same time,
I don't want to give you that anxiety, you know?
Like, I'm--honestly, like, I'm a little--
like, I'm very-- not very, but I'm fearful
to, like, you know, as we're walking in,
like, to hold your hand or to do something like that.
So is there anything that, you know, I could do,
or--you know, I'm happy even if it's just patience.
- Like, we can hold hands, and, like, it's OK for you
to touch, like, the small of my back
if we're walking into a restaurant.
Like, I don't want you to feel like you can't touch me.
- I'm trying to be super delicate.
Like, I'm like--
- I know, but I don't want you to walk on eggshells.
Like-- - That's a good way--
- It's not gonna help because I think it's gonna
make me more aware of it.
Because I feel like we're both very in tune with, like,
one, how we feel, and also, how the other person feels.
And it's like, I feel like you can read
if I'm feeling uncomfy,
but then you almost, like, don't want to do anything
to make it more uncomfy.
- That's exactly it.
- I obviously want to move, you know, away from that,
and I want to, you know, feel that connection that we had,
you know, at our wedding.
And I don't want you to feel like
I'm just pushing you away 100%.
Like, I'm still working through some things,
and, like-- but I really am trying.
I have a lot of respect for you,
and, like, I care for you already.
Like, I feel like we already have this, like, trust.
Like, this is the most vulnerable,
like, I've ever been in my whole life,
like, this whole journey.
Marrying a complete stranger, like, it's a lot.
And, like, I appreciate you being
as, like, communicative and vulnerable
and, like, supportive.
Because it's making this a lot easier, honestly.
So, like, thank you for that. - Absolutely.
And I can see--
I can--I can literally see it, like,
in you and your body language and how you're
looking at me and everything.
At the end of the conversation,
every conversation we've had is literally easier.
- Yeah.
- Or, like, a load off kind of a thing.
- Right. Yeah. - So, hey, to many more.
- Yes, great. This is a lot.
- ♪ All I need is you
♪ All I need is
♪ All I need is you
- Next time...
- Here's to the swallows that bring no babies.
[all cheering]
- Yes, in sync.
I got us.
- Anything that gets me wet, I'm happy.
[both laugh]
- Oh, no. - [screams]
There's never a dull moment with Juan.
- The thing that I like is that Em is the homie.
- You called me the homie?
[dramatic music]
- Trust and trusting people, I think, subconsciously,
that affected me.
- What I need is to feel like you want to take care of me.
- I can't do that. I'm sorry.
Like, I just don't have the money to do it.
- I don't want to call you, like, a pushover
because that's, like, a harsh term.
- OK, well, now you're just being an ass[bleep].
- I just-- I'm feeling smothered.
Like, back off a little bit.
- You want your [bleep] space, I'll give it to you.
♪
- I don't even know if I want to try.
♪
- ♪ Get up, get up, get up, get up ♪
♪ We about to get it started
♪ Let's go
- Hello, everyone, and welcome
to the "Married at First Sight Afterparty."
I'm your host, Keshia Knight Pulliam,
and I can't wait to chat about tonight's episode
with Emem, Thomas and Allen.
Welcome to the Afterparty, guys.
- Thank you. - Thank you very much.
- It's your first time. - Yeah, yeah.
- You're Afterparty virgins. - We are.
- It's good to go on. - Yes.
- Get into the dirt.
- Absolutely.
So on tonight's hour-long episode,
I'll be sitting down with you first.
And later, Karla, Madison and David
will be joining me to give me their take.
Now that the weddings are over, what was the most memorable
moment of your wedding day?
- I had no idea what was gonna come through.
And I just remember, like my eyes were like--
- You look pleased. - [bleep].
- You looked pleased. - Yeah.
No, I was-- - Very much so.
- I was happy, you know? - Okay.
- And I think there was a lot of similarities in our intent.
- Okay, understood.
Emem, what was a memorable moment from your wedding?
- The most memorable moment of my wedding
would have to be our vows. - Okay.
- Just being able to be vulnerable
and speak to what I want in a partner was everything.
- Okay. Good. Thomas, anything?
- Us having so many things that aligned
with each other, so many commonalities
and just having a great time.
It was just-- it was a euphoric,
like, intoxicating feeling.
- Aw, I love it.
Well, now that you are all married
and beginning your journey as newlyweds,
we are calling tonight's signature cocktail
the Vow Voyage Vodka Soda.
- Okay. - Oh, God.
- This twist on a vodka soda
contains muddled mint and strawberries,
vodka, soda and lime.
Cheers to the beginning of a wonderful journey.
all: Cheers.
- Is it good? - Yeah, it's pretty good.
- Delicious. - Very well. Very all right.
- All right, well, let's get started.
Allen, let's take a look back at the first time
you woke up next to your wife.
Roll the clip.
- So what's something you're most excited about
over the next couple of weeks?
- Oh, man.
Well, let me cover up my junk here.
[laughter]
- Yeah, get your sausage away from my breakfast sausage.
- Oh.
The thing that I'm excited about
is really how we get along.
On the day to day, what are those buttons that--
like I'm sure there's gonna be something that--
- Yeah.
- You're gonna be like, Allen, cool it.
- Oh, how does it feel watching that back?
- I don't know if I'm a big fan of these A shirts anymore.
I think I'm gonna retire those.
- Yeah, seeing it in hindsight maybe gives you a--
- I always thought you looked like a baller with those things
but-- - Oh.
[laughter] - No.
I don't-- - I mean, I don't know.
I mean, there's a lot we gotta unpack
with the broccoli underwear.
- Oh, God.
- But I noticed there was so much chemistry
between you and Madison-- - Yeah.
- At the wedding.
- You couldn't ask for better, honestly.
The way the whole night went and then getting into bed,
there could be a little awkwardness,
but there was none of that.
And it was-- it really put me at ease.
- Okay. Well, good.
So I'm interested to know, was there any conversation
that was had after the cameras went away
that we weren't privy to between the two of you?
- Yeah, absolutely.
I mean, I think we probably had a good hour and a half or so
of just talking.
- Any cuddling? Any you know?
- Little head on the chest kind of thing.
- Little cuddling, little getting to know,
little getting cozy. Okay.
Emem, tell me what you're thinking
watching this interaction.
What do you see?
- Looking at Madison and Allen, they look
like they are hitting it off. - They do. Right?
- They look like they are having a great time.
They're happy to have each other and ready
for this journey.
- How about--Thomas, how about you?
- Yeah, they look comfortable.
Allen's firing off the jokes about sausage
and adjusting themselves.
So there's some level of comfort there,
and they look like a natural couple together.
- Yeah, and that's what I noticed
about a lot of the couples. Because we'll get to you too.
It felt not like two strangers who had just met
and were married.
Okay, well, let's move on to you, Thomas,
and take a look at your first day of marriage with Camille.
Roll the clip.
- It was just like--
that has to end up being one of the best case scenarios.
Everything went perfect.
It just--I don't know.
I just I feel like I've known you for a while
even though I just met you. - Yeah.
It's kind of like that comfort level right from the get go.
Definitely the good conversation helps.
Like, I feel like we didn't stop talking at all yesterday.
- Yeah. - So that definitely helped.
- I'm just looking forward to getting to know you more.
- I know. I agree.
I think we're just like scratching the surface.
Even though we've been talking about a lot,
it's like there's still so much more to find out.
- Yeah.
- I mean, it's evident.
You can feel the chemistry.
You're like, this is the best case scenario.
Like, what are you thinking when
she's coming down the aisle and you're
seeing her for the first time?
- It feels like a dream.
And back to the best case scenario,
you have all these variables going on in your head.
And I'm watching her walk down the aisle.
And I'm just elated and relieved at the same time.
- I love watching the two of you,
and I haven't had the opportunity
to talk to you guys, like, after the weddings
and what have you, because I talked to your spouses
about your gifts.
What gift-- - Oh, God.
- Yeah, the banana. - No.
- What about? - Oh.
No, the bracelet? - The bracelet.
- I lost it.
- Tell me about the lost bracelet.
- I don't know if somebody,
when I hosted a little gathering, just took it?
- Oh, somebody stole the bracelet?
- At my house, yeah. - Oh.
- So I immediately, like, got on Google.
I'm like, where's the closest Tiffany's?
Luckily, it was like a couple of blocks away.
I called the store.
I'm like, hey, I need this, buy it.
And then I sent my friend to go get it.
And so, yeah.
- So you never found the other bracelet?
- Never found it.
That's why I think somebody ended up janking it.
- Well, you know what?
When things like that happen to me, I know it can be annoying,
but what I tell myself is that that person
needed it more than I do.
- That's really a good perspective to have.
- So we're gonna move on.
- Thomas, it seems like things between you
and Camille are off to a great start.
And Emem, I could say the same thing for you and your husband.
So take a look at this clip.
- What I know is last night, while you were sleeping,
our skin touched.
- Ooh.
- My God, today.
No.
- My God in heaven.
[laughter]
- We didn't do nothing but--
- No, we did. What do you mean?
We connected physically.
- Far more intimate. - That counts.
- ♪ Loving you is all I wanna do, yeah ♪
- I wanna know what part of the skin touched.
[laughter] - Ooh, good question.
- That's my question. - Yeah, right?
- Well, had some skin to skin, leg to leg, you know?
And he said, it feels like butter.
So you know.
- That's it? - That's it.
That's all that touched that evening.
That is it.
- Y'all call Jesus and them into it.
So I'm just asking.
- Well, it's always good to call on the Lord.
[laughter]
It's always good to call on the Lord.
So we did connect that night.
Like that first touch, something about it is just--
it warms your heart.
It warms your heart. - Okay, fair enough.
I love it.
So I know you said your family--
you're from Nigeria, correct? - Yes.
- Originally? - Yes.
- I got some Nigerian friends. Right?
- Yes.
- And when it comes to weddings,
they are a whole situation. - Yes.
- So I saw the money throwing. I know that's very Nigerian.
- Yeah. - I'm aware of that.
But were there any other things that you
incorporated into your wedding that we maybe didn't see?
And why not?
- There is so much that goes into a Nigerian wedding.
I am American born.
My parents were both born in Nigeria, first generation
immigrants, and they came over at young ages, 18 years old.
And for them, they didn't get that chance to have
their Nigerian wedding.
I didn't wanna cheapen a Nigerian wedding by trying
to squeeze it into two weeks.
- Okay. - I didn't wanna--
- You didn't wanna half-- you didn't wanna half-ass it.
- Just a little taste. I didn't wanna half-ass it.
- I'm not mad at that. - Yeah.
- And I like that you were like,
so what's my new last name?
- And the fact that he has an Igbo name and it kind of fits
in the theme as to what my name is,
based on the tribe my father comes from,
is just--it's great. It works out.
- Listen, that made my heart smile.
I'm not gonna lie. It made my heart smile.
But now that all of your weddings are over,
do you feel like everything went smoothly?
- Yeah. - Everything went smooth?
- Absolutely. - Yeah. I--
- Only thing that sticks in my mind is the music selection,
I think, was mostly Madison and her girls.
- Oh.
So I wanna hear, what would your music selection--
- No, I-- - What song?
- Pop Smoke, "Dior." - Oh, okay.
- Okay. - Throw some of this.
And the funny part, as soon as that came on,
all the women just got off the dance floor.
And then it's my ass on the dance floor with my buddy
or so. - But it's okay.
It's your wedding too. - It was good, though.
Yeah, I'm like, I gotta hear my--
I'm not doing any interviews until you play some Pop Smoke.
- You think? [laughter]
Okay, I'm not mad at it.
Well, it sounds like all three of your marriages
are starting off strong.
All right, Allen.
Madison's family put you through the wringer,
but you certainly rolled with the punches.
Take a look at this clip.
- I'm curious.
Would I have a chance with her just walking down the street?
- No. - No?
- Absolutely not. - Okay, okay.
- But she--physically, she does have a type, pretty boy.
And so I think you're complete opposite of that.
- Okay.
- So initially, my initial reaction was like, oh, my gosh.
But then when you started talking,
your personality was like, completely won me over.
♪
- So let's start with sister first.
When she said that, when you--
would you be her type and she was like, absolutely not,
what is going through your mind?
Do tell. Like explain that to me.
- I still don't fully even know what a pretty boy is.
I've got the understanding of common expressions.
Like, I mean, terminology nowadays,
like I thought I'd come across as like,
that pretty boy, preppy, whatever, like, aesthetically.
Personality wise, not a chance. I get that.
And honestly, Madison is probably
one of the first, like, truly American, like white girls
that I've dated. - Who--Allen?
- I'm a hit in Europe, I think.
[laughter]
Like I was raised--
- He said, I'm a hit in Europe, y'all.
[laughter]
What is it about European girls that you get a--
what is different, I guess, from American girls
versus European girls?
- Just little nuances.
Like if you go to your girlfriend's parents
and the mom just keeps putting food on your plate,
you don't leave the table until that's all done
or sharing a certain type of shot with one of my exes' dads
or something like that.
There's certain meaning behind gestures.
- No, I get it. That's interesting.
This is--I'm just curious because it does
come up with your in-laws.
And they're like, so when is the last time
you've gotten tested for STDs?
I was sitting there like-- - Whoa.
- What? - Oh, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
- I was like, what?
Allen was like, yes.
I went to the doctor and I've been tested.
Did you all take that--did you all have those conversations
at all, even, with your new husband or wife?
- I didn't have the conversation.
However, as a medical professional and someone
who's just in the field, I automatically
do that every six months and before any new partners.
- Okay, okay. - Yeah.
And we had a bit of a conversation about it
and just discussed it.
Because if you are living that lifestyle, you wanna be safe,
you wanna protect yourself and your partners.
So we did have that conversation,
but we both were responsible with our behaviors
and our actions. - Okay.
Well, Allen definitely got lucky and came
out of the brunch unscathed.
I must say, you handled yourself well.
Now let's take a look at Camille's brunch
with her new in-laws.
Roll the clip. [laughs]
- You do know Tom wants children, right?
- Yep, and I do too. Yeah.
So that's definitely on my radar.
- Like in the next five years, next two years?
What is your time frame?
- Yeah, I would say, probably within the next two years.
I think I would definitely be down for that.
Yeah. - Oh, my.
That's so pleasing. - Isn't that exciting?
That's good news.
- That's great news. That's great news.
We're not getting any younger.
I've been waiting to have a niece or nephew from Tom,
because I'm like, ideally, I wanted my kid
to grow up with his kid.
[laughter]
- For sure.
No, that's awesome.
- Your mom is serious about them grandbabies.
How do you feel watching that interaction?
- I feel like they should have asked some tougher questions,
to be honest. - Like what?
What do you think they should have asked?
- They should have gotten to the nitty gritty.
They should have just asked her some--
maybe some bad habits that she may have.
I felt she got some softball questions.
- Okay.
- But no, watching them interact,
these are things that my family really wants for me.
My brother, as he states, he really
wanted to have like us raise children together
and us do all those things.
- Because did your brother have kids yet?
- Yeah, my brother has a daughter.
- How old is she? - And she's 22, so.
- Oh. So he has an older daughter.
- Yeah. He has an adult daughter.
- So now he's ready to have younger kids.
- Right, right.
- So that you all can do it together.
- So he's been pushing this on me for a while.
- Okay. Come on. What you doing?
- I know. Slow and steady, I thought, won the race,
but that's not the case.
It's interesting to see Camille interact with my family.
She is well spoken, and she has a good head on her shoulders.
So she's answering the questions without any fear
and providing a lot of comfort for my family,
which makes me feel good.
And she just fits in with everybody.
- So I haven't asked you about this.
Your twin brother, what does he think of your bride?
- I asked him about Camille right after the wedding,
and I shoot him a text.
And he sends this long paragraph about how wonderful
she is and how she's my type and all the pieces are aligning
and falling into place.
And he's making me feel like there's an opportunity
for a great future with her.
- I love it. I love it.
So I wanna move on to you, Emem.
Based on what you know about Camille,
do you think that she's a good match for Thomas?
- I think that Camille is a great match for Thomas.
She allows him to be who he is.
And Camille is open to learning who Thomas is.
So I think that this is gonna be a match made in heaven.
- Okay, fair enough.
Well, Emem, while we're talking about these brunches,
I'd like to bring up your brunch with Ikechi's family,
because something that was said caught my attention.
- My husband always says, Ike is looking for a unicorn.
He's looking for something that's totally different.
And I think he's looking for perfection.
And perfection doesn't exist, in my opinion.
- Yeah.
- How does that statement resonate with you, Emem?
- Hearing that a man wants a unicorn--
- Sets the bar pretty high, huh?
- Makes me wanna run in the other direction.
- Yeah.
- It makes me wanna head out.
Asking for anyone to be this magical creature
just seems unfair. - Yeah.
- I don't believe that there is perfection.
I don't consider myself perfect.
I would hope that Ikechi doesn't
consider himself perfect.
So I wanted this to be a relationship where we accept
each other where we are. - Fair enough.
But it sounds like he also took accountability for it.
- He took-- - Which is really important.
- Great accountability. - Okay.
Now that we've covered the friends and family brunches,
let's switch things up and talk about the honeymoon.
Roll the clip.
- They did a good job, though. I have to say that.
They did a good job. - Yeah, I think so too.
- Everyone looks good together.
- I'm legit thinking, did they meet their spouses
before this moment?
Like, how is everyone so at ease?
Some of them are even like, hugging,
like touching each other, seem like so into each other.
I'm like, what?
Like, I'm still processing even I got married.
So it's just wild to me.
- Can you all feel that Michelle
is a little uncomfortable?
- 100%. - You can?
- Michelle's body language made it very clear
that she was uncomfortable.
It's like she was sitting kind of away
from the entire situation that was
her husband right next to her.
So, I mean, she's just a little bit slower to warm.
- She's a little slower to warm up.
- At this point, it's pretty fresh.
But you can definitely feel a space there.
- Absolutely.
- And I think, if you're choosing to get married
at first sight, I don't think it's uncommon for you
to show some kind of affection, even though it is the first day
you're meeting the person. - Yeah.
- If that connection is there, there's gonna be
some kind of physical connection.
It doesn't have to be kissing, but it
could be like holding hands, sitting close to each other,
whatever it may be.
- Just a touch on the arm or a--
- Yeah. - You know what I mean?
- And it's also very early.
So you still wanna respect that person's journey.
And-- - Yeah.
- I don't know any of you all. - Right.
- So it's kind of like, let them experience it.
Time will tell. - How is it traveling?
Because traveling tells you a lot about a person.
People travel and vacation, just how they family different,
people travel different. People vacation different.
- I'm learning that he needs to steam every item--
- What? - On this trip.
- Dear God.
- Every day, we are pulling out this steamer
so that we can steam his shirts
so we can get them ready for the day.
- That's funny, because I--
if I have to iron it, I'm probably not wearing it.
But go ahead. I'm sorry.
- Yeah.
Camille and I are packing in similar ways.
I'm very particular with how I fold
so they don't get wrinkles.
But I'm learning about Camille, that she has motion sickness.
So-- - She has motion sickness.
- Yeah.
So when we're--even car, in cars, boats, trains, airplanes,
it don't matter what it is.
So I'm starting to learn that as we're going and traveling
and being a little bit more conscious of it
as we get further down the trip.
- I'm usually the guy that gets like there
15 minutes before boarding and--
- Sprint to the airport.
- I better get through security in six minutes,
because that's my allowance.
- Yeah. - So--
- I'm getting better with that.
- I'm guilty.
- Listen, kids has made me have to do
a little better with that.
- That's understandable, yeah.
- But I am that person who used to pack the morning of.
- Oh, wow.
- Morning of, go to the airport with just enough time
to walk through security, get on the plane.
That is who I am.
But I've had to learn to do something different.
But per usual, I can't wait to see
how these honeymoons unfold.
And Emem, it looks like you and Ikechi
are off to a solid start.
Take a look at this clip.
- Come on.
- I feel like I got too many clothes on.
- Okay, well, take it off.
♪
Take it off then.
Should have been took it off.
That was on you.
You wanted to be naked.
I want you to be naked.
- ♪ So sweet that lemonade
- That's how you looked at me on our wedding night.
[laughter]
- Gonna get me in trouble. - Right.
[laughter]
- ♪ Got me sweet like lemonade ♪
- Okay.
First of all, yes to the Beyoncé fan that you
apparently had positioned as you
were having your conversation.
But how does it feel watching that?
You two look real, real comfortable.
- Yes.
It feels good seeing Ikechi and I enjoying our first day
of honeymoon together.
- Y'all seen each other naked yet?
- No, we have not seen each other naked,
but there was a lot of talk about it.
That's all. - Okay.
- We like to talk--
we are keeping things close to the cuff but having fun.
- Okay, because I heard you like, yeah, take it off.
- Take it off. - Okay.
- I want my husband to feel wanted.
- I love that. - I want him to feel wanted.
So if I have to tell him to take it off,
I'm gonna tell him to take it off, take it off.
- I ain't mad at you. I am not mad at you.
Do you feel wanted?
- I feel very wanted by Ikechi.
I feel like we are exposing our vulnerabilities
with one another. - Okay.
So I wanna talk about the conversation you
guys were having at the pool.
- I have been engaged as well.
It was at the end of college,
and we were together for four years.
Like you, there was infidelity
and there was mistrust on my part.
- So when you hear Ikechi say that he
has been unfaithful previously, is that a red flag for you?
Or how do you feel hearing that information?
- I do feel like it's a red flag,
but he was able to share with me
that he does feel like he ruined
a very good thing for him.
So that remorse lets me know that he
did grow from that experience.
- Okay. Okay.
Well, Thomas and Allen, it seems like a few people
this season have had previous engagements.
Have either of you ever come close to getting
engaged or married? You were engaged.
Or y'all weren't engaged, y'all was--
- The intent was there. The ring was there.
But I never-- - Okay.
- Got to the point where--
I felt I wanted to be healthy before I presented that
with our situation.
So unofficially, yes.
Officially, no. - Okay.
- I probably should have previously been engaged.
I've been in long relationships and just
never pulled the trigger.
There was like a failure to launch.
And just-- - What were you afraid of?
- Failing, to be honest.
And that was one of the main reasons I chose to do
the "Married at First Sight" is that
I needed to really push myself to take that commitment.
- You fail 100% of the things you don't try, though, right?
- That is correct.
- Okay, fair enough. Fair enough.
I'm sitting down with Karla, Madison, and David.
Welcome back to the show, guys.
- Thank you. - Feel excited?
- Yes.
- I just finished sitting down with Emem, Thomas, and Allen,
and they had plenty to say about tonight's episode.
Now, I am eager to hear your perspectives.
So I kind of overheard something backstage,
and Allen was talking about a leaky bus?
- I was wet the entire time and not in the places I prefer.
[laughter]
- So what exactly happened?
Please fill me in.
- So I'm on my romantic honeymoon,
on my way with my lovely husband.
And it's pouring and storming outside.
- Who got leaked on?
- We all did. - Everybody.
- Big adventure, you know what I'm saying?
- And you would think it would stay on the outside,
but it's also pouring on the inside as well.
So just drenched.
My hair is not hairing.
It is-- - It's not hairing.
- It's not. It's not.
- So is your hair naturally curly?
- Yes. - Okay.
- And in the humidity, it just turns into like lioness.
So that's-- - Okay.
- I was a lion inside the bus.
- Understood.
So let's jump into tonight's episode.
David, it seems like your wedding went great
from your perspective, but Michelle had a little bit
of a different story.
Let's take a look at this clip.
- Did you see my meltdown at the wedding?
- No, I did not. - Oh, okay.
I cried at the wedding.
- Oh, and when was--where? - Yeah.
- Was I not paying attention? Was I alone?
- No, I was like talking to my friends and I--
and then I got really embarrassed,
and I didn't want everyone to see me crying,
so I went to the bathroom for a little bit,
but then I just lost it.
And like, you're like, I'm all in, like,
no hesitations, no flags, and I'm like, oh, my God.
I just bawled my eyes out ten times
tonight, like freaking out.
- So what are your thoughts as Michelle is telling you,
I was crying ten times at the wedding?
- It was something that I would have liked to have known,
I guess.
Just being unaware of it, it made me kind of feel like,
damn, I wasn't doing my part as a husband
right off the bat. It hurts.
It's like scary.
- I understand.
That would be pretty scary for me too.
Have you had a situation where there's
been a disconnect before?
And how do you navigate that?
- I've had disconnects in relationships before,
and it was communicating.
That's where I failed at.
So that's what I wanna do.
I wanna talk about it, try to get that--
- That's why you sharing all the stuff.
- Opportunity, yes. 100%. - Okay.
- Because it's gotten me into bad spots.
- Understood.
So you're doing something different this time.
- 100%. - Okay.
Well, Karla and Madison, would you be
this bothered if you found out your husband still
lived at home with his family?
- No. I love my family.
I enjoy my family.
And I think I would just ask more questions.
- You have known each other for like two days,
so there's gonna be a whole lot that you
don't know about one another.
So was there any point in you all's wedding
where you were close to having your own version
of a breakdown? What do you say, Madison?
- Honestly, at the wedding, I don't think so.
- I was on such a high at the wedding,
and I don't think Allen and I had too serious
of a conversation where there was something
that triggered me of-- - Right.
- Oh, [bleep].
- Right, to create that, yeah.
- We didn't get to that at the wedding, so.
- Okay. - Yeah.
- I'm curious.
What was your wedding night like?
Did you pick up on anything, like any piece
of her being uncomfortable?
Or was there anything, any cues?
- I definitely felt like there was a disconnect.
- Okay.
- I felt that she wasn't comfortable,
and one thing I remember my cousin
saying is be a respectful man, so like giving her space,
not sure if I'm gonna be able to sleep
in the same bed as her.
I asked her that as well.
She had said yes, but there was very
distance in regards to that.
- Pillow fort. - Yes.
So it was just kind of giving her space.
But at the same time, it's like, all right, it's day one.
There's a lot more time in this that we can work on things.
So I'm just-- - I love the hope.
- Yeah.
So there is--hope is always there.
- Okay, understood.
Well, what I can say is that this is just the beginning,
and there's still plenty of time to turn things around.
Now, let's take a look at Karla's
meeting with Juan's family.
Roll the clip.
- I want to know how you make your money.
♪
- I'm a hairstylist, Pilates instructor and sound healer.
- And are you ready to help Mr. Juan?
- Yes.
He's building a business. I'm building a business.
So obviously we have to both contribute,
and we both have to make life work.
But eventually, when I do have children,
I would like to be able to raise my children.
- Your face said a lot.
- Right.
- What are you thinking in this moment?
- Yeah.
I love what I do, and I'm very proud of my business
and the success that I've made.
But I'd rather get into other things.
Like, I wanna know what makes you happy.
I wanna know what fulfills your soul,
not how you make your money.
- No, no, no. I get it.
And clearly that's the perspective
in which he was raised in.
And it all makes sense that those are Juan's parents.
But I think that's something that I wanted to address that
I think a lot of people forget in this day and age
is that, when you take care of your children,
you are doing way more than 50% within a relationship.
- Right, yes.
- So--and there's no price tag that you can put on that,
because I can tell you, as a mom,
you don't get no sick days. - Right.
- You can't even go to the bathroom by yourself.
Your kids don't care.
- Thank you.
Can I elaborate on that?
- Yes.
- For me, it's more so like the connection.
- Yes. - My mom is my best friend.
- Mine too.
- And she was a stay-at-home mom.
Like, I wanna be there for my children
and I want to be their first best friend.
And if I'm in a financial place where I'm able to do so,
why wouldn't I?
- Absolutely.
So Karla, overall, how was it getting to know Juan's family?
And do you see how you fit within their family nucleus?
- Overall, it's been so good.
It's been so nice. It's comforting.
His family is very lively.
They include you right in.
And that's kind of how my family is.
Like, we don't really baby anyone.
If you're sitting in the corner,
we let you sit in the corner.
- You get baptized by fire. - Yeah.
You literally just have to jump right in.
And I feel like that's the vibe in his family too.
You just jump right in.
You are your most authentic self.
And I'm loving it.
- Yeah, absolutely.
Well, I'm really glad that you all
made it through the brunches with the in-laws in one piece.
Everybody did.
We're diving right into the honeymoons.
Take a look at this clip.
- Like I went into this knowing that I cannot be just
like my normal single self. Like I have to be a partner.
- The thing about this is-- - You're a partner.
- So that's what's like caused more anxiety for me of like
sitting in my own thoughts of like, holy [bleep],
Okay, like this is real. This is what we're going into.
- It's deep, yeah.
- And like, it is just a lot.
- Whoa, [bleep].
Okay, I was not getting that vibe at all.
I didn't realize that it was weighing on her that much.
- So I wonder what shifted in you.
Like, what--if it was something happened
or did someone say something?
Or did he chew funny?
Like what--you know what I mean?
Like, what happened that took you a whole 180?
- Honestly, the night of the wedding,
when we like got ready for bed,
I was a little surprised with his choice of outfit that--
- What do you think he should have worn?
- Okay, so I'll tell you what he did wear.
He comes out of the bathroom in a--
- In broccoli drawers and tank top.
- It was a hot pink broccoli underwear
and a white, loose-ass tank top.
And I was like, okay, well,
this is what we're working with here.
So it just kind of threw me for a loop of--
- Did he bring the banana?
- Oh!
- I think the banana ended up in our hotel room somewhere.
I'm sure he probably ate it as like a midnight snack.
- You know what, Karla?
I'm not doing this with you today.
Okay. [laughter]
- So I think that just kind of--
it shocked me a little bit.
And Allen is a quirkier dude.
- Yeah. - Which is not a bad thing.
It's just something I'm not used to.
- Allen is a little quirky, and he has his things,
but he also has this interesting swag about him
that kind of transcend-- just in my opinion, that--
[laughter] Why are you laughing?
Karla, what you doing over here?
- Nothing. - No, I can see you.
- I had a tickle in my stomach.
- I can see you.
But you know, but I understand better now.
And I feel like the viewers at home
will understand a little better too, because I get it.
- Yeah.
- Well, Madison, that brings us to tonight's Do-Over segment.
Just seeing how taken aback Allen is
with this new information, what would you have
done differently, if anything?
- Yeah, I would have definitely loved to have that conversation
with Allen without the group,
because we all just met each other too.
We weren't that-- we aren't that close yet.
And so I feel bad that he did feel blindsided,
because our wedding was so great.
- Right.
Well, the good news is you still have a couple of weeks.
So I'm excited to see how time can maybe
help bring you two a little bit closer
together, over the journey.
After this, the spouses spent the first night
of their honeymoon together.
But one of the husbands woke up on the couch.
Let's watch that back.
- I know I wasn't in the bed this morning,
but I slept on the-- - Yeah.
- I slept on the couch. - Okay.
So what'd you do out there?
- First, was getting food.
Got six chicken tacos last night.
- Oh, wow.
[laughs] At what time?
- I wanna say this was probably like,
1:00 or something. - Oh. Okay.
- And just passed out, actually, on the couch.
- I can't get over that you ordered food so late.
- I used to eat six times a day.
That's when I was competing.
So it's kind of like I had a need that--
- Competing?
- Yeah, I did physique fitness.
- Oh.
- The bodybuilding world when I was in my 20s,
and that was just for fitness purposes.
But it's not--yeah, I'm not trying to--
- Yeah.
- Become that.
I already have two jobs, and now I have a wife so--
- Are you saying I'm a lot of work?
- No, not you. [laughter]
- So I guess, was there a discussion about where
you all--what the sleeping arrangements are
that we did not-- - No, there was no discussion.
I was in the bed.
And then I had got up.
I had like a witching hour where I get hungry
and I wanna go eat.
I'm not trying to wake her up and then be respectful.
I ordered food. I was like, you know what?
And I didn't feel comfortable also,
because she has kind of given that disconnect
or she didn't feel comfortable.
So it was more out of a respect thing to the couch.
It was like, give her her space.
I'm okay with it.
- I understand why you ended up on the couch.
In my opinion, I don't feel like it was a thing as much so
as it was by chance of you guys just have different like hours
and things you do.
- I definitely got a different hour.
- I mean, who doesn't want tacos at 1:00
in the morning in Mexico at a all you can eat resort?
I don't know.
- I'm pretty sure Allen and I were eating
quesadillas at the same time.
So like, let's be honest.
- So no judgment right there.
But what do you guys think of this situation
and what we just saw in the clip?
- For me, it's disheartening.
It's just like I feel like there's just so much pressure.
- I feel like we could see the worry on her face
and the overthinking going on, just by her responses.
- Or even just, yeah, like the comment of saying,
oh, you're adding me into a job.
- A job.
Like, he didn't say that, but you're--
- Right, instead of just maybe like asking more questions,
I feel like I would have been intrigued
by like, oh, you bodybuild.
Like, tell me more. - Yeah.
That was an opportunity or a window
for her to ask questions about his interests, his past,
like things that he has accomplished or done.
So I agree with that.
But the good news is, is this is a process.
And this is just one step in the process.
- Yeah.
Marriage is a big adjustment,
especially when you marry a stranger.
But Madison, you and Allen seem to be communicating
through it very effectively.
Let's take a look at this clip.
- I feel like you can read if I'm feeling uncomfy,
but then you almost like don't wanna do anything
to make it more uncomfy.
- That's exactly--
- I obviously want to move away from that
and I want to feel that connection
that we had at our wedding.
And I don't want you to feel like I'm
just pushing you away 100%.
Like, I'm still working through some things and like--
but I really am trying.
I appreciate you being as communicative
and vulnerable and supportive, because it's making
this a lot easier, honestly.
So, like, thank you for that.
- Absolutely.
- That was such a sweet moment.
- I really do appreciate Allen for being very
communicative and patient, because I know that it
was a shift from the wedding.
And I am really trying to put my best foot forward,
even though, in my mind, I'm kind of going through
a roller coaster of feelings.
And it's not gonna help either of us
if we don't try to talk through it and move forward.
- Understood. So I have a question.
So what do you guys think of Allen and Madison as a match?
- They're both trying.
At the same time, it's not like
one is trying really hard and one is not.
I feel like Allen could be a little
overwhelming at times in regards to his conversations.
So but I feel-- - What?
You think somebody's overwhelming and--
I'm playing. I'm playing. I'm playing.
- No, but I feel like they're both trying.
- Yeah. - That's the thing.
They're both trying. - Karla, how about you?
Is there anything else behind the scenes
that we might have missed?
- In our interactions, we're all hanging out,
we're all kind of just dancing.
It's very lighthearted.
We're having cocktails, and there's laughing.
And I was a little like taken aback seeing Allen wasn't
really feeling it that night.
He, like, wants to go back to the room.
And I turned around and I kind of just
see Allen kind of just watching Madison.
- Okay.
- It was almost like, why is he staring at her so intently?
- And I didn't know about this really until after the fact.
So it could have been a place of either
admiring me from afar, which is, I mean,
he's my husband, so it's--
but I also just met the dude.
- Do you think that maybe he wanted
you to come back with him?
- Probably.
I think that's a very good point.
He never-- - You see what I'm saying?
- Yeah, he never asked.
- As your husband, it was one of those moments.
Hey, I'm going back to the room.
And he didn't know how to articulate,
okay, I want you to come too.
And then you did not come, because this
is y'all's honeymoon.
And then maybe he was a little salty about it.
I don't know.
- Well, and again, all of us have been single
for a long time still, so we're just getting back
to like, oh, [bleep], I'm not--
- No, because you're like-- - I'm like, I have a husband.
- Why is my husband looking at me?
Because he's your husband, girl.
- No, and for sure.
But I think, initially, just meeting each other all
for the first time, sharing this first night together,
you're kind of just like--
everybody's kind of looking at each other like,
well, they're sitting really close.
They're not.
- Everyone's observing, trying to figure out.
- Everybody's kind of trying to figure each other out
and just being like, where is everyone at?
Where--what is everyone's head space?
- I'm just--I'm interested to see how it all unfolds.
And just enjoy the journey.
Everyone always expects and is always
looking toward the destination, like arriving.
But the joy is absolutely in the journey,
and I can't wait to see how it all comes together.
But that covers tonight's amazing episode.
But before we go, here's a preview of what happens
next week on a brand-new episode
of "Married at First Sight."
- Next time.
- Here's to the swallows that bring no babies.
- Hey! [laughter]
- Yes, in sync.
I got us.
- Anything that gets me wet, I'm happy.
[laughter]
- Oh, no.
- [screams]
There's never a dull moment with Juan.
- The thing that I like is that Em is the homey.
- You called me the homey?
♪
- What I need is to feel like you want to take care of me.
- I can't do that. I'm sorry.
Like, I just don't have the money to do it.
- I don't wanna call you, like, a pushover,
because that's like a harsh term.
- Okay, well, now you're just being an [bleep].
♪
- I don't even know if I wanna try.
♪
- Whoa.
It looks like these honeymoons get a little rocky next week.
Karla, Madison, David, thank you so much
for joining me this week
on the "Married at First Sight Afterparty."
To everyone at home, join us next week
for another special hour-long episode
where I'll be getting all the dirt about these honeymoons.
I'm Keshia Knight Pulliam. Good night.
- ♪ Pull up, pull up, pull up, pull up ♪
♪ 'Cause life should be a party ♪