- Tonight, the "Married At First Sight"
Houston reunion continues.
The entire cast has returned to talk about
what really happened during their time on the show.
- I made an agreement with my wife
that we would talk about things off camera first.
- And catch us up on what has happened
since the cameras went away.
- I sold everything that I owned.
- Last time, on part one of the reunion,
we caught up with several couples.
There were some shocking revelations
that we didn't see coming.
- I met someone and exchanged numbers.
- We did break up.
- What?
- Myrla decided she didn't want to be with me anymore.
- And some deep issues that still need to be resolved.
- I was just feeling so exhausted
from the constant bickering.
- We are just not for each other.
- I was blindsided.
- I completely got played. - What?
- Tonight, we'll meet with our last remaining couple
as they revisit the past.
- I did feel like a broken man.
- I think it's mean and unwarranted.
- Who are you, really?
- And contemplate their future.
- Are you back dating yet? - I am.
- I found my happiness.
- Plus, the experts will be joining me...
- Jose, I've seen some anger in you that needs
to be professionally addressed.
- I didn't shed one teardrop this whole experience,
and I can't even control myself right now.
- Nothing is off limits.
- I believe you made rash decisions based on fear.
- Does this marriage have a shot?
- Do you understand why Johnny would call you fake?
- We'll pick up right where we left off.
- The only way to really make sense of this
is to have her come out here because right now I feel like
she's one of the great pathological liars.
- It's actually pretty insane [bleep] she was saying.
- I'm going in there.
- And the fact she wanted this, so this is what she got, so...
♪ ♪
- As the "Married at First Sight"
Houston reunion continues.
This is the "Married at First Sight" Houston reunion.
- ♪ There's no other way ♪
♪ It's all or nothing ♪
- Okay.
Zack, let me ask you this, let me ask you this.
On your one month anniversary that night,
were you intimate with Michaela?
- No! Hell, no. No!
- And he said that he would deny it.
- I got you, man, like, I wasn't kissing her before,
and I'm not kissing her after
so I'm not going to kiss on our one month anniversary.
- On your one-month anniversary you didn't even kiss her?
- No.
- See? He said that he was going to deny it.
He's lying, right there. Another lie.
- The only way to really make sense of this
is to have her come out here, because right now I feel like
she's one of the great pathological liars.
- It's actually pretty insane [bleep] she was saying.
- Let's clear it all up. - No, I'm tired of this.
Like, I'm done.
- If he wants to call me out on my lies
he can do it to my face. - It's so insane.
That [bleep] like--
Obviously you're not thinking straight.
- I'm going in there.
- And in fact, she wanted this, so this is what she got, so...
[dramatic music]
It's on her.
- Let's unpack this. - Everything I said was true.
If you really want to talk to Michaela,
you can have my number. You can unblock me.
- Zack, I really do wish the best for you. I mean--
- Michaela, how you doing? - Okay, first of all--
See, stop-- See, this is--no, no, no.
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop. Because she had time alone,
so now you got to give me my time alone.
I'm not participating in this [bleep] anymore.
- No, no. Zack.
Hold on for one-- Hold up--hold on, listen.
- Hey guys, come on, I'm not even going to entertain it.
- This is high school [bleep] I don't have time for.
- Couldn't you tell her that? - We can do this off camera.
The cameras can please leave,
because I don't want this to be a scene.
This is not fair to me.
I wanted this to be cool and chill,
but you couldn't do that so now it's my turn to talk.
- Please. Thank you. Damn.
♪ ♪
- Good.
♪ ♪
- Okay, Zack, hey, I'ma give you your time.
I'm going to give you your time. Let's move on.
Did Michaela, after Decision Day, move in with you?
- Hell no. So that's not what happened.
- Did she stay with you?
- Let me tell you what happened there, after Decision Day.
We got into it because of how Decision Day went
and so we're walking in the street.
We get in an argument, and she's kind of like
yelling at me. In this moment, I'm done.
I'm not even trying to be friends with you after this.
I'm done, okay? So we drive back in her car.
I'm driving because she's kind of tipsy.
And she's like "Let me get out the car.
I'm getting out the car now."
Like, she hits her, like, door
and so she breaks the window in her car
and then she tells me that she--
Something happened at work,
so I am not going to abandon Michaela in this moment.
So I say, cool, stay with me.
End of this week, we're going to part ways.
And so we got intimate during those four days.
- Wait, wait, so you felt like,
"If I have sex with her, it'll help her."
- No, no, I felt like I was just--
I kept rejecting her and it felt like--
I felt bad, I didn't know what to do.
That's what happened. - Do you feel like--
And can you understand where she could have been confused?
- No.
- Where she was sitting at the table saying I love you
and you say flowery things to her--
You don't think it doesn't register with her--
- Nah, you misinterpreted--
- She sits there and says I love you?
- I don't believe Michaela when she says that. I don't.
I really don't to this day believe that she loves me.
I don't understand that, but I'm not leading her on.
I'm not saying these things that like makes it clear
this is going to work because at the same time,
I'm getting scolded by Dr. Pepper
about like-- what'd she say?
Forecasting the future. Like, I would say,
"this is probably not going to work out."
But now you're telling me I'm leading her on?
- I mean, Zack, let's be honest.
You said glowing things about her.
- Outside of my mom, you are the most amazing woman
that I know.
I actually see today as a beginning for us.
The beginning of something new and something better.
I'm willing to see where this goes.
- You said she was a great woman
and that you were in this relationship to make it work.
- True!
- And also, Michaela says you played her.
- That's so funny, dog. I don't know what that means.
Like, what did you mean, play her?
- That you played on her feelings.
That you played on her feelings knowing that, you know,
she was in love or at least in very heavy like with you--
- So I played her, to get what?
To do what?
Michaela, what are you talking about?
Text me what you mean by that 'cause it makes no sense to me.
- Ask him if all that-- If I can come in.
- Why can't y'all be cordial now and just sit out there then,
if you want to be cordial?
- No I was--oh, my God, I was so happy to do that,
but then hearing what she was saying, she said
that I was the only one that didn't want the cameras on
so I can act a different way when the cameras are off.
- 'Cause he can't--
- I'm not going to get in no argument with her on TV.
I'm tired of it. Like, I'm done.
- Okay.
- But what you're saying is she is--
Those are-- She is fabricating this story.
- Yeah, like, it was insane.
- And so you didn't tell her,
don't talk about y'all being intimate.
- No! How does that make any sense?
Like, make it make sense to me.
- Basically you're saying you don't trust her reaction.
- Yeah, no, I definitely don't. No, I don't.
I just don't want to have anymore trivial,
childish conversations about who said what,
who did what, what happened to this, who said this.
I can't do that anymore, Kevin.
And in fact she wanted this, so this is what she got.
- We 100% asked her.
We said hey, you need to sit down with Zack
and y'all need to sit down like cordial adults.
And that--
- And that time has passed when I heard what she was saying.
- But did you agree to the plan that she would talk,
you would talk, and then y'all would talk together?
- I came in this really happy to sit next to her,
talk about it, laugh at clips,
and that could not happen, so no.
- Okay. All right, let's move on.
How long before you will date again?
- I don't know. Hopefully soon, man.
Like, I want to. Like, you know, I love love.
I want to find, you know, that perfect person
but I'm just focused on me right now.
I don't know about the marriage thing anymore.
- Oh, Zackary.
- Wait a minute, this soured you on marriage?
- Yes, it definitely-- - Zack!
- I don't know because I still want the marriage,
but I'm questioning it now.
I definitely want kids so no matter what, I'm having kids.
- Listen, I wish that you and Michaela
could have had a chance to talk
but I feel like you did in a way communicate.
- Yeah.
- And that, you know, you've had a chance to say your piece.
- Yeah.
- And the healthiest thing you can do now is move on
and I feel like she's moved on too.
Has she moved on? - Yeah, I think she's moved on.
I hope she's moved on.
You know, Michaela, you're looking nice.
You know, I do not think you're a bad person.
I really never thought you were a bad person.
I just thought that we just didn't work together.
I know it's going to be tough to watch this [bleep],
and I will always be here for you, like, I mean that.
Like, I will always be here for you.
If you call me if you need something, I got you.
- Listen, Zack.
I really do wish the best for you, man,
- I appreciate that. - And I can understand.
This process can be tough,
because people don't realize it's legal, it's binding.
It's the real deal.
You're married to someone, so listen,
I commend you for going through the process,
wish you the best going forward, all right?
- All right. Thanks, Kevin. - Take care, man.
All right, we'll see you in a little while.
Now, let's just keep this train moving.
I don't think anyone could have predicted the trajectory
this next couple took when they became man and wife.
A step forward was always followed by ten steps backward.
Bao and Johnny, how are you doing?
Good to see you.
- Good to see you. - Good to see you, Kevin.
- I think I speak for the audience when I say
that it was a shock
and a disappointment that things didn't work out.
You seemed like a perfect match.
Bao, would you agree with that?
- I don't agree with that. - No, why not?
- I mean, there are some fundamental differences.
A lot of similarities but also a lot of differences.
I feel like in some ways we were very similar in ways
that were not complementary, so that's how I feel.
- Do you think there was no way that over time,
it could have gotten better?
- Well, during the time of the experiment, I don't feel
that we both understood each other well enough.
- Johnny, you said ahead of this experience,
you could never have envisioned a marriage
that would have so many ups and downs.
Were you surprised by the ups and downs?
- I was.
I was very surprised by how many ups and downs we had.
I guess I've always had this very ideal image
of what marriage would be.
I came in hoping for that,
and I think my expectations were unrealistic.
- Bao, how are you doing now?
- I'm good now.
I mean, it's done, right, and I'm happy.
- Are you happy because you're out of your marriage?
- Some part of it, yeah. Honestly.
- Johnny, how are you doing now?
- I'm doing good.
It's kind of like I've left this marriage
maybe with a divorce,
but with a good group of people that I really care about
and I enjoy hanging out with.
- Have you guys had any interactions
in the last few months?
- I've seen her at these mutual kind of events
that we go to.
So when the whole cast meets up,
I'll see her, but otherwise no.
- Mm-mm. - Okay, look.
I know it was a bumpy ride,
but there were some positive moments.
What good memories do you have, Bao?
- Oh, there's a lot of good memories.
Our wedding was beautiful.
Still to this day,
one of the happiest days of my life.
Our first month anniversary was so much fun.
I feel like there were a lot of great memories.
- Johnny, how about you?
- Yeah, we had so many good moments.
You know, like, we'd be given homework assignments
from the experts, and those were super fun.
And for some reason it always seemed like it came
at the best possible moment,
where we were like on our way down
and it was like a pick-me-up.
And those moments I'll never forget.
- It's funny you mention the homework assignments,
because one of the fun moments between you two
was the sexy dice game assigned by Dr. Viviana.
Bao, you got the nurse's outfit and all.
[laughter] You guys had fun.
- It was fun. That was fun.
- What we didn't see is how far the roleplaying went.
I want y'all to watch. - Oh, God.
Hello, Johnny and Bao.
You are receiving this basket
because I want you to have fun together.
Dr. Viviana.
- All right. - Oh, I'm so excited.
♪ ♪
[laughter]
- How's it look? Hey, it fits.
All right, well, I'm here.
- I've never seen a more handsome patient.
- What would you do if you were giving me a physical exam?
- Hmm.
I'd bend you over. - Do it.
- So is this where the tension is, in your lower back?
- Maybe.
- Bear with me, patient.
Oh, no.
Your heart rate seems to be elevated.
[sultry music]
- Yes? - Mm-hmm.
- [groans]
This is my favorite part of you right here.
- [laughs]
- I like grabbing onto this right here.
- Right here? Right here? - About right here.
- This thing right here, the rump?
I like when you grab it, too. You should grab it more.
I feel like this exercise was much needed.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
- That was a great massage.
- Maybe later I can remove these pants.
[laughs]
Nutso. - Wow.
- You two looked like you were having a lot of fun,
and you enjoyed yourself.
- Yes, that was a great night.
I remember afterwards, dude, that was good times.
Stop you guys r
- Welcome back to the "Married at First Sight" reunion.
I'm here with Johnny and Bao. Lots more to cover.
I just want to pick up where we left off
because there's so much to discuss.
So, Bao, when did things go south for you?
- That's honestly very hard for me to pinpoint,
because I do feel like I wanted it to work.
I mean, I was like, "This needs to work.
This has to work." I mean, I just don't know
exactly when it fell off for me, but it did.
- But was there a time you felt unprotected,
or you felt like-- - Oh, from the beginning,
I felt like I was being judged early on.
I definitely felt way more anxious
than I normally am in a secure relationship.
But I figured, you know, you might have some obstacles,
but that doesn't mean like a few obstacles
is going to ruin your marriage if you don't let it.
- Johnny, when did it go south for you?
- I don't know. I don't know.
I think it might have been around, right before we talked
to Dr. Pepper and Pastor Cal, separately.
Because I remember I went into that conversation
wanting to tell Dr. Pepper
like, "I'm done."
And then she changed my mind and then we had that conversation
at the coffee shop where you came in,
and I felt like your tone was more,
like, you had talked to Pastor Cal.
And you guys were not optimistic, I guess.
And that didn't sit well with me for a while.
So I remember I didn't sleep that night.
I think that was the point where
I felt like we couldn't turn back.
- We're going to take a look real quick
at some of the tougher times in your relationship.
Watch this.
- So like controlling, manipulative, calculating,
like, I don't want that in a wife.
[sighs]
- His 100% is different from my 100%.
That should be okay.
- [screams] - He asked me to put 100% in.
- [bleep]!
♪ ♪
- What's wrong?
- Me too.
♪ ♪
This is insane. This is incredible.
- Why are you blowing up? - This is incredible.
- Why are you blowing up? We're just talking.
- Hold on, hold on, hold on. - We're just talking.
- I want to say so many things.
- Then say them, please,
so I can understand what you're thinking.
- Look. Look, Bao.
- Because I don't right now. - Oh, God.
♪ ♪
- What did you want to say, Johnny?
♪ ♪
- There are so many things that I would love to say.
[laughs]
♪ ♪
One thing I'll say during the entire process,
this social experiment, this marriage, journey,
whatever you want to call it,
is that I felt like I could not speak my mind.
- Why not?
- Because very early on, I made an agreement with my wife
that we would talk about things off-camera first.
♪ ♪
Bao very early told me she had social anxiety.
And so we ended up having a lot of conversations off-camera.
And we had a lot of moments in our relationship off-camera.
I, really, looking back, wished that we had not done that.
Because...
♪ ♪
There's so much missing. [chuckles]
- Like what, Johnny? I mean, give us some insight.
♪ ♪
- Say it. Whatever it is on your mind.
♪ ♪
What were we talking about off-camera
that was so different?
♪ ♪
I'll volunteer something.
♪ ♪
I didn't want to talk about our sex life with the world.
I wanted to be sure that we were on the same page
about how much we share about our sex life,
because I am worried about how that comes off with my family.
I mean, I care about my career, and I'll admit,
I'll own up to that.
Like, I do care about that but I don't think
that's wrong or like calculating or like duplicitous of me.
I still wouldn't want to air all of my laundry out there
to everybody because I feel like that's something
we should keep in our relationship as private.
- Did you hide when you consummated your marriage?
- Yeah, we did. That's the honest truth.
We did. I wanted us to be on the same page
about when we would come out about our sex life,
and I wasn't ready. I just wasn't ready.
- Her perspective is one way.
My perspective is a different way.
This is just my opinion.
I think she needs to present herself
a certain way to make herself look good.
- Like what? Give examples.
Because I feel like
if that were 100% true what you're saying,
I wouldn't open up about deep vulnerabilities,
like I had opened up with you,
and then I felt judged for those things.
- By me? - Yeah.
- That's not my intent. - Bao, do you understand
why Johnny would call you fake,
or at least toss that characterization on you?
- No, I don't.
I mean, I think it's mean and unwarranted.
♪ ♪
- Have you ever planned a conversation for the show?
- No!
When you say "planned a conversation,"
like when you plan to go into a serious talk?
Yes, I will plan those things,
because those are serious talks.
Do you not? - I don't.
- You just wing every single talk
we have that's serious, that needs to be considered?
But I don't think that that makes me fake.
- I signed up for this being very comfortable with who I am,
and being very comfortable with being filmed.
I wanted my-- I wanted our entire love story
to be captured, and what ended up happening
was a lot of things ended up off camera
because I did bend to you.
Like, you told me you had social anxiety,
and you didn't want to have
all these intimate moments on camera.
And I did that. What ends up happening
is that so much of our story is not there.
- I'm protective of my family.
My family didn't want to be filmed.
So it's like, okay, let's meet with them, reassure them,
talk with them, and then have them
feel comfortable about what we can talk about
and what is off limits, and I think it's fair.
- Johnny, what's so bad about that? I'm trying to--
- I mean, what's fake about that?
- I think to me is just the--
Kind of my approach when I came into here,
I came into this process getting married at first sight
just very comfortable with who I am.
Like, I don't need to pre-plan anything
and I know it didn't work for her.
But I think the only time I really got the real Bao,
is every time I caught her off-guard.
Yeah, trust was lost in this relationship
just because seeing someone
that's so worried about how they come off,
I just sometimes wonder like, what are you putting on for me?
What are you hiding from me?
- Bao, what were you hiding from Johnny?
- I wasn't hiding anything from you.
And I've clearly explained, like, yeah.
I'm different in different groups
because of different interests.
I am a certain way with my professional life.
I'm different with friends that, you know,
have an interest in politics.
These are all different angles of who I am.
I'm multifaceted.
That doesn't mean that I'm different with people.
- Right, and I'm not saying conversations are different
with different groups.
I'm saying more like your personality, who you are.
One of the conversations we had early on was that
I just really wanted you to be just like genuine with me.
And I trusted in that. I trusted this process.
I trusted that we were both being open.
Towards the middle of it, I didn't feel that anymore.
♪ ♪
It just felt like you were playing the victim
and pointing the blame at me.
- Welcome back to the "Married at First Sight" - Hold
Houston reunion.
I'm here talking with Johnny and Bao, lots more to cover.
Johnny, you've also said you felt manipulated.
What did you mean by that?
- There were so many times that I felt like
I couldn't speak freely,
because I had yet to consult with my wife.
I felt like Bao had isolated me.
I was drowning.
And I was going down this path where I was just eventually
just going to lose who I felt like I was as a person.
- God, I don't want to have to rehash this.
The irony of it is like, that was not my intention.
Obviously my hope was that we would come together.
It was about being together, not putting you on an island.
That was never my intention, and it did make me feel
like you wanted to put yourself on that island.
- Decision day comes. You are clearly unhappy.
You say you're drowning,
and yet you decided to stay married?
Why?
- Last two weeks of our marriage,
I did not stay at the apartment.
I was breaking down. I was breaking down.
It succeeded.
Whatever Bao was doing to me, it worked,
because I did feel like a broken man.
- Wow.
You're making it sound like I intentionally broke you down.
That's--ugh. - Let me continue.
Bao made it very clear that if I said no,
that's the end of it.
To me, I kind of was this proponent of no, as in,
"this didn't work for me, but who knows?"
But because Bao made it very clear that a no
on Decision Day for her meant "we are done done," I said yes.
And what if Bao outside of all this is no longer like insecure,
she doesn't have to think
about how people are going to perceive her.
Sometimes people deal with insecurity by putting on a mask
and then you want to present yourself a very specific way.
As soon as the cameras are gone and we no longer
have any interviews, who are you, really?
[tense music]
- Have you ever considered that maybe the person
that does care about how they come off,
you know, to their family and friends and coworkers
is also the real me?
Like, I do care about that.
And I own up to it. That is what I care about.
That's me. The reality is, you've got all of me.
You just didn't like what you got.
♪ ♪
- The chemistry's either there, or it's not,
and you can easily move on.
Here, I saw early on that it wasn't there,
but because we were married, try.
It's just this feeling of warmth and like affection.
I wanted to feel like I was hugged by my wife.
I just didn't get that warmth.
- I was making a concerted effort,
and I felt like it showed
throughout the journey that I was trying.
- I know you feel like it. - Mm-hmm.
- But if I'm voicing a concern,
why wouldn't you just acknowledge what I'm saying?
- Just never good enough.
- All right, let's switch gears.
Bao, how have things changed for you since Decision Day?
- I'm back in my house, getting back into the groove of things.
I'm feeling good. I'm happier now, honestly.
- Has being married to Johnny given you any insight
on what you look for in your next partner?
- It's given me insight into me
because I just do feel like I was surprisingly patient.
There were a lot of times in this marriage
that I surprise myself in doing things
that I didn't think that I would be brave enough to do.
I feel like coming out of this that I have a lot to give.
I'm still ready to be married. I'm still ready for my person.
- Johnny, how about you?
What's been going on since Decision Day?
- Since Decision Day, I felt like I had a lot
of negative feelings about the process.
And I started doing relationship therapy.
I think I'm on my sixth session now.
That's why it was hard to talk about it today
because I felt like I had gotten--
I'd already aired it out,
and I didn't want to talk about it again.
- But I think it's good that you--
Bao was able to hear these things from you,
and so that you could clear the air,
and get that off your chest. Are you back dating yet?
- I am. - Yeah.
- Yeah. I've been dating someone for about a month.
The woman I'm dating now, she's very affectionate.
- Bao, what do you think of Johnny dating?
- I'm happy to hear that.
- Have you begun to date yet? - Me?
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.
- You have?
- But I'm not going to talk too much about it.
Ultimately, I will find my happiness, so...
- And by the way, Johnny, I meant to ask you this,
and almost forgot.
Could you be dating someone who we might all know?
- [laughs]
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No.
- Yeah, there were rumors that you were dating a cast member.
- [laughs] No.
Yeah, I've heard some rumors, but that's not it.
- You spent a lot of time with Myrla and so a lot of people
were speculating that you two might be seeing each other.
Look at Bao smile. You heard those rumors?
- I think everybody has heard the rumors.
There's a lot of rumors just kind of swirling around.
- So you do like her. - I love Myrla.
I think if we had been matched on the show,
it would have been a really fun experiment
to see kind of like how we bended to one another.
Because I hang out with her
the most of probably anyone in the cast,
and I don't find anything that I couldn't accommodate to.
- I love this-- seeing you guys
reaching a, you know, a place of mutual understanding.
- As long as Johnny's happy, I'm happy.
I'm honestly--I'm not--
I mean, our marriage is dissolved.
And, I mean, Johnny, I still think he's a great guy.
- I want to echo that.
I think Bao is a great catch for the right guy.
I'm just not that guy, and she's also not the girl.
You know, like, kind of-- - Right.
- It's just kind of a mismatch, and it's okay.
Somebody told me like, the Australian version of this show,
they do a little spouse swap at some point during the show,
and I remember during our filming
when I started seeing like, things go south,
I was like, man, what if we just did that?
- I heard, and I was like, dude,
did my husband just like propose trading me off like cattle?
Like, this is not like "The Handmaid's Tale" --
- You were willing to trade Bao for Myrla.
- [laughs] - During--
This is uncharted territory.
- Go ahead. Do it during filming. Go ahead.
Go ahead. We're here now. - It's okay, I mean--
- We're here now.
Who would have been a better match in the entire cast
if you just broke the cast down and you mixed them up?
- I think Brett and Gil would have been a good match.
- Hmm, I think I would second that actually.
- Okay. Yeah.
Jose and Rachel seemed great. - Mm-hmm.
- I would keep them the same.
Yeah, I think you and Ryan probably,
y'all both like to bake.
Y'all had a good time skeet shooting.
I wouldn't have minded Myrla. Like, Myrla was cool.
- And who would you be matched with, Johnny?
- I think probably Myrla. - Myrla, mm-hmm.
- I can get along with Rachel too, come to think of it.
- Bao, how about you, if you mixed
and matched the cast up, who would you put together?
- I mean, a part of me is kind of like,
me and Zack wouldn't be bad either.
- Who knows. - I got to say this.
I was really rooting for you guys
to work out and now that-- - We were too!
- I wish--yeah. Right, we all were.
I really do wish you the best in your future relationships.
- Thank you. - And I think that, you know,
life's holding something out there for you,
so Johnny and Bao, you both deserve to be happy,
so thank you for being here tonight
and sharing everything with us.
- Thank you. - Thanks, Kevin.
- Hello, we're back and continuing on - When we come back from break
with the "Married at First Sight" Houston reunion.
Now, we've already heard from all the men
so it's only fair that we hear from the women's side
of what went down in Houston.
Ladies, how are you doing?
All: Good. - I feel like this
is "Married at First Sight" the Christmas special.
- Yeah, it is. - We delivered.
- Yes.
- You did deliver, indeed. - And to all a good night.
- This group really likes each other, don't they?
- I know from the bachelorette--
- I was like, "Oh." - [laughs]
- This is like strong women,
know what they want kind of thing, you know?
And I was like, oh, this is a good group.
- Will you stay connected? - Yeah.
- I mean, it's a bond-- You can't--
It's not something that you can just be like "Okay, in, out."
- Ladies, you had a lot of fun times together,
but let's go back to the bachelorette party,
and Michaela was in it.
- ♪ Get up! Come on ♪
[hip-hop music playing]
- Oh, wow, what what what?
- That's one of the girls.
- What? [laughs]
- Oh, she really doing it.
- Yeah, she's really into it over there.
[laughter]
- Get ready.
- She showcased her dance moves.
She was a little frisky. Bao, what did you think
of Michaela's dance moves that night?
- Michaela was just having the time of her life,
and I salute her for it.
I mean, I can learn a thing or two from her.
She's got some real moves.
- Michaela, you were having a good time, weren't you?
- I was having an amazing time, so much fun.
I was getting married. It's a party.
The winter storm is coming,
so why not live it up while we can?
[laughs] It was fun.
- Brett, by the way, what are the odds that you were the one
who hadn't dated or been intimate
with someone in two years-- - Yes, we know. Two years.
- Two years! [laughs] But you were the only one
who didn't consummate your marriage.
- That's right.
- Are you surprised by that now?
- Yes and no. It's all about emotions for me,
so that's why the two-year thing happens, you know?
If you're not filling up my emotional tank,
you don't get anything from me.
- Brett--and by the way,
I sense you're really tired of hearing two years, right?
- Yeah.
- You're like, please, y'all, stop.
- I did it to myself. It's fine.
But one of those years was COVID, okay?
- Oh, good point. [laughter]
I swear, this is the last time I'm asking about this.
Is there a fear of intimacy-- - Oh, God, no.
- Or has it been a while that--
- No. No fear, no fear.
I do not fear any type of intimacy, emotional,
physical, none of it.
100% fine with all that.
- Was it tough to watch Brett going through
this struggle and the process--
Michaela, I see you're shaking your head--
Going through these hard times?
- [laughs] - And I can readily admit that.
I don't think that I should be shy about that.
I felt like he was way more invested
in Zack and I's relationship than he was in his own.
It was [bleep] weird.
And it's like if you would, you know, invest that concentration
and those thoughts and that emotion into your own marriage,
maybe it would have survived.
- Mm. Michaela, you have never sat on a feeling,
and that's what I love about you.
- Boom. [laughs] - That's right. That's right.
- On the sleeve, baby. - Yeah, that's true.
- All right. Let's switch gears.
Bao, I loved how midway through the season, you went from fun,
happy, like I'm giddy, a little nerdy Bao
to like straight CEO mode. - [laughs]
For it to be a no,
I really don't think emotionally
I can come back from that.
If it's a yes and it ends up being a no later, fine.
But a yes to me is like, "All right, it might be
"[bleep] right now, but we can work on it
"and I see potential in this
and let's just see where it goes."
I reflect on the possibility that I might say yes
and Johnny says no and that's it for me.
For me, a no is like, "I'm done with this."
- All of a sudden when Bao was talking, it was business.
- We call her President Bao.
- Yeah, right before Decision Day,
she was like, "This is it." [laughs]
- Once I've made my decision...
- Did you make a spreadsheet for that?
- No, I didn't. - You didn't?
- Pros and cons list? - I didn't. I didn't.
- You didn't make a pros and cons list?
- Not for this one. - Come on, Bao.
- I did not. - All right.
- She's got to be lying. [laughter]
- I swear I didn't.
- Got to be. - Let's change topics.
I just found out tonight that Rachel and Jose
had broken up after Decision Day.
I'm sure you ladies have been kept in the loop about this.
Rachel, do they know the update?
[tense music]
- We are, like, officially together
working towards keeping the marriage.
And now, like, we're not going to get divorced.
We're going to really try and make this work.
- This is new information to me.
[laughter] - New information to me, too.
- Rachel, why keep this on the DL, though?
- It's hard because I was very like,
"It's not working, he did this, this, this, this."
And now I'm like, "Oh, it might work."
And it's embarrassing to be like back and forth.
- We're mad at him and we're like...
- Yeah, and I want us all to be able to hang out
and when you see Jose and I together,
it's like, "Aww," instead of, "God."
[laughter] You know?
- I definitely have to work through that.
- So it's a beautiful thing that you were able to admit
"I'm still hurt by that, I don't like that,
but I like you, so we will work through this together."
- And as long as you're happy, so...
- Yeah, and as long as you are happy.
Absolutely.
- Guys, let's talk about another big shocker.
And I think the biggest shocker for me
was that Myrla and Gil had broken up.
- I don't think it was a shocker to me.
- No, it was a-- Listen, it was a shocker.
Ladies, when you heard the news, what did you think?
- I thought you guys were happy and then I find out later
and it took me by surprise.
I didn't expect it at all.
- Rachel, did you know?
- We're the ones that said yes, you know, on Decision Day,
and decided to take that next step with our partners.
And then she tells me and I'm completely shocked, you know?
But she does tell me her side of the story and I'm like,
"Yeah, that makes sense," and we had a lot of stuff
in common of what we were struggling with.
- I don't think that he brought out the best in me because--
And that's how I truly knew.
You don't call me high maintenance all the time,
you don't, you know, call me a diva.
If you like nice things, great, and I just want to be
with somebody who doesn't make that a big deal.
- Myrla, let me just tell you something.
My family makes fun of me
all the time because I like really nice things.
And there's no shame in that game.
It's all right. It's all good.
All right, I have a special treat for all of y'all.
You know, we put a little package together
of Myrla and her moments. - Yes!
- I wouldn't call it "bougie," I'd just call it
Myrla being Myrla. Check this out.
- Myrla being Myrla. - Myrla being Myrla.
And we love it.
- I know what I like. And what I don't like.
Y'all know that by now, shoot.
I don't like sparkly stuff. I don't want foundation.
I'm pretty sure I'ma take it off if it looks like that.
[quirky music]
Oh, I don't like that one.
I look like I have a double chin.
- Is that good?
- I think it's sticking to my face.
I don't think that I look fashionable, but okay.
- I'm sure you do. I like it.
- I prefer the Presidential Suite we were in over there.
My pool is better than that pool.
- Nice view, though.
- In the dark. I'm a little diva.
[upbeat electronic music]
♪ ♪
- How many purses do you need, first of all?
- There is no such thing as how many purses a women needs.
I don't have a budget for it.
- It's just whatever the card approves.
- My card approves-- - Everything.
- A whole lot.
I like fancy drinks. This is ice cream?
- Gelato. - Vegan?
- Maybe? - I don't do dairy.
I like new apartments.
- You like everything new.
- It's okay to be bougie.
- You love yourself.
- Who doesn't love themselves?
- I'm just saying.
- She's a very unique princess.
- [laughs]
- You didn't choose to be like this, it chose you.
- I didn't choose to be like this, life chose me.
[laughter]
- Oh, yeah.
[laughter]
- Oh.
- I feel so special. - [indistinct], we think.
- She is unapologetically herself.
And that is something that I strive to do in my life.
That is part of the reason why I did this show
because you can't hide from who you are with this.
And show or no show, this is who she is.
And two, she might like nice things,
but she would give you the clothes off of her back
in a heartbeat, no matter how much it costs.
She's awesome.
- If she works for it and she can afford it
and she wants to spend her money that way, blow it.
Like, 'cause you--it's yours. You work for it, you earn it.
- I agree. I agree. - But it's also not who I am.
So like, I don't--
I don't care about, "I need to have these shoes."
If I like the shoes and they're pretty, I'll buy them.
- Now, but that still doesn't mean you're not
a little bit of a diva now. - Yeah, but I mean,
that's not the only thing that brings me joy.
That is not who I am.
- Those are nice boots though. - I know, right?
- Fire. - That's on fire.
- Fire. - Those boots are everything.
- Ladies, this has been so much fun.
We're going to see you a little bit later
when you are joined by all the gentlemen.
- We're going to be good. - I make no promises.
- We're back with the "Married at First Sight" oing to take a quick break.
Houston Reunion. I'm your host, Kevin Frazier.
All right, let's give a big welcome
to three of the most important people on the show.
I mean, the ones who make it all possible, the experts,
Dr. Pepper, Pastor Cal, and Dr. Viviana.
First of all, it's great to see you all.
How are you doing? - Great.
Awesome, man. Awesome.
- I have lots of questions, so can we hop right in?
Both: Let's do it.
- First of all, this season was a roller coaster.
One day the couples are happy,
the next day they're at each other's throats.
Did it surprise you at how up and down things were?
- Yes, it surprised me. It shocked me.
When we matched these couples,
I think we probably felt the best about these couples
and these matches going into them than possibly ever before.
And this season proved to us that, goodness,
we can only do so much.
- Dr. Pepper, I want to ask you,
which couple surprised you the most?
- Oh, this is a tough choice
because there were so many surprises.
I thought Bao and Johnny were going to be,
you know, the best couple ever, so that surprised me.
I thought Gil and Myrla would go off into the sunset forever.
It was really bad surprises, not good surprises.
- Yeah.
- All right. Let's get into these couples
and let's start with the real roller coaster of the season,
Zack and Michaela.
- We had high hopes.
Had they been open with each other
and talked about their fears, talked about their hesitations
and not just flew off the handle,
they had a real shot at this thing.
- But Michaela's reactions seemed to be a problem.
- Yeah. Yeah, yeah, then there's that.
[laughter]
Yeah, Michaela--Michaela--
[quirky music]
- You got to take the glasses off. Go ahead.
[laughter]
- Michaela, I think she was ready for marriage,
but I believe this process was just really a lot for her.
- I think Cal's right. I think Zack's reaction
was horror as opposed to helper.
He could have been a better supporter
and therefore she probably would have been,
you know, less explosive.
I wish she would learn that. I think she deserved it.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Agreed, agreed.
All right. Let's move on to Brett and Ryan.
- Oh, boy.
- Y'all knew that Brett wasn't Ryan's type.
Dr. Pepper, explain.
- Well, one of the things we say
is that somebody has always been dating their type
and it never works-- - And he dated a lot.
- A lot. - And it's not working.
Let's get out of that silo and into a different one.
- The biggest challenge, I believe,
is to get people to understand that you're not dating anymore
where, "I don't like you, I don't like the way you look,
I don't like your hair, whatever, whatever."
That's the dating mentality.
- Right. - This is your spouse.
I don't think they were at that point.
- All right. Let's move onto Myrla and Gil.
What do you think happened and were you shocked by this?
- Yeah. I think we were all very shocked.
I loved how their love story was playing out.
How the beginning of their love story was, you know, slow burn.
They just seemed like they were on the same page.
- It's still a mystery. - Yeah.
It does feel like this was going the right direction
and had potential like none other.
- Yeah. - 100%.
She's telling me in multiple visits,
you know, it's the best thing that ever happened to her.
- I think that what you're seeing
is complete and absolute fear.
- Fear? - Yes.
Some people are afraid of success.
And when a person is living in that kind of fear,
they tend to pick apart every challenge,
every issue that comes upon them,
they magnify it, they make mountains out of mole hills.
I think that's what-- I think she's scared.
- I am really looking forward
to when you guys sit down with these two.
But I do want to show you something kind of funny.
This is an extended clip
of Dr. Pepper sitting down with Myrla
and she's a little intoxicated, y'all.
Take a watch.
- Oh, I expected you to come from that way.
- Oh, it's a long walk.
- Yeah, I know, I think it's-- Oh, well, hi.
[laughter]
- Oh, another day in happy town here, guys.
That is the mood right now. Need I say more?
♪ ♪
- You're very smiley, Myrla. - [laughs]
My husband has said that he's going to get ready
for hot boy summer. I was like--
- A what summer? - A hot boy summer.
- What is a hot boy summer? - I don't know.
Apparently men get hot for the summer.
It's supposed to be a girl thing.
Hot girl summer. - Okay.
- [stammering] You know, I expressed--
I expressed that it's a public space and it's safe
and we can leave whenever.
So we already agreed upon, um...
♪ ♪
What do you call him?
- Myrla. - [laughs]
- Now, I know you have been out partying
with your friends before you came here.
- I know.
- And I want you to know that you're not sober yet.
- I know. - I mean, really.
[laughs]
- Wow. - Wow, right?
Dr. Pepper, you know what a hot girl summer is though right?
- [stammering] Well, I--no.
[laughter]
- She's always ready.
- You weren't trying to fake it for a second, weren't you?
- She stays ready.
She doesn't need to know about that.
- I hear you.
What were your thoughts after that meeting?
- It's a huge disrespect to come into
a serious interaction dead drunk.
So I was kind of offended.
Secondly, trying to figure out why she did that.
I mean, you don't have, like,
a bunch of drinks by accident, right?
- Right.
- Not when--before there's something important.
So in some ways, it takes me back to the thing
that Cal said about her being terrified and scared,
but it was difficult. - Yeah.
There is so much more to unpack when you talk to them.
So I can't wait for that conversation.
Let's move onto Johnny and Bao.
Viviana, after going through the whole matchmaking process
and seeing how picky Bao was, were you surprised
at how low maintenance she was when she got married?
- Bao does seem to be a kind of
go-with-the-flow person on the outside,
which I think puts people at ease around her,
but under the surface,
I think she has an underlying anxiety,
so to say, that she's constantly calculating
how she can make sure that things go her way
or are favorable to what she wants.
Everybody does that.
She just has systems in place to make sure it happens.
- We don't agree on this.
- [laughs] - No.
- And you know I respect you highly,
but what you're saying is sort of like a little manipulative.
- I think we're all kind of manipulative to an extent.
- I don't get that from her. - Cal, breaking news.
That's what Johnny said about her.
- I know, and I hear that.
She's very logical,
and she simply wants to think things out.
I think that Johnny was
in a lot of ways a little over the top.
- Decision Day, Johnny comes in and after, you know,
complaining about Bao and staying away from Bao,
he says, "Yes, I want to stay married."
- Exactly. - What was that?
- So I think a yes on Decision Day from Johnny was saying,
"What if? What if I'm able to see the other side?
"What if I'm able to get a better full picture
of who she is?" A more consistent picture
of who she is according to Johnny after Decision Day.
I think that that's what a yes means.
- All right. Let's move on to Rachel and Jose.
Dr. Pepper, what are your thoughts on this couple
and now the fact that they're trying to get back together?
- This is a couple with a lot going for them,
so I understand why they want to keep trying.
But Jose has huge anger that he needs to work on,
and he's very controlling.
And I don't think he understands the extent of it.
- Right. He went to bed after he locked her out.
- It's scary. And I think she has every right
to be hesitant about a man who would do that.
- Mm-hmm. - Pepper nailed it.
He does have controlling tendencies.
And as a therapist, I know that control is all about
really decreasing anxiety.
Deal with the anxiety first, people.
Don't try to put her in a little cage.
It's not going to work,
especially not with somebody like Rachel.
So that will have to change.
- This is a learning experience for him.
He's going to have to step up to the plate,
and he's got to doubly prove to her
that he's the man that she needs in her life.
Rkall or noth ♪
- Welcome back to "Married at First Sight" Houston Reunion.
I'm Kevin Frazier and I'm here with Dr. Pepper,
Pastor Cal, and Dr. Viviana.
Now, since Decision Day, Rachel and Jose
have had a lot of issues with their marriage.
But there's still hope that they can make it
and find their happy ending.
Rachel and Jose, come on out.
[upbeat music]
- Hi. - Hi there.
- Yay, I'm so excited to see you.
- Nice to see you, too.
- Good to see you. You guys look great.
- Thank you. Thank you, thank you.
- Experts, we want to give you one chance
to speak with this couple and help them through
some of the difficulties that are going on right now.
- Well, I guess first thing is where is this relationship?
What's happening?
- First off, I got to give kudos to Pastor Cal
because marriage is not for punks, and--
[laughter] And marriage is tough.
This is the hardest thing I've ever had to do
and, you know, we've had highs of highs, lows of lows.
- Once the experiment was over, we hit another road block.
That one was kind of rough.
- Tell us about it. - Moving into his house.
That readjustment, kind of starting all over again.
Because now this is the real world
and all we're doing is arguing over little things,
so I'm thinking, ooh, like,
is this really what it's going to be like?
I said I can't be in this house.
And so, yeah, we did separate. We didn't talk for a while.
- Were you done with the relationship
when you moved out? - Mm-hmm.
I thought, "No, like, this is too much for me and I--"
Yeah, I left.
- What changed?
At what point did you guys start talking again?
- What changed is me actually putting in the work
and doing everything I needed to
for the success of the marriage.
Let's talk, let's have these conversations.
And it was a lot of work that I put in for sure
because this is what I wanted
and it's reassuring that, you know, she agrees
and she kind of feels the same as well.
So I think that was a turning point.
- What were the things that you needed
to come back into this marriage
or still need that needed understanding and change?
- The arguing about how we'd argue.
Our problems were very simple.
Easy--like the finance, all that can be solved
because it's compromise,
but it's being passive-aggressive,
holding things in, letting things linger.
We both have tendencies to do those kind of things.
- Being mean. - Being mean.
We saw it.
It was there.
- And so when that kind of started to resurface again,
I was kind of like,
"Is he going to change? Is he going to work on this?
Am I doing something wrong and I don't know what I'm doing?"
You know, it just got-- It got difficult,
so I thought the best thing for me and my happiness
and everything is to get out of that situation.
♪ ♪
- I think you're a great guy, Jose.
We wouldn't have picked you otherwise
and I think you're a really a good couple.
But I've seen some anger in you
that needs to be professional addressed.
- Sure. Mm-hmm.
- Where it comes from, how you recognize it,
how you avoid it, how you handle it,
so that she can know that that anger that she has experienced
isn't going to resurface or it's going to be manageable
because you're going to understand it more
and she's going to understand where it comes from.
And so, my wish for you is to address that.
- It's valuable, man. - Yep, exactly.
- Because you can be very domineering.
Is that safe to say?
- Sure. - Hey, come on.
- No, I agree. I agree. Yes, sir.
- Yeah, yeah, so--
And do you feel like sometimes he talks at you?
- Yes, uh-huh. Yeah, I've told you.
- Where do you think he's coming from?
- So I know the intention is, "I want to help you out,"
but it's the tone or--
You know, it has a little condescending tone to it
and I don't take well to that, you know.
And so, now I've explained it and he's kind of--
He said I hear it, I know what you're talking about,
and so he has softened up a lot, because I still want that help,
but I don't want to feel like...
- Like you're his child. - Like I'm just helpless.
Yeah.
- I know the house was an issue.
Are you going to move back in that house?
- Gradually, you know, if it starts to feel like our home,
I'm very open to moving back in, but not tomorrow.
I like the house. It's spacious.
It had enough space for my things.
I would like, you know,
later on, it would be nice to purchase a home together.
- But you're both on the same page,
is that you're working towards the marriage.
I mean, are you going to get a divorce
or are you going to stay married?
What--have you finished
putting a frame around this relationship?
- We are taking it slow.
Like, we're only seeing each other twice
or maybe three times a week
and spending the night maybe once a week.
So I definitely want to increase that.
Like, I now feel like I really know him.
The stronger we are, the closer we'll become to like,
"Oh, for sure, we are here to be married,
you know, for a long time."
- I admire what you guys are doing because you said
that you had shut it down, it's over, I'm done.
And we've talked to a lot of people
who have not recovered from that,
who will not recover from that.
But if you say I'm committed to this person,
irrespective of whether or not I feel it right now,
I'm going to do the actions of being committed
and the feelings will come back and that's what you did.
And this is what I hope most-- A lot of people will learn,
that if there are times that you don't feel committed,
"I don't feel good about him right now.
"I don't like him right now.
"I can't stand him. I can't stand her.
But I'm going to stay in this and work through it."
The feelings will return. - Mm-hmm.
- And that--you're a shining example of that.
I just want to give you kudos for that.
I mean, it's awesome.
- All right, experts. Before Rachel and Jose go,
what do you think?
Does this marriage have a shot?
♪ ♪
- Absolutely. I think with ongoing professional help,
just to really get y'all over these humps, it will be great.
- I've always thought this was a great marriage
with some real things that had to be fixed,
so I do believe that you are committed enough to fix them
and really go on from there to a great marriage.
- You guys are destined to be together.
And the fact that you recovered, I mean, says volumes
about your commitment to each other.
Don't depend on how you feel. Depend on what you know, okay?
You've made a commitment. Depend on the commitment.
- That's good to hear.
- No, you're going to make it. You're going to make it.
- Thank you, thank you.
- As always, great advice from the experts.
Rachel and Jose, thank you so much for joining us
and I wish you well
as you continue to work on your relationship.
- Thanks, Kevin. - Thank you.
- Thanks, experts. Thanks. Thanks, guys.
- Love you guys. - Bye, guys.
- Take care.
- We have to take a quick break,
but when we come back, we'll bring
Myrla and Gil out here to meet with the experts,
and maybe they can help guide them
to a possible future together.
We'll see. Don't go away.
- We're back. I'm Kevin Frazier and you're watching
the "Married at First Sight" Houston Reunion.
Now it is time for the experts to talk to another couple
who has called it quits since Decision Day
and see if they could help them figure out what went wrong
and if there's any chance that maybe,
just maybe they could still have a future together.
Myrla and Gil, come on out.
[upbeat music]
- Hello. Hi. - Hi.
- Hey, y'all. - What's up, Kevin?
- Now, we brought out Myrla and Gil
to get some more answers to what happened
and why they split.
I think we're all shocked
and I think the experts want to get to the bottom of this.
Dr. Pepper, I'm going to start with you.
- Myrla, I am confused because I've been with you
several times where you gave me very powerful expressions
of I would say love and attachment.
So we have a clip that I want to show you,
and then I want to ask you some questions after that.
- Do you feel grateful that he's in your life?
- I do.
Like above and beyond what I even expected was, like,
you pray for things, but you don't think that--
You know, you never really think that these things will happen.
Like, who he says he is is what he's shown me,
and for me, it's the small things.
Like, he makes the bed.
That to me is like a key to my heart.
Like, he doesn't have to do that, you know?
It's like, it's two minutes. It takes two minutes to do it.
But for me, that's meaningful.
He buys me flowers every week.
- He sounds romantic. Very romantic.
- For me, that's consistency.
He opens the door for me everywhere we go.
It doesn't matter if I'm driving or he's driving.
For me, that is consistency.
[emotional music]
- Are you okay?
- I don't blame you for tearing up from that.
It's powerful.
♪ ♪
- What are you feeling, Gil?
- [clears throat]
I was blindsided with the--
With how everything went down.
Obviously, she felt a certain way and I never knew it.
I didn't know it until it was actually over.
I feel like it was a little unfair to me
because...
♪ ♪
It was obviously something that we could have--
Look, man, I don't want to be
with somebody that doesn't want to be with me.
I completely understand that.
I'm perfectly fine with rejection.
I've been through it.
I just wish that my wife
would obviously tell me, you know,
if she had any type of reservations against me.
You know, "Hey, I like you, but, mm, I'm not really feeling you."
Okay, cool.
But what I got was, I'm in it.
And so, obviously, dove head first.
♪ ♪
And, you know, to get what I got and how I got it,
it was hurtful, and then, obviously seeing that,
it's just, whew, man.
I didn't shed one tear throughout this whole experience
and I can't even control myself right now.
It's... - Mm.
- It's--
- Myrla, what do you think about what he's saying?
- I was honest with you from the front.
Did I feel the instant chemistry?
No, and I was also honest about that.
Like, it took me longer and my attraction
and all those things grew.
I was truly happy.
Like, you make me happy throughout the whole process.
But there were things that happened and I can't--
Like, you know, can I tell you, like,
on this day, this happened.
When I felt those feelings, like, something's off,
it doesn't feel the way I feel love,
and I had to communicate that to you when I felt it.
And that's when I told you those things
when I felt those things.
- Myrla, it doesn't all add up.
Because it wasn't just that one time we were there.
It was also the time when I came to your apartment
and you two were snuggling
and giving each other strong feelings, et cetera.
And I want to know how that all just suddenly flips.
I want to know if it really had to do with the money.
I want to know what happened
because all of us were flabbergasted,
not to mention your husband, so I want specifics
'cause you need to give us really what made that flip,
not just some amorphous feeling.
- For me, it's not just finances.
We talked about finances.
Finances were an issue from day one.
I mean, we had those conversations,
we talked about savings.
So those are things that we were working on.
We talked about the differences in financial drive.
I mean, that, you know, he--that doesn't drive him, that's okay.
But for me, there were things that occurred after Decision Day
where I didn't feel that I could feel safe with him
to make financial decisions for us in our future.
[tense music]
- You were terrified, and as a result,
I believe you made rash decisions based on fear
and not based on logic,
not based on what your relationship actually was.
There's no logical reason for you to have a relationship
where things are going great, you both are feeling awesome,
you're saying I can be with you forever, et cetera, et cetera,
and then because I don't feel financially secure,
this is not going to work.
I'm going to be straight with you.
When I met my wife, I was broke.
♪ ♪
But a wife looks at her husband
and starts seeing what they can build together, okay?
You didn't stay in it long enough to see that.
You understand what I'm saying?
- I understand, and I think for me,
had it just been the finances,
like, that's something we can work on.
But for me it was the combination of finances,
things that we both valued together,
attraction and chemistry.
I was not happy.
So should I just stay in here because he's so happy with me,
but I'm not happy
and I can't give him the full love that he deserves?
- You keep saying happy, happy, happy.
- I know, I don't want to say happy,
I want to say like-- - Here's the thing.
Happiness is not the goal of your marriage.
Happiness is a by-product of two people coming together
making a decision to work towards whatever goal
they want to work towards, and reaching those goals
is what makes them happy.
You know, I know it feels like we're beating you up,
but I believe that, Myrla, as much as I like you,
I think you're setting a precedent for failure
if you continue to judge relationships
by momentary feelings.
- We're not trying to put
Humpty Dumpty back together again right now.
- No, no, no.
- No, of course not, I know that.
- We understand that, but I think you should take it
very seriously for your future.
If you're starting to feel these kinds of emotions,
talk about it with your partner.
Try to work through with your partner.
No one deserves to be blindsided,
and that's part of, to me, the tragedy of this.
I would love for you, for your future
to really figure out some of these feelings
you have about money and safety and trust,
because I think they're undermining you
in ways they do not have to.
- You know, I think that if I had asked you
at the very beginning of this process
what would be the criteria that would have to be present
for you to divorce your new husband,
I don't think it's present here.
And I feel like you need to dig into that
and figure out really what happened.
Why would you say no to the potential that was grown here?
So that's where I'm thinking you might have to recalibrate
whether marriage is for you.
- Yeah, marriage may not be for you. Do you think?
- I mean, I don't know. I'll have to think about.
- And Gil, man, listen,
don't ever allow your past baggage
to determine your future success.
- And I get that.
- You understand what I'm saying?
- And I completely understand that,
it's just one of those things
that's just easier said than done, right?
- Of course it is.
- I would hope you would take from this
that you have a great capacity for love,
great capacity to be a great husband,
and that you should feel sure and better of yourself,
because I think what you've shown to me
is a great future as a husband.
- Absolutely, and Gil, I'm going to tell you this.
Bruh, you're going to be all right.
- More than all right. - Trust me.
You're going to be all right.
Myrla and Gil, thanks for being here.
We appreciate you,
and we thank you for sitting down with the experts.
- Thank you for having us. - Thank you guys.
- All right. Take care, y'all.
♪ ♪
Wow, that was a lot.
It was emotional. My heart breaks for Gil.
I could see that it got to y'all too.
- Absolutely.
- Pastor Cal, Dr. Pepper and Dr. Viviana,
another fantastic job by you,
so thank you again for what you've done,
and thanks for talking to these couples.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Welcome back to the "Married At First Sight" - on. We have to t
Houston Reunion.
Now this is exciting because I'm joined now
by the entire Houston cast.
Hey, guys. - We made it.
- How is it to all be back together?
- Good. - Feels good.
- Let me ask you, who misses filming?
- What? - Johnny.
- Johnny does. - I miss filming.
- You miss filming? - Yeah, when we hang out,
I always say like, can somebody diary cam this?
- Yeah, it's true. - That's true.
- I just want to ask you about the fun of this experience,
and what are the positive things
you will take away from this experience.
Zack, I want to start with you.
- I would say the most positive thing I took away
from this experience was just meeting these people.
A great group of women and men,
and I really feel like they're going to be lifelong friends.
- This is the first time you and Michaela
have had a chance to be on the stage.
Michaela, why can't I just have him sit in that other chair?
- I don't want him next to me. No.
- Because you're saying all these things,
and it's like...
- Mm-mm.
- How was that? - Come on, Kevin.
[tense music]
Uh, I'm indifferent.
♪ ♪
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- Michaela, how about you? - I'm fine.
♪ ♪
- All right. Let's move on.
You guys all are great sports about social media,
but is there anybody surprised by the reaction?
- I like chirping back, so... - We all know that, Ryan.
- I typically--
If I see something that I think is kind of funny,
like not in a good light for me,
I'll just be like yeah, like, just mess with them.
Be like, yeah, same. Because I don't know,
I kind of like to poke the agitators a little bit.
- And they're usually shocked
when you answer back, aren't they?
- Yeah they are, and typically they don't think
it's actually me doing it, which is even better.
So I continue to do it and go under the radar.
- It's amazing how many people care about my showering habits.
- Yes. [laughter]
- I'm unhygienic to them.
- Got one right here. - [laughs]
- Honey. [laughs]
- I swear I shower, guys. I swear.
On a daily basis, I swear.
- Now she runs into people and she tells them to smell her.
- Smell me, smell me, I swear. I'm clean.
- Gil, how are your DMs, 'cause the ladies have been
a little excited about you on this show.
- Ladies love cool Gil.
- [laughs] - Um...
[stammering] It's--it's full.
[upbeat music]
I've been getting a lot of messages.
It's funny because I got a nice mixture.
I mean, obviously it was a lot of women in my DMs,
but I've been getting a lot of guys in my DMs as well.
- What? - Wait, what?
[laughter]
- It's not what you think.
You know, it's not like guys are trying to hit on me.
These are all heterosexual guys
that watch the show with their wives,
and they're just like congratulating me,
and, you know,
getting love from all these people,
these random people on social media,
I mean, it's good. It's cool.
- But, Gil, come on.
Tell me the craziest thing in your DM.
Give me one good one.
- The craziest--
Oh, okay, so I have one young lady.
♪ ♪
She's definitely a fan.
She, um... [laughter]
- [bleep].
- Tell us more.
♪ ♪
- Every week,
it's maybe about anywhere from 10 to 12 posts
on her live story about myself,
and she's like, I'm only a flight away.
Let me know if it doesn't work out.
You know, we're meant to be. She's not the one for you.
I'm here for you, and it's a weekly thing.
Every Wednesday, 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. it's there.
- That is real dedication. - Yeah, that's dedication.
- That is real dedication. - I like her already.
- Oh, boy. - We all like her.
- Jose, a lot of people are questioning your type.
[tense music]
Do you want to straighten that out?
- Yeah, I think it's funny that there's millions of people
that think that I am on the wrong show,
and I'm attracted to the wrong person.
And I'm like, for me, I'm just like, I don't get it,
but, you know, I know that, you know, we're happy,
and this is my wife, and we're good.
- It's okay, Jose, I don't get it either.
- I really don't. - I have a really good gaydar
and it does not go off with you.
- Everyone's going to have an opinion
but you can't read into it,
especially if you know who you are.
I mean, it's just one of those things where,
and I think it's funny, but it is what it is.
- Since filming ended, some of you
are playing on a volleyball team together.
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
- Slammed it in their face, baby.
- Can you tell us who was playing on the team
and who was hanging out?
- During filming we had a volleyball scene,
it was Zack, Brett, Myrla and I on a team,
and we like kicked these guys' asses.
[laughter]
And during that time, we're like, this is so much fun.
We should do it again after the show--after filming's done,
so I signed up for a team for a week.
- What was our team name?
- It was Premarital Sets.
[laughs]
Came up with that one.
- So witty.
- Who's gone on trips, who's hung out,
who's had a chance to kick it?
- Us. We went to Chicago.
- Well, first we went to Cancun together.
- Yeah, we went to Cancun.
- Myrla and Johnny? - Uh...
That sounds weird. [laughter]
- No, no, let me straighten it out.
Johnny and Myrla. Okay, go ahead.
- I was going to be there for a wedding anyway,
and she was going with her coworker.
- For my birthday. - Yeah, for her birthday,
and just happened to be at the same place, same time.
- So you had a chance to hang out in Cancun.
♪ ♪
And, Myrla, you and Johnny are just BFFs.
♪ ♪
- What? What is the shrug?
[laughter]
- Wait, whoa, Johnny. What does that mean, Johnny?
- We're about to have a conversation
after this, Johnny.
♪ ♪
Now [quirky music]
- Myrla, you and Johnny are just BFFs now?
♪ ♪
- Wait, whoa, Johnny. - What is that shrug?
- What are you?
- We do hang out a lot, because I feel like I get Myrla,
she gets me, I kind of talk her down
when she's being a little too much of a diva.
- He doesn't do that, though.
We have a good time. We're besties.
♪ ♪
- Gil, what do you think of the friendship now?
- You know, I absolutely don't think nothing of it.
- Yeah. - No comment.
- Okay, all right. I hear you on that.
Let's keep moving, and then Rachel,
let's talk about you and Jose.
- Okay.
- When that moment happened on the roof
and Rachel called you Johnny, you didn't realize at that time
she was just listing off the cast members, did you?
♪ ♪
- No, absolutely not.
It was one of those things where it was kind of impulsive.
Because I'm thinking all right, we're already a couple of weeks
in, like, you should know my name by now.
Slip of the tongue.
- It was just a slip of the tongue.
- That's right.
- Jose, do you fully trust Rachel now?
- I do. Without a doubt.
- I want to ask all of y'all.
Do you feel like Jose has grown from his mistakes?
- Abso-freaking-lutely. - I do.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- The way I know that is because of Rachel,
because if he didn't learn from that experience,
she wouldn't be sitting next to him holding his hand.
- We do a lot of stuff together still,
and it went from previously I would ask Jose to do something
and he'd be like yeah, I'll get Rachel to go.
Now it's, yeah, I'll ask Rachel if she wants to go.
I'm like, okay, boy's growing a little bit.
- All right, let's talk about the couple's retreat.
- Damn it. - [bleep]damn Michaela, you [indistinct].
- A lot of fun at the couple's retreat,
- Let's get into it. Let's get into it.
- But a tropical storm hit in night two,
a lot of high winds came through.
Hurricane came, let's take a look.
- [sighs]
- I don't like how you make me feel,
or like, who I'm becoming.
I'm like, I don't like myself right now.
I have to trust my gut and my heart and my mind.
I have to remove myself from this situation.
- I don't want you to drive out in the countryside.
It's not safe.
- Please, I'm just trying to leave.
Now you're making it harder for me to drive.
- Go to sleep! - See, now you pushing on me.
- Go to [bleep]. - Holy [bleep] Michaela.
- So you tire yourself--
- This is like too much, dude,
This is like too much. Come on! [bleep].
Thank you. Damn.
- There he goes.
- [bleep] Not that serious, yo. - I don't [bleep] care. - [bleep].
- Not that serious. - You look like a [bleep] dumb-ass.
Leaving here.
At 11 o'clock at night.
- Is there anything I can do to, like--
Can I just leave? I'm begging.
[stammering] Can you just let me leave, please?
I can drive back, guys. I promise you.
Please let me leave. I'm not mad.
I'm going to be very happy on the way home.
Just let me--thank you. Damn.
I will text you guys immediately when I get home.
[indistinct chatter]
- You're going to ride back with him?
Get in the [bleep] car with him. - I will. I will.
- Get in. Then get in. - Okay.
- Get in right now. He's getting in the car.
Ryan, if you're saying it's not helping,
then get in the car with him, because he's [bleep] leaving.
- There's nothing we can do to make him not leave.
He's a [bleep] adult.
Like, what are we supposed to do? Lay under the car?
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Oh. Oh, my--
- [snickering]
♪ ♪
- There's a reason he's leaving and that's [bleep]--
[objects clattering]
- Get out! Get out!
[glass shatters]
[bleep]! Get out!
- Your thoughts, Michaela, looking back on that now.
- Looking back on that, it really is a mirror, right?
Obviously it's not something that I'm proud of,
but it is something I can look back and laugh at.
And be like, damn, I did do that,
and what I did was not okay.
And I need to learn how to calm the [bleep] down, honestly.
I remember in the moment when I saw that back out
and literally leave, I had an overwhelming sense of fear,
distress, anxiety, and it all just bubbled up.
And so me knocking stuff over
and going into the bedroom and needing a moment to myself
was all of that expressing itself in a physical form.
Now I would never hurt anybody physically, right?
If I wanted to do something physical, I would have,
but it was a, "I am [bleep] panicking."
Automatically, my mind goes to my dad, right?
He was in the middle of the night upset driving,
got hit by a [bleep] drunk driver,
and I was asking him please just wait until the morning time.
I will leave you alone, I won't come near you, I get it.
You don't want to be near me, that's cool,
but can you just wait, man.
Like, that was my issue, and every time I see him
and every time I think back to that moment I get emotional
because that hurt me, and Zack does not regret it.
To date, he probably still doesn't give a [bleep] about it,
and it's hurtful,
and it's mean, and it's vindictive.
♪ ♪
- Look, man, I was very clear why I left.
I'm a grown man. I'm not an idiot.
I would not put my life in danger.
I would not do something stupid.
I was fine to drive home.
I'm sorry that you want to rationalize it
that me driving off made you do what you want to do,
but that was not for you,
I did that for me. That was for me.
I was done and I wanted to leave,
and that's what I did,
and I don't understand what the issue is.
- I literally just expressed how I felt in that situation
and I asked if he acknowledged that feeling.
He don't give a [bleep]. He doesn't care.
You don't care. And you never cared about me.
- Michaela, hold on, let him answer.
- I'm so sorry that it hurt you.
- He don't mean that [bleep]. Shut up.
- Michaela, you got to not--
- I'm sorry, because he's being pressured into it.
Look at him smiling. He does not mean that apology.
- No, no, but Michaela, you have to let him answer.
He is trying to apologize right now.
- Why? He lies a lot.
- You have to give him a chance.
Let him apologize.
Hold on, hold on for a second.
Go ahead, Zack.
- No comment.
♪ ♪
- But do you want to finish what you were saying?
- No.
♪ ♪
- You see?
Anybody who really wants to apologize for their actions
is going to say it regardless.
- No, I think he was trying to apologize to you, Michaela.
- I don't think so.
- I don't think he was drive-- - I don't think so at all.
- I want everybody to heal. I want everybody to heal.
Zack, are you sure?
Is there anything you want to say, or--
- I'm done, I'm done, I'm done.
- Okay.
Okay, let's move on.
Now that this is over and most of you are single,
who do you think may have been better suited to...
- Well, here we go. - Or matched with someone else?
- I knew this question was coming.
- I'ma to head out,
I'm not feeling too good right now, so...
♪ ♪
[sighs]
[door opens]
♪ ♪
- Good job.
- Kevin, he didn't like that question.
Maybe, I don't know. - Johnny, back off.
♪ ♪
- To go through this and know that I'm divorced now...
You know, for me, it's [bleep], and that's why I have to leave.
A long time ago, I tried to tell myself
I'm going to be a very positive and very optimistic person,
and all I want to do is bring joy and smiles to people.
I cannot do that today
because my energy was so crappy.
I was feeling so negative.
- I mean, that's going to be a minute.
We should keep going.
- No, we can't keep going.
♪ ♪
- People are so nonchalant about this because they know,
ah, if it don't work out just get divorced, whatever.
I didn't go into this like, for that.
I want a spouse, I want a monogamous relationship
with one person that we can grow and build a life together.
This isn't conducive for me.
And it pisses me the hell off,
and that's why I can't be in that--
I can't sit in there anymore.
- It hurts. It really does.
- Well, Jose and Rachel would definitely be with each other.
- Hey, if things don't work out, Jose.
- [laughs]
- I don't.
- I don't, I'm done. - Okay.
- I'm out.
♪ ♪
I just can't wait to get back home.
[bleep] done with all this [bleep].
- We are back, and this is
the "Married At First Sight" Houston Reunion, season 13.
Hey, guys, Gil and Michaela have decided
not to continue with the reunion.
You could see how distraught Gil was
and how frustrated Michaela was, and we wish them both the best.
I think those are two great people
who will one day find love.
Meanwhile, we're going to continue.
Listen, I know that this evening
there have been some tough moments,
but there were also some fun moments
during your season together,
and so let's just pause for a second
and watch some of these hilarious moments
and never before seen footage from this past season.
[laughter]
- Whoa! - Oh, my God.
- My stuff would be hanging out.
[laughter]
- Spray it in your mouth.
[quirky music]
- Do you consent to being milked?
[laughter]
- [squeals]
- I think with this group of people,
it's always a good time.
- You ready to get naked?
- It looks like something kinky.
- Sex machine, obviously.
- What? - Maybe it is a sex machine.
[laughter]
- We had some crazy times, too.
- [screams] - No, no, no, no, no!
Stop, stop. Baby, it's okay.
- [screams] Is he peeing on me?
[laughter] - Oh!
- Did he pee on me? - No.
- Oh, sorry. [laughter]
♪ ♪
- Oh, my God.
- I remember seeing this. - I remember that.
♪ ♪
- These guys are party animals and I'm for it.
- Yay! - Oh, God.
- Go marriage!
All: Aww.
- We did have some good moments.
- Can we get a copy? - That was great, I liked it.
- I love that.
- Listen, it is almost time to say goodnight,
but first I want to show everyone an exclusive peak
of season 14 of "Married At First Sight,"
which is currently being filmed right now in Boston.
- I can't believe we're back in Boston.
Let's rock and roll.
- This one shouldn't have shown up at all.
- When I hear picky, I think, oh, [bleep].
- He's the reason we do this show.
- Let's do it. - Let's do this.
- Every date that I go on, I go into it like,
this could be the one, he could be my husband.
This could be the start of our fairy tale.
- I want the peanut butter to my jelly.
No, no, I'm peanut butter.
I want the jelly to my peanut butter.
- Every person you talk to, they will tell you
Noi loves being in love. She loves so hard.
- I ultimately do want a life partner
that's magical.
- I just want to be picked up
and hugged and loved and cherished
and cared for and protected, and I want to do the same.
- Are you looking for the Michelle to your Barack?
- Everybody's looking for Michelle.
- [laughing] Everybody's looking for Michelle.
- I want a wife, I want kids, I want to have a family.
- I think I'm worthy of it, I think I'm deserving of it.
- I cannot imagine any guy seeing her
and not saying oh, thank God.
- We hit the jackpot with this one.
- This guy's going to make somebody an incredible husband.
- We have found you a husband,
and two weeks from now, you are getting married.
- In two weeks, you're getting married.
- I'm so happy, I'm blessed.
- Oh, my God.
- You're getting married. He's getting married!
[all cheering]
- I don't have any doubts
that this won't be a great love story.
- I've always dreamed of my wedding day.
- I do want us to be together forever.
[cheers and applause]
- Today's going to be exciting,
it's going to be electric,
I'm finally going to meet the love of my life.
- Listen, I want to thank you all
for coming on "Married At First Sight,"
and this journey you've gone through.
It has been a wild season in Houston.
I really do wish you all the best,
and I hope you do find love.
Jose and Rachel, we're rooting for you, all right?
- Absolutely. - Yes, yes.
- Thanks, guys, and take care. - Thanks, Kevin.
- Thank you. - Thanks, Kevin.
- You know, this season is not quite over yet.
Where Are They Now is coming up.
This special episode will take us back to Houston
where we will get to see how everyone has been living
since Decision Day.
Thank you for watching. Take care, everybody.
- Next time on Where Are They Now...
we'll catch-up with the entire Houston cast.
- Pretty good, though.
- Yeah, right. - Ooh, someone's scared.
- It's been a roller coaster.
I don't want to, like, have any communication with her.
- Sunblock me, Johnny.
- To see how their lives have changed
since the cameras went away after Decision Day.
- Since I've gotten to know you, I've grown very fond of you.
- I don't want to kick it with Ryan.
- I think you came in at the exact moment
I needed to talk to someone.
- So are we seeing a disappearance
of Hurricane K? - [laughs]
- Believe it or not, I was thinking about getting a dog.
- Oh, little baby.
- I think life is all about taking risks,
and I think this is a risk worth taking.
- Looks like you're going on a date.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
- I just know that it can't stay like this forever.
- It is time to let this baby go.
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all: Cheers.
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