[narrator] Previously on Love in Paradise...
I met a beautiful Brazilian.
Alliya is dynamic and sexy and beautiful.
She sounds perfect.
When I first met Alliya, she was Douglas.
How about your financial situation?
It's super bad.
Since meeting Madeleine, I have spent $100,000 sending money to her.
I'm paying for an apartment down there, her car, food,
as well as all my expenses here.
We'll sit, like, maybe on the bed,
and then we'll just say, "Let's get naked and let's do this."
I really think that he could be my soulmate.
Oh, my God, it's so good you're here.
And I would never accept that.
If we have a future together, a lot of things have to change.
♪ I want to fly Soar through the sky ♪
♪ Fill me with feelings of love till I die ♪
My boyfriend Kyle arrived in Malta,
and I'm going to bring him to the house
where he's staying for the next two weeks.
Okay, so you just gonna drop me off right here, right?
Uh, right in front of the place.
It's number 37.
I knew that Kyle was a really weirdo,
but he invented this point system for our relationship.
I have to earn points, like, not to drink,
not to smoke.
There's a lot of questions in my head.
-All right. -All right. I'll see you at dinner tonight, babe.
-Bye-bye. -Ooh.
So while he is here in Malta, I hope he can give me
answers about the points,
but also about his sperm donations.
But for now, I just want to get to know each other more,
and then come up with this difficult topic a bit later.
Later, alligator. [mwah]
Bye. [chuckles]
It's fairly okay. Um... Yeah.
I got my own place in Malta because it's uncomfortable for me to share living space
with other people because I like my sleep, I like my quiet.
And also I don't like sharing the same bathroom with people.
Now I have to look sexy.
I'm gonna be going into my sit-up.
[chuckling, grunting] It is just a very basic routine.
Um, it's just important to stay in shape.
Especially for Ani, I started working out more.
Ani's kind of like my first "real girlfriend."
[groaning] Geez, oh, buddy.
I've had a few women that I've donated sperm to,
that have caught feelings for me, but I haven't really returned the favor.
Ah, I'll just dump them in there.
That's what you do. You don't fold them, you just dump.
But with Ani, it's different.
I feel this deep connection with her, and she's smart,
she's caring, we both want to have more kids.
And I feel like she really does accept my quirks,
and other things about me that other people won't accept.
I think what I'm wearing is fine.
Like, sure it's a nice restaurant, but I don't think it's a big deal.
Me and Ani are going on our first date tonight,
and I hope our connection in-person is as real as it is as our video chats.
I really want this relationship to work.
Thank you.
Yeah, thank you.
-Hey! You look sexy. -Oh, my God, oh, my God,
you've really come in sports clothes.
There's other people here with shorts though, you know?
-Oh, really? -Yeah, I think it's normal to wear shorts.
I've seen shorts around Malta.
This is disrespectful.
So Kyle's outfit,
is, I think, the same he arrived on the airport.
He didn't even change for the restaurant.
I'm in shock.
Yeah, but we don't do that in America.
-We do whatever. -No? If you love me, you do it for me then, though.
I'll think about it.
[Kyle] When it comes to dressing up, Americans are just more chill.
Whereas Europeans, I feel like grew up in the olden times, right?
Because America is a kind of a "newer country."
So the Europeans are still in the past,
like where everyone's dressed up, they wore their little wigs.
They wear their little gowns and I think the expectation
is that they should dress up.
But to me, is I want to build our connection on the inside.
Is this water? Is this our water?
-Yeah. You can have water. -You just have a--
Do you have a glass of wine at least?
No, no, no. No wine. Is that, is that wine?
-Yeah. -Oh, no, that's hor-- No, that's not good.
I told you. There would be uh, consequences for drinking.
No, I mean, really, this point system doesn't make sense.
It's a good point system.
I feel like, "Oh, come on, let's have a nice
drink together, you know, just we're celebrating, seeing each other."
Yeah, you lose points for that.
I cannot even take you serious.
Well, you should be taking this seriously right now.
I mean, that's the point system for you.
Mm. Mm-mm. That's good.
Yeah, the food is good here, though.
I am shocked how Kyle is eating.
He is slurping from the plate.
He's on a first date,
and you would think that he wants to make a good impression.
I'm starting to realize that I maybe don't know Kyle as I thought he would be.
I'm already thinking how I'm going to find a way out of this mess.
I've just landed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
to spend time with my partner.
And I'm trying not to make myself too crazy.
I'm gonna figure out where to get out.
When Douglas and I first worked together three years ago,
he identified as a man who had some feminine qualities.
And like to wear makeup on occasion.
But he recently told me he's living most of his life
as Alliya, as a woman.
I'm very excited to see Shawn again.
♪ "Into the Unknown" by John Coggins playing ♪
♪ Maybe we cease the day
[Shawn laughs]
♪ Make our great escape
-[Alliya] Hi. -[Shawn laughs]
♪ Into the unknown Oh, oh, let's go ♪
[Shawn laughing]
[Shawn] Oh, orchids, yes.
-I missed you a lot. -I missed you too.
So long.
-I'm so happy to see you. You know that, right? -Yeah.
You know I love you, right?
[Shawn chuckles] Good.
-Let's get out of here. -Yeah.
Okay. Keep going.
♪ Into the unknown
We've met at airports all over the world,
and this is the first time Alliya is meeting me.
But underneath the outfit and the hair and the makeup and the nails,
I can still sense Douglas.
So that's making me feel super comfortable and happy and a bit familiar.
Instead of my worry about unfamiliar.
Hey, much easier with two people,
-I was doing this all by myself. -Yeah.
[Shawn groans]
Welcome.
Aww, Biceppè,
how's the baby?
Biceppè is a doll that Shawn's bought for me
because I always wanted to have dolls, but I never had.
-And here's a room. We have a big bed. -All right.
Are you ready for this?
I'm going to show you all the goods.
-[Alliya] Mm. -Okay.
-I see. -I have the love of the hair, so it's going to be fun.
Making you all the different versions of you.
-Yeah. -That's hair.
That's hair. Red hair.
It's amazing.
-Thank you. -That's from you telling me you don't have any hair.
I brought all these wigs and pieces in order to show her
that I'm supporting her, that I want her to be happy.
[Alliya chuckles]
But I don't know how this transition
has affected Alliya as a person,
or how it will affect us in the future.
-Biceppè's feeling left out. -[Alliya chuckles] Oh.
I know I love Douglas's personality.
We put that to the test for three years.
And now we have this twist.
I'm hoping that I will love Alliya just as much.
Now you guys can be twins.
Like mother, like daughter.
[Shawn] Yeah.
Oh, my God, this is a moment when he comes.
I am so excited.
I've been promising Madeleine that I would be moving to Colombia.
But I can't move until I get my finances in order.
And I'm scared that once I tell Madeleine, she could leave me.
Have a seat.
How are you feeling today? How's everything going?
-Better, a lot better. -Good.
I'm Alex. I'm 30 years old and I'm from Dallas, Texas.
So tell me about your week.
I work as a family therapist, and I love what I do.
It's been, it's been rough.
-Just trying to surround myself with friends. -Yeah.
So you're going through a transition in your life, right now?
Definitely.
As a therapist, I feel like
I have to like be professional all the time.
And so, in order to kind of, have this balance in my life,
I love to spend time with my family.
[Khristy] Hey, girl, what is that out there?
What you got?
What you got? Let me see.
When I'm with my family, I can just truly be myself.
-Are we cooking tonight? -We're cooking jumbos!
Hell, yeah. Hell, yeah! Hell, yeah. Hell, yeah!
The women in my family are the smartest, the strongest,
funniest individuals I know.
-I love my aunty. -[Myra laughs]
I love her.
We tell each other everything.
And they have no judgment.
[Myra] Sausage. Bam!
[Khristy] Alex, did you want to cut up some of these sausages?
Cut the sausage. You look like you get it.
Oh, okay.
[all laughing]
-Like you know... -Who?
[all laughing]
I love to travel.
Especially by myself.
And last year, while I was traveling through Italy,
I found myself on a dating app.
Now I think about it, that was very bold of me
to open up the dating app in a foreign country by myself.
What was I thinking?
I wasn't thinking, clearly. But it turned out great
because I met my boyfriend, Adriano.
I was attracted to Adriano immediately
once I saw his pictures.
He had that beautiful olive skin,
the abs, the tattoos, the long hair,
the earring, like, Adriano had the whole package.
And so I get to live out my Italian romance dream.
You know, the ones you see in the movies.
Unfortunately, I matched with Adriano a day before I had to leave.
-[Khristy cackles] -But we just kept talking.
And I ended up falling for him.
Adriano and I have been together for almost a year,
but we've only spent ten days together in-person.
So what's our goal with him?
I mean, we try to make it work, but I mean, we got our issues.
-What type of issues? -He has a thing with
bringing other women into our relationship.
-Excuse me. -[Tiffaney] Ooh! Lord, Lord, Lord.
He wants, like, us having a night with, like, different women.
-[Tiffaney] What? -That's a threesome.
[Danielle] Wait, wait. First, do you like that or not?
I don't. I don't want threesomes.
Have you done it?
I had one before.
-With him? -No, not with him.
That's the question.
Throughout my 20s, I was curious
about having sex with women,
bringing women into my relationship,
and I acted upon those curiosities.
But Adriano want us to have threesomes together,
and I do not. I prefer men now.
That's in the past, and I'm not doing that again.
This is not something I want. At all.
And he keeps asking me about it, like, "Hey, you know--"
He wants you to change your mind.
I wouldn't go into a relationship
with someone knowing that they're gonna be
-desiring someone other than myself. -Yeah.
She can be with somebody who's just gonna love her for her,
and be satisfied with her body only. You know?
So, Alex, it's one of those situations where, look, I'm being honest with you,
either you're gonna accept it or you don't.
I'm really trying to figure out what I honestly want.
That's what this trip is for.
Okay, Danielle.
I'm heading back to Italy next week
to understand where this relationship is going.
I love Adriano, but we had so many arguments about threesomes
and we've broken up twice about it.
Both times we've broken up, he promised he would leave
the threesome conversation alone.
But he can't seem to let it go.
So on this trip, If he can't grow up, then...
we can't be together.
You only live once. That means don't waste your damn time.
["Sun Comes Up" by Timbaland & Mike Daddy Evans playing]
Today is the day. I am going to Colombia,
and I'm super, super excited because I haven't seen
my fiancé, Madeleine, for four months.
I can't wait to give her a hug
and, uh, I'm really ready to have a good time.
I just want this trip to be fun and romantic.
But I have a feeling that it's gonna be rough.
Gonna be some tough conversations coming soon.
When I met Madeleine a year and a half ago,
I was a baller.
I had a house, a great job, money in the bank,
everything was going for me.
But after some bad investments and losing my job,
I'm living in my mom's garage with nothing to my name.
I'm basically at rock bottom.
So on this trip, I need to uh,
I need to come clean about my job
and come clean on some other secrets that I have.
I got my boarding pass, baby. Let's go.
I've been promising Madeleine that I would be moving to Colombia.
And she thinks that this trip is me moving. Permanently.
But I can't officially move until I get my finances in order.
And I'm scared that once I tell Madeleine, she could leave me.
It seems to be a very conditional love at times,
and that is frightening.
I'm on my way to Medellin.
See you soon.
[chuckles]
[uplifting music playing]
We made it, baby.
I'm exhausted.
I smell bad.
I want to take a shower.
But I'm so excited because I get to see my girl again.
She just has this magical effect on me,
and I love it.
[bleep]
♪ What a beautiful world It is ♪
♪ With you in it
[indistinct chatter]
and I'm super, super excited because I haven't seen
Oh, my God.
This is a moment when he comes in from the door.
I am so excited about seeing him, touch him,
kiss him.
I need him right now here.
Right now!
[suspenseful music playing]
[all exclaiming]
[sighs]
[comical music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
-[speaking foreign language] -[squeals]
[kissing]
♪ I can see it I can see it in your eyes ♪
♪ It's like it's forever It's a paradise ♪
♪ I can see it I can see it in your eyes ♪
♪ Throw the dice It's a paradise ♪
I love you.
I missed you so much.
I missed you more.
So excited to see you.
[Madelein] You see?
[both laugh]
I'll lift you up.
Yeah?
[squeals]
[all cheering]
Give me my balloons. [laughs]
They're so cute.
Like you.
Seeing Madeline again was... it was really emotional.
My heart skipped a beat.
[Luke chuckles] Aww!
[speaking foreign language]
I'm so happy he is here, finally.
I've come to see you.
I haven't seen you for months.
[kisses]
[giggling] I'm so excited to see you.
Give me a hug, love.
[Luke] I think the best thing that can happen on this trip,
is I come clean to Madelein.
I tell her about the stress,
the anxiety, the debt.
[giggles] My balloon.
And she understands.
And she tells me,
"Hey, let's get through this together."
I can't keep my hands off you, baby. Come here.
But knowing Madelein,
I don't think she'll react that way at all.
I'm worried that she's gonna flip out, have a tantrum,
leave, block me.
And it's gonna be the end of us.
[Madelein laughs]
If there is something in my body that I want to change,
I am free to do that.
Because I want my butt more round.
[Shawn] I'm worried about Alliya
transforming herself to be more feminine.
Can I live with that?
Is that something I want?
[Latin music playing]
[Shawn chuckles]
I didn't know what to expect
coming to Rio to see Douglas again after all this time,
knowing that most of his time now,
he has been living as Alliya.
You're welcome.
But I'm willing to see what happens
in this new reality.
[moans]
It's sweet and strong, just like you.
[kisses]
So was there any one of your friends that...
kind of gave you any sort of grief
about being Alliya full-time?
Yeah, when people have known you for so long
as one name
and then you change names, it feels strange to them.
Like, I had a friend since I was 12
and she was Gladys, and she hated that name.
And so when she got to be 20, she was like, "I'm Gigi."
I'm like, "Gigi? You're Gladys."
You know, you feel like
I'm never gonna know Gladys again.
I'm only gonna know Gigi.
Yeah, if I was looking at you like this and saying Douglas,
[chuckles] it would be... weird.
Well, it doesn't hurt that you're beautiful as Alliya.
So there's the plus. [chuckles]
Right. Uh...
And why the sides?
To look more feminine?
[Alliya speaking]
But my feeling is, anytime I look at somebody
who's added volume to the sides,
it just doesn't seem... natural.
It seems like somebody...
[tense music playing]
[Shawn] I'm worried about Alliya transforming herself
to be more feminine.
Ready?
People might say,
"Oh, well, you've been with men
and you've been with women.
So what's the difference?"
It's not about genitalia, there's more to it.
I picked Douglas.
I didn't pick Alliya.
I love the way it looks tonight.
It's so beautiful.
So I want to give this relationship a chance.
But if Alliya wants to do the total
and complete transition...
can I live with that?
Is that something I want?
[both speaking, chuckling]
I can't wrap my head around it.
I just wish that she would be
a little bit more into the threesome things.
[Gaetano speaking]
[upbeat music playing]
It's like a paradise living here.
I think she's just amazing.
[romantic music playing]
Hey, Adri. How are you doing?
[Adriano] Today is the day that Alex arrives in Italy.
I haven't seen her for four months.
I'm so excited.
Hello.
[men speaking foreign language]
[Adriano speaking in English]
What are you going to do?
Are you going to shave everything?
-No, never. -Come on, do that.
[both laugh]
You know I like my beard, right?
[Adriano speaking]
Alex is coming soon.
[both laughing]
Yes.
I'm really hoping you're gonna like her,
because I'm really happy about this girl.
Do you think you are really in love with her?
Or because you guys have such a great sex,
that you're like, "Oh, my God!
The sex is amazing, so I love her."
Everything that I know about her so far,
it makes me fall in love with her.
She's a good woman and she's beautiful.
Did you ever ask to her about threesome, like, directly?
To be honest, at the beginning,
she was into it,
she was like, "Yes, I would love to do that."
But after a while she started to say,
"You know what?
I don't want to have a threesome anymore.
I want a traditional relationship."
[Adriano speaking]
[Gaetano] What's your kind of threesome?
Because for you, the threesome is like
you and another guy and Alex...
-Um... -...or you and two girls?
Me and two girls.
Okay.
I'm a little bit skeptical about this relationship
that he's having with Alex.
I don't know if she's a really good fit for him.
[Adriano speaking]
I see myself living with Alex for the rest of my life.
Marry her, having kids, a beautiful house,
and enjoying the pleasure of life together.
Yeah.
[both laughing]
[Gaetano laughs]
[Ani] Are you doing the sauce and slurping it?
Yes, I do the--
This is like only kids do this.
-I don't want to waste food. -Don't do this.
I fall in love with a sweet, kind, cute guy.
And I knew that he was weird.
But this?
I have to tell you something.
[comical music playing]
-[silverware clinking] -[loud chewing]
[Ani] I'm on my first date with Kyle.
And from my opinion, this is a bit strange.
Are you gonna eat that rice?
Okay. I'm gonna eat the rice.
Are you eating that Bok choy?
You want this?
Through video chat,
I fall in love with a sweet, kind, cute guy.
And I knew that he was weird.
But this?
[slurping]
Yes, I do the--
This is like only kids do this.
-I don't want to waste food. -Don't do this.
It is very unsexy to see a man slurping his food.
Since there seem to be
not so many people right now in the restaurant,
I'm glad.
Because I would feel very embarrassed
if anyone would be around us.
I don't waste food.
That's a good thing.
[Kyle] It kind of hurts that she's embarrassed
by the way I'm eating.
I know Europeans are all about this etiquette [bleep],
but Americans, we don't do that.
Because they have etiquette school in France, I believe.
But we don't really do that in America.
I have a French baby mama, so I know.
-Yeah. -All right.
Would you eat your chicken?
[chuckles] Why, you want my chicken?
No, I don't want your chicken.
[Ani] I'm going to eat it.
I want you to get big and strong, that's why.
Good girl.
So do I get points now?
Yeah. You get some points for eating fairly healthy.
Mm.
I have to tell you something.
-No, I don't know. -I told you this.
-I love those. -Okay.
And those are... That's a requirement.
Let me see your nails.
They're just right.
Those are what I need in my life.
I like it in the middle, because I have a spot, right?
And if you hit that spot,
I become paralyzed and I cannot move.
So you have to hit that spot just right.
Oh, my God.
So the perfect spot is like right there.
Right there. You can scratch it.
-Okay. -Yeah, right there.
-Lower. Lower. -This one?
A little bit lower. Yeah, right there.
You're a good girl.
-[chuckles] Oh, my God. -Oh, God. [bleep]
Oh, [bleep].
Oh, Jesus.
[laughs]
[moans]
Okay. I think that's enough.
God, that was so good.
Are you gonna miss me?
Uh, yeah, maybe a little bit.
-Maybe a little bit? Ooh. -Just a tiny bit.
-All right. I-- -I feel special.
I had really high expectations of our first date
and he didn't meet any of them.
-I will see you tomorrow. -[chuckles] Yes.
You're gonna look sexy tomorrow.
Yeah.
[Ani] He looked like a slob.
He has no manners.
And then he wants me to scratch his back
all the time.
[Kyle] Have a ponytail.
-Ponytail? -I like ponytails.
[comical music playing]
[Ani] I know I may sound crazy,
but I still have this underlying strong feelings.
And I don't know what it is.
I really don't know.
I just don't know.
-So I'm going to hug you. -All right.
-And then-- -I'll see you.
[groans] Oh, my God.
[Ani] Kyle is a little bit of a mystery.
And that maybe makes him so interesting to me,
because he's not... [snaps fingers]
...so easy to read like a book.
-I'm going. My lone wolf. -All right.
-This is it. -All right. Bye-bye.
[Ani] I have to get to know him better
to understand why he would act super strange.
[laughing, speaking]
[narrator] Next time on Love in Paradise...
[Adriano speaking]
I need to feel like I'm in good hands
while I'm out there.
Adriano and I have broken up twice.
I'm afraid once I move to Australia,
he's gonna find somebody else
and I'm gonna be left by myself.
I don't have a job anymore, baby.
[Alliya speaking]
[chuckles] Yes.
[Shawn] Right now, I'm feeling a disconnect
between Douglas and Alliya.
[chuckles] I know what life being married to a woman is,
and I haven't signed up for that.
This is my life.
Pay up and wait.
[Ani speaking]
When we got serious in our relationship,
I thought that Kyle would stop donating...
Did you have sex with another woman?
I don't know what I remember.
[intense music playing]
Just ignoring my question
and letting me guess, it's even worse.