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Welcome to the Season 3 Love Triangle reunion.
I'm Chrishell Stause,
and I do know a thing or two about modern dating,
and it is a minefield out there.
But the Love Triangle experience takes all of that away.
Five brave singles matched with two suitors
in the hopes of forming a life-changing connection,
sight unseen.
Tonight, we will be looking back
on the most explosive season yet.
It's been several weeks
since we last saw our singles and their suitors.
The question is, who's still together?
And who will be armed and ready to deliver some shocking truths?
Hard questions will be asked, pressure will be applied,
and no-one is safe from the firing line.
Get ready, because tonight,
no stone will be left unturned.
This season, our singles built connections
over text with no idea what their two matches looked like.
First impressions, personality only, banter.
Do I like you or not?
Each faced a massive choice.
I feel like we've connected
on a really deep level.
Which one to take on a first date and move in with?
- Hi! - Hi, pretty lady!
How are you?
How you going?
- I'm Emma. - Oh, my God!
Nice to meet you.
-Hello. - Hello.
- How's it going? - Oh, my God!
- It's not Dante, is it? - Yeah.
With the triangles completed...
...some got burned...
We can either sit here and keep bickering
or we can just move on and...
Again, you just walked in, mate.
...but others found a spark.
Melissa's just a breath of fresh air.
So we're on the up and up, maybe.
Does that mean we are officially out of the friend zone?
I'd say we're out of the friend zone.
Tonight, which couples have stayed together?
Are you guys officially boyfriend and girlfriend?
Why are you always playing the victim?
- I literally... - I don't know that I am.
I can't agree that I am.
What feuds are still bubbling?
Alright, here we go.
- Everyone's rolling. - Here we go. Marking.
What they have said behind the scenes exposed.
Marking.
Hi, I'm Jaz.
I'm not attracted to her at all.
That's bad.
And...
Oh, my God.
...the season's biggest scandal revealed.
You kissed her while we were all together at a party.
You went behind all of our backs.
Don't put words in my mouth
because that's not gonna work.
Wow!
Oh, my God, you look amazing!
You look stunning.
Thank you.
Oh, my goodness!
Here we are all together again.
You guys look amazing.
- How's everyone feeling? - Excited.
- Excited? - Yeah, good.
- Very good. - OK.
Anyone nervous?
- I'm nervous. - Yeah.
- OK, some nerves. - Nah.
OK, maybe a little bit of everything.
-Mm. - OK.
Well, are you guys ready?
- Yes! - OK.
Tonight we are going to spill the tea
and unpack everything that went down over the last few weeks.
You guys were very busy. OK.
So let's get stuck in.
Now I'm sweating.
Alright, Mike,
you are in the hot seat first.
I'm gonna start with you.
I know this isn't your first rodeo,
having appeared on 'Married at First Sight'.
How do you feel your experience was the second time around?
Whew, I...
Look, there's been some good moments,
I'm not gonna lie, um...
It's been spicy too,
and it's been emotional and a bit exhausting.
But, in general, I have enjoyed it and I'm glad I've done this,
so no regrets.
OK, well, I'm seeing a lot of reactions
coming from this side of the couch.
So let's take a look at what happened.
Michael!
- Hey! - Hello!
- Hello. - How are you?
- Nice to meet you. - It's good to meet you.
Melinda's beautiful,
and I didn't expect her
to be so attractive.
Do I remind you of anyone?
No.
No?
Oh, sh...
I did a TV thing, 'Married at First Sight'.
- Oh. - Mm. Do you watch that?
Yeah, I've seen... I haven't seen you on it, though.
- OK, well, good. - Sorry.
I googled Mike last night.
Holy shit, who the hell am I living with?
Last night, I heard her in her bedroom
with a male member of production.
I went into the room and it got pretty heated.
Are you gonna apologise for yelling at me,
or are we gonna just not mention that you also yelled at me?
-I didn't yell at you. - You did yell at me.
OK, so you're out-and-out lying there.
OK.
The people that are gonna be watching this...
Yeah?
...they don't all like me, but you know what?
They trust me 'cause I never tell bullshit.
So I really hate to say this,
but you're nowhere near as relevant as you think you are.
You are a 50-year-old washed-up reality TV star.
Mike has a very self-focused personality
and he's incredibly entitled.
Your lack of ownership, basically,
to any situation
is really a trait that I don't admire in a person.
What about if I spoke to you that way?
What about if I called you
a 41-year-old washed-up mother of three?
How would that make you feel?
I'm gonna ask you to pack your stuff and leave.
And, frankly, I wanted a nice goodbye,
but I'm gonna get up and I'm gonna walk in the kitchen
and I don't want to see you again.
- Melissa. - Michael!
- Hello! - Hi, how are you?
I'm good.
Sorry, I'm really wet from the rain.
-That's OK. -How are you?
- I'm good. Let me get your bag. - Can I come in?
- Yeah, yeah, I'll get that. - Thank you.
Melissa is lovely.
She's just a breath of fresh air.
♪ Stop right now
♪ Thank you very much
♪ I need somebody with a human touch... ♪
I'm gonna be honest with you, Mike.
I feel like your attitude
and, like, your mentality
has completely changed.
If someone's bringing you down, your mood's gonna be down.
Yeah, that's true.
You came in with someone that wasn't positive,
that was tearing you apart.
Did you meet her? - No. Didn't have the privilege.
So how can you speak to someone's character
if you've never met her?
Well, I'm going off what Mike's been telling me.
So I think that that is a very unfair...
This is Chloe. Chloe's irritating.
And this is Chloe just trying to send a shot...
...across the bow to you.
Oh, well, what can I say?
- That's how I feel. - That's rude.
Oh, come on, darling, you're trying to line her up.
I can see what you're doing here.
I can see it a mile off.
She intentionally set out
to make me appear shit to you.
- And that's irritating? - Oh, yeah.
Yeah, it's totally unacceptable.
You know, it's your choice if you want to apologise.
If you don't, it makes no difference to me.
Well, if it's not about you, then there won't be an apology.
That says a lot about who you are, then.
And that tells me a little bit more.
- Do you know what I mean? Like. - What?!
This is escalating now unnecessarily.
- This is an unnecessary... - No. This is a discussion.
And if you can't handle a discussion,
then that's another issue.
Now I just feel like you're belittling me a bit.
This isn't an argument. This is an adult conversation.
And sometimes they are confronting
and they're challenging, but they need to be had.
I'm sensing a patronising tone, though, now.
This happens to me all the time.
I'm just not a very good person.
This stuff doesn't happen to good people.
I don't want to stuff this up
and potentially lose her respect.
And it was a mean thing to say.
It was very rude and I am genuinely sorry.
Um, you know what?
You couldn't have done anything better than come here today
and just go, "Chlo, I'm so sorry."
Yeah, I'm proud of him for that.
I have to thank you, actually, for... for everything.
Oh!
I really do.
Just for being understanding.
Patient.
I guess, for me, you can't always expect someone
to, you know, respond or... or act how... how you would.
As you know now, I do pull people up on their behaviour.
If you leave things unsaid,
nothing's ever gonna work in a relationship.
I don't get, uh, too many complaints in general.
But you can't take on board any constructive criticism.
Do you not want to grow?
I don't want one more life coaching session from you.
Obviously, this is not gonna work.
I know you weren't trying to hurt me.
I know you were trying to make me a better man,
and I have to appreciate that, and I'll acknowledge that.
-OK. - That was intense!
How do you guys feel after that?
Melinda, I actually want to start with you.
Do you feel like you really gave this a fair shot?
Um, it was a little bit hard
not to be reactive to certain things that were said and done.
Um, obviously, I need to work on that a little bit.
However, Mike still hasn't been accountable.
But I tried my best. I did.
- Mike, do you want to respond? - No, that's, uh...
No, that's not right.
It feels like there was a lingering resentment
that kind of happened from the start with us,
and, uh, and I don't think we ever stood a chance.
I mean, look, you know, I've dated single mums before.
And they're usually kind and caring and gentle.
Let's not bring the fact that I'm a mother into anything.
- And all of those things. But... - Don't.
Oh, well.
I didn't see any of the qualities
that I would have expected from someone like her.
None. Not from the minute we met.
You know, try as I might,
I just never got any affection from her.
So, you guys obviously didn't make a match from the beginning.
But a lot of this experience is kind of, you know,
seeing that, you know, maybe sometimes
what you look for in the real world is not working,
and so to try and look past that.
So, you know, that is the goal of the experiment.
Do you have any regrets, Melinda?
I regret not leaving sooner than I did, yeah.
OK.
But then we had Melissa join your house.
And you guys really looked so cute.
I mean, I think we all were just watching that,
and it was so charming.
So we started with such hope, what happened?
Mike's behaviour started to crack at the seams.
And at the party, how he attacked Chloe.
And I tried to have a conversation with him about it,
an adult conversation.
And he took no accountability for it.
Mike, do you think that you have some ownership in this?
Look, I'm not justifying what I said to Chloe,
but... but she was deliberately seeking to discredit me
to this new partner she'd known about five minutes.
Why are you always playing the victim?
I don't know that I am. I can't agree that I am.
You questioned her two minutes after meeting her
and you were trying to throw me in the shit.
I didn't question her.
I can see clear as day what you were doing.
- No, Mike, I'm really sorry... - No, I can't agree with it.
You could talk all night, I can't agree with it.
I think just, like, sometimes
the approach might not be, like, to attack back,
do you know what I mean?
- I haven't... - Let me just finish.
Like, for example, like, that happened,
and Chloe said something
that wasn't necessarily attacking you.
She was defending Melinda because Melinda wasn't there.
But your first instinct was to go after her.
And I feel like that's happened so many times.
- I can't agree with that. - Here we go again.
I copped it hard, like I'm getting it here now.
- How many conversations... - At what point do I have...
...did we have before...
I do want to help. I can see you're on the defence here.
You just had this moral superiority
over me the whole time.
Like, apparently, I just put my foot wrong left and right.
No, no, no, what you did is you came in...
This is easy... It's easy to attack me.
Again, you're talking over me.
You come in, you play the villain,
and when people pull you up on your poor behaviour,
you go straight into victim mentality...
OK.
...and you take zero accountability for your actions.
You are 50 years old.
You are a grown man.
- You can't go... -Well, this is the...
...walking around in life treating people unkind
and then when someone has the responsibility to pull you up,
like you said to me, "Take me as I am,"
they're not gonna take someone as they are the way you are.
You know how easy it is for two people
to sit either side of you and attack you?
- No. - It is really easy.
But we're doing it based on facts.
We're doing it based on facts and we're not attacking you.
Exactly. It's based on fact.
We're actually giving you constructive criticism.
You can't handle any constructive criticism.
No, this isn't... No, this isn't constructive criticism.
OK, well, clearly, there's no love lost here.
Maybe you guys are gonna be able to, you know, take this
and use it towards a positive outcome in the future.
And it's never too late to work on yourself.
I've done that.
I feel like anyone
that's in a successful relationship
has to do that at some point.
- So... - Yeah. Yeah.
...I'm saying that to all of you guys.
You know, I feel like
it's easy to point the finger at someone else,
and sometimes you have to point it at yourself.
On to you, Payton and Jordan.
How are you two going?
Yeah, great.
You look loved-up over there.
Well, I feel like the show, the experience, worked,
because, you know, that's what the whole point was.
I think, you know, just to stick with it,
and this is, like, proof here.
Well, how has life been outside of the experiment?
Yeah, well, she lives in Coffs,
I live in Brissie, so long distance.
But, um, yeah, from my side,
like, the feelings are still there.
For sure. So...
- And me too. - Yeah.
Are you guys officially boyfriend and girlfriend?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Oh, really?
OK.
We won. We won the game.
- Do we get our prize money now? - We won.
So do you think, you know, with the long distance,
does anyone foresee themselves moving?
We're both open to the idea of moving.
Yeah, and we both could move, potentially,
because we both, like, run our own businesses.
So it's possible for both of us.
- Mm. - And Coffs has a beach, so...
- A nice one too. Yeah. - Yeah.
- Winner. -Mm.
I better be at this wedding, though.
If I'm not there, honestly...
- Dante, you're the groomsman. - He's a flower boy.
Dante, I know you really like Payton as well.
I did, yeah.
So how are you feeling,
knowing that they're going strong?
Like, I actually am genuinely happy for them, yeah.
'Cause, um, at the end of it,
I came out, like, having love for both of these guys.
So if they're happy together,
I'm sincerely happy for both of them, yeah.
Well, Payton, it's obvious
you had both guys competing for your attention.
So let's take a look at how it panned out.
- Hello. - Hi.
-How you going? - I'm good. How are you?
Good.
- Jordan? - Yes.
Yeah, he's handsome. So, yeah, it'll be, um, interesting.
I'm excited to get to know him more.
-You look amazing. - Thanks. Nice yellow shirt.
We could definitely have a love story on our hands.
Yeah, fingers crossed, it just keeps going well.
Everything so far has been amazing.
Payton and I have formed a, yeah, very good connection.
You said that it was the friend zone, and that was it.
I just would rather you not babble the bullshit
and rather just be honest about it.
Payton's not my, uh, normal type.
That doesn't matter at all,
'cause in the past, it hasn't mattered either.
-Hello. - Hello.
How's it going?
It's not Dante, is it?
Yeah, not... not Uber Eats.
I am jealous, but I don't know whether I'm jealous
of Payton's time just because I enjoy her company so much
or if it's a romantic thing.
I'm attracted to you.
I think you're really cool, and I would like to see
if this could turn into a relationship.
What about you?
Just, like,
I've never had anyone say anything like...
I've got... I've got no English.
No notes. No notes.
Yeah, I just don't love it.
I need to just take a slower and steadier approach, maybe.
I don't know.
- Yeah, I know. -He's giving you nothing.
I just feel like sometimes we're on different pages.
- I didn't mean it, what I said. - Yeah, whatever.
Payton.
No, Payton, come on.
I feel really sad.
I feel bad that I did that.
I didn't mean it like that.
Yeah, I guess Dante's misstep made us closer.
What?!
Hello!
How you going?
Every day I got to spend with you,
I liked you a little bit more,
and to the point where I could see you as,
you know, the mother to my kids, a wife, all of that, you know?
You're someone I want to be with.
I'd like to give things a go with you too.
Does that mean you're choosing me?
That means I'm choosing you.
I think we need a kiss to seal the deal now.
That's good.
That's bad.
- That's fucked. - Yeah, that's fucked.
- Oh, my God. - Oh, my God.
Payton, are you OK?
Payton, I understand that was a lot to watch all at once.
But when you're ready,
what's going through your head right now?
I'd... I'd love you to take the floor, actually.
I'd love you to explain your way out of that.
Hmm. There is no explanation. That was terrible.
But that was...
That... that is how I felt in the first week.
I told you that you weren't my normal type.
I don't know who I was talking to then,
but obviously got carried away
and, yeah, I did.
You were speaking to Nuri.
Talking to me.
Payton, do you believe that?
Honestly, at this point, it's expected.
It's, like, I'm just used... I'm so used to being disappointed.
My biggest thing is honesty.
And... yeah,
and that just... just genuinely doesn't feel like it was honest.
Payton, I just want to say,
you are so beautiful.
I hope you feel that, and I hope you know that.
And just because of someone's opinion of you,
that in no way, shape or form
means anything about your worth.
It just means that person has an inability to see it,
but I hope you do not feel that.
Yeah, I'm not... not thrilled
about the situation, to be honest.
And, like, the fact that you're the creator of that
is even more shithouse.
- I know. That was all me. - So...
That wasn't prompted...
- Pfft! - ...at all.
Like, I said it.
I forgot I said it, but I said it.
I think what we're missing
is a genuine, remorseful apology to Payton.
I'm genuinely sorry for saying it.
Like, I can't even imagine what you felt.
Like, it's just betrayal.
Dante, it was clear that you had real feelings for Payton.
How did that make you feel watching that?
I feel sorry for Payton.
It's pretty disappointing to hear that Jordan did say that.
'Cause, um, I do believe that Jordan cares about Payton.
I believe that that's real.
I'm not saying she should forgive any of that.
Could you forgive someone for saying that about you?
I don't know if I could.
Payton, I just have to ask,
do you see a way forward for the two of you?
I don't know. I don't know.
I really don't know.
I wouldn't blame you at all if you didn't.
But I think at least you would know my feelings are real
if... if I did say that,
and then why would I keep pursuing it,
even after the show?
Well, I can think of a few reasons.
Wow.
There is the reason of clout.
And to want to look like the good guy on TV.
And then, you know, before this airs,
you will have broken up with her.
I'm well versed in reality television.
It is a very valid option that people do this for all the time.
Right. OK, well, that's a reason.
But not that reason.
It's, uh...
I genuinely hope that's not the case.
But I don't feel like
you're fighting for Payton in this moment.
I don't think there's any, like, apology I can say now
to make up for that.
The only thing I can do is show you
in the next few weeks how much you do mean to me now
and how much I have changed,
you know, my feelings towards you.
There you go. There you go. There's some oomph.
Right, well...
But, you know, there's nothing I can say.
- No, there isn't. No. - Because that...
'Cause that... that was fucked.
Payton, could you move past this?
We'll see.
If there's any advice I could give you,
it would be to trust your gut and don't second-guess it.
Alright, Ariana and Nuri.
It seemed like you guys went from strength to strength
in this experience.
Although, unlike the others here, Ariana,
you never really got the full triangle experience
because your other suitor, Sam,
left before things really got started.
And, unfortunately,
Sam isn't here tonight to weigh in on anything,
so, Ariana and Nuri,
let's have a look back at your time together.
I can't wait to get an update on where you guys are today.
I have heard nothing from Sam at all, all day.
He basically said he just decided
you're not his cup of tea, and that's why he's pulling out.
Amazing. Cool.
I'm just gonna go on a date with Nuri and see what happens.
-Ari? - Hey.
- How are you? - I'm good.
Ooh, sorry.
- How are you going? - I'm good. How are you?
- Good to finally meet you. - Yeah, I know! Finally.
Would you like a drink?
Yeah, 100%.
I'm nervous. I'm fucking sweating.
Yeah, I can see.
- What about you? - Chill. Just relax.
- You're a chill guy. - Yeah, give me your hand.
- Yeah. - Yeah. Just relax.
You're a bit sweaty, though, too.
Yeah.
He's so hot.
I'm gonna kiss you now.
Oh, that's so cringe.
Yeah, don't.
I get it.
I did deny a kiss tonight.
But I'm looking forward to next time,
that's for sure.
So you remember the first date?
When I got rejected.
Oh, fuck off.
- We're on our second date now. - What?
I've been wanting to do this.
What?
Oh!
I like her chat. I like her banter. I like her jokes.
You know, you get those butterflies.
You get those, like, buzzy bees in your willy kind of thing.
Oh!
-Hey, how are you? - Hello.
I'm Sam.
Come in, I guess.
With a knife in hand, look out.
I'm kind of confused
as to what the fuck you're doing here, really.
Have you never been rejected before?
Is that the big problem?
-Oh, no, I have. - So what's the big problem?
This is a whole experience.
You chose him first, and I was second.
I had... No, I had no choice.
You robbed me of that.
I just want to get out of here.
Get my bag. I'm out.
That's all you need to know.
Sam skedaddled.
I'm not gonna get myself worked up over it.
Not when I have a really good guy here
that's actually putting in the effort.
Oh, no.
Bath was hot.
Both hot and, like, fucking steaming.
We're two peas in a pod,
like, and that doesn't come around very often.
Mmm.
So, yeah, I would like to see
how we go on the outside of the bubble.
Oh, my God.
Would you like to join me on a date on the outside?
Yeah, I would. Yeah.
- That was awkward. - Yeah.
Wow!
OK, watching that back, you guys have amazing chemistry.
I'm finding myself cheesing over here.
Please tell me that the dream is still alive.
- Um, not exactly, no. - No!
What happened?
Um, well, we left.
Uh...
It's so weird to, like, watch that back.
It's just so weird.
Um, no, we left.
He went back to the Gold Coast, I went back to Melbourne.
Yeah, we texted, I guess, a little bit.
But there hasn't really been anything.
I feel like there hasn't really been any effort with that.
So were you texting and calling him
and he wouldn't return them?
We were texting,
and the replies got more drawn out.
It's, like, I'm not gonna sit there
and beg for someone's attention.
Nuri?
Like, yeah, me and Ariana
had, like, a fantastic experience together.
But, like, she's not in the same state.
And I've made it very clear I don't... I hate...
I had a very bad experience with, like, long distance.
And, like,
that's, like, obviously a major thing for me.
But she has also spoke about moving to the Gold Coast.
But I don't know when that is.
Within the next year is what she's saying.
Long distance can work.
Ariana, how are your feelings for Nuri?
I mean, we get along really great.
Yeah, I did catch feelings for him and I was...
It's a bit hard, like, looking at that, it was hard not to.
We were like two little kids in the house
just having so much fun, and it was easy.
Is it hard to see him tonight?
Um, yes and no.
It is a little bit hard, but also it's easy.
Like, it's easy to get along with him.
Is it hard for you to see her?
No, like, I think we have, like, a genuinely good connection.
Like, I don't think it's hard at all seeing her.
Like, obviously, I did say to her before that I...
I'm just hearing her laugh, eh?
So we were laughing, so...
OK, so, I mean, I picked up on so much chemistry.
I haven't heard, like, a deal-breaker type reason.
Is there any chance
that you guys could have a shot after tonight?
Yeah, there's a possibility, yeah.
If she comes to the Gold Coast and we're in the same city,
then, like, 100% open to...
If she doesn't wanna punch me in the face after this, but...
Yeah, after that answer, Ariana,
I would say, "Do not pack your bags."
- That was not... - She's not coming for me.
I wouldn't be going for him. I just want to make that so clear.
Already made it clear.
Well, I don't know what the future holds for you guys,
but I'm gonna hold out hope.
But you should never settle.
- No. - You have a gorgeous heart.
And if somebody's not giving you what you're giving,
then, you know...
Yeah.
Same for you, Nuri.
OK, so now we're onto something that really excited me.
- Hello! - Hi!
Chloe, Beck and Emma.
Ah! I was very excited to see a queer triangle,
being queer myself, so how was the experience as a whole?
It was far more overwhelming and emotional and challenging
than any of us had expected,
but I feel like we've come out of it
very, very proud of us
unconditionally having each other's backs
and supporting each other through the highs and the lows.
OK, we're going to see what happened with your dating story.
I am bisexual.
So I don't actually want to know the gender
of either of my suitors.
-Chloe, hello. - Hi!
- Lovely to meet you. - Are you 'B'?
- Yeah, I'm 'B'! - Oh, so nice to meet you.
- How are you? - I'm good. So, Beck.
Beck, nice to meet you.
Am I what you expected? I'm not a man.
She's absolutely beautiful.
For sure that initial attraction is there.
Do you like feminine girls?
Different from what I'm used to.
I normally go for quite masculine.
I was a little bit disappointed
that it wasn't, like, an instant spark,
but I'm pretty quick to cut things off
and not allow them to grow, so this is a good opportunity,
as it obviously hasn't been working in the past.
I just want to say thank you.
You've made me want to share parts of myself
that I've long hidden.
I was gonna ask you if I can kiss you,
but I feel like now we've just shared...
...tears.
This has really set Beck and I
in a very strong direction now.
How you going? I'm Emma.
- Oh, my God! - Nice to meet you.
I have this beautiful woman knocking on the door
that I thought was gonna be a man.
100% my type, to a T.
What about your perspective towards Emma?
Are you hoping to build a connection with Emma?
I'd like to get to know her, yeah.
Yeah.
OK, yeah.
This is a three-way triangle, officially.
If there wasn't a third person in the situation,
I would kiss you.
- Oh, really? - It's OK. Just kiss me.
There's a lot of tongue in there.
Oh, my God,
we really fucking went for it, didn't we?
Do I feel a spark?
I feel fucking fireworks.
Aw!
I'm excited.
-So am I. - Fun little activity.
How do we want to bowl together?
I feel my feelings for Emma growing.
Yeah.
Is this something you want to continue to pursue?
I'm into you.
When you want that kiss, please go for it.
I feel jealous, and I can't work out
if I'm jealous because of Beck
or if I'm jealous because of Emma.
I'm just feeling, like, a sense of jealousy.
It's literally just, like, consuming me,
and something needs to be removed,
and I feel that something is myself.
Alright, bye-bye.
Whew.
I'm nervous, I'm not gonna lie.
I came here looking for love and I'm choosing you.
I was really, really hurt
when you said to me that you wanted to pursue Beck
and it's just not the love
that I'm... that I'm willing to... to accept.
Fucking brutal.
Yeah.
- Oh, my fucking God. - Wow.
OK.
Wow, you guys really were a love triangle.
- Yeah. - Yes.
Emma, were you expecting that?
Obviously, it was a bitter pill to swallow,
like, obviously it hurt,
but there's absolutely no bad blood there.
Like, I get it. I totally do get it.
And as much as that hurt me...
...like, wanting you the happiest you can ever be
is at the forefront of that, tenfold, so...
How did I get so lucky?
- Yeah, yeah, it's OK. - Thank you.
Well, now I have to ask, Emma,
do you still have feelings for Chloe?
Feelings just don't go away like that.
But in saying that, we've firmly established
that this is going forward as friends,
and I've put Chloe there in my mind,
so...
And how do you feel about that, Chloe?
That's what we've decided to do together.
And I think that, for us,
that's... that's all it will be.
Can I ask, do you think if Emma came in first,
you guys would have had more of a chance?
Look, I mean, it's a possibility.
But at the same time,
if the decision to pursue each other still happened,
I just wouldn't have been able to move past it.
I have to say this
because it's kind of a funny known thing
in the queer space,
but there's a masc shortage,
so it was very funny
that you showed up to the house
and all of a sudden you had the pick of the litter.
It wasn't a good position to be in, though.
Like, honestly, like, nobody should envy me
walking into the house like that, because it was crazy.
Oh, my God.
Beck, is there anything you can tell us
to kind of fill us in as to what happened?
I found it incredibly overwhelming.
I felt in a sense that, you know,
I had built this foundation with Chloe,
and then when Emma stepped in, I felt I ruined that
in a sense of, like, "I want to get to know Emma."
And I just, in a way, it felt like cheating.
So I was, like, I know within myself
I need to remove myself from the situation.
So, Emma, do you think that came into play at all
when you then tried to pursue a relationship with Chloe?
Of course.
Chlo felt that she was just my default,
whereas, in actual fact, that was not the case at all.
Well, I have to say, in the queer female space,
a lot of times we are famously known
for being able to amicably stay friends.
So I do hope that you guys can come to a place
where you can, you know, be friends.
- Yeah. - Yeah, I hope so. For sure.
Alright, Bernie,
very different triangle for you.
Coming into this experience, you had owned the fact
that you were part of the problem in modern dating.
100%, 100%, yeah.
So I'm curious, in what way?
Um, I think just, like, with dating these days, like apps,
you meet someone, something doesn't tick the box
and you go... "Alright, see you later."
And I came into this being, like,
"Right, let's try not to do that again."
OK, well, I know things didn't end well with you guys.
- No. -So...
...we are going to see why.
- Let's take a look. -Love this, loving this.
For fuck's sake.
- Hi. - Fuck!
- How are you? - I'm good, how are you?
So nice to meet you. You're gorgeous.
- Nice to meet you. - How are you?
Oh, God.
Oh, I'm so shaky, I'm so shaky.
Aw!
-Oh, you're so cute. - You're so pretty.
You're so pretty.
Hell, yeah.
What are we cheering to?
Um... to new beginnings?
So deep. You're so American.
I don't want to see that shit. Fuck.
Look how beautiful. I love a good patio.
-I know. -It's massive.
"I love a good patio."
What would you say?
No, just the way you said it. It was funny.
Stupid boy. Stupid.
Are you just gonna keep up with
the American stereotypes this whole time?
It'll wear off at some point.
- Mm-hm. Yeah. - It's just too fresh.
Shut the fuck up, bro.
I don't know if... if this is Bernie's way of flirting.
What's happening?
There were a couple moments
where I almost felt, like, insulted, to be honest.
Like, making fun about your accent, for being American?
- Yeah, it's alright. - Yeah.
- Like, here and there. - No, and I... I am...
- I'm really sorry. - It's OK.
No, I am really sorry. Like, I...
My joking is a bit too far sometimes.
I just, like, I feel like that whole thing
just kind of made me cri...
Like, I'm more, like, cringing a bit, do you know what I mean?
Like, I've had more moments where I'm just like...
Hi, I'm Jaz.
- Nice to meet you. - How are you, doll?
Bernie? Yeah, I'm good!
Whoa!
This was not expected at all.
Yeah, that's the point.
It's so hard to have someone that you're not into
and now have two people that you're not into, that's crazy.
- How are you? Nice to meet you. - I'm Marisa, nice to meet you.
I didn't feel threatened at all.
Quite frankly, I think that I'm better looking.
Yeah, what are your thoughts
on coming into this whole bizarre thing?
I was happy no-one slammed the door in my face.
It's more for me, like, I want to live my life.
I want to be happy every day, laughing every day.
I want to be smiling every day.
I don't surround myself with anyone
that's, like, not, like, doing something.
Jazmin, she's just fucking loud.
It's just been yap, yap, yap.
This is like an experience that's supposed to be, like, me
giving my two matches a shot,
which I genuinely, genuinely, genuinely have tried.
But that romantic spark just wasn't there.
Oh, I'm so tired, guys.
Uh, should we go to bed? Should we wrap it up?
- Let's go to bed. - It's been a long day.
Long day.
- Alright. Goodnight. - Goodnight.
Goodnight.
It's fucking bullshit, like,
I haven't seen anything in return,
and it's offensive to me.
You say you're open,
but I haven't seen your words and your actions aligned.
All I wanted was him to just give me a fucking chance
to get to know me, and he didn't.
He didn't want to give me the time of day.
He didn't want to, like, talk to me.
I feel like, at the end of the day,
there is something holding me back.
There's no decision to make.
You've disrespected us time and time again, and wasted...
Yeah, he wasted our time.
We don't want to hear any more of your bullshit.
We've had enough of your bullshit.
Wow, OK, well, Bernie,
I know you didn't have a say in me being here,
seeing as I'm American.
But I want to...
...speak to the women first.
And first of all, Jazmin, I just want to say,
I'm speaking for everybody watching this,
you are absolutely stunning.
You're beautiful.
The first thing I wanted to say was, like, I...
The shittest part of watching that was what I said about you.
And it obviously came from a place of pretending
I wasn't threatened but was.
And it's... it's not true.
And I'm sorry for everything.
No, it's OK.
Jazmin, how did that make you feel, watching that?
It's just really sad.
I don't think I'm ugly, so thanks for that.
Um, but I don't need your validation 'cause, like,
your opinion doesn't mean anything to me anyway.
I think a lot of the stuff you said was very projectile
and very rude and, like, actually disgusting.
So, you know, I hope you work on yourself
and you don't continue to cause turmoil towards other people.
Marisa, were you shocked, watching that?
Yeah, I'm, like, getting upset seeing Jazmin get upset.
Like, I had this inkling the whole time
that he wasn't interested,
but I still kept giving him the benefit of the doubt.
To see that he's saying all that stuff behind the scenes
is really hurtful
because I wouldn't have done that about him.
It is interesting
that the whole concept of the show
is to go into something and maybe, you know,
date someone that doesn't meet the things
that you normally go for.
And you said yourself
you're part of the problem with modern dating.
So what do you have to say for yourself?
Well, I'm sorry that I made that comment.
Like, I am sorry.
What did you mean when you said the comment "two plus two"?
We're 100% not the same type.
But that's kind of the point of being here.
I feel like a lot of us were matched with people
that aren't our type.
But you had specifically said,
"I mean, look at me, look at her."
- So I'm just curious... - We're so different.
- And?
And I know what...
Like, you're on some high pedestal.
-No! - Are you joking?
How is that... I know what you're trying to do right now.
What am I trying to do?
It's what you actually said.
Yeah, I did say... And I'm sorry for saying it.
So what do you mean by "look at you and look at me"?
We're so different!
You think you're better than everybody else?
Literally what I said was you're more dolled up.
Like, you're dolled up a bit more.
Like, that's your type. I'm a bit more, like, low-key.
Marisa, do you have anything to say?
It's really, really upsetting,
and I feel like he just gets defensive about what happened.
Yes, I probably didn't put my heart into this 100%.
Not a 'probably'. 100% didn't put my heart into this.
My head was elsewhere.
And I apologise for that to both of you.
Well, you said that there was something holding you back.
Yeah.
So, let's have a look at what that was.
Oh, there's more.
- Hi! - Hi!
Fuck me!
Chloe is a stunner!
Hello, doll. How are you? I'm Bernie.
Take me back in time
and somebody make me a suitor for her,
'cause I will fight tooth, nail and fucking hair!
So tell me about this letter you sent Chloe.
Oh, fucking hell.
Here we go. I knew this was happening.
Last night at the party,
Bernie slipped me a note.
"I have absolutely no intention of putting you on the spot."
Oh, my God, what?
"BUT..." - in capitals - "..I'm not big on what-ifs."
Oh, this is gonna make me cry.
"Last time we had a chat about seeing someone
"and having that feeling
"when you look at someone
"and kind of lose your train of thought.
"I immediately had that when I saw you."
Oh, my God, that's so sweet.
"I want to get to know you.
"I have good intentions.
"Love is such a beautiful thing.
"I just wish I had a chance at it here."
That's the kind of, like...
That's the sort...
That's the kind of passion and drive and desire
I want from someone who...
...sees me and sees my worth.
No.
I'm... I'm just gonna go to the bathroom.
I feel bad.
What do you feel bad about?
Putting you in that awkward position.
Oh, my God, no.
Are you ready for something legit, or are you just, like...
I'm so done with just fucking having random shit with people.
And I want to get to know you, I want to spend time with you.
Have you said anything to the girls?
Not about this, no.
I know I'm not gonna pick any of them.
So if you don't pick either of them, who are you choosing?
Can I choose you?
That's... that's my choice.
Oh, my God.
You're a fucking twat.
Yeah, I feel bad that I... Actually, I can't lie to you.
Like, I don't feel bad that I did it sneakily.
This is the one thing in this whole process
that I'm 100% sure about.
What the fuck is going on?
I just got a message from Bernie.
It says, "Chloe, I don't know what you would choose to do,
"but if you want to see where something could go,
"meet me at Hyde Park fountain."
Isn't Wednesday decision day?
Whew.
'Bye!
Bernie is a huge risk.
What if I'm just the chase to him?
Oh!
-Hi! -Hello.
How are you, babe? Are you OK?
I thought you weren't gonna come.
- You didn't think I'd come? - Yeah.
I really want to pursue...
...you.
OK.
Now I see why you didn't choose either of the girls.
Bernie, Chloe, why don't you guys take a seat next to me?
Let's try and unpack this.
Beck.
I'm gonna have a panic attack.
I'm so sorry. Whew!
Are you OK, Beck?
Emma, I understand you would be really upset seeing that too.
Oh, such a fucking blindside. What is that?
I was there in those dinner parties
making sure that you were OK,
making sure that you were eating,
making sure that you had wine in your fucking glass.
Fuck! Oh, my God. Oh!
What a fool I feel like.
- What a fool. - No.
Honestly, I feel like such a fool.
Em, you're not a fool at all.
And every single word I've ever said to you
I have meant from the bottom of my heart.
I-I'm so, so sorry.
I'm so sorry, but I did tell you I was following my heart.
- And I did. - Oh, my God.
Right until the end.
And Bernie being in the picture did not change anything.
For me, the note, it meant nothing.
It wasn't until the conversation at the final party
that I actually felt something.
OK, obviously there's a lot of emotions
happening right now.
Beck, how are you feeling?
I just feel invalidated.
Like, I feel completely lied to.
I'm hurt, really hurt.
I'm questioning, like, I'm questioning everything now.
I can imagine that answered a lot of questions for you ladies.
He's just a liar.
You kissed her while we were all together at a party.
You went behind all of our backs.
Four of us are collateral damage.
You couldn't have waited?
Like, honestly, it's just... It's so disrespectful.
It's a game to you. It's all a game to you.
- Yeah. - It's actually a game.
It was never, it was never a game.
Chloe, how do you reconcile
the way Bernie was with his matches...
-Oh, I... - ...in choosing him?
I quite frankly think it was disgusting.
Fair.
Um, and I feel like such an idiot.
So that obviously leads me to the question,
are you guys still together?
So, um...
Bernie and I have been getting to know each other
for the past couple of weeks.
Bernie took us on a weekend to the Blue Mountains.
Things were going really, really, really, really well.
- I'm sensing a 'but'. - Yes. Yeah, there is a 'but'.
Last night, Bernie told me
that he didn't want to continue
pursuing me.
Why did you change your mind, Bernie?
Yes, that's what I would like to know as well.
I think that's what we all want to know.
I was told Bernie doesn't want to continue pursuing things
because we have a different sense of humour.
What?
- Bernie, do you want to explain? -It wasn't just that.
I feel like sometimes I hold myself back a little bit
just in sense of humour, just, like, feeling comfortable.
Like, I feel like most of the times
I'm trying to impress you
and not, like, letting my guard down.
Why has that outweighed everything else that is so good?
I think, from my perspective,
if I don't feel like I can be, like, 100% myself
and I feel like I'm trying to impress someone,
I'm just not gonna be happy.
I'm not gonna sit here and beg,
but, like, I feel, I, honestly, I felt blindsided, I did.
And I feel like you really reassured me multiple times
in those two weeks that things were going really, really well.
Bernie, do you think that
it has anything to do with the art of the chase?
No, not at all.
Like, there was never a moment where, like...
'Cause, otherwise, after the show,
I could have just not hung out with her.
Like, I literally booked us a weekend in the Blue Mountains,
not for anything else but for us to spend time together.
Like, alone.
Like, what other reason?
Like, why would I spend money on something?
Like, if I don't feel, if I don't feel anything for someone,
why would I spend the money?
We could literally just...
Well, that's literally the playbook of fuckboys.
Excuse my language,
but it's all to sleep with someone
and then move onto the next.
Right.
Look, I know my intentions.
I know there was never that intention.
I feel like you could see that.
- I know this is still fresh. -Yeah.
So are you sad that the relationship is over?
Yeah, I'm... I'm... I'm devastated.
How does it go from, like, 100%, like,
"Yep, down for her, no doubt about it..."
-Yeah. - ...to, like, nothing?
Like, this is what...
Yeah, but no doubt about getting to know her,
that's the thing, do you know what I mean?
No, that's not what you said, buddy.
That's not what you said.
That letter... that letter, you poured your heart out, right?
- Trust me. - Get the letter out.
Get the letter out, buddy. We have receipts for it.
We literally have receipts for it.
Honestly, this is the thing I've noticed about you.
You're never wrong. You've hurt these two girls.
You've hurt those two girls.
You can't take acknowledgement of the fact you're a fuckboy.
You snatched her up, you had your way with her,
and last night, you flicked her.
I do think it was a bit rich earlier
that you did turn around to Mike
and you gave Mike that talk about accountability.
I actually, no, actually, the talk that I gave you
actually was about being on the attack.
Yeah, save your breath, alright? Save your breath.
After what I've seen, mate, you are a scrub.
- End of story. - Fair enough.
I think the thing, Bernie, is that
if you've been able to recognise that pattern in the past,
why... why are you still repeating that?
It's so hard to repeat... to break patterns.
That's why they're patterns.
It's because you're fucked up in the head
with things that you deal with, and you try to break it,
but it's really, really hard.
- And as much as you have... - So what are you doing...
Can I please finish, please?
And as much... as much as you can be rational about it,
and you can think, "Fuck, like,
"what I'm doing is wrong," you try to break it,
but it's so, so fucking hard, OK?
Bernie, do you have any final thoughts?
I'm sorry that I called things off.
Like, I genuinely do want you in my life.
I'm sorry that I just don't see, like,
a romantic possibility of us being together.
So you're saying you want to be friends with her?
OK, whatever.
Oh!
That sounds very genuine, Bernie.
I'm saying it because it's everything that you're saying,
is just a word to me, like, you're saying,
like, "Are you friend-zoning her?"
I didn't say, "Are you friend-zon..."
I'm saying, "You're saying you want to be friends with her."
And then you said, "Yeah, whatever."
Don't put words in my mouth, because that's not gonna work.
If possible, I want to have her in my life, if possible.
I understand that it might not be possible
if she doesn't feel like she can be friends with me.
Chloe, would you want him in your life?
I don't... I don't know at this point.
I don't know what I want.
I literally just got dumped less than 12 hours ago.
So, I'm still processing everything.
OK.
Well, that was certainly not
how I expected this to pan out tonight.
I have to note, I have noticed a pattern
throughout the experience
of people getting wrapped up in the excitement of a person,
the thrill of the chase, and, in turn,
missing out on a stable and reliable match
right in front of them.
I hope that this can be a lesson in the future.
At the end of the day, we are all just human beings,
and we're looking for that human connection.
Thank you, guys, for sharing your hearts with us.
Goodnight.