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00:00:00Previously, two new couples joined the party.
00:00:05Hi, everyone.
00:00:06Oh, hi.
00:00:07Including one very familiar face.
00:00:10Hi, how are you?
00:00:11It's Elizabeth.
00:00:12No one expected this.
00:00:14I need a moment.
00:00:16As Lizzie proves that love can strike second time around.
00:00:20Are you all right, delicious?
00:00:21Delicious.
00:00:22It's just cool.
00:00:23Old tensions resurfaced.
00:00:26What do you think I'll do?
00:00:27I think you will do it again.
00:00:29Once a cheater, always a cheater.
00:00:30You know, it's just a matter of time.
00:00:34And Michelle and Steve's marriage.
00:00:36The only person that should have known is me.
00:00:39Not all of Australia.
00:00:41Just me.
00:00:42And you know what?
00:00:43I'm sick to death of hearing about it.
00:00:45Hit breaking point.
00:00:49Oh, my God.
00:00:50Steven.
00:00:51Steve.
00:00:52He betrayed my trust.
00:00:53Five minutes, mate.
00:00:54Have a breather.
00:00:56Can't do it anymore.
00:00:58Tonight, our newlyweds open up at an emotional commitment ceremony.
00:01:03Like a weird comfortability.
00:01:05Very, very quickly.
00:01:07We get along like a house on fire.
00:01:09But not every couple is prepared to share their secrets.
00:01:12I'd like to ask how intimacy is progressing.
00:01:16I don't know that that's anyone's business.
00:01:19And as once strong marriages.
00:01:21I've been bitten a few times.
00:01:23And now I'm just like, okay, I just can't pat the dog anymore.
00:01:25Threatened to unravel.
00:01:26You know, I have my doubts.
00:01:28I'm worried that we're going to be just friends next week.
00:01:31Michelle and Steve head for a showdown on the couch.
00:01:35It's not the news.
00:01:36It's the betrayal.
00:01:37It's because you lied to me.
00:01:40Where did I lie?
00:01:41When did I lie to you?
00:01:43I would have liked to leave as friends.
00:01:45Good morning, honey.
00:02:10It's the morning after the dinner party.
00:02:12How good is it that we're playing each other in trivia?
00:02:15Have you ever got a game right?
00:02:18I let you win.
00:02:19I can't win in everything.
00:02:21That's so nice that you've let me win 16 times in a row.
00:02:24And our two new couples prepare for their first commitment ceremony.
00:02:31I'm loving my time with Seb at the moment.
00:02:33It's a totally different experience this time.
00:02:35We had an amazing first week.
00:02:37So going into tonight's commitment ceremony, I'm confident.
00:02:45I'm looking forward to seeing everything come out on the table.
00:02:48I think that there was a lot of sugarcoating.
00:02:50Last night, people weren't being honest.
00:02:52But I want to find out about everything and everybody.
00:02:55Tell me.
00:02:56Everyone's gone quiet.
00:02:57Dude, there's, like, nothing.
00:02:58Like, there's nothing.
00:02:59Everyone is reluctant to talk about their relationships.
00:03:02There must be some underlying bullshit there
00:03:04because we're in an experiment to find out how we feel inside,
00:03:07to express our feelings towards the partner that we are given.
00:03:10I knew that there was more going on there.
00:03:12I go on my gut feeling.
00:03:13And last night, I can tell there's underlying bubbling issues.
00:03:17But the hot topic from last night is Michelle and Steve's explosive fight.
00:03:25Steve and Michelle would have been one of the biggest surprises for me last night.
00:03:28Like, holy dearly.
00:03:29You know, I understand where she's coming from.
00:03:31Like, you know, he's been like, you know, I'm not attracted to you.
00:03:34And she's like, hold on.
00:03:35For the last however many weeks, you've been telling people this whole time,
00:03:39it's kind of deceitful.
00:03:40But it's like, Steve, you're 52 years old, mate.
00:03:44You don't just cry, kick your toys and walk out the room.
00:03:47Ah, ah, ah, ah, mate.
00:03:49You take it like a soldier.
00:03:50You take a soldier's death.
00:03:51You don't run away from your problems.
00:03:52Do you know what I mean?
00:03:53With feelings still raw, Michelle and Steve aren't speaking to each other
00:04:06and choose to sleep in separate apartments.
00:04:11I'm not feeling great after last night.
00:04:14It was just an attack, attack, attack.
00:04:16And I just couldn't take it anymore.
00:04:18Steve has been saying for the last six weeks,
00:04:22he is not attracted to me, okay?
00:04:25That's what he's saying to the camera, to Australia,
00:04:29to everyone but his wife, okay?
00:04:33I just wanted to bring it up so we could take it to the
00:04:37so we could take it to the next level, that's all.
00:04:40Whatever.
00:04:41No, it.
00:04:42Whatever, whatever.
00:04:43it.
00:04:47Steve.
00:04:48Oi.
00:04:51Look, I understand she was upset.
00:04:53She was angry, you know?
00:04:54Um, extremely upset and angry.
00:04:56But, at the end of the day, after the dust settles,
00:04:59I think I would like to think that Michelle could see where I was coming from.
00:05:04It's not just a...
00:05:05This is not a one-sided relationship here.
00:05:07This is not all Michelle, Michelle, Michelle.
00:05:09This is Michelle and Steve, you know?
00:05:12At the moment, the gut feeling is probably saying leave.
00:05:16Because, I just don't think we can come back from this.
00:05:25Last night was terrible.
00:05:27I've been crying all night.
00:05:29Steve has been telling the camera how he really feels.
00:05:33that he's not attracted to me and he hasn't been telling me.
00:05:36I feel betrayed.
00:05:38Honesty is very important to me because I've been cheated on so many times.
00:05:45I don't really particularly want to leave with things unresolved,
00:05:48but then I'm not willing to say I'm going to stay with someone who's betrayed me
00:05:53and doesn't realise that they've betrayed me.
00:05:56There's lots that I love about Steve.
00:06:01The fact that I'm upset, I know that means I actually feel hurt
00:06:06and, yeah, I've had some sort of feelings for him.
00:06:14Alright, are you ready for this commitment ceremony?
00:06:16Not really.
00:06:21I don't want, like, yeah, we should get it over and done with.
00:06:27Yeah.
00:06:28Just be over and done with.
00:06:39At last week's commitment ceremony,
00:06:41Connie blindsided Jonathan by writing leave,
00:06:45but has since been more positive towards the relationship.
00:06:49However, a picnic in the sun early in the week took a dark turn.
00:06:53It's just, there's just been a bunch of red flags for me
00:06:57and I think I've pushed them all aside.
00:07:00So, at the moment, I just don't even know, like,
00:07:04if I was lying to myself about seeing a future.
00:07:07I just found that, like, this past week has been so good
00:07:11because I have just not been myself.
00:07:15Johnny and I are not in a good place at the moment.
00:07:19I understand he doesn't want to be here.
00:07:21I get that because I was feeling like that last week.
00:07:27But I'm not there anymore.
00:07:32Um, how are you feeling ahead of tonight?
00:07:36Nervous.
00:07:37Yeah.
00:07:38Nervous about tonight.
00:07:39Yeah.
00:07:40Um, because I know that we're both at different places right now
00:07:43in our relationship.
00:07:45Um, so it makes it hard.
00:07:51Like, emotionally, I'm just completely drained.
00:07:54I don't know.
00:07:56I feel like I'm walking on eggshells
00:07:57and I don't know what I'll be able to say around you.
00:08:00And that's...
00:08:01Speak yourself!
00:08:02You should be able to, trust me.
00:08:05I don't know if I can.
00:08:08Like, I don't expect anyone to be stung a bunch of times
00:08:11and then being like,
00:08:12oh, no, just do it again.
00:08:15If we need to leave this experiment,
00:08:17I want to leave knowing that we gave it 100%
00:08:20and I don't think we have...
00:08:22I don't know why you're hanging on so hard to this now.
00:08:26Because I don't want to lose you.
00:08:32We've both made mistakes.
00:08:42I care about John
00:08:44and I want it to work.
00:08:46We've had so much great times together
00:08:49so we will always instantly have that connection and bond.
00:08:53But hearing his attitude...
00:08:58like that, it's...
00:09:00it hurts me so much.
00:09:02He isn't happy.
00:09:03And I know that he is considering leaving.
00:09:08So, maybe I should write leave then.
00:09:11I have so much to think about before the commitment ceremony.
00:09:17This week, couples have begun speculating
00:09:20about the intimate side of Alex and Yvonne's relationship.
00:09:25Yeah, Alex and Yvonne, I mean,
00:09:26I just feel like they're not open at all, you know?
00:09:28I ask Yvonne, how's your relationship going?
00:09:29He's just like, yeah, good.
00:09:31Just changes the subject.
00:09:33I mean, they're just mates.
00:09:34I mean, they're just cruising, but...
00:09:36I've found that they take the sense of their traditional upbringing
00:09:40so literal that they don't allow anyone to know about their personal and private life.
00:09:47By marrying a complete stranger...
00:09:49Exactly.
00:09:50...is already completely untraditional to your background...
00:09:53Exactly.
00:09:54...and your upbringing.
00:09:55You've already broken one rule.
00:09:56You may as well do the rest.
00:09:58Exactly.
00:09:59Why'd you sign up for this?
00:10:00This is an experiment where we don't have that much time to get to know someone.
00:10:02You've got to be open.
00:10:03You've got to be honest.
00:10:04What?
00:10:05You know, it's just...
00:10:06I think it's just taking the piss.
00:10:09Me and Alex are good.
00:10:10I don't have any necessary concerns going to the given ceremony today, no.
00:10:13I think we're more like an old married couple.
00:10:16Yeah.
00:10:17That it's like, we're going to stay because what's the point of leaving?
00:10:20What's our reasoning to leave, really?
00:10:23There are a lot of people talking about our relationship and speculating about our sex life,
00:10:27which myself and Alex discussed the other day.
00:10:32But how are you guys going?
00:10:35Um, so yeah, I think we're in a good place, babe.
00:10:38Yeah, of course.
00:10:39How's your physical intimacy going?
00:10:40What's happening there?
00:10:41In what regard?
00:10:42Well, I just kind of want to know where you guys are at.
00:10:50Do you ask many married couples that question?
00:10:52Like, if you're mates, you're at the pub, you go, yeah, how's your physical intimacy?
00:10:56Is that a common topic of conversation?
00:10:58No.
00:10:59Certainly not for me.
00:11:00I do feel uncomfortable talking about intimacy.
00:11:02I think it's a private subject.
00:11:04I would compare it to, yeah, having a conversation about your genitals.
00:11:07You just don't go out and do that, in my opinion.
00:11:09With all due respect, it's a pretty private topic for us anyway.
00:11:11Yeah.
00:11:12Do you know what I mean?
00:11:13So it's not something that I've generally been raised to discuss in an open forum or even
00:11:18amongst friends.
00:11:19But we came into this for love, and that's a very small aspect, in my opinion.
00:11:24Like, whether we will have sex, won't have sex, have had sex, haven't had sex.
00:11:29Our sex life is no one's business but ours.
00:11:36If the experts start questioning mine and Alex's intimacy, I think I will answer it in
00:11:41the way that myself and Alex discussed the other day.
00:11:44And that is that it's nobody's business.
00:11:48Newlyweds Casey and Drew connected right from the start.
00:11:57I run a charity.
00:11:58Really?
00:11:59Yeah, and we go talk to kids and adults about mental health.
00:12:01Oh, wow.
00:12:02That's crazy, because I just started a company where now I go and teach kids.
00:12:05I do workshops, but it's all based on self-love and having confidence.
00:12:08Really?
00:12:09Yeah.
00:12:10That's awesome.
00:12:11But things went downhill after a discovery on the honeymoon.
00:12:15What is that?
00:12:16That's Rick.
00:12:19My housemate gave it to me.
00:12:21Yeah, she sprayed a perfume all over it, so I don't forget her smell.
00:12:28I was a joke.
00:12:29Which left Casey concerned.
00:12:31When other things arise, and it kind of validates how you felt from this moment.
00:12:36From this one.
00:12:37Like, note it.
00:12:38Like, keep it noted.
00:12:39Keep it noted.
00:12:40Keep it in the back book.
00:12:43I want to be honest with everything and let Drew know that I brought it up last night.
00:12:50I just asked the girls how they felt about, like, you having a girl as a roommate, and then
00:12:54your roommate, you know, giving you this toy to bring with you.
00:12:57I think that toy thing has taken way out of context.
00:13:01It got thrown in the suitcase as a joke, and now it's becoming an issue, and that freaks
00:13:06me out.
00:13:07A super jealous person is not somebody that I can picture myself being with long time.
00:13:12So you're calling me super jealous?
00:13:14I'm just saying, people that are, you seem quite jealous, yes.
00:13:25It worries me, because we've only just started this and there's like, I'm seeing like red flags.
00:13:31Red flags is a pretty strong statement.
00:13:33So sad that I'm my house, mate.
00:13:37You said it, not me.
00:13:38Oh, man.
00:13:39It makes me upset thinking like, you think I'm just here to like be a ball breaker, like
00:13:52I'm not.
00:13:53I'm sad that this has happened today because I really felt like this was just like an easy partnership.
00:14:08I'm so glad I just want to get ready.
00:14:24I'm just like...
00:14:25Give me a break.
00:14:52Deliberation before the commitment ceremony is an important time for our couples.
00:14:58They can disrelationship with others before making the huge decision ahead.
00:15:03Hi, honey.
00:15:05Oh, I like the big warm hug. I like that.
00:15:09Whether to stay or leave the experiment.
00:15:12Come in, sit down.
00:15:15Michael and I have been really good.
00:15:16Like, last week I was obviously already leaving.
00:15:18This week was really important for us.
00:15:20It was like rebuilding the foundations of our relationship and getting the trust back.
00:15:24And he's been doing all the right things. I can't fault him.
00:15:27But do you guys feel back to where yous are? Do you feel like you're back there?
00:15:30I do. I feel like the bone has healed twice as strong, to be quite honest with you.
00:15:34In the corridors, you see you guys. You guys are pretty sweet.
00:15:38You're making me blush.
00:15:39No.
00:15:42Steve, last time I seen you, mate, I was pretty much, you know, having a talk to you, you were ready to leave.
00:15:47I haven't seen you upset like that, ever.
00:15:50Yeah, no, no, it was tough. It was a tough night.
00:15:53Yeah.
00:15:53Did she apologise?
00:15:54No.
00:15:54What did she say?
00:15:55No, no.
00:15:55She didn't apologise.
00:15:56No.
00:15:57Does she really need to apologise?
00:15:58I'm not sure that she does, because...
00:16:00She said she hurt your feelings.
00:16:01Yeah, but you know what?
00:16:03Yeah, but Joshie, I hurt hers, mate.
00:16:04You know, I hurt hers, and I said that I wasn't attracted to her, and I can understand that, you know, she was, um, she would be extremely hurt by that, as anybody would be.
00:16:12You know what I mean?
00:16:13Absolutely.
00:16:13Absolutely.
00:16:13But, um, she's such a lovely person.
00:16:15She's got such a big heart.
00:16:17That I don't want her to be upset any more than she already is, because of my comment.
00:16:23It was honest.
00:16:24Yeah, well, it was.
00:16:27I feel really, really angry.
00:16:29Like, I'm so angry with him, and I'm really not ready to talk to him at all.
00:16:33I look at you, and I see someone who's very fiery, and who's very passionate.
00:16:36Yes.
00:16:36And someone who doesn't want to get hurt, all right?
00:16:39I've been hurt so many times.
00:16:40I can tell you're upset, because you like him, but you're going to look back and regret.
00:16:44If you leave tonight, you will regret it, and you'll go, what the hell did I just do?
00:16:48Anyway, it doesn't matter.
00:16:49Like, I called my daughter, and Eva and I are very close.
00:16:54Got some advice from her, and, yeah, I know what I have to do anyway.
00:17:02Are you certainly done?
00:17:03Are you 100%?
00:17:03You're done.
00:17:04Yeah, I am.
00:17:27I've made the decision to leave tonight, yeah.
00:17:34It's one of the hardest things I've done in my life, to be honest.
00:17:56Does it feel great?
00:18:04With the fourth commitment ceremony fast approaching, our couples are well into their deliberations.
00:18:10What I like about Seb is the fact that he's lovely.
00:18:13Absolutely lovely.
00:18:14Mmm.
00:18:15I mean, his humour, he's got a lot of humour, but he always wants to see a smile on people's
00:18:19faces.
00:18:19He generally wants to see everyone really happy, and he's just, yeah, he's a teddy bear.
00:18:24And, um, he doesn't seem like he'd ever give up on me.
00:18:28We're always laughing and playing, and, like, I trust her.
00:18:31For me, he's massive.
00:18:32Trust her already?
00:18:32She's loyal, I trust her, yeah, which for me is a massive thing.
00:18:35I'm very excited for where we're going.
00:18:37After being blindsided earlier this week, Connie confides in Lizzie and Michelle.
00:18:42I'm very, very emotional.
00:18:45Okay.
00:18:46And very sensitive, and he's just not at all.
00:18:48And, yeah, we were just not meshing, we were just always bumping heads.
00:18:52And so, last week I won't leave.
00:18:55And, um, this week we both needed to work on things, but I really need to get myself back
00:18:58together and be my positive, happy self again.
00:19:00And I did, and things were going well.
00:19:03They were going really well.
00:19:04But we had a picnic on during the week, and I got slapped across the face with some truth.
00:19:12He, he wants out.
00:19:14It's just so weird.
00:19:19I've just never seen him this down and this negative, and it kills me to see him like that.
00:19:23This is not the Johnny I'm used to.
00:19:25Like, this week, I couldn't say anything because I was so worried that what I would say would
00:19:29be misconstrued in any possible way.
00:19:31I wasn't being myself, and I don't think that's healthy.
00:19:37We did have some nice moments, and I am kind of holding on to that a bit, too.
00:19:41Yeah.
00:19:42But, um, this whole thing's been a roller coaster, and I'm at the stage now where I've
00:19:45compromised myself.
00:19:46Coming to the ceremony tonight, I'm feeling really upset.
00:19:53Me and Connie have been on a whirlwind.
00:19:55Like, this relationship hasn't been easy.
00:19:57Uh, she is a lovely person, but I'm going into the ceremony knowing what I want to ride.
00:20:01Hello, guys.
00:20:16How's it going?
00:20:18Great to see you.
00:20:19Grab a seat.
00:20:19Make yourselves comfortable.
00:20:22There we go.
00:20:25I really just want Steve to understand that I feel betrayed.
00:20:30Hi, ladies.
00:20:30I feel like I've been living with someone for the last six weeks that I don't even know
00:20:36whether I could trust him.
00:20:44Well, welcome, everyone.
00:20:45This commitment ceremony gives us an opportunity to really unpack where you're at right now,
00:20:51halfway through the experiment.
00:20:52And last night, we introduced you to two new couples, Lizzie and Sebastian, and Casey and
00:20:58Drew.
00:20:58And we really are now at a part of the experiment where we're looking to see you progress your
00:21:06relationships, to move forward, to grow.
00:21:09So tonight, we will really drill down on the progress that you're making as couples.
00:21:14We need you to be raw and honest with us because this will allow you to make really informed
00:21:21decisions as you move forward.
00:21:23So let's get our first couple up, Josh and Kathy.
00:21:28This week has actually been really good.
00:21:36I'm pretty confident going into this commitment ceremony with Josh.
00:21:38How's it going?
00:21:39Yeah, pretty.
00:21:40Good.
00:21:41Good.
00:21:43So what's been going on with you two for the last week?
00:21:47Take it away.
00:21:47Oh, for you?
00:21:48No, no, please.
00:21:49Yes, I mean, you've seen us the other week.
00:21:52You know, we're in a pretty bad spot then.
00:21:54Yeah.
00:21:55So, I mean, for this week, for me, it was just seeing whether we can get back being comfortable
00:21:58around each other and enjoying each other's company like we did in the beginning so much.
00:22:04I thought I would have trouble putting the resentment and hurt behind me from last week,
00:22:07but I've surprised myself and I can say I completely did that.
00:22:09I feel we're in a good place now, you know?
00:22:12We've laughed, we've been having fun.
00:22:14I've enjoyed my week thoroughly.
00:22:16We're back as friends.
00:22:17We're getting along.
00:22:19Mm.
00:22:21But, to be honest with you, I'm worried that we're going to be just friends next week.
00:22:35And that's all it's going to be.
00:22:39So, that sounds quite negative.
00:22:49It does sound negative, Trish.
00:22:51I don't want to be negative.
00:22:52You know, I wish I could say, yes, 100%, I see them coming back.
00:22:55But, you know, there's a difference between what you want and what you feel.
00:23:00Of course I want them to come back.
00:23:01Of course I want to, you know, fall in love and walk away from this, you know, in love.
00:23:05But how I feel right now is I just, I have doubt.
00:23:09I have doubt.
00:23:10It's funny because I actually walked into this commitment ceremony quite confident.
00:23:15It's funny because I actually walked into this commitment ceremony quite confident.
00:23:16It's funny because I actually walked into this commitment ceremony quite confident.
00:23:18I don't know.
00:23:19I don't know.
00:23:20just a bit light.
00:23:21I thought, oh, we had a really good week, you know.
00:23:22I don't know.
00:23:23I don't know.
00:23:24I don't know.
00:23:25I don't know.
00:23:26I don't know.
00:23:27I don't know.
00:23:28I don't know.
00:23:29I don't know.
00:23:30It just feels a bit weird.
00:23:31I don't know.
00:23:32I don't know.
00:23:33I don't know.
00:23:34I don't know.
00:23:35I don't know.
00:23:36I don't know.
00:23:37I don't know.
00:23:38I don't know.
00:23:39I don't know.
00:23:40I don't know.
00:23:42I don't know.
00:23:44I don't know.
00:23:45I don't know.
00:23:46I don't know.
00:23:47I don't know.
00:23:48Just a bit light.
00:23:49Like I thought, oh, we had a really good week, you know.
00:23:53It just feels a bit weird.
00:23:59I've tried not to think about too much of the future
00:24:13because it's quite overwhelming.
00:24:15Then I feel like I'm pressured to feel a romantic feeling
00:24:18within a certain amount of time.
00:24:19Where do you feel it's going to be in another week?
00:24:32Do you think these feelings will come back
00:24:33or are you just hopeful as well?
00:24:34Yeah, I am hopeful.
00:24:37But I don't say,
00:24:39I think we are going to be friends next week.
00:24:42I haven't made that complete decision.
00:24:45I try not to think too far into the future
00:24:48because then I feel like I have a lot of pressure
00:24:50to force a romantic connection
00:24:52in a certain amount of time.
00:24:56Like, you've given me an ultimatum by next week.
00:24:58I'm like, oh, shit.
00:25:06I don't mean to give you an ultimatum.
00:25:09I just, I don't want to waste time.
00:25:10You know, I've been in relationships where it hasn't felt...
00:25:12Yeah, I don't want to waste your time either.
00:25:14It hasn't felt right and I've stayed with someone
00:25:16and I've wasted their time on my own
00:25:18and I feel terrible for that.
00:25:20You know, and for me, I came here for love
00:25:23and I'm sure Cathy did too.
00:25:26I think it's just disappointing
00:25:27because at the start it was unreal
00:25:30and just to see where we are now, it's sad.
00:25:32It's been a tough, tough time for you guys, isn't it?
00:25:44Yeah.
00:25:45Well, let's find out what you're going to do.
00:25:49Stay or leave.
00:25:50Let's go with you first.
00:25:53Cathy.
00:25:56I just feel a bit blindsided.
00:25:57I'd actually come into the ceremony quite confident
00:26:01and I thought, OK, we've definitely made some progress this week
00:26:07by getting along.
00:26:09We went out drinking, cracking up laughing.
00:26:11I was like, oh, my gosh, yeah.
00:26:12Kind of reminds me of old days.
00:26:14Just the hand on the knee hasn't happened yet.
00:26:16The touch hasn't happened yet, you know?
00:26:24But I really do hope that that romance can grow again.
00:26:29So I really wanted to be positive and right, stay.
00:26:38Mm.
00:26:39Good for you.
00:26:40And what about you, Josh?
00:26:44Stay or leave?
00:27:03And what about you, Josh?
00:27:04Stay or leave?
00:27:06Yeah, look, Josh, this week's been a positive for me.
00:27:08But it feels like, it just feels like friends, you know?
00:27:14I want to see, you know, if these feelings come back
00:27:16because right now I couldn't walk away.
00:27:21You know, I have my doubts.
00:27:24But I'm hopeful, so, yeah, I wish to stay.
00:27:31So stay for you.
00:27:34Well, look, let us leave you with this.
00:27:36At the beginning of the experiment,
00:27:38you were one of our strongest couples.
00:27:42The way that you talked to each other, the affection.
00:27:46You had a lot of fun, playfulness about you.
00:27:48Yeah, absolutely.
00:27:49And everyone felt it.
00:27:50Just remember that.
00:27:51Don't be afraid to reminisce a little bit
00:27:54about how good you have been together
00:27:56because, frankly, you can get back to that.
00:27:59Right.
00:28:00And we're so pleased that you've decided
00:28:02to stick around and push through.
00:28:05Appreciate it, guys.
00:28:06Thanks.
00:28:06Have a good one with you.
00:28:11I just feel a bit blindsided and a bit shocked.
00:28:16I do feel quite nervous now
00:28:17knowing that there's a time limit for Josh.
00:28:21You know, it's this week's the week
00:28:23that we've got to see, you know,
00:28:24if we're just friends at the end of the week.
00:28:26I think that this week is make or break
00:28:29for our relationship.
00:28:36Let's get our next couple up.
00:28:40Stacey and Michael.
00:28:41Well, here we are.
00:28:47Hello.
00:28:48Now, I want to throw straight to you, Michael,
00:28:52and find out how that heavy lifting has been this week
00:28:55in terms of trying to repair and rebuild that trust.
00:29:00Yeah, this week was a hard week.
00:29:03There was no gym, but there was plenty heavy lifting.
00:29:06Basically, what I did was bang out of order.
00:29:09We all know that.
00:29:09My job this week was basically to acknowledge that,
00:29:12move forward, and make it up to Stacey.
00:29:14I have been basically spending every waking minute
00:29:17showing Stacey how much she means to me.
00:29:20It was my birthday this week.
00:29:22Went out, had a few drinks,
00:29:24not even a few drinks, non-alcoholic drinks.
00:29:26So you've stopped drinking?
00:29:27Yeah, completely.
00:29:28So I was like, no, I'm not even going to drink.
00:29:30I'm going to make the biggest effort to show to you
00:29:33how much you mean to me and to crush those partying ways.
00:29:36My birthday was always a big celebration for me.
00:29:39I probably had the best birthday of my life,
00:29:41to be quite honest with you.
00:29:42It was at home, 9 o'clock, in bed, with Stacey,
00:29:46watching Ocean's Eleven,
00:29:47and the only thing that was stolen was my heart.
00:29:50No.
00:29:53So, Stacey, do you trust him yet?
00:29:55I've forgiven him.
00:29:57Not drinking is huge.
00:29:58That's a big thing, and everyone's noticed that.
00:30:01Do you know what I mean?
00:30:01That is a big step.
00:30:03All I can do is now forgive him and give him the time
00:30:06because so far his actions have proven to me
00:30:08that he is dedicated to regaining that trust.
00:30:12We're here to move on from that negative light.
00:30:15Stacey, how do you feel about Michael
00:30:17now that you're moving forward from this moment?
00:30:22I love him.
00:30:28Does that mean you're in love with him?
00:30:32Oh, yeah, we asked the hard questions, Stacey.
00:30:34No, no, no.
00:30:35Moving on.
00:30:37No, we'll stay right here.
00:30:39Ha ha ha!
00:30:46Yeah.
00:30:46Have you told him that before?
00:30:56No.
00:30:59Oh, I'm getting hot.
00:31:03Are you in love with Stacey?
00:31:04I'm in love with Stacey.
00:31:07There's no doubt about it.
00:31:09I've never chased a girl that hard in my life.
00:31:11Yes, I'm in love with Stacey.
00:31:17100%.
00:31:17Wow, this is a big, big turnaround for you guys.
00:31:26Given you feel so strongly about each other,
00:31:29have you talked about the future?
00:31:31Yeah.
00:31:32We live so close to each other.
00:31:34We're sort of in a position fortunate
00:31:36whereby our lives could be entwined like that.
00:31:40Obviously, we've got kids the same age
00:31:42and, like, introducing them and that stuff.
00:31:46You're talking about moving in together.
00:31:48We've been living together, yeah.
00:31:49I've lived through that every single second.
00:31:50Going back and not living together,
00:31:52we'd be like, we'd feel a bit lost, I think.
00:31:55It would be a massive step back.
00:31:56It would be.
00:31:59All right, there's some massive revelations here.
00:32:02We need to get to the decision,
00:32:04which, frankly, we kind of know which way it's headed,
00:32:07but we're going to go with you first, Michael.
00:32:10So I wrote a little poem there for you.
00:32:12But it says stay.
00:32:13Read the poem.
00:32:14Read the poem.
00:32:15Read the poem.
00:32:15And then it's, like, got the, you know, the start,
00:32:17like the buns like that.
00:32:18Oh, stay.
00:32:18Line poems, line poems.
00:32:20Stacey, you're beautiful.
00:32:22Take my breath away.
00:32:23And I love you so much.
00:32:24You're my everything.
00:32:25XOXO, baby XOXO.
00:32:30What about you, Stacey?
00:32:31Stay or leave?
00:32:33Mine's really bland.
00:32:34Stay.
00:32:35OK, well, look, obviously you've had this major hurdle
00:32:40to get through in your relationship.
00:32:41What's most important is you're walking a new walk, Michael.
00:32:45So you are well and truly on track.
00:32:48We love seeing the future plans starting to come forward.
00:32:51So you really are creating a shared vision,
00:32:54which couples need to be doing
00:32:56as they get to this stage of the experiment.
00:32:58So well done.
00:33:00You can go back to the group now, guys.
00:33:02Have a good way, thanks, guys.
00:33:08Look, look out.
00:33:11I am in love with them.
00:33:14Don't look at me.
00:33:16That's a lot of emotions.
00:33:18At first I was so nervous
00:33:20being the first to sort of throw it out there
00:33:21and the fact that Stacey's throwing it back
00:33:23is, it's really a massive relief.
00:33:26Yeah.
00:33:27I'm absolutely wrapped.
00:33:28Let's get our next couple up.
00:33:32Yvonne and Alex.
00:33:39Greetings, you two.
00:33:40Greetings.
00:33:42Let's find out how you've been going this week.
00:33:44I've been good this week.
00:33:45No complaints from me.
00:33:46And what about you, Alex?
00:33:47How's it trying to grapple
00:33:49with the idea of living so close
00:33:51with a guy like this?
00:33:54Yeah, it's been surprisingly easy.
00:33:57But I do feel like
00:33:59I'm nitpicking at little things.
00:34:02I do sleep a lot.
00:34:04Like, I love sleeping.
00:34:05Like, 14 hours, generally.
00:34:06Wow.
00:34:07And Yvonne doesn't.
00:34:10So he's a, he's a, yeah,
00:34:12he's like a six hour, five hour,
00:34:13I don't even know.
00:34:15So I'm going like,
00:34:17you're turning on the shower too early for me?
00:34:19Sleep high.
00:34:20I mean, when she says having early showers,
00:34:23we're talking 8.30am, 9am,
00:34:25so for me that's half the day's over
00:34:27sort of thing already.
00:34:28But, yeah, she loves to snooze.
00:34:30Ha ha!
00:34:33So last time you were on the couch,
00:34:35things were growing along really well.
00:34:37Yeah.
00:34:37So I'd like to ask
00:34:39how intimacy is progressing
00:34:41for you two?
00:34:42Because remember,
00:34:44married at first sight.
00:34:47Yeah.
00:34:47Not friends.
00:34:48Yeah.
00:34:48And we're over the halfway mark,
00:34:51getting close to the end.
00:34:52And this experiment is a test
00:34:53on all levels in relationship.
00:34:57Well, on my end,
00:34:59I'm quite comfortable
00:35:00with how we're doing
00:35:02in regards to intimacy.
00:35:05I don't know, Alex,
00:35:06do you have a comment on
00:35:07how you're feeling
00:35:09about where we're at?
00:35:09Where are you at, Yvonne?
00:35:12Where are we at?
00:35:13We're at the point where I'm comfortable
00:35:14and there is no pressures.
00:35:18And it's something that...
00:35:20We obviously have the mental connection there.
00:35:23I get very uptight and intense
00:35:25about talking about intimacy.
00:35:26I've not been raised that way.
00:35:29I think it's a sacred subject.
00:35:31Very sacred for both of us.
00:35:32Our upbringing and the way
00:35:33our family life and whatnot in the past.
00:35:36It's generally not a topic that we discuss.
00:35:38So I guess we're of the opinion
00:35:40when, if, you know,
00:35:45those sorts of things progress
00:35:46and at what manner
00:35:47is something that we hold quite private
00:35:49and we're not after sexual therapy.
00:35:51Like, that's not where we're here.
00:35:56It's just not a topic
00:35:59that we're comfortable discussing.
00:36:00But this experiment is not meant to be comfortable.
00:36:06Yeah.
00:36:07It puts you under pressure.
00:36:08Yeah.
00:36:08Yeah.
00:36:08And we ask that you do talk about these things.
00:36:11Yes.
00:36:12Yeah, but you can ask what you like.
00:36:13And my response would be,
00:36:16I'm not going to comment on it openly.
00:36:20So you're not speaking about intimacy.
00:36:23You're just suddenly deciding
00:36:24that you're not going to.
00:36:26Yeah, correct.
00:36:27I don't know that that's anyone's business.
00:36:31It is our business, though,
00:36:32because you're in the experiment department.
00:36:35Yeah, OK.
00:36:37It's not an adult film, though.
00:36:46You're not speaking about intimacy.
00:36:49You're just suddenly deciding
00:36:50that you're not going to.
00:36:52Yeah, correct.
00:36:53I don't know that that's anyone's business for you.
00:36:59It is our business, though,
00:37:00because you're in the experiment department.
00:37:02Yeah, OK.
00:37:05It's not an adult film, though.
00:37:13Avana is feeling a little hostile, actually.
00:37:15You know, you use the term an adult film.
00:37:18When talking about, you know,
00:37:21sex within an intimate relationship.
00:37:24Yeah.
00:37:24I'm just a little bit concerned
00:37:26about what that means for the two of you
00:37:29in terms of building this
00:37:30sort of final building block in your relationship.
00:37:33I'm not trying to be hostile about it, no.
00:37:35I want to make that very clear.
00:37:36I'm of the opinion that my sex life
00:37:37is no one's business but mine.
00:37:39You've made that quite clear.
00:37:40Yeah, and it's nothing that I've ever...
00:37:41I don't know why you keep harping on it.
00:37:43Yeah, this is actually not harping.
00:37:44This is having an open and mature discussion
00:37:47about something that's pretty important in relationships.
00:37:50Yeah.
00:37:50Normal, everyday, healthy relationships.
00:37:53What I'm interested in is,
00:37:56OK, you're not going to talk to us here about it,
00:37:59but are you talking to each other
00:38:01about your sexual feelings and your desire
00:38:04and how that sort of intimacy is developing?
00:38:09Yeah, we do.
00:38:10Yeah, we openly...
00:38:11We're very open with each other.
00:38:13But it's just so much, you know,
00:38:16in front of our peers in an open forum
00:38:18that I don't feel comfortable.
00:38:19And I think the pressure is getting to me a little bit.
00:38:24I feel like I can't be myself.
00:38:29And I think that it's one of those things
00:38:31that's getting to the point now
00:38:32where I will be happy to leave and pursue Yvonne
00:38:35outside of this experiment
00:38:36if I'm getting pushed about that subject
00:38:38that I feel really uncomfortable talking about.
00:38:43Probably an important point to clarify at this stage
00:38:53is that there is no pressure here from us
00:38:57for you guys to engage in sexual activity.
00:39:00And I really want you to hear that.
00:39:01Yeah.
00:39:01That is not what we're on about.
00:39:03What we're interested in
00:39:05is how your relationship is progressing
00:39:07in terms of that communication.
00:39:08We're not interested in the gory details of your sex life.
00:39:12Yeah.
00:39:12Yeah.
00:39:13We're not passively sitting here
00:39:15waiting for you to ask us for advice.
00:39:17Of course.
00:39:17You know, we are facilitating the relationship
00:39:20and trying to move things as quickly as we can
00:39:22because of, you know,
00:39:23the short period of the experiment
00:39:25that we're working within.
00:39:28Mm.
00:39:28OK.
00:39:29Let's go to the decision.
00:39:32Stay or leave?
00:39:33Let's go with you first.
00:39:35Alex.
00:39:35So mine was a no-brainer.
00:39:38I'll be staying.
00:39:40Beautiful.
00:39:41Great decision.
00:39:43And Yvonne, how are you placed?
00:39:44Stay or leave?
00:39:45Yeah.
00:39:45No surprise.
00:39:46I'm staying as well.
00:39:47Go back to the group, guys.
00:39:48Good luck this week.
00:39:56Should I have said more?
00:39:59Did I do OK?
00:40:01OK.
00:40:01I've got a f***ing cutscene.
00:40:02I'll cutscene if you want to.
00:40:06All right, let's get our next couple up.
00:40:09Sebastian and Lizzie.
00:40:16Well, welcome back, lady.
00:40:21Good to see you again, Lizzie.
00:40:23It's been a while.
00:40:24A little back.
00:40:24Yes.
00:40:25Yes.
00:40:25And how does it feel to be back?
00:40:28Good.
00:40:30Like, I'm getting another chance, which is great.
00:40:34Yeah.
00:40:35And then on top of that, you've got this guy beside you.
00:40:38A very different man.
00:40:39Very different.
00:40:41Mm-hmm.
00:40:42Very different.
00:40:43Exactly.
00:40:43How different is this relationship from last time?
00:40:47He's here, isn't he?
00:40:49Well, that's a good start.
00:40:51I have to say, well done, Sebastian.
00:40:52You are here.
00:40:54But give us the lowdown.
00:40:56What is this guy bringing to the table that you're enjoying?
00:40:59He wants to be here.
00:41:02He wants to give the experiment a go.
00:41:03He's really supportive and, yeah, it's just like a weird comfortability very, very quickly.
00:41:14Very comfortable.
00:41:15You do look comfortable.
00:41:16Yeah.
00:41:17We've watched you at the dinner party.
00:41:18We've watched you in here.
00:41:19Yeah.
00:41:19There is that comfort between the two of you.
00:41:22Relax together.
00:41:25Yeah?
00:41:25Yeah.
00:41:26What was it that made you decide you wanted to come back and try this experiment again?
00:41:30Because I believe the experiment can work.
00:41:33I've seen it firsthand.
00:41:35I know that it can work.
00:41:38I know that, you know, with me, I have a lot of trust issues.
00:41:43And that's something I have to work through.
00:41:45But you learn so much about yourself, even how the other couples are.
00:41:50You learn from them.
00:41:51You grow from them.
00:41:52And I wanted what I wanted the first time.
00:41:54And now I have even more fresh eyes.
00:41:56And I feel so great within myself.
00:41:58I feel so positive, so happy.
00:42:00I just, I wanted another go.
00:42:02I wanted to give it my all.
00:42:05I've just seen a few things here that some people would kind of like,
00:42:09Ooh, I don't, I don't want to go into that.
00:42:11I'm a little bit hesitant to go into that.
00:42:13So it's very different from last year because everyone wanted to speak.
00:42:16When they got up to the couch here, they wanted to talk about their relationship.
00:42:20We didn't come in here to get lectured.
00:42:22I feel like they want, they're holding back.
00:42:24And I just, I urge them to give the experiment your all and be really open and be really
00:42:31honest because this experience will just change your lives.
00:42:35So throw yourself completely in there.
00:42:38Let's hear from you, Sebastian.
00:42:40What's your take on what it's been like to be matched with this amazing woman?
00:42:45I turned around at the aisle and I guess you could sort of see that reaction.
00:42:54Physically blown away.
00:42:55And we get along like a house on fire where our band is good.
00:43:01And the comfortability thing, we really just are very natural around each other, which is
00:43:07very strange because I've been by myself an individual for eight years.
00:43:13I haven't lived with anyone.
00:43:14And my sleep has been quite fantastic most nights.
00:43:18So you're clearly sharing a bit.
00:43:20Yes.
00:43:20So it's a good step this early.
00:43:22Yeah.
00:43:22Yeah.
00:43:23How's the intimacy going?
00:43:24I think intimacy for us comes hand in hand with coming down at walls and achieving trust.
00:43:35We have sort of floated with intimacy and we've been very, we've been kissing a lot, very,
00:43:40very touchy and that sort of thing.
00:43:41But we've withheld from sex in a sense.
00:43:43But you're quite intimate with touch.
00:43:48In a lot of ways.
00:43:48Hugging.
00:43:49I can see that.
00:43:50A lot of ways.
00:43:50A lot of ways.
00:43:51I saw that last night at the dinner party.
00:43:54Well, let's go to the decision, shall we?
00:43:56Stay or leave?
00:43:57And we will go with you first, Sebastian.
00:44:03No brainer.
00:44:05Really.
00:44:06I'm staying.
00:44:07Nice.
00:44:08Great.
00:44:11And what about you, Lizzie?
00:44:13Stay or leave?
00:44:15I'm going to stay.
00:44:17Both stay.
00:44:18Great stuff.
00:44:19Look, you, you, as you know, you've come in halfway through.
00:44:24So keep asking questions and being inquisitive because you've got to learn about one another
00:44:28as much as you can, as fast as you can.
00:44:30All right.
00:44:31And with that, you can go back to the group.
00:44:33Good on you, guys.
00:44:38Can you remember when it was good?
00:44:40It was good.
00:44:41Yeah.
00:44:41Scary.
00:44:43Yeah.
00:44:45Trying to talk about simple feelings is hard for me.
00:44:47But I'm feeling good.
00:44:49I'm feeling really, really, really positive.
00:44:52And happy.
00:44:53I'm in a good place.
00:44:57Next.
00:44:58I mean, I just shouldn't react.
00:45:00It's okay.
00:45:00It's okay.
00:45:00I can't even.
00:45:01We get it.
00:45:02It's Jonathan's most vulnerable moment of the experiment.
00:45:06It's frustrating because it's like, I'm so annoyed at myself now.
00:45:10I just feel.
00:45:11Is this the heartbreaking end for one of our most loved couples?
00:45:17It's just, I don't know.
00:45:18I just feel defeated.
00:45:29Let's get our next couple up.
00:45:33Connie and Jonathan.
00:45:34Greetings, you two.
00:45:42How are you doing?
00:45:44How are you?
00:45:45We're doing pretty well.
00:45:46We want to know how you've been going this week.
00:45:48Um, after the last commitment ceremony, um, that's when I decided that I had enough and
00:45:54I wanted to go.
00:45:54Um, the next morning, Johnny and I really just laid out everything to each other, every
00:46:00single thing, and took on all the feedback that you guys had to give us.
00:46:06We even went out and bought, like, these poster pens and wrote visuals on our mirror in our
00:46:10kitchen of lists of things that we need to improve on.
00:46:13Wow.
00:46:13You did homework.
00:46:14Yeah.
00:46:15Great.
00:46:17And I can honestly say that I have done a complete 180.
00:46:20And I am myself again.
00:46:24Like, I have been laughing non-stop.
00:46:26I have just been having a huge positive outlook on everything.
00:46:32That girl that was here for the last week, she's gone.
00:46:36And I'm so glad she's gone because I hated her.
00:46:39Yeah.
00:46:40Yeah, she was awful.
00:46:44Wow.
00:46:45You have had a good week by the sounds of it, haven't you?
00:46:47Oh, yeah.
00:46:48It was really good.
00:46:50It's amazing how she has been this week, you know.
00:46:52She has been, she has turned around.
00:46:56But last week, it was just disheartening to come to the couch and be blindsided by how
00:47:02your, you know, the other half is going, you know.
00:47:05And now, like, I've flipped.
00:47:07I'm, I'm upset.
00:47:11Like, I've lost trust in us.
00:47:14And I thought, I thought we'd be at the level where I could just talk openly and freely.
00:47:18Have you not been talking openly with Connie?
00:47:22Well, like, we had, we had a couple of good days and it was mainly because I felt like
00:47:25I was walking on eggshells.
00:47:27Like, I felt that, you know, she had an upset service for me to even say this.
00:47:31I don't like talking about it.
00:47:33Say it.
00:47:34Say it.
00:47:34Yeah, I know, I have to, I have to say it.
00:47:35But it's just, uh, I had to withhold my, being myself.
00:47:41And it sucks that, you know, you can't be yourself in this environment where you, she's
00:47:47not going to fall in love with someone I'm not even loving, you know.
00:47:49Right, right.
00:47:59I'm so worried that what, what I could say could be thrown back at me.
00:48:01I just don't say anything.
00:48:04It's just the easy, it's the easiest option for me.
00:48:06I feel like I've been bitten a few times and now I'm just like, okay, I just can't pat the
00:48:10dog anymore.
00:48:10I shouldn't, no, I shouldn't say dog.
00:48:15I mean, I just shouldn't react.
00:48:17It's okay, it's okay.
00:48:18Like, I can't even, like, even now I'm still on eggshells.
00:48:23I don't feel like I'm being myself.
00:48:26Knowing that someone feels like they have to step on eggshells around you, that hurts
00:48:30me when he says that.
00:48:31I know he doesn't mean to.
00:48:33Do you understand why he feels that way, Connie?
00:48:34Yeah, I do, because I'm a sensitive person and, you know, he, he's scared of hurting my
00:48:38feelings.
00:48:39He's, he's not too sure, he's still figuring out the boundaries.
00:48:45Well, you both are.
00:48:46Yeah.
00:48:46It's, it seems you've been going like this, haven't you, for the last couple of weeks and
00:48:50you haven't quite had the chance to arrive at the same place at the same time yet.
00:48:55Yeah.
00:48:57It's frustrating because it's like, I'm so annoyed at myself now to be here, because
00:49:01I'm like, you know, what could have been if we were both good?
00:49:05I just want more for us, you know, and it's just, it's now that we are here.
00:49:09And she's 180.
00:49:10I just feel.
00:49:18It's just, I just feel defeated.
00:49:20It upsets me because I was really hoping that me being my happy self again, it will help
00:49:31get us back on track.
00:49:32All right, well, let's go to the decision, shall we?
00:49:39Stay or leave?
00:49:41Let's go with you first.
00:49:44Johnny.
00:49:44This week has been, to me, it's been really hard.
00:49:52I feel like I've restrained myself.
00:49:58Yeah.
00:50:00After I leave.
00:50:01All right, well, let's find out from you now, Connie.
00:50:28Stay or leave?
00:50:29I don't care about Johnny so much.
00:50:36I really do.
00:50:37I did this 180 and just let go of everything that has just happened these past weeks.
00:50:43And I think Johnny can too.
00:50:47I'm hanging on to that, so I'm staying.
00:50:50There you go.
00:50:59All right, well, as you know, in this experiment, if one person says stay and the other says
00:51:04leave, you are required to stay in the experiment for another week.
00:51:08And in this situation, you get a chance to work on your relationship.
00:51:13Connie, you have to kind of let Johnny be Johnny.
00:51:17You know?
00:51:18Yeah.
00:51:18And Jonathan, I'll ask you to not overthink.
00:51:23Okay.
00:51:23You live in your head, so try not to overthink it and just live in the moment.
00:51:28See what happens.
00:51:29And with that, you guys can go back to the group.
00:51:34Good luck.
00:51:35Thanks, guys.
00:51:39I know I have to try to be myself.
00:51:42Try to be, you know, back to where I was.
00:51:47This way might bring us closer.
00:51:48I've got to still say, I'm kind of positive.
00:51:58Still to come.
00:52:00I saw that there was, like, a toy in his suitcase.
00:52:05It's no laughing matter for Casey.
00:52:08Why are you guys laughing?
00:52:09I don't understand.
00:52:11Plus, you've missed the point entirely.
00:52:13When did I lie?
00:52:14When did I lie to you?
00:52:15I'm offended that you withhold the truth from me.
00:52:18Okay, but can I say, can I say...
00:52:20I'm just going to jump in here because this is spiralling a little bit, guys.
00:52:32All right.
00:52:33Let's get our next couple up.
00:52:36Casey Andrew.
00:52:36How are you two?
00:52:46Welcome.
00:52:47Good.
00:52:47Hi.
00:52:48Hi, guys.
00:52:48It's good to see you.
00:52:49First commitment ceremony, eh?
00:52:51I know.
00:52:51Yes.
00:52:52So, you two have been thrown into this experiment halfway through.
00:52:56Tell us about the experience.
00:52:58How have you been coping?
00:52:59The wedding was amazing.
00:53:04I think we both were relieved when we saw each other.
00:53:07So, that was great.
00:53:09But something kind of happened at the honeymoon.
00:53:14So, when I saw that there was, like, a toy in his suitcase,
00:53:18and I was like, I thought it was a teddy,
00:53:20and I was like, oh, you brought, like, a teddy.
00:53:21Like, that's cute.
00:53:22And he was like, his name's Rick from this show, Rick and Morty.
00:53:27And he's like, I'll watch it with my roommate,
00:53:30and he has a girl roommate, which we had discussed.
00:53:33And I was like, oh, okay, so who got you the toy?
00:53:35And he said, my roommate got it for me.
00:53:37So, I said it was a little weird.
00:53:39He didn't see where I was coming from,
00:53:41and then I thought maybe I just need to, like,
00:53:42ask one of the girls at the dinner party what they thought about it.
00:53:46And then today I brought it up to Drew,
00:53:49and he kind of got, like, a bit funny,
00:53:52and just some names were thrown at me.
00:53:54What sort of thing?
00:53:55Just, like, super jealous, red flags.
00:54:00Oh, okay.
00:54:01And in some situations of my past,
00:54:04I've dated these men where they're constantly
00:54:06in this powerful position.
00:54:08There's always girls around.
00:54:09Like, it does kind of make you a little bit jealous.
00:54:12So, I really spent the last couple of years
00:54:14just working on these issues that I had.
00:54:16And I feel like coming into this experiment
00:54:17and meeting someone like Drew,
00:54:19who I genuinely am attracted to,
00:54:21from the get-go,
00:54:23getting called things that I've worked so hard on,
00:54:26yeah, it really upset me.
00:54:33What do you say about all of that, Drew?
00:54:34Um, the housemate thing has definitely just spiralled out of control
00:54:39from just absolutely nothing.
00:54:42The fact that that kind of stuff keeps coming up is,
00:54:46you know, where, you know,
00:54:47that's where I said it was a bit of a red flag for me.
00:54:50And I didn't mean...
00:54:52..I didn't mean to hurt you or upset you.
00:54:57So, Drew, do you feel like you've been able
00:54:59to put Casey's mind at ease around this?
00:55:02I think...
00:55:04..when you've first seen the doll,
00:55:07um, I didn't even respond seriously.
00:55:10I thought you were joking.
00:55:11Instead of going, no, babe, don't worry, like,
00:55:14he made it, he goes, yeah,
00:55:15and she sprayed all her perfume on it,
00:55:16and ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
00:55:17And I was like, oh,
00:55:19you made that a joke?
00:55:20And I do sincerely apologise for upsetting you.
00:55:33I sound like everyone's kind of laughing.
00:55:35I don't...
00:55:35There's, like, a lot of noise over there.
00:55:37Yeah, why are you guys laughing?
00:55:39I don't understand.
00:55:43What's funny, Michael?
00:55:44Fill us in.
00:55:45Help us understand what's going on.
00:55:46No, no, no.
00:55:46When you said the doll thing,
00:55:47and it kept going about the toy,
00:55:49I was like, wow,
00:55:49is this all going on about a teddy bear?
00:55:51Like, I didn't get it, to be honest with you.
00:55:53I should have bought Rick and you...
00:55:54And I didn't know, and then I was like...
00:55:56Look, I've never heard of the show.
00:55:57OK, guys, how about a little bit of respect?
00:56:00We've got a new couple on the couch here
00:56:02who haven't been through this experience before.
00:56:05They're sharing something that's...
00:56:07makes them feel pretty vulnerable for the first time,
00:56:10and to have you guys snickering there
00:56:12is really a little bit disrespectful.
00:56:14So how about we give them the time and space on the couch,
00:56:17just like you get every week?
00:56:18No, I didn't mean to snicker.
00:56:19Yeah, I was just saying,
00:56:20when the doll came up, I was like...
00:56:27I sat there so quiet and listened to everyone else.
00:56:30Yeah, you did.
00:56:33You're doing good.
00:56:33You're doing good.
00:56:48Go on, sweetheart.
00:56:52It was just more the fact of where it went to,
00:56:55the jealousy and the names and stuff like that,
00:56:57so that, for me, is why I was upset today.
00:57:02Yeah, and I'm sorry for upsetting you.
00:57:05I am.
00:57:06All right, then, guys, let's get to the decision.
00:57:10Stay or leave?
00:57:11We'll go with you first, Casey.
00:57:14Because, obviously, it's early days
00:57:18and today was not the best day,
00:57:20but I guess that's just how relationships go sometimes.
00:57:25Yes, I chose to stay.
00:57:27Good.
00:57:29Well, what about you, Drew?
00:57:30Stay or leave?
00:57:31What you got for us?
00:57:32Um, yeah, it is early days,
00:57:37but it is something that, you know,
00:57:39I want to put time and effort into,
00:57:42so I will stay as well.
00:57:44Great.
00:57:45Great.
00:57:53Casey, just remember that you will be triggered.
00:57:58It's your soft point, jealousy,
00:58:01and I was really pleased to hear you name it,
00:58:04that you have a tendency to be jealous,
00:58:06because once we name it, it loses its power over us.
00:58:09Yeah.
00:58:09So, and maybe ask for Drew's help
00:58:12when you're feeling jealous.
00:58:14Okay, that's good advice.
00:58:15And, Drew, I just think, really,
00:58:19you need to give yourselves a bit of a chance
00:58:22before using terms like jealous relationship,
00:58:25jealous person,
00:58:27just give yourself some time to get to know each other,
00:58:29because we matched you together,
00:58:31because you guys have got a lot of strong ingredients.
00:58:35All right, then, guys,
00:58:37thanks for being so open and honest with us,
00:58:39right off the bat.
00:58:40We love that.
00:58:41Have a great week,
00:58:42and we'll see you next time.
00:58:44Good team.
00:58:46All right, let's get our last couple up.
00:59:00Steve and Michelle.
00:59:04I still feel hurt and angry.
00:59:07I've had a lot to think about,
00:59:13and I feel like I've made the right decision.
00:59:15We saw you at the dinner party last night.
00:59:29You guys arrived first up,
00:59:31and there was total silence.
00:59:34It was frosty,
00:59:35it was awkward to watch,
00:59:36and clearly some things had happened.
00:59:38And you didn't really talk throughout the dinner party,
00:59:40and at the end,
00:59:41it went nuclear.
00:59:44So,
00:59:45fill us in.
00:59:46What has gone on with you guys?
00:59:49So,
00:59:50for the past six weeks,
00:59:52Steve has been saying to the camera
00:59:55that he does not find me attractive.
00:59:57So how does Michelle know
01:00:01that you've been talking about that
01:00:04over a number of weeks?
01:00:05Well, because basically,
01:00:06before we came to the dinner party,
01:00:08we had a very heated discussion
01:00:10in the apartment about it,
01:00:12and I said that I'd mentioned it.
01:00:14He had been honest from the beginning,
01:00:17speaking to the camera
01:00:18with his feelings towards me.
01:00:20Why?
01:00:21Like, why could he not tell his why?
01:00:26That's a betrayal.
01:00:27It's like living with somebody,
01:00:30and basically,
01:00:32they've been lying to you the whole time.
01:00:34Whether it seems like a big deal or not
01:00:36to anyone else,
01:00:37it's a big deal to me,
01:00:39because we have been so honest with each other.
01:00:43We have been so open and so honest.
01:00:46Why not tell me that bit of information
01:00:48you're telling to the rest of Australia?
01:00:50Ask Steve that now.
01:00:51So why not?
01:00:52The reason I never shared it with her
01:00:54is because, pure and simply,
01:00:55I didn't want to hurt her feelings,
01:00:57and I wanted to see if it would grow organically,
01:01:00naturally,
01:01:00and that is the way it is.
01:01:03I'll put my hands up.
01:01:05I'm guilty then.
01:01:06I should have said to Michelle,
01:01:08week one,
01:01:08sorry, I'm not attracted to you,
01:01:09and how far would we have got then?
01:01:11But if I had not said anything,
01:01:12and then six weeks down the track
01:01:14or five weeks down the track,
01:01:15I did find her attractive
01:01:16and things were sweet,
01:01:17then everything would have been fine
01:01:18and hunky-dory.
01:01:20So the reason I didn't say anything in week one
01:01:21is because I wanted to give it a go.
01:01:23Yeah, but even like...
01:01:24Or week two, or week three,
01:01:25or week four, or week five,
01:01:26until I had the conversation this week.
01:01:28But you know what?
01:01:29Like, I thought we had this openness
01:01:31where we're saying, like, you know,
01:01:33this is going good or it's going bad.
01:01:37Steve, why did you open this can of worms?
01:01:40Why did you let Michelle know
01:01:42that you've been sharing
01:01:43about your level of attraction?
01:01:44It got to the point in our relationship
01:01:46where I needed to say,
01:01:47this is where I'm at.
01:01:48I'm being honest.
01:01:49How can we work on it
01:01:50to try and bring us together in some way?
01:01:52I can understand that
01:01:53it would hurt anybody's feelings
01:01:55if someone said they weren't attracted to them,
01:01:56but...
01:01:58Obviously, Michelle was extremely upset
01:02:00with the news.
01:02:02It wasn't the news.
01:02:03No.
01:02:04Just make sure it's not the news.
01:02:05It's the betrayal.
01:02:07OK?
01:02:08Just make sure it's not the news
01:02:10it's the betrayal.
01:02:13It's because you lied to me.
01:02:18You've missed the point entirely.
01:02:19Where did I lie?
01:02:19When did I lie to you?
01:02:21Because you didn't tell me
01:02:22what you'd been telling the camera
01:02:24the whole time.
01:02:26I'm offended that you
01:02:28withhold the truth from me.
01:02:30OK, but can I say...
01:02:31Can I say...
01:02:32I'm just going to jump in here
01:02:33because this is spiralling a little bit, guys.
01:02:35Yeah.
01:02:35And I want to keep you on track.
01:02:36So one of the things this is highlighting
01:02:38is that we all have different levels
01:02:40of privacy and openness
01:02:41in relationships.
01:02:42And what you're saying is
01:02:44you want absolute openness...
01:02:45Yes.
01:02:45..no matter what.
01:02:46Give it to me with both barrels
01:02:47even if it hurts.
01:02:49Yes.
01:02:49And the two of you are not meeting
01:02:51in the middle there.
01:02:52We were living in two different realities.
01:02:57Because I thought that's where we were.
01:02:59Understanding that Steve has no malice toward you,
01:03:02that his intention was to protect you.
01:03:05Rightly or wrongly,
01:03:06that was his intention.
01:03:11Yeah, it doesn't sit well with me still.
01:03:13It's still deceit.
01:03:15It is still betrayal.
01:03:21The reason why this is so painful for you,
01:03:23and I'll say it for you,
01:03:24is because you have been cheated on in the past.
01:03:26So someone doing something
01:03:29without your knowledge
01:03:29and getting blindsided by it
01:03:31is going to blow your mind.
01:03:32And that's what you're going through right now.
01:03:35So I totally get where you're coming from.
01:03:38And I get where you're coming from, Steve.
01:03:40You know, you're trying to manage your process
01:03:42and you're doing it the best you can.
01:03:44And there is no blueprint to this.
01:03:49Understanding helps you get through this.
01:03:51And at the moment,
01:03:52you're trying to point score.
01:03:53And so you're gridlocked.
01:03:54But if you stop and say,
01:03:56OK, well, I get where you're coming from.
01:03:58I may not agree with it,
01:03:59but I get it.
01:03:59Then you can move forward.
01:04:01Speaking of moving forward,
01:04:05we're going to find out what the decision is.
01:04:06And that decision,
01:04:13first up to stay or leave,
01:04:16is going to be with you, Steve.
01:04:17OK, cool.
01:04:19So,
01:04:19I adore this woman,
01:04:22to the right to me.
01:04:23I do.
01:04:24There is nothing right now
01:04:25I don't think I wouldn't do for her.
01:04:27If she wanted my help,
01:04:28I would be there for her.
01:04:29I know what Michelle's done for me
01:04:33and I am grateful for the rest of my life.
01:04:36We went to this private little beach
01:04:38and Michelle wanted me to kayak.
01:04:40So it's a big phobia of mine,
01:04:41but Michelle, bless her heart,
01:04:43she pushed me to get in the kayak.
01:04:45I really appreciated the fact that she made me do that.
01:04:48Um,
01:04:50however,
01:04:51I hate the fact that we were arguing
01:04:55the way we did yesterday.
01:04:57I am extremely sad
01:04:59and saddened,
01:05:01um,
01:05:01to say,
01:05:02but I am decided to leave.
01:05:14OK, Michelle,
01:05:15your decision,
01:05:16stay or leave?
01:05:17Yeah,
01:05:17so,
01:05:18I didn't want to leave this experiment
01:05:22angry with Steve.
01:05:25I would have liked to leave as friends
01:05:28and it's sad that it has to be like this.
01:05:43I didn't want to leave this experiment
01:05:45angry with Steve.
01:05:46I would have liked to leave as friends
01:05:51and it's sad that it has to be like this.
01:05:55But I had a conversation
01:06:00with a very intelligent woman
01:06:02and that was my daughter, Eva.
01:06:06She is.
01:06:07mom,
01:06:18mom,
01:06:18mom,
01:06:19mom,
01:06:20mom
01:06:22mom,
01:06:24and you're here in this experiment to learn you leaving is exactly what you
01:06:33would do do the complete opposite
01:06:42and she said stay
01:06:54she said to me to break a pattern I have to listen to my daughter because I feel
01:06:59that she's far more intelligent than me we love Eva we love Eva thank you Eva
01:07:06well as you know if someone says stay and the other says leave you've got to
01:07:10stay for another week sounds good all right that was hugely draining but we
01:07:17have a really good outcome which is you got a week to turn it around and it's
01:07:26not over until you both say leave so seven days that's what it takes dig in
01:07:31roll up the sleeves and see what you can do and with that we will see you next
01:07:37time on the couch
01:07:42I'm just pleased I'm staying because ultimately the end of day Michelle wrote
01:07:46stay and I think it shows to me that you know Michelle obviously cares about
01:07:50the relationship and she's obviously putting her best foot forward which
01:07:54obviously means a lot to me
01:07:58stupid I am so glad that I said stay because we get to build that trust and
01:08:06work on our relationship
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