- I'm Tami Roman.
I have been cheated on before.
You (bleep) my man when I was married to him.
I even wrote a book about it.
Now I'm on a mission to help suspicious lovers
catch their cheating partners in the act.
- Bitch been lying to me the whole (bleep) time.
- Oh, we kissing!
(Tami) I'm teaming up with
relationship expert Kevin Carr.
- Everybody's in the dark and don't know what's going on.
That's master manipulation.
- And private investigator Brianne Joseph.
- If someone is being unfaithful,
I'll get you the receipts. Got it, got it.
- Are you prepared to see the footage?
Once our investigation is complete,
the suspicious lover can team up
with the partner's other lover.
- We have a jackass in common.
- Or take down both of them in an undercover ambush.
- What the (bleep) you got going on right here?
- What is you doing? - Whoa!
- You brought this... into my place of business!
How dare you! What is this?
(Tami) In the end, the suspicious lover
might decide to move forward...
- (sighs) - Or move on
from their cheating partner for good.
- I'm over with it. - One confrontation
could change everything.
- Oh! - I'm done!
- We gon' get these answers today.
- I'm giving you the answers. - Cheaters beware.
Everybody put they (bleep) on pause!
♪♪
This is "Caught in the Act: Unfaithful."
- ♪ I just bought a new grill ♪
♪ Shining like a new whip ♪
♪ Adam got a new drip ♪
♪ I'm a nappy-headed Black lil' cool kid ♪
♪ Yeah, I stack that, make that, break that, take that ♪
♪ Got a hundred ways I can flip that, get back ♪
♪ All up in the money just to get back... ♪
(Tami) Today, I'm meeting with Marlo.
Marlo and his boyfriend Corey have been together in what Marlo
thought was a committed monogamous relationship.
But now he thinks Corey has been stepping out on him.
So he's come to see me.
♪♪
How are you? Marlo. - I'm good, yourself?
- Nice meeting you. - Nice meeting you as well.
- Yes, yes, yes, uh. - (laughing)
I hear that you're having some problems
in your relationship. - Yes.
- That you feel like your significant other
is being unfaithful. - Yes.
Me and Corey, um, we've been
in a relationship for seven years.
We met in Memphis, Tennessee.
University of Memphis.
- So college sweethearts. - Yeah, college, yeah.
♪♪
Well, before, I was mostly with women.
- Oh, okay. - Yeah.
It was kind of a transition for me.
He asked me to go to a Pride in Chicago.
- Okay, okay. - Yeah.
And that was kind of like my first interaction
with like a lot of gay people,
the full community. - Yes.
- I think that was one of the moments that I knew for a fact
that I was really, really interested in him,
and I wanted to know more.
Corey brought me into this world.
Corey actually made me very comfortable with myself.
- So how do you identify? Gay?
- I'm bisexual. I kinda always, uh, was kind
of curious, uh, but never really, uh, ventured on with it.
But once I... - And what made him so special
that you decided you would venture into it?
- Um... Corey just has this, uh, bubbly personality.
(laughing) - Hey.
- Ahh!
♪♪
People just gravitate towards him.
And he's kind of flirty and charming.
- You fell... okay. - Yeah.
He's an extrovert. I'm an introvert.
He likes to go out and party a lot.
♪♪
He has his dance group. He actually performs.
He also does choreography and stuff like that.
So that's kind of his business.
- Is Corey the love of your life?
- Yeah.
- ♪ Look where you made it... ♪
- He's the person I have vacations with.
He's the person I want my family to meet.
He's the person that I want to share all of my deep thoughts
and funny moments with, so...
Corey has been the love of my life for years now.
- Mm-hmm. - Me and Corey have been
talking about kids, um... - Oh, wow.
- We also talked about buying a home together.
Talked about getting married. - Mm...
- I want Corey to be the person that
I actually experience everything with.
- It seems that love is important to you.
- It's very important. I'm in love with Corey.
And I know that he's in love with me as well.
- Well, it all sounds good. When did it change?
- It started changing 'cause I ended up
getting this new job, and this new job kind of took me to DC.
- So now it's a long distance
relationship. - Yeah, so I'm kind of jumping
back and forth with him, and... - Mm-hmm.
I do feel like that he's stepping out on me.
I never, like, fully caught him in the act.
But he has condoms. He has 'em hidden in an area
that he didn't even expect I even knew where they were.
When I come back into town I see
there's a few condoms missing. - Mmm... missing.
When I'm in town, he's at his dance studio.
And he'll be there about 5:00/6:00 in the morning.
♪♪
- Who he teaching how to dance at 5:00 in the morning?
- Thank you. That's-- that's my point.
- Okay, so we're not gonna play games.
Now is it anybody that you suspect?
- Yeah, I think it may be somebody that's
in his dance group. I'm not 100% sure.
- Okay, okay.
♪♪
- (sighs) Sometimes I think it's my fault because
we've been together for so long and I actually haven't
done things that I should do to please him.
I need to go ahead and state that we haven't had sex
for the whole seven years that we've been together.
- Wait a minute now child.
You never had sex with him in seven years?
- Yeah.
I'm sure he didn't think for seven years,
y'all would not be physically intimate.
- Of course we've done other things.
- Keep the interest, keep the spark going.
- Yeah, there's a few times that we have broken up.
Gotten back together because of this issue.
I did talk to him about it. We constantly talk about it.
- Why have you not crossed that bridge in your relationship?
- Um, mainly because of my religion.
I'm very religious. I come from a big religious
background with my family. Father, mother, grandmother.
Like, we kind of did like the whole Bible study thing.
- Heavy in the church. - Yeah, heavy in the church.
- And so you were raised to feel like the gay lifestyle
wasn't according to the word of the Bible.
- To the plan. - Right.
- Every time when I'm about to go that extra mile, it's just,
all this stuff is constantly in my head.
- Are you ever gonna cross that bridge with him?
- I actually want to. I've been thinking
a lot about it. I love Corey.
This is a decision that I've made.
This is something that I want for myself.
Like, I've literally given him seven years
of my life at this point. I know that
everything that he wants, I'm able to give.
- You're able to give. - Now.
- And you want to give, and you want to have
those things with him. - Yeah.
He stated to me it's all about me and him.
Wants to take this new journey with me.
And I really need to make sure that he's actually doing
what he said that he's doing. He's not cheating.
- So what if he is found to be cheating?
♪♪
- If I figure out this man is cheating, um,
it's definitely gonna turn my world upside down.
I honestly don't know how I will react.
I really don't know if I wanna move forward
with him at that point.
My heart is definitely gonna be broken if he's cheating.
- If you will give us permission,
I will get with my private investigator, Brianne,
who will then go out and surveil Corey.
If she finds something then we'll bring you back in
to discuss what we find.
- Do whatever you need to do.
- Going forward, I want you to go back home.
- Okay. - When you interact with Corey,
don't change a thing. - All right.
- 'Cause we don't wanna tip him off to anything.
- Okay. All right. - Okay? All right.
- Thank you, Tami. - Thanks, my love.
Whoo. This gon' be a mess.
- ♪ Last night took an L but tonight I bounce back ♪
♪ Wake up every morning by the night I count stacks ♪
♪ Knew that -- was real when I hit it ♪
♪ Bounce back, bounce back... ♪
(Tami) So I put my private investigator
Brianne Joseph and her team on the case.
She'll follow Corey for the next few days
to learn if he's a trustworthy partner,
or if he's being unfaithful.
(Brianne) Today is my first day
following our suspected cheater.
You know, I'm on him right now.
And it's just a matter of time before I get what I need to get.
Okay, this is a gym.
So I'll change into my gym clothes.
Get up close and personal
to see what is going on in here.
So let's do it.
♪♪
I need to blend in at the gym,
but I also need to get video evidence to bring to Tami.
So I'm gonna use a water bottle
that has a hidden camera and a microphone.
Well, there he is.
I've got him now.
I've been here for a while now.
And it looks like Corey's just working out alone today.
♪♪
So I'm told me that Corey teaches a dance class.
So today I'm gonna see what I can find out there.
♪♪
There's Corey.
So I'm gonna send in a decoy dancer with a gym bag
that contains a hidden camera and a microphone.
♪♪
Hey.
Okay, so the target is the instructor.
- Got it.
♪♪
- Gonna see what's really going on inside Corey's class.
- Seven and eight, a mess... - Yeah, I'm a mess.
- Two, three, I'm out, I'm out. - Four...
- What is your style of dance? - You know what I got going on.
I'm gonna go down for y'all. - Okay, what you got going on?
- Thank y'all so much for coming out today.
(applause) See y'all next week.
All right.
- Hey... thanks for class.
- Thank you. - I really enjoyed myself.
- Are we still on?
You had me come all the way over here
to learn this style of vogue.
'Cause I wanna know, are we still on?
- Yeah, we're on. - I love it.
(Brianne) "Are we still on?"
Something's going on here.
How does seeing that make you feel?
- I don't want nothing else to do with this man.
- Marlo... - I don't wanna look at him in the face.
- You been dating this little clown-lookin'-ass (bleep)
for seven years? - What the (bleep), bro?
(Tami) Welcome back to "Caught in the Act,"
the show where we catch cheaters in the act.
My private investigator Brianne followed
suspected cheater Corey to a dance studio
where he's an instructor.
- Are we still on? - Yeah, we're on.
- I love it.
(Tami) And one student there
appeared to be the teacher's pet.
But when class was dismissed...
the trail dried up.
♪♪
(Brianne) I've trailed Corey
for the past couple of days,
but it's really just been a total bust.
But now I'm following a hot tip.
Corey tagged himself at a Mexican restaurant.
So I'm on my way to see if he's alone or with someone.
Is this it? Yeah.
I want to back in and try to get a view.
I'll use my cell phone's camera to document what I see.
Hm, overhead security cams.
Definitely wanna get that footage later.
Now let's see if Corey is here.
Okay, there's Corey
and he's with the dance class guy.
Are they both doing shots?
They sure look cozy.
- ♪ I'ma get down like I know been a hothead ♪
♪ Ice cold, found my niche lost control ♪♪
(Tami) Hey, Marlo.
Last night I received the results of our investigation.
- Have a seat right there. - (Tami) Now it's time
to show Marlo the truth.
So today I invited Kevin here
to join us because I think that he could help you
understand some of the details that might come out tonight
from a professional level. - Okay.
Hopefully nothing too bad.
- Well... - We're gonna help you
through it either way. - Yeah, yeah.
- (exhales) I'm nervous.
- Are you prepared to see if your partner
is being unfaithful?
- Yep, let's see.
- Alrighty.
This is Corey's studio. - Yeah.
That's where he dance at.
- So we had a decoy go in
so that we could see what was happening
in the studio.
- Okay, this is y'all got going on over here?
- Are you staying in the class?
- Um, you know, I don't know.
(overlapping chatter)
This isn't my style of dance.
- Do you know that person?
- He's actually been to our house.
- He's been to your house? - Yeah.
- (Kevin) In what capacity? - I just thought
they was just like a friendship.
That's what Corey was telling me.
- Well, our PI found out that's Lashawn.
- Are we still on?
- So they making plans for something?
- You had me come all the way over here
to learn this style of vogue...
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
- So now we caught them having a brunch date.
- Yo!
Wow!
- Is he rubbing on his leg?
- He had his hand on his lap.
I mean, they having chemistry.
They've been spending time together.
- Bitch been lying to me the whole (bleep) time.
He trying to make things serious, right?
- Yes. - And this what
the (bleep) he doing?
- This one wants to be very serious.
Ooh! Lashawn, "Kiss me."
- Damn, that is...
- And Corey is not keeping distance.
- No, I mean, they more than friends.
- He doesn't-- yeah, he doesn't seem
like this bothers him. This seems like...
- I mean, look at the still. He's smiling.
So he's clearly turned on.
I know it's hard for you to see this.
- (sharp inhaling)
- But we wanna help you process the video
and then also I wanna dive into some of the details
of your relationship.
- What (bleep) relationship, dude?
Details about what? This dude's sitting here
spending his nights and days (bleep) with this
other dude, right? - Right.
But the cheating is a symptom.
There's a pattern that has led to that
and that reveals that.
'Cause one of the things I notice from the video,
when Lashawn asked him for more,
he didn't even acknowledge his question.
He kissed him,
which means he's used to breadcrumbing.
He's giving Lashawn enough to keep him around.
And it seems like he giving you just enough to keep you around.
- From what I can see, he's very interested in him.
Kissing the man. - Kissing him.
- Which means he's comfortable doing that.
- He's very comfortable.
(clears throat) I'm (bleep).
I'll take a little break.
I'm gonna take a little break.
- ♪ Ooh... ♪
♪ Oh oh oh oh oh oh ♪
♪ I can't believe I trusted you ♪
♪ Oh oh oh oh oh oh ♪
- (sobbing) - ♪ I won't be a fool for you ♪
♪ You left me broken ♪
♪ Now I'm gluing up the pieces of my heart ♪
- (bleep). - Every time we uncover
something in a relationship, it's hard, it's difficult.
But there's the people who really legitimately care
about the people that they... coming to us about.
- I mean, you know, take the time that you need
to process.
- How does seeing that make you feel?
- Like I've been stabbed in my back.
Dude talking about he wanted to get married.
- And having kids and starting a family.
- I ain't doing that now. Ain't doing (bleep) now.
I was gonna give myself to this man.
- Tami told me that you guys been together seven years,
but you haven't had sex.
And that was because of your religious upbringing, right?
- Yeah. - And it's important
in any healthy relationship
your partner is safe with you emotionally.
And I think that some of your hesitation
to give yourself to him sexually
was because you had a sense that this might not be
the safest option for me.
And I think that we found that out today.
(Tami) Okay, Marlo.
I'm going to give you a choice.
You can take them both down.
Or you and Lashawn could team up
and talk to Corey together. - Oh, (bleep) that.
- You and Lashawn. Well, maybe Lashawn doesn't know about you.
- Like I don't really wanna sit and have a conversation
with this man like that, honestly.
I don't want to speak to him.
I don't want to hear nothing that comes out of his mouth.
I mainly wanna hear what he has to say.
I wanna confront him.
- You want a takedown? That's what we gonna do.
- Yeah, that's what I want.
I feel like a damn fool.
I want him to look in my eyes
and tell me that he's been cheating on me with this man.
- Well, we gon' assist you.
- Okay.
Let me know. I'm ready. I'm ready.
♪♪
(woman vocalizing)
♪ Queens, raise your hands up ♪
(Tami) My private investigator Brianne
is continuing to track Corey
and his secret love Lashawn.
Once she confirms where they'll be,
Marlo will then confront them.
Now we wait. (cell phone ringing)
- ♪ Yeah, you better handle that ♪♪
(ringing continues)
- Hey, Marlo.
- Hey, Tami, you got time to talk?
- I do.
- I'm just so stressed out right now.
- I know, baby. - Honestly...
I don't even want to confront the guy.
I don't even wanna have any type of conversation with him.
Like I'm just completely done with this dude.
- Okay, so let me-- All right.
Let me-- let me understand what you're saying.
You don't wanna go confront Corey now?
- I don't want nothing else to do with this man.
- Marlo... - I don't even wanna look at him in the face.
- Okay, listen, I'm gonna get Kevin.
You're gonna pin me your address
and we're gonna come talk to you right now.
(phone chimes) Okay.
I got it. All right, me and Kevin on the way.
We on the way. Stay right where you at.
Kevin!
Somebody has to hold him accountable for his actions.
Like you say, yo, you had me looking crazy as (bleep).
- ♪ Every time I give 'em heaters, give 'em heaters ♪
(Tami) Welcome back to "Caught in the Act,"
the show where we catch cheaters in the act.
All right, me and Kevin on the way.
Marlo is having second thoughts
about taking down his cheating partner Corey.
Kevin!
If he's gonna face Corey later,
Marlo has got to face his fears now.
When we roll up on him, it's about convincing him
that he needs to go and confront this head-on.
- He deserves to get all the answers that he wants
and that he needs so he can move forward.
The truth is out, so now let's put it on Front Street.
- You gotta go talk to this man!
♪♪
(lowers voice) Gotta try to talk to this kid.
- Tami? - You see, you call me.
I be on the way. - Look, I don't mean
any disrespect towards you and everything
that you've done for me. - Yes. Yes.
- I definitely appreciate it, but I can't do this.
I just don't see why I even need to waste my breath on this man
after he knows what he's been doing.
This is really (bleep) up.
I can't-- I can't take it.
He sitting there, got this man at his damn studio.
Everyone there knows, so I'm pretty sure
I know a lot of other people know.
I mean, just got me walking around looking stupid.
I can't do this. - Yes, you can.
Yes, you can. - I don't understand why
I need to go ahead and do the rest of this.
I already got all my clarification.
- Let me tell you why. When you don't
talk to the person... - Let him off the hook.
- ...you let him off the hook.
Somebody has to hold him accountable for his actions.
Like you say, yo, you had me looking crazy as (bleep).
- Listen, the betrayal is real. You gonna feel what you feel.
So I want you to feel that.
But if you don't break this barrier
of expressing yourself to him,
what he's done, how he's wronged you,
how he's made you feel,
you won't be able to get past it.
And you won't be able to get the closure that you need.
And so you'll move on theoretically,
but you won't be able to create a healthy relationship
'cause you're still dragging the residue from this one.
It's a hard thing to do,
to be able to look this man in his eyes, say, "Hey,
this is how you made me feel."
But if you do that, I promise you,
I promise you you will be better for it.
- I been there. I know what you feeling.
How you think I felt when I used to go to the basketball games
and I'm sitting up in the stands like, uh, the wives' section
and there are two (bleep) mistresses is sitting
on the side of me, we cheering for the same (bleep).
How you think I felt?
But what I did in the end was I confronted it--
him, them, everybody, all head-on.
Because I needed to be able to move forward
and know clearly what I wanted the next time--
love or what I thought was love, I'd be able to recognize it.
- You got everything off your chest.
- Got it all out. You owe that to yourself.
I got you!
- I got you. - Okay?
- I know you do. - I'ma be there with you.
- You ready to do it? - Yeah, let's do it.
- That's it. So my private investigator
is still, you know, surveilling.
So we don't have anything yet.
But the minute that we catch them together,
then I'll be calling you and then we'll head on over.
Okay? - I'll be waiting for that call.
- All right. Come on, give me another, baby.
(laughs) - Thank you, Tami.
- It's gonna be okay. It's gonna be all right.
- My man. - For sure.
- Whoo. All right.
Ooh, thank you, Kev. - You're welcome.
(Tami) With Marlo's confrontation back on track,
Corey's takedown is a go.
My private investigator learned
that Lashawn would be joining Corey's dance class
later today.
I am ready. How 'bout you?
- I'm ready. I'm ready.
- So Kevin and I are headed to a prearranged location
to pick up Marlo.
- We needed it in all four corners.
(Tami) Brianne contacted the dance studio's owner
and was allowed to wire the rooms
with hidden cameras and microphones.
- That one's perfect. - (Tami) So, when we arrive,
we'll see everything going on inside.
(Kevin) There he is right there.
- All right.
(Kevin) So have you had a chance to
think about, you know, some of the things
you wanna express to Corey, get off your chest?
- There's just so much going through my head right now.
I don't really know how to even react.
Just looking at him is gonna be kinda hard.
Gonna have that visual, you know, him kissing a guy
in my head, so I'm just a little anxious
because I know Corey.
Corey is very argumentative.
He also likes to redirect blame.
- Hm. - So I already know his--
his defense mechanism is gonna hit.
- I don't want that to deter you
from the reasons that we're doing this in the first place.
- Oh, right. - It's gonna be so important
for you to kinda channel your emotions
and then have them flow through your words
rather than your actions.
You need to learn if Corey is romantically involved
with Lashawn or if it's just sex.
Whatever you need, this is your time to get it.
- Yeah, go get it. - (Marlo) To get it, right.
- Okay, Marlo, so we have the opportunity
to watch Corey and Lashawn inside now in real time.
We'll be able to see how they interact
once his class is over.
- And then you'll get your chance to go in
and kinda confront him on your own.
- Five... - Just trying to figure out
why is he even there. - ...six, seven, eight.
Mm-hmm, let's go back to the beginning.
Let's do the first four together.
Five, six, seven, eight. One...
(Tami) Today he's annoyed.
- It's almost like they got plans or something.
- Right. - That concludes today's class.
Thank you guys so much for coming out to my class.
- Thank y'all for coming to this class.
- Oh, he real comfortable.
- Too much.
- Okay, so are you ready
to go inside now and talk to Corey?
- Yeah. - Okay, well, come on.
Whoo. All right.
So don't forget now, you gotta ask all the questions.
Why is he involved with anyone? He's supposed to be with you.
All of that, okay?
- Yeah. (clears throat)
- I'll be in if you need me.
- So what's this? What's this?
Y'all got something going on? - (bleep), what are you...?
- Who the (bleep) are you? - Who the (bleep) are you?
- Marlo, come here. - No, no, no.
- What?! (overlapping shouting, bleeps)
- I told Marlo, don't go in-- I said, "Go in there
and talk to Corey." (overlapping shouting, bleeps)
- I'll talk to you for what? - Kevin, we should go.
(overlapping shouting, bleeps)
- Marlo. Marlo? - You playing us both, right?
Let's talk with this (bleep) clown, dude.
(overlapping shouting, bleeps)
- Hey, hey, hey, hey! Hold up, hold up, hold up.
That man loves you.
Do you know how much this hurt him?
(Tami) Welcome back to "Caught in the Act".
- What's this? - (Tami) Marlo entered
the dance studio to confront Corey
about his cheating with Lashawn.
But tempers rose so quickly,
Kevin and I have stepped in.
Hold up, hold up, hold up.
- Hey, you brought this Olivia Pope
& Associates to my place of business?
- First of all, let me tell you this: my name is Tami Roman
and you are on "Caught in the Act."
- What's up with you, goofy-ass (bleep)?
- What? You really gonna do this to me?
- Hold. - And what the (bleep)
is all these cameras? What the (bleep)
y'all got going on in here?
- Corey is in a relationship with Marlo
for seven years. - (laughs)
Seven years? - Seven years.
- You been dating this little clown-lookin'-ass (bleep)
for seven years? - Bro, you is goofy.
- Get the (bleep) outta here, bro.
(overlapping shouting, bleeps) - Come on down.
Get on my level, bitch. - You don't want these hands.
I bet you don't want these hands.
- That ugly-ass (bleep). Really? Over me?
Over me? - Oh, come on, come on, stop.
Talk to me. Talk to me. - Over me, bro?
- Corey, what in the world is going on?
- Come on, man. Really? - What in the world is going on?
- Why'd you do this to me? Why you sneaking off...?
- I'm not sneaking. I was in my dance class.
Why you never here? - Dude, they got videos of you,
everything, sitting with this dude at a bar
kissing, everything. - This some bull(bleep).
(bleep) outta here.
- Lashawn, I'm Kevin.
We're here.
Talk to me from your perspective.
- Bro, I don't even know what this goofy type (bleep) is.
- They've been in a relationship for seven years.
- Wow, okay.
So Corey's been dating somebody for seven years.
- You didn't know about Marlo?
- Have no idea who the (bleep) Marlo is.
- I want y'all to really have a conversation.
- So you messing around with this clown.
Are y'all having sex?
Bro, get the (bleep) outta here.
- Wait, wait, Marlo. - Get the (bleep) outta here.
- Wait, wait, wait, ask the specific questions...
- I'm sorry. - ...that you want to know.
- How long you been messing around with this dude?
- It just happened twice. - Twice?
- And I promise... - Just twice?
- I mean, you're not here. - How long have
y'all been dating? - I've been knowing Corey,
dating and talking to Corey for at least a year now.
- You were under the impression
that you were the only one in Corey's life?
- Definitely under that impression.
- Marlo said you been to their house.
You didn't know they were together?
You had no idea they were together?
- Not in the slightest idea.
- You wanna know what the issue is?
- What's the issue? - The issue is the sex.
- Okay, we done had conversations about--
- Have not had conversations about that.
- We never had conversations about it in seven years, bro?
- Okay, you can't deflect
and make it about him in this moment
because he came to us to find out,
are you the person that he should give himself to?
- He can come to me. - He could've been open.
He could've said whatever he needed to say.
He could've been dead honest about it.
Listen... - But the thing is that--
- What's the thing? - He didn't know about you
just like you didn't know about him.
- For real. Deadass.
(bleep) (bleep) outta here.
- Corey, Corey.
Okay, look, let me-- let me just talk to you.
- Yeah, please. Please talk to me.
(overlapping shouting)
- Get your bitch ass outta here, bro!
- (Tami) Let me talk-- let me talk to you one on one.
- Seven years. - (Tami) Sit down, sit down.
- (sniffling)
(sighs)
- Do you see what's happening here?
- I do. - That man loves you.
- I know. I know.
- Do you know how much this hurt him?
- I get it. I know I (bleep) up.
- Is sex the only aspect of the relationship?
I have to ask you, are there more things
in this relationship that matter to you?
He said, "I love Corey and I want to spend
the rest of my life with him."
- I know Marlo has been working through his feelings
on abstinence and religion.
But Tami, I have been patient.
I'm not getting affection at home.
When I'm with Lashawn, that's what I'm getting.
I'm not getting that 50/50, it's like it's almost 70/30.
- But in a relationship, baby,
y'all gotta be able to trust each other.
There's gotta be honesty. There's gotta be the commitment.
- So you knew nothing about me, dude?
- Honestly, like I don't know nothing.
- The thing is, I work in DC and then I come back.
And when I come here, I stay with him.
- You were the cousin. - I'm the cousin?
- Yeah, you're the cousin. - That's the story that he went.
- That's how he played it. - You're a cousin.
Never knew a name. - That's my man.
I love him with all my heart, but I know if he was to go away
and he would never take me back, I wouldn't know what to do.
- Now you see this emotion, what you feeling?
- (crying) - You gotta start there.
It's like, if I lost Marlo, though, is this worth
me losing him?
And then never entertain those scenarios.
- (Lashawn) Corey was about to move in with me.
- Oh, where that bitch at? (laughs)
- Corey was about to move in with me.
- Ah, bro, get the (bleep) outta here, bro.
- You know what I'm saying? Corey was about to move in
with me, bro. - Wow!
Y'all about to move together, huh?
- Most definitely. - Oh!
- So his cousin can have the spot.
- Oh, my God. - You the (bleep) cousin.
(Marlo chuckling) - I want you to think about
what you wanna talk to him about.
I want you to express yourself to him.
- What I'd like for you to do is sit right here.
And I'ma start with you.
I just want you to give him a little insight.
- He said y'all was gonna move together.
- That's a lie.
- So where that come from?
- I don't know where that came from.
I'm being completely honest with you.
And I do need to be completely honest with you.
I promise you there's no-- there's no attachment.
- I don't know how I'm supposed to take that right now.
This is kinda (bleep) up, honestly, in my opinion.
- Corey has acknowledged that he (bleep) up,
that he loves you.
He said, if he lost you, he wouldn't know
what to do with himself.
That is not what he wants.
- So what does this mean for us?
Can we move past this?
- Who is that? - That's Lashawn.
- Can I have a second? Can I have a second, please?
- You really need to get the (bleep) up outta here.
(overlapping chatter)
- Let him talk. Let him talk. - I think you owe him that.
Don't you? He says your cousin is your roommate.
You're moving out.
So you can (bleep) come stay with me.
- That is a (bleep) lie, and I'm not gonna lie to you.
- Look, at the end of the day, y'all was having sex.
- Most definitely. - ...time with each other.
- And it meant nothing. - But you did it.
- And I (bleep) up. - (bleep) ass.
Who's a ass, bitch? Who's a ass?
- Get him outta here. I'm done, I'm done. I'm done.
- Exactly. Not worried about any of that.
(Tami) Welcome back to "Caught in the Act."
We learned Corey has been dating unaware lover Lashawn
for over a year because he didn't get the affection
he needed from boyfriend Marlo.
And that's brought tensions to a boil.
- You're a (bleep) ass. You're a (bleep) ass.
- Who's a ass, bitch? - Who's a ass?
- (bleep) all these people popping up.
- Can't keep dealing with this (bleep).
- Corey, you can't be serious.
Like you cannot be serious right now.
(bleep) outta here. - Can you be--
- Like this bull(bleep). - Where's Marlo?
- He's-- he's gonna talk to... - Bro, I'm good, man.
I don't wanna be in no (bleep) corner, man.
I'm a grown-ass man.
- Lashawn, we just wanna make sure
that you are calm enough to have a conversation.
- I know I'm the bad guy and all that (bleep), right?
- No, no, you're not. You're not.
You were lied to, too.
And that's why I feel like a conversation
absolutely needs to happen. - I don't wanna talk to him.
- I'm sure. - You have to.
- It's the past. Can you accept that and move on?
- What you talking about, moving in with me?
Like come on. - To him.
- Come on, man. - This is (bleep)...
I'm moving in with you. I got my own home.
Why would I be moving in with you, Lashawn?
- Right, right, right. - Get him outta here.
I'm done. I'm done. I'm done. - Exactly.
Not worried about any of that, man.
- I mean, it's like I would like to now.
I would like to talk now.
I'm not mad.
- Corey, can you come have a conversation?
- (sniffles) - Corey?
- Seven years?
Who were you missing for me, though,
to be dealing with this (bleep) for seven years?
Why did I even come into the picture?
- When I first met you, we discussed fitness.
There was a mutual attraction.
So I started working out with you.
And there was the chase. - Mm.
- Cat-and-mouse chase. - Okay.
- I needed that at the time for myself.
Selfish, yes. And for the very first time
in a very long time I felt wanted.
You gave me that thrill that I've been seeking
because I'm not getting that from home.
- Right. - I have been with Marlo
since college.
Marlo's not going anywhere.
- With you... - Marlo's not going anywhere?
- Marlo's not going anywhere.
- I don't wanna hear (bleeps)...
Stupid bitch. (bleep) outta here.
Seven (bleep) years. Yeah, all right, it was...
Yes, that's (bleep) right. It's crazy.
Like I was nothing.
It's one of those things where they say
good guys finish last, I am A-okay.
- I wanna commend you because I saw where you were going.
And I know you were about to be very transparent
and very real with him.
You gotta give me your word, Corey.
- I can sign it with blood. - Your word gotta be your bond.
- It is my bond. My word is my bond.
That will never happen again.
Had a moment of weakness. That's all that is.
I'm human.
- And stop using that (bleep), too.
I'm human too, I ain't never cheated on no (bleep).
- Yes, ma'am. Get your (bleep)
and let's go talk to Marlo.
(sighs)
Are we gonna try to figure out how to move forward?
- I can't deal with this.
I need to get a little deeper understanding
as to why you did all this.
I just need a deeper-- a deeper explanation.
I can't even process all this right now.
Like it's just overwhelming.
- So now that everything is out in the open,
we've brought it down a little bit.
And now you guys can go and talk on your own
and see what the next steps for your relationship
are going to be.
- I appreciate you, Tami. Thank you.
- Thank you.
- All right, man, thanks.
- I love you.
- This is just (bleep) up.
♪♪
- Now you guys can go and talk on your own
and see what the next steps for your relationship
are going to be.
(Marlo clears throat)
- All right, man, thanks.
- Look at me when I say I love you.
- Okay.
This is just (bleep) up.
- I love you and I want to be with you.
And I don't wanna lose you. I swear to God.
- I'm looking. I'm looking.
But you gotta just understand
like this is a lot for me right now, like...
I felt really disrespected.
Honestly, everyone around us is getting
like all this mixed information
as far as like what relationship me and Corey actually have.
It's like honestly I just don't know where to gauge
what we have at this particular moment.
I can't make any decisions right now.
It's too soon, all right?
That's what I'm asking for you to do,
give me time, okay? Give me my time
and give me my space. - I just feel like
this is goodbye.
I hope I don't lose my man. I hope I don't lose Marlo.
I don't know if he will ever forgive me.
I really did a number here.
I just want him to know that it's always been him
even in my moments of weaknesses.
Always been Marlo. Marlo, it's always been you.
But I'm willing to do whatever you want me to
to make it work.
♪♪
(Tami) It's been a few months
since Marlo and I have talked.
So I'm reaching out to see if time
has healed his relationship wounds with Corey.
Marlo!
- Hey, Tami, how you doing?
- Hey, how are you?
- I'm good. - Listen, I told you
I was not gonna forget about you.
So I'm checking in on you to see how things are going.
- Me and Corey, we talked some things out,
um, and we're at a pretty good place right now.
- Oh, I'm happy to hear that. Tell me what changed.
- I came to a realization
that because of my religious upbringing
I wasn't giving Corey the affection that he needed.
And because of that, I decided to give Corey another chance.
- Okay, is therapy a part of this process?
- Yeah, uh, therapy is part of the process with me and Corey.
Surprisingly he's taking it really well.
So, um, I was very-- makes me really happy.
We are really trying to make it work.
- Have you guys crossed that bridge?
- (laughs) - That bridge?
- It was amazing, yeah.
- Ooh, child, you done crossed the bridge?!
- It was very enjoyable. I will say that.
- And get into it, okay.
I needed that information first.
- (chuckles) Yeah, I know, I know.
- Shoot. That kinda changes things.
You done crossed the bridge.
You've given up more of yourself.
You've invested more into this relationship.
So I'm really happy to hear you guys are doing the work.
- I've listened to a lot of the things
that Corey had told me.
And I know that I definitely need to take
his feelings into consideration.
And that's something that I really need to do
for myself, too.
- I wanted to be able to give you the answers
that you were seeking. - You definitely did.
And you're a very knowledgeable woman.
And I'm just so grateful
that you helped me with this situation.
- Well, thank you. - And it was great
talking to you and great seeing you again.
- Same here, Marlo. Talk to you soon.
Cheaters, beware.
Next time you want to be unfaithful, think again.
Because I just might catch you in the act.
- Do you feel that your partner, Walter, is being unfaithful?
- Absolutely.
(man speaking indistinctly)
- This is not fair!
- Jessica wanted to find out what was happening
in her relationship with Walter.
And in doing that, we found out
about all of you ladies.
- Look at me. Release your hold
that you have on women,
the control that you think that you have.
- Ooh! - Ooh!
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