both: Nice to meet you.
- Ten singles took a leap into the unknown
in search of love.
They married as complete strangers.
[cheers and applause]
And in less than three weeks, they'll have to decide
whether to stay married or get a divorce.
♪ ♪
Last time, our couples delved deeper
in hopes of learning more about their spouse.
Kirsten and Shaquille.
- ♪ Push upon me ♪
- Consummating this marriage.
If it's gonna happen tonight,
only Shaquille and I will know about that.
- ♪ Got me yearning ♪
- Gina and Clint.
- I'm more insecure about, like,
just not fulfilling the things that I want in life.
I mean, I'm 40 years old.
You know, I'd like to have a family.
- I'm just thankful Clint and I are on the same page.
And at the end of the day, we can relate
in a sense of wanting the same things out of life.
- Jasmine and Airris.
- The hardest thing I've had to forgive--
- I can't think of anything.
- Saying you wanna have these conversations.
We're having a conversation.
I'm trying to find, like, what we have in common.
- I think you overthink, and I think she overthinks.
You gotta get out your head.
Get out of your comfort zone to get what you want.
- Nicole and Chris.
- What worries you the most?
- I'm a little worried that one day I'll just wake up
and the bubble will be burst.
And this little happy life we're living won't--
won't be so happy anymore.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Your love, your love, your love is my paradise ♪
- And tonight, our couples will share their roots
and build an even stronger bond with their partner.
- That was the room for me and my brother and my sister,
and we had bunk beds.
- Oh!
- It definitely makes me feel a little bit closer to Clay
because it makes me feel like
we can make this marriage work.
- As long as we, you know, continue this marriage,
you have to buy us a house.
- I'm gonna have to buy it? - Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
- I was just, bro, I'm out of here.
Go on. Get up and go.
- I'm scared about his willingness
to see this through when it's so easy for him
to, you know, cut and run.
- Okay.
You wanna be married to them?
- If you and I break up, that will break my heart.
- You are beautiful inside and out.
- [laughs]
♪ ♪
- ♪ It's all or nothing ♪
- This is "Married at First Sight."
- ♪ There's no other way ♪
♪ ♪
♪ It's all or nothing ♪
- ♪ This is home ♪
♪ This is home ♪
♪ When I'm with you ♪
♪ As long as we're together ♪
- Hello, honey.
- What's up? - Welcome.
How are you doing today?
- Oh, wow, this is nice.
- Yeah, isn't it beautiful?
Today I'm showing Shaquille this beautiful home
in Nashville.
He was wanting to see what I do on a day to day basis,
so he gets to see me in my element
as a real estate agent.
Welcome to the beautiful home.
- ♪ Living it up ♪
- Let's take a look. Wait till you see this.
This is gonna blow your mind.
- I love tall ceilings, like just--
- Vaulted ceilings? - That's what it's called?
Vaulted ceilings. - Mm-hmm.
You're learning some terminology today!
Now you in my world.
- ♪ I'ma gonna see you growing up ♪
- So this is the living room space, a beautiful kitchen.
- To see that she has a passion for what she does,
I admired Kirsten even more.
Like, wow, like, you're sexy.
- We have two bedrooms downstairs,
and then you have four up.
- You know, she can be my realtor one day when
we purchase our home together.
- I could see us living here for sure.
Could you?
- I definitely can, but all I would hear
is running through the house-- - The kids?
- The kids running through the house.
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do!
Upstairs, downstairs.
- And then they're gonna be inviting
all their friends over. - They're kids.
- We're gonna have a house full of kids.
Everybody from the neighborhood.
- Go into the media room.
We gonna have Friday night with the kids.
And, you know. - Friday night movie night?
- Movie night with the kids. Invite your friends over.
- That would be fun.
I would love everything about that.
We can have game night.
- Game nights or something. - Yeah.
- That'd be really cool. It would be.
So we would have to look into buying us a home.
- Yeah. I would.
I've been ready to buy a home, but I just ain't never
know what I wanted to do.
- I'm definitely feeling some chemistry
today with Shaquille.
- But who's to say we're gonna have kids this year,
or next year, or in five years?
These conversations need to be held as a married couple
to evaluate what we want out of life
and what we need to do to get there.
- I love the fact that you're talking about,
like, seeing us living here and the kids running around.
Could you see yourself buying a house soon?
- I see it in the future.
- It's definitely something to think about.
Because I wouldn't want us, you know, staying in apartments
and renting houses.
That's like just throwing money away.
- Well, you're the realtor, so you gotta--
you gotta, you know, tell me when the, you know,
the market is right. - Oh, it's right now.
- Oh, well, when we walk out of here
we're not gonna purchase a home tomorrow.
- No, I know.
We can wait till your lease is coming to a near end.
♪ ♪
- That's like three months.
- Right.
- Gotta give it the time, though.
You know, just married. - Yeah.
- Getting married. - Mm-hmm.
- And purchasing a home.
And then like, kids?
- Yeah.
- And you know, still paying for my degree.
It's like-- - Yeah.
- I just wanna make sure that I'm financially stable
to afford this lifestyle for us.
- As long as we, you know, continue this marriage,
you have to get us the house.
You have to buy us a house.
♪ ♪
- I would have to buy it? - Mm-hmm.
So I could say my husband bought me a house.
- So you don't wanna have no parts
in helping me buy the house?
- I mean, I'll be on the deed.
♪ ♪
- How does that work?
- Oh, it works every day in marriages.
- You've been married before?
- In other people's marriages I know about.
- Oh.
- Their husband bought the house, the car.
♪ ♪
I mean, especially if I'm pushing out kids.
That's just some good push gifts.
- Hmm, you know, Shaquille,
let's save to work towards buying a house together.
It was just a Shaquille, no, you're gonna buy me a house.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- I'm just stuck on the buying--
buying you a house. - Us--us a house.
- You said "you." You said "buy my wife a house."
- Yeah.
This is--this is who I am.
[giggles]
Keep thinking.
Let's think at home.
♪ ♪
- Hi. - Hi.
- How are you? - I'm good!
How are you?
- Girl.
Girl. I'm good.
Life's heaven.
I got us some wine.
- Ooh, let's go.
- Thank you.
♪ ♪
- Married life.
You know it well.
- Yes.
I do.
It's--it's interesting at the very beginning.
- It's--it's been a roller coaster.
- It's been a lot?
- Yeah.
I mean, I think it's just more so I'm not used
to being so vulnerable and saying my feelings.
Because you know I'm not confrontational,
so I won't say how I feel in my relationships
just to avoid an argument or avoid how it makes them feel
or avoid just having to really deal with it.
So it's just been me trying to navigate my feelings,
and I just--
I didn't think it would be as hard.
- No, usually when you start a relationship you have
those beginning butterflies and everything is exciting.
- And I mean, I was happy when I saw him.
I thought he was cute. He's attractive.
And I mean, attraction for me--
all I need is cute.
Like, my attraction for a person is the way
they treat me, the way they make me feel.
And so because we're going through all of this,
I was on this high of, oh, my God,
I'm so attracted to my husband.
So now I'm at a place of, that's dying
and I'm losing that because I'm not feeling secure.
I'm not feeling wanted.
He's not making me feel like--
you know, the way I wanna feel to--to be
attracted to somebody.
I feel like if we don't find the common ground
and start building that it's gonna
start fading faster for me.
- And I don't wanna see you at that point.
- No, I don't wanna be there either.
- I want you to be excited.
You've always dreamed of being married.
And take it day by day.
It can still happen.
Don't let yourself close off
just because it's starting to get hard.
- I feel like me and Airris are, like, well-matched
from the things that I know.
I feel like we're compatible.
And I do feel like we can work.
But he gonna have to put in some more work.
And I mean, I obviously gotta put in some more work.
But I need-- I need more from him.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I been wasting time running from your love ♪
- Nitro latte with hazelnut.
- No whipped cream.
- That's it. - That's it.
- Our couples have been married for over five weeks now
and have settled into married life together.
So we've asked our couples to return to their roots
and share some of the things that have shaped them
into the person they are today.
- I think we should check out my old stomping grounds
and go by my hair school.
- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.
- Understanding a person's past
can often provide valuable information about
who they are in the present.
And learning these things about each other
can have a major impact on whether they decide
to stay married or get a divorce.
♪ ♪
- So we're going to hometown Italy, huh?
- The finest that Nashville has to offer.
They do have a lot of olives,
but you know, we're not gonna get it.
This place reminds me of this Italian deli
back at home in New York,
and that really-- when I think of being home
and being comfortable and happy,
obviously food is involved.
It was such a place of comfort for me, good times and bad.
It was always like, let's go to the deli.
And this is as close as I can get to that feeling
because I'm 900 miles away from the original.
I'm a little scared to tell Chris,
you know, a little bit more about me, the inner child
and all of what made me who I am
because you never know what's gonna make someone
feel differently about you, and the last thing I want
is for Chris to look at me differently,
especially with Decision Day coming up.
♪ ♪
I had a decently happy childhood.
From the second I was born, I always needed attention.
I was just born that way.
I mean, I wish I had a reason why.
I think it's a combination of my parents being who they are
and just, I got a lot of attention.
And then when I was like 13, 14,
I was going to a new school because it was high school.
And I was really, like, figuring out how to not
be a kid anymore, basically.
And my parents, because they were so trusting and loving,
they didn't set any ground rules.
But I almost wish they had really impressed that upon me
because there was that period where I was, like, lying a lot,
cutting school, staying out late.
Lying to my parents is, like, number one.
I remember when, you know, I went to Catholic school,
and we would go to confession, like, I would always
start with, "I'm lying again. I'm lying all the time"
because I was so ashamed of what I was doing
without realizing I was ashamed that I was just lying.
I was just putting myself in bad situations
with bad people.
And I let my grades fall, because my friends would
be like, let's skip class and go, like,
hang out in someone's basement.
And I'd be like, okay, that sounds great.
Even though I didn't want to, but I didn't want them
to think that I wasn't cool or worthy
of their friendship.
And I was just putting on an act,
basically, because I wanted these people
to like me even though they weren't
even worthy of my attention.
♪ ♪
- I don't know if I'd be able to marry the woman
that Nicole was when she was younger.
Because honestly, like, that reminds me of a lot of some
of my exes and what I dealt with.
And that's not what I want in my life.
♪ ♪
- You need to know everything about me in order
to decide if I'm the right person for you, quite frankly,
because I don't want something to come out
in six or eight months or any time after Decision Day
and you're like, ooh, this changes how I feel about her,
and then we can't come back from that.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, oh, got skills!
Oh!
- I've had so many different life experiences growing up
that really shaped and molded me.
- Is this bringing back the mems?
- Oh, yeah.
Right back to the days of me being a quasi-
not-even-close soccer aficionado.
- With the pressure of Decision Day coming up,
I wanna, you know, share some of the things
that I've learned in life with Gina
and just shed a little light as to why
I am kind of the way I am.
You got about 3'5" Clint Webb
with a size 9 1/2 shoe, probably, at the time.
- [laughs] How old were you?
- I was probably eight or nine years old?
- So nine years old, size 9 feet.
- Yeah. Big feet.
My parents used to always say, oh,
you don't even need water skis.
Just use your feet.
God, I was awkward in trying to work
a soccer ball with, like, these big floppy feet.
It was-- - Big flippers?
- It was a hell of a challenge.
And those kids that, like, had that natural ability.
- Yeah, it's, like, frustrating for you
when things don't come.
- I was like, oh, I hate your life.
- Yeah.
- Because I had to work so hard to even
get to a point of where they started.
- Yeah.
- But yeah, soccer taught me a lot about life, you know?
I learned perseverance.
And I learned persistence.
- Stay steadfast.
- Yeah. Drive and motivation.
Even when I hated it, I wanted to get good.
- Yeah.
- I think it ignited that competitive spirit in me.
'Cause you realized, like, you could try it
and you actually, like, succeeded.
- Yeah.
- That's a cool story.
You know, a lot of kids would be like, I hate soccer,
I'm never playing again, but I feel like you took it,
practiced, let it resonate, and took lessons from it.
- Yeah, it's like when we meet our biggest challenges
in life, they seem so daunting and ominous.
And then when you get past that time
and you're out of that, you're like,
I learned so much from that.
- Yeah.
- I think Clint and I really share that mentality of like,
not giving up on things.
And even throughout our marriage
he really does try to, like, give his all
and stay confident in it, which is something
that I find attractive.
It definitely makes me feel a little bit closer to Clint
because it makes me feel like
we can make this marriage work.
- Oh!
- She shoots, she scores!
- Scores!
♪ ♪
- ♪ Crème de la crème, they know we arrived ♪
♪ Doing our thing, you see the design ♪
♪ Straight to the front, we don't wait in line ♪
- So you're probably wondering, what the heck
are we doing in a card shop?
But this was, like, a pretty big part
of my childhood growing up.
- I wish I would have collected something,
like, when I was younger.
But I didn't.
- It seems lately that Jasmine has been having
a hard time, you know, opening up to me,
so I brought her to a card shop
just to kinda share a part of my childhood and my past,
something that used to be important to me.
My past dating relationships,
I just kind of leave the surface level.
But I'm trying to show Jasmine that, like,
you know, I'm willing to be open and vulnerable with you.
So in return, I'm hoping by showing that side of me,
you know, she'll feel comfortable and safe enough
to do the same with me.
And ultimately, I feel like that'll
bring us closer together.
A lot of my childhood, I spent like, collecting cards.
It's, like, one of the few things I kept.
Like, no matter where we moved--
like, I might lose some shoes or some clothes.
I never lost my cards.
So like, a lot of these cards are, like, over 30 years old.
- What made you start collecting cards?
- So when I first moved here, I didn't really know anybody.
I was like a new kid at school.
But this was, like, one way I met, like,
some of my first friends, like,
when I first moved to Nashville.
- Was that an easy transition, like, coming to Nashville?
- I think, you know, just growing up as an only child,
it just made me independent.
And also, like, moving a lot
and always being the new kid in class,
it helped me adapt to, like, any environment.
It also--one thing my therapist pointed out,
like, moving around so much and not staying still
is like, I'll just up and go.
Yeah, even in relationships, like, romantic relationships.
People who, like, stay in relationships, like,
they know them got no business being in.
Like, I'll just-- bro, I'm out of here.
Like, whether it's a relationship,
whether it's a city.
Like, I'll just boom, get up and go.
♪ ♪
That's not good, but it's just--
but I feel like that's something from my childhood
that's I--or just growing up that I feel, like, definitely
has carried into adulthood.
♪ ♪
- Wow, Airris, I ain't got nothing to say.
I don't--
I wanna open up and go deeper with him,
but I'm scared about his willingness
to see this through when it's so easy for him to,
you know, cut and run.
♪ ♪
- ♪ See you walking like your feet go ♪
♪ Loosen up, your dress caught ♪
♪ ♪
- So this is the house I lived in
with my mom, my dad, my sister, and brother
before my parents split apart.
My mom and dad lived in that front room right there,
and then there's a room behind it.
And that was the room for me and my brother and my sister,
and we had bunk beds.
But this house, it definitely represents,
like, the great times that we had together.
And being a family, I just remember those early mornings
when my dad was running off to work
and being able to provide for the family and run the shop
and be able to buy me and my brother and sister anything
that we needed at the time.
Like, we always had big Christmases.
But in the sense of happiness, it also brings sadness to me.
That's when they split apart.
And it's like, oh, wow, like, I thought we had
this great life and this great family,
and now we are not together anymore.
♪ ♪
- Do you remember, like, when your parents split,
like, that time frame?
- I was eight years old when my parents split.
I was very upset because I wanted my parents
to stay together forever.
And I'm just like, I wish they could have found
a way to work through things.
But it really just shaped me into who I am today.
It taught me how to be strong and how
to deal with different obstacles
you may face in a marriage and learn how to survive
and learn how to be happy.
And that's why I--
like, I think about the past, but I try to learn
from the past and move past that.
- The past is always important because you can never
forget where you come from. - That's true.
- Like, you're providing--
you know, a family is an opportunity
to create that safe space like you did
when you were here at your home.
- Yeah, and speaking of providing,
it kind of goes back to, like, how my dad provided for us.
Like, he provided a home for me and my mom
and my sister and brother.
Like, so, that's why sometimes you may feel like I'm putting
like, a lot of expectations on you,
but that's what I see my dad as,
and that's probably why that's something
that I want out of my husband.
♪ ♪
- I mean, as a man should be, you know?
He should always be willing to provide,
especially, like, without being, like, forced to provide.
Like, you should want that for your family and your children
and no one should have to tell you, like,
this is what you need to do.
I understand, you know, that this is supposed to happen,
but allow me to make it happen the way I know
it can happen without any matter of,
like, forcing me to do it.
- But like, my dad's mindset, like,
he knew what had to be done.
Like, nothing had to be told to him,
or nothing had to be said because he knew
what he wanted out of life.
♪ ♪
I'm just still feeling a little hesitant and a little nervous
about introducing Shaquille to my dad.
My dad is just having a tough time
processing everything with us starting off
with marriage and not dating.
So I definitely wanna know that this is a solid marriage
and Shaquille is gonna be here for a lifetime
before I bring him around to meet my dad.
So we'll see how it goes.
- When I meet your dad, I'm gonna be taking notes.
Like, okay, what do I need to do?
Can you lay out the blueprint for me?
How does this supposed to go?
Let me--help me understand, you know, what you did.
Kirsten is definitely holding me to the standard
of what her father was for her.
But I've never met the guy, so I don't even
know of how to be like him.
For me, it's kind of, like, I need to have a conversation
with her dad if I wanna understand why
you feel the way that you do.
- When that day comes, he'll definitely tell you
everything you need to know.
- Until that time comes, you know--
♪ ♪
hing ♪
[upbeat music]
- ♪ My life is a red carpet ♪
♪ Making a scene wherever I go ♪
- Welcome to hair school.
- Oh, after you.
- [chuckles]
This is where the magic happens.
Hair school, it was such a big part of my past
'cause it really changed my entire life.
For me, I was a totally different person
when I went into hair school than I am now.
So it's important for me to bring Clint back here
for him to see like, where it all started essentially.
So this is, like, the actual school portion,
the classroom portion, if you will.
- Ah.
- So it definitely was a career change for me.
I had already gone through college.
Like, ever since I was 14, I was doing broadcasting
and really thought that was like, where the trajectory
of my life was going.
And so I never envisioned what my life would be now.
But this is, like, where it started.
Like, it started with hair school
and me just diving in and doing something at the time
that was just kind of a crazy decision.
I was like, all right, I just I know that I don't
wanna do broadcasting.
And I've always had this thought in the back of my mind
since I was, like, 18.
Like, maybe I wanna do hair.
And so I had my bartending job.
So it's not like I was struggling financially.
I was like, might as well just--
- Yeah, just give it a shot.
- It was way harder than I thought it was gonna be,
but I'm glad I did it because it's--
I never would have thought ten years--
- It's changed your life.
- Yeah, ten years down the road, I'd be, like,
owning my own company.
And there's so much more that I wanna do
in terms of building an entire, like,
educational platform and things like that.
So who knows?
Maybe I'll own a hair school one day.
- There you go.
Something new that I'm learning about Gina
is, like, she's definitely got some
risk-taking characteristics to completely change professions.
She's adaptable, she's moldable,
but she's able to make that mental pivot,
and she changed the trajectory of her life.
It reminds me of the transition that I had to make
from becoming a pilot to going into tech.
So I've really come to have more patience
for her salon and her business.
You know, that's a heck of an accomplishment.
I think it's a great story of, you know,
being able to forge through the adversity.
Now you're the big chief.
- One small decision of, like, just taking the risk
and doing it, like, completely change my life.
- Like marrying a stranger. - Yeah.
♪ ♪
[giggles]
- ♪ Babe, with you I can relax ♪
♪ Because I know you've got my back ♪
- With less than three weeks before Decision Day,
we've encouraged each person to write a letter
to their younger self about a significant point
in their life.
- What you writing?
- I will tell you when I am done writing,
Sir Nosy McNoserson.
- It's important that our couples learn
how to be vulnerable with one another
before they have to make one of the biggest decisions
of their lives--whether to stay married or get a divorce.
♪ ♪
- ♪ If you want everything ♪
♪ You gotta do everything to chase your dreams ♪
♪ I don't think you hear me, though ♪
♪ ♪
- I have finished my assignment.
- Yeah.
- Do you want me to read both notes?
- Yeah. You can read mine first.
- "Dear younger me, you learned so much over the years.
"Don't be afraid to stand up for what you believe in.
"Please don't let anyone walk over you no matter what.
"Trust me, it's not worth it, as it leads to you sacrificing
"who you are as a person for a while.
"Talk with your dad about the importance
"of your relationship with him.
"Have a true heart-to-heart to build
"a stronger relationship earlier.
"Please tell your mom how you feel about the guy she dated.
"He was such a bad guy for her.
"And trust me, her life will be better off without him
and that heartache."
- It broke my heart to see my mom
in a bad relationship for so long.
And he was just a really bad guy.
He was an alcoholic.
He was verbally abusive.
He like, came in drunk one day and was, like,
throwing stuff around and breaking stuff.
And he literally threatened to kill the dog
because it went in someone else's yard.
- Oh, my God! - So it was pretty horrible.
And it was one of those things, like,
I wish I would have spoke up because I think
she would have listened.
I think she would have at least took it.
And you know, sometimes it takes
an external pair of eyes.
And--
- She might have had those blinders on.
- Exactly.
- It actually seems like Chris's mom and I
are more similar than I originally knew
because it seems like we both have the best intentions
when it comes to picking partners,
but they aren't always the best choices.
And sharing all of this information
has definitely been heavy.
But actually, I'm a little relieved
that he's shared with me because it shows how strong
our communication and bond is.
And I'm so lucky and grateful that I'm with someone
who can do that for me.
Obviously, I wrote it with purple pen.
- Obviously.
- "Dear pre-teen Nicole, I know you're going through
"a lot of changes right now.
"You stopped doing gymnastics.
"Your body is changing, and you're starting high school.
"I know you're a smart girl,
"but please trust me when I say you do not
"know best about everything.
"People will come into your life and try
"to take advantage of you.
I strongly"--all caps--
"STRONGLY advise you to be the smart girl
"I know you are and not let them take advantage of you.
"One-man relationship, friendship situation
"does not define you.
"I want you to enjoy all life has to offer and not let
"a poor start to your 'adult life'
"make you feel lesser than and unworthy of love.
"You will meet a wonderful man in the future who will make
"all of the bull[bleep] worth it,
"but you need to be open and receptive in order
"to give him your best self.
"You are worthy of love and respect
"even though you might not feel it all the time.
"But trust me that you are.
"PS, you grow up to be a fabulous woman,
so everything will work out."
- Aw, why did you feel not worthy
of, like, love and things like that?
- It's that first relationship I was in
really burned me to my core.
And I do still live with that shame kind of.
And because of that, you know, I did so much protecting
of my own heart in the past,
and I think that blocked me off from seeing
what was really out there for me.
And now I came into this, like, my heart is open.
It's exposed.
- I mean, are you worried about your heart being broken now?
- There's always a chance.
Like, even if it's not intentional,
if you and I break up, even if it's an amicable breakup,
that will break my heart.
I've only known Chris for five weeks.
And even if I know him for 5 million weeks,
I will never feel 100% confident
that my heart won't get broken because every day
I like him a little more
and our relationship grows a little more
and that risk of heartbreak goes a little more.
So I don't know what will happen in our future,
but what I do know is, the risk of heartbreak
is nothing compared to the happiness
and joy I feel every day.
So if heartbreak is the end result,
I'll take it if it means all of these happy days before then.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Ooh, baby, come back to me ♪
[upbeat music]
- Were you able to finish your letter to your younger self?
- Yeah, I don't know if I'm gonna read it.
- Why? Because your handwriting?
- Because of my handwriting.
But I think I got it.
"Dear Airris, the confusion you feel at the age of 12
"will not last forever.
"You will not always feel as alone as you do now.
"I want you to know that the world is so much bigger
"than the city of Newport News where you are currently living.
"I cannot wait until you are able
"to travel and experience different cultures
"around the world abroad.
"Continue to love your mother because she is a superhero.
"Forgive your father for passing away and leaving you.
"Cherish the moments and memories that you two spent
"and never forget them.
"Word of advice, no one ever tells little Black boys this,
"but I want you to know that it's
"safe to talk about your feelings
"and express yourself even if it comes across as weak.
"It's actually one of the most courageous things you can do.
It's okay to just--to be you."
I feel like a lot of boys, especially Black boys,
pivot in, like, directions that aren't healthy
because they're trying to prove, you know,
I'm this strong, tough individual.
Like, it might be cool to, like,
do mischievous things because you're trying to,
like, fit in.
And like, that's masculine.
And in the end, the smart guys, they're gonna win.
They like, grow up, get a good job, make a lot of money.
- Yeah.
You know...
"So to my nine-year-old self,
"you are a young girl who feels like she's on top of the world.
"Life has been filled with support, love, and happiness.
"You're about to make the biggest change of your life.
"Understand the challenges that you are about to face.
"There will be people who don't value your presence
"or your self-worth.
"Be ready for what's to come as it will come as a shock.
"Don't let their actions affect your outlook on life
"and the person you are,
but stick it out because it will get better."
Before I made the move to Memphis
from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, I was literally probably
in the best space that a nine-year-old could ever be in.
I had love from my family.
I had love from friends.
I was at a great school.
I had great teachers.
That obviously changed once we made our move
and I got to my new school.
I was immediately too proper for Memphis.
So the bullying started as soon as I got there.
And it didn't really end probably until me
going into high school.
"There is a light at the end of the tunnel,
"and that life you always dreamed of is there.
"You will be the complete opposite of the person
"they tried to make you.
"You will become that free spirit you once were,
"and you will be able to be loved the way you love people.
"You will accomplish some of your wildest dreams
"and be able to work in your passion.
Believe you can, and you're halfway there."
- I think that's pretty cool.
And the fact that, like, you know,
you already mentor little girls because they have, like,
somebody like you to, like, instill that confidence in them
and, like, kind of show them the way.
- I'm very proud of myself and the person I've become.
- Jasmine expressed that, you know,
she wanted us to talk more, get to know each other more.
You know, I'm at a place where I'm ready to just, like,
be wide open and completely open up, you know,
so I can finally learn some things
about her that I never knew.
I'm just ready to, you know, let it all out.
I think that's the best way for this marriage to have success.
I think we kind of said the same thing almost.
It's like overall, there were two great messages.
I think we should copyright these letters
and just sell them.
- [laughs] What?
- I don't know.
That's my interpretation of it.
- Oh, my God.
♪ ♪
- Hey, y'all.
both: Hi.
- How y'all doing?
- It's great to finally meet you.
- Good to meet you too.
- I am a family man.
That's something that I definitely want
in my marriage, is for the families to come together,
but she just haven't invited me into that part of her life.
So I want her to understand, like, maybe Shaquille
really wanna meet them and be around them.
So my godmother and my godsister,
Daphne and Destiny, they traveled
from Mississippi and Georgia to be here with us today.
- I have a few pictures of our baby.
- Are these pages you picked out
and Shaquille hasn't seen yet?
- He does not know what I picked out.
No, I might be in a little bit of trouble, but--
- Uh-oh, it's always young family,
all these young people.
- So Shaq is the baby of these two.
However, Shaq probably was always the one who was
the oldest out of all of them.
- Yeah. - He was always the oldest.
He was always telling everybody else what needed to be done.
He was always about the business.
Let's take care of this. Let's take care of that.
He still like that, though.
Like, Mother's Day comes,
and he sends us these text messages.
"We need to do something for our aunts."
- So you're, like, the coordinator of the family.
- This is my grandmother and my grandfather.
- My grandparents were very special to us.
Like, we used to do everything at their house.
And when they passed away, we started seeing our family
started taking a shift.
Like, everybody started doing their own thing,
and then I was like, no. - Yes.
- That's not what's gonna happen.
We started-- - Shaq put everything together.
- I was like-- - And he would put it together.
- I was, like, Thanksgiving, who cooking what?
Who bringing what?
What color we wearing?
And then Christmas, we started the tradition of--
- No, you started that tradition.
For Christmas, we would have a Christmas breakfast.
- Okay. - Yeah.
We just try to always build memories.
Like, football games, we always just would try to enjoy life.
- I love that you keep everybody, you know, together.
- And he's always looked out for me, no matter what.
You know, from day one since I was a baby,
he's always been a big brother.
- 'Cause Destiny wasn't even born when we had the wreck.
- Mm-mm. No.
- When we had the car accident--
- Actually, I also think we all got closer
after that accident.
All people kept saying is,
the babies landed in the street.
I was like, all of them?
And I'm like, yeah. - That was true.
My mom lost control of the car,
and it landed up, like, in a curve.
- Yeah, she had to swerve to keep
somebody from hitting her.
- We all got thrown out the car.
My brother and I were tangled in a barbed wire fence.
Kira was laying on side of the road,
and Precious was face down in the middle of the road.
And I woke up and all I remember was blood.
But it was just traumatizing because it's
like, they separated all of us.
So I didn't see my siblings and my mom for, like, two weeks.
Like, they wouldn't tell us nothing about each other.
How's my mom doing? They wouldn't say anything,
and then one day, they brought all of us together,
and everybody was just in the room crying.
Like, everybody.
- Hearing that he had to go through that
and seeing that the man he is today,
it goes to show me how important
family time really is for Shaquille.
I mean, he's always telling me how much he misses his family,
but he plays a big role in his family.
He is, like, the person that holds the family together.
And I love that about Shaquille.
With him always having things to do, like, how does that,
I guess, like, play into our marriage?
- Just make sure you show up, you know?
You show up for him. You show up to support him.
You know, maybe just being by his side
is the most of what he needs.
- Being present.
He has a drive that's out of this world.
He'll have 5,000 things going on.
However, he'll need something, which, if you're on his side,
then you may be able to take care
of that something for him.
Like, he's gonna take care of you,
so make sure you take care of him.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- I am kind of mad because I usually grate the cheese.
And I got grated, but I don't know that
it's gonna hit the same.
- Pre-grated? Mm. - Mm-hmm.
I don't think it's gonna be as good.
Clint knows that my business is super important to me.
So tonight, I'm having over for dinner a few of my stylists.
Hello. all: Hi.
- Hey.
- She wants to say hi to everyone.
- Sam, Reyna, Jenn, and then my friend Aubrey.
- Well, welcome to our little humble casa.
- Yeah, this is gorgeous.
- They've already met Clint at the salon.
But these girls, they are like, a big part of my life.
And so I'm just excited for them to get
to know Clint a little better.
- So what's life like at the salon with Gina?
- It's constant chaos,
but we make light of, like, everything.
So--[giggles]
We literally just joke around, spit some drama.
- It's like organized chaos-- - Spit some drama?
- Organized chaos.
- Gina is very busy, and she's very educational.
She always shows me I'm doing this because of this.
She's never just like, oh, go do this.
Like, there's always a reason why.
- Everyone's also like, just, like,
chiming in and helping each other.
- Yeah.
- As much as she feels like she's unorganized,
she's very organized, and she's very patient.
There's five people asking her a question
all at the same time, and she'll be like,
one, two, three, four, go back to what she's doing.
[laughter]
So she's all over the place always.
But yeah, I mean, just, like, organization
and, like, just salon life and co-worker life
is literally just, like, insane.
It's, like, never been in a better salon in my life.
- Well, that's nice to hear. - Yeah.
I told her I'd be with her for ten years at least.
- Gina's element is the boss lady at the salon.
It's like, the girls love her.
And I get why Gina says they're always
having fun in the salon.
Ah, that's a great environment.
I absolutely love that.
And she should be proud, and I'm proud that
she's accomplished this.
So what about y'all?
We're all married, coupled up, we're single, mingling?
- Commitment issues.
Okay. Yep.
- What about you?
- I'm married.
I'm a married man.
- We clearly--we clearly don't have commitment issues.
- I'm committed to a relationship,
and it all hinges on how good this lasagna is.
- Oh. - Oh.
Oh, you haven't had a bite yet.
- Oh, my God. - Ring down the drain.
- Everybody quiet. He's about to take a bite.
- Oh, all right.
- The moment of truth.
Ready? Hold your breath.
♪ ♪
[laughter]
♪ ♪
- Nervous?
- This is good. This is solid.
It is very, very tasty.
Our marriage has been protected.
[laughter]
- ♪ If it ain't broke, then don't fix it ♪
♪ Just roll in the moment if it feels good ♪
- Are you taking me to get my nails done?
- Um, close.
- Are we redecorating?
- Maybe. Maybe.
- Hi, how are you? - Hello.
So yes, we're here because of my dad
actually owns his own painting business.
All of us, like, you know, Chad, Nate, Brandon, me,
we all worked for my dad at one point--
- Oh, nice. - For his painting business.
Today, I want Nicole to get a feel for, like,
how my childhood was and how I was raised
and kind of how I became the man I am today,
because these are the last few weeks before Decision Day,
and I think it's important for her
to understand where I came from
and like, what I went through, like, leading up to now
so that she can make the right decision.
Growing up, like, it was tough.
Like, my mom and dad were divorced since I can remember.
And my dad was involved in our life,
but we pretty much saw him like, every other weekend.
And I always looked forward to seeing him and going
and spending time with him, but, you know,
there was moments where things were strained
because things that he would say verbally to us.
And so I didn't really have that person
to look up--that male role model to, like, look up to.
It was just tough.
It sucked because, again, I know that he really cares
and he loves us, but it was really hard.
And I just didn't like it.
Like, I didn't like working for my dad.
Like, he is a perfectionist with his work.
And he would give us a certain assignments and we'd do them.
And if it wasn't perfect, like, he wouldn't be happy with it.
So it was just really hard working for him.
But you know, overall, like, again,
it was just tough, like, he just wasn't
the best role model growing up.
Like, this whole husband thing, like,
it is one of those things, like, I had to learn
all that stuff kind of from other influences
because, like, I didn't really learn it from my dad.
And so I think it made me realize the type
of man I didn't wanna be... - Right.
- And the type of man I did wanna be.
And that is somebody that, like, my mom could be proud of.
- I know she's proud of you,
and I'm so appreciative you're telling me this
because it really--
obviously, I know you're an amazing person and husband,
but it's nice to know kind of behind it.
And now I really know, like, you're not just like this
because you want to make a good impression.
Like, this is who you are to your core
because of how you grew up and what you saw
and what you wish you had seen from your dad or for your mom.
I'm definitely getting a better sense of why Chris is always
so adamant about making people feel happy
and special and loved,
and I think this is really deep down rooted in his core,
and it isn't really relevant unless you're trying
to build a lifetime with someone.
So I so much so wanna be his safe space,
and by him sharing this with me,
it's proving that I am his safe space,
and that's a great sign for the future of our marriage.
- But me and him have come a long way.
The biggest turning point for me was with Kodah.
It was literally one of the first times
where I needed someone to really watch him.
And obviously Kodah is my baby.
Like, Kodah is the first dog I've had on my own.
And so he will always be that one and only to me,
like, regardless.
And so I had nobody else to ask.
And so then I had to ask him.
He was, right away, volunteered for it, even met me halfway.
I think that's where there was a big turning point,
not only in him but our relationship with him.
- Yeah. That trust factor.
- I feel like that was the moment when,
like, he started to love again.
And he really enjoyed the companionship
that Kodah brought to him.
And, like, mine and his relationship became stronger.
Like, you know, he came to the wedding,
and then when he was there with you...
- How do you feel about me calling you Mom and Dad?
- I love it.
- I have-- - As long as you feel--
- I have no problem at all.
- As long as you feel comfortable about it.
I love it. So I'm good.
- I love it too. - All right.
- He obviously thought the world of you.
He texted me something that I've never
been texted before from him, and that's just how much
he admired, like, you and your responses
and really thought, like, you're such a good person.
So, like, I think even this process has brought us
even a little bit closer.
- My past definitely gives me pause
whenever I meet a genuinely nice person
because I've met genuinely nice people before
who have turned out to not actually be genuinely nice.
So even though Chris has given me no reason to doubt him,
there's still a little part of me inside,
even if it was subconscious, that is always just waiting.
Like, that was just me still holding on to the past.
And now there's not a single part of my DNA,
anything in my core that thinks differently.
This is our wedding day color in case.
- Our wedding day color? - 725.
- Oh. [chuckles]
- Seaside Resort.
- I mean, if we retire to Florida, I mean--
- I love that.
- ♪ You do something ♪
- ♪ To me, baby ♪
both: ♪ I always wanted you to know ♪
- ♪ Right here, right now ♪
[upbeat music]
- Oh, yeah.
This is, uh... - Who's ready for war?
[laughter]
- Today, I really wanted to bring everybody together
because we're going through this together.
Like, we all have personal lives going on,
but we all got married at first sight.
So it's good to get to know a different couple
outside of just sitting down, talking about our feelings.
Like, let's get active. Let's have a good time.
- Y'all just can't watch us.
Go hide. - Turn around.
- One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten.
All right.
♪ ♪
- Oh, no!
[laughter]
[indistinct chatter]
♪ ♪
- They gonna take all your ammo.
♪ ♪
- Once Jasmine and I figured out how to work these toys,
we started kicking the boys' butt.
- Come out, come out, wherever y'all are
because y'all don't even have any more ammo.
- Come on.
- Oh, [bleep].
- Where you going? - Oh, [bleep]!
♪ ♪
- [yells]
♪ ♪
- Oh, [bleep]. - All right, truce.
- Y'all tired of getting beat?
[laughter]
Now what?
Yeah, y'all really done now.
[laughter]
- Oh, man, that was fun.
- That was fun. I needed it.
- Let's go get some water. - Let's go get some water.
- Where's the water?
- This is an experience that, like,
nobody can understand but us.
So Jasmine and I can definitely relate in so many ways.
So today, I really wanted to have a female perspective
and apply it to my marriage.
What's new? So what's up with y'all?
How y'all doing?
- Me and Airris, I feel like I feel better.
Airris had shared things that I didn't know
that I wanted to know.
So I felt like he was very vulnerable.
So I'm hopeful that, you know,
we can move in a better direction.
- Do you feel like y'all are growing together
and everything?
- Um, some days, I'm like, okay, yeah,
we finna be married forever.
And then other days, I'm, like, ah,
he counting down the days to Decision Day.
Like, you know?
So I'm just trying to make sure that no matter how he feels,
I'm staying true to my feelings and not changing my feelings
because he feels a certain type of way.
- You gotta stay true to yourself.
- Yeah, I'm trying to stay true to myself.
- But what does Jasmine want?
Jasmine need to hone in on herself and say,
okay, this is what I want out of this.
And as a Black woman, as a Black queen,
you gotta be, like, hey, you either gonna be my king.
We gonna sit on this throne, or you know--
- Or your gonna fumble me.
And somebody else gonna pick up the ball.
- And somebody gonna pick up.
So I would definitely say--
not trying to come on to you or anything.
Like, I got my own wife.
- I don't think you're trying to come on--[laughs]
- But like--like, you are beautiful inside and out.
Just continue to be yourself.
But just saying, like-- - I know I'm a bad bitch.
- You know? [laughter]
Just continue to walk in your truth.
- Thank you. - It's definitely for you.
- I appreciate that.
- So what about in y'all's house?
What's going on?
- Shaquille and I are definitely making,
like, progress in our marriage, you know?
Like, the attraction is growing for me.
And he's so kind.
Like, he making sure, like, if I need anything, he does it.
It gets a little tough sometimes for Shaquille and I
when we communicate because he would say one thing,
and I'm saying something similar
to whatever he's saying.
I'm like, Shaquille, like, we're both honestly
almost on the same page.
But other than that, like, we're doing well.
- I'm happy to hear that.
- How are you handling things?
- Um, it's day by day
because Kirsten have so much expectations for me.
And it's, like, as a man-- - Expectations like...?
- She was showing me a property that she's over,
and it was 2.9 million.
And she was like, yeah, because you gotta buy me a house,
and you gotta buy me a car.
And I was like, whoa, like, we just got married.
Like, we gotta get past Decision Day.
And when I say things like that, it's kind of like,
oh, shoot, like, this man may not wanna be with me
and it kind of, like, pushes her back.
- Yeah, I wouldn't say that. - And I try not to.
But I'm like, you know--
I just wanna make sure that we are planning for the future.
- Well, I think she is if she's telling you
to look for y'all a house.
- Yeah, it's--but it's so much expectation.
And I think I--
- Well, yeah, I mean, 2.9 million, that's--
- Yeah, I think--I think the expectations
come from, her dad was always the--
the bringing home the bread in the house
and always being there, like--
- So have you been able to get that insight from her dad?
- I haven't met her dad yet.
- You still haven't met him?
Does that bother you?
- Not really, but I always had this imagination of,
you know, meeting-- - It doesn't bother you?
♪ ♪
- Okay, so it does. - Okay.
- ♪ Yeah, I'm feeling you, catching a vibe ♪
♪ Everything about you drives me crazy ♪
♪ I'm feeling you, catching a vibe ♪
- What do you wanna do tonight?
- I was thinking maybe we paint something.
- I'm down to try whatever.
- All right.
Got some paint in here.
It's been an extremely heavy week.
It's weighed so much on both of us,
it's been so much stuff to dive into with each other
that it's nice to kind of end the week
on a fun note with this painting.
- Would you still be attracted to me if I had
a mustache face tattoo on?
- Um, do what you gotta do, honey.
- Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
- You look like a 1930s villain.
- Mwa-ha-ha-ha. Let me twirl my mustache.
- You gotta work on the laugh, though.
- Mwa-ha--it's really hard because I can't move my mouth
too much, but I'll work on it.
But first I need a kiss.
♪ ♪
[in French accent] I like ze Chris a lot.
Eh, oh, mi amore Chris.
Now, I'm switching.
[in Italian accent] And I'm-a switching-a languages.
Mi amore, Christopher.
We are painting.
It's like-a the Mona the Lisa.
Oh, ho-ho, and I twirl my mustache.
Oh-ho, oh-ho.
[speaking normally] I lost the plot a little bit.
[dog barking]
Yeah, that's getting wild.
Let me see what you got.
- Zero.
I used purple, see?
That's your favorite color.
07.
Put a little dash.
♪ ♪
Okay. Look at that.
- Yeah. I love it.
I mustache you a question.
Did you learn anything about me that, like,
kind of changed your mind about me or anything?
- Obviously, you went through some stages
in your life and some things that you're not
necessarily super proud of.
But you know, I don't know if there's anything
you would change about your life to this point.
But I think, you know, you definitely
have done a lot of growing.
- Truthfully, I would live my life exactly the same way
over again if it meant being here now
drawing a fun painting with my husband
on a Saturday night.
So for all of that, I would not change it.
♪ ♪
[in French accent] Oh-ho-ho, I am Pierre.
No, I have to work on it. Can you help me?
Do you have a good French accent?
- [in Italian accent] It's-a me, Christopher,
doing a nice painting with my wife-a.
- How would the old man describe this painting?
- [as old man] Well, we have a nice little dinosaur here.
Derby the Dino.
And then we have a pineapple.
'Cause that's what you like.
You like them pineapples. I see you eyeing me.
- This is such a me moment,
and I am so unapologetically myself right now.
And the fact that he doesn't judge me
and I'm not embarrassed or afraid at all
that he'll think it's weird, I think is amazing
because I've never felt this way before.
- [as old man] And a sunshine that looks like
it might be blind.
I'm not sure.
- This painting is a cluster [bleep].
But it'll be nice to have in our future home,
and we can look at it in 20 years
and say, remember when we did that really silly painting?
And it'll be something we laugh at.
- I think you should grow out a real mustache.
- Okay.
It would save me a lot of money in waxing bills, so sure.
- ♪ You're all that I want tonight ♪
♪ I wanna run ♪
♪ Believe me, if you light my fire ♪
♪ You light my fire ♪
♪ ♪
- Long day. - Long day.
I got this--
I got a letter that my dad wrote my mom.
So like, sometimes I'll just, like, reread it
'cause it's kind of cool, like, hearing him tell his story.
I'm taking the lead on being emotionally vulnerable.
It seems like Jasmine really appreciates me
showing this side of me, you know?
I think this particular letter,
maybe my mom hadn't talked to him.
Could have been three months, could have been five months,
eight months, you know, I don't--
I don't know how long, but--
All right, so this letter is dated before you was born--
- What? - October 17, 1989.
- Oh, yeah, I wasn't born. [giggles]
- It says, "Dear Laurie, first of all,
"I want to say I still love you both very much.
"I miss you guys, and I want to say
"I'm sorry for anything that I've done
"that caused us to be apart for so long.
"Airris is a blessed child to have a mother
"that truly loves him.
"I love him too, Laurie.
"It's time that I show him that.
"I need my son to be a part of my life
"so that I can be whole again.
"I felt empty and miserable without knowing where he was
"and what he was doing.
"And now I can say with assurance
"that I handle responsibility a lot better.
"Airris is a part of that responsibility
"that I speak of.
"I am now in a better position to take care of him.
"I'm looking forward to seeing both
"my son and his lovely mother.
"That will make me the happiest man alive.
"I love you both.
Sincerely yours, Irving Williams."
- That was a sweet letter.
You just read it from time to time?
- Mm-hmm.
Or have, like, a picture of it, like, saved in my phone
so I can always, like, read it if I need to.
- What are the things that make you wanna read it?
- Anything. It could be Father's Day.
I might drive by a park and see a man
and his son playing catch.
It can be, like, a multitude of things.
- That's a great representation of just like,
showing his character and that, you know,
he wanted to be a part of your life,
that he was trying to be better and he, like,
acknowledged, like, whatever it was, you know, that happened.
But I feel like writing that letter
just shows, like, he loved you.
It feels really good that he opened up to me.
He was definitely being more vulnerable and, you know,
digging deep because I had told him
I wanted to have deeper conversations.
So I felt like, you know,
he was making an effort, you know, to do that.
I feel like it is putting us in a different space of maybe
he is ready to put more into the marriage.
So you know, I'm hopeful that, you know,
we'll make it on the other side of this.
- He used to always, like, say that when I turned 16,
he was gonna buy me a Mercedes.
Hopefully, I'll have a son, and I can buy him
a Mercedes when he turns 16-- - [giggles]
- So he can get all the girls at school.
- Oh, 'cause he gonna get the girls
'cause he drives a Mercedes?
- I mean, he gonna look like me.
So they already gonna be on him,
but then the Benz is gonna, like...
- Oh, okay. - Take them over the top.
- Great. [laughing]
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nothing ♪
[upbeat music]
- Today was fun for, like, you and Jasmine to be on the team
and me and him be a team, like, going--
like, husbands going against their wives,
wives going against their husbands.
It really took us out of our comfort zone and, like,
I'm glad we got to go out with another couple
and, you know, just see how they're doing.
That sounded good.
You 'bout to lick that plate.
- The sound is always good.
So how did the talk go with Jasmine?
- We were just talking about their relationship
and, you know, how's it going,
and I definitely tell them about like,
your expectations were for me to buy you a house.
- I don't think those are high expectations in my eyes.
I mean, I do wanna replace my Mercedes with a Lamborghini.
I would love that.
- I can replace your Mercedes with a Honda.
- [chuckles]
But that wouldn't make you satisfied, huh?
- Nope.
- Or a Toyota or any other brand?
So that's a high expectation?
- I'm joking with you.
- Kirsten, you not joking.
- I am!
About the car situation.
- About the car, about the house, about everything.
- Okay. You wanna be married to them?
- That's not what I said. Don't blow my words.
Don't blow things out of proportion and, you know,
get to acting crazy right now.
That's not what I said.
- That works for their marriage.
- Yeah.
- And I'm happy for them and proud for them,
but you can't compare what they have going on
to what we have going on.
- We're not about to turn this conversation
into this tonight.
- You're scared to talk about it?
- No, why would I be scared to talk about it?
We already had this conversation before.
- Oh, okay.
So you don't wanna talk about it?
- No.
- Okay, I do.
- It's okay.
- Can you chew first before you talk, please?
- I'm covering my mouth.
- I still hear it.
- [swallows]
Can you hand me a napkin, please?
- Okay.
Because you'd be so quick to not
want to have conversations.
So I'm gonna have the conversation.
- What's your conversation? You already just said it.
You said not comparing marriage.
- Look. Can I talk? Can I talk?
- You are acting crazy. Here you go acting crazy.
I'm not acting crazy with you tonight.
Say all you wanna say.
Let's hear it.
- I think if you don't get what you want, then you just--
you think is a failure, or you think it's--
you're gonna feel some type of way.
- You know, I'm just joking with you.
- I remember you telling me, like, Shaquille,
everything doesn't have to be playful.
Like, from the get-go, you got mad at me
because all I did was, you know,
make jokes or make light of the situation.
- They always talk about how I feel like
you play and joke around a lot.
- You don't like the sense of humor, though?
- A little sense of humor. - What's a little?
- Like, it's a time and place for everything.
- What's a little?
- You're going overboard, then I'll be like,
okay, Shaquille, enough.
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- I don't wanna joke around, you know, buying a house
if that's not the expectation.
But when you said it, I knew at that point, like,
okay, this is her expectation,
and this is what she said she wanted.
- Shaquille, once we make it to that level in our marriage,
we can talk about finding the house
and whatever we get approved for.
- The house for $3 million?
- No, whatever we get approved for,
and whenever that time comes is what we will look for.
- Yeah, but at that point, when you said it,
it wasn't a we thing.
It had nothing to do with Kirsten.
It was, Shaquille, this is what you need to do.
And now, like, to hear now, it's like, well,
I was just joking in that manner
and you know, what we need to do.
That wasn't the expectation that you first said.
It wasn't.
- I don't understand why Shaquille feels like
it's so much pressure right now
because I just made a little comment.
I just feel like he's overreacting right now.
Pump the brakes, honey. Calm down.
Shaquille, I don't want you to overthink it,
and I don't want you to put that kind of pressure
on yourself.
Like, we're gonna be fine--
just know that.
We're gonna be great.
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- There we go.
- Next time on "Married at First Sight"...
- ♪ Let's get naughty ♪
- A whip. - Are you trying to kidnap me?
It's getting very hot and bothered.
- ♪ Everyone, let's get naughty ♪
- Here's to getting... - Physi-cal?
- Getting physi-cal.
- Do you feel like you're getting your needs met?
- Um, no.
[music winds down]
I ain't trying to be your friend.
I'm trying to be your wife.
- Do you think he's masculine?
- Um...
- There's not a sexual desire on either of our parts.
- Do you all have sexual desires
independent of one another? - Yeah.
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- I'm not gonna beg you.
- I don't want you to beg me.
- I didn't realize I had so many issues.
- I think I'm just at a point where
I'm at my breaking point.
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