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00:00:00It's been several months since 24 hopeful singles entered Australia's
00:00:12biggest social experiment. Each participant came with the same dream to
00:00:19make a connection and find love. I've pictured this day a thousand times but
00:00:25to be standing here in front of you it seems surreal. Tonight it's the final
00:00:30reunion and everyone is back. Dan faces the music when some damning evidence is
00:00:37revealed. Dan being like I can't stand her but we just say yes to you know try
00:00:43and make it to the end. Holy shit. Taylor. Taylor's slip-up exposes the truth. I
00:00:52didn't mean to say that. And there's hope for one of the season's most turbulent
00:01:03couples. How do you feel about Jesse when you sit here now with him?
00:01:08Welcome everyone. Hello. Come on in. Settle in. Great to see you. Hello. Come on in guys.
00:01:29Welcome back everybody for the final reunion.
00:01:43Now over three months ago this experiment began and 12 very brave couples put their
00:01:53hands up and threw themselves in looking for the fairy tale.
00:02:00Some of you were able to achieve that. You fell in love. You found your someone
00:02:06special. While others went away not getting what they hoped for. The important
00:02:13thing from the experts is that we hoped that you were all able to learn something
00:02:20through this experiment. But you could take stock and have a look at yourselves as individuals
00:02:27as well as how you are in romantic relationships.
00:02:31So on that note let's all go back to where it all began on your wedding days.
00:02:39I'm sorry. Oh God. Please hold my hand. Holy crap. Oh my God.
00:02:58I'm about to get married. I'm marrying a stranger. I mean whoo. Isn't that crazy?
00:03:11I feel like my nerves have literally just manifested themselves into sweat.
00:03:15So nerves now. I don't want to do this anymore. Do you have a copy of the wedding vows?
00:03:31Awesome. I was just about to shit myself then. So that was great.
00:03:38Hi. Hello. Hi, I'm Tani. Nice to meet you. Tani. I'm crying already. I'm Dan.
00:03:55Nice to meet you, Dan. I'm Sandy. Wow. I'm Leighton. Nice to meet you, Mel.
00:04:01You look fantastic. Do we hold hands or...? Yes, we do.
00:04:07Oh my God. You literally took my breath away. Look at me. Oh, stop it.
00:04:11I'm Hugo. My goat was called Hugo.
00:04:18How are you feeling? You feeling good? Like I might throw up. I'm good. I'm good though.
00:04:21Don't throw up. I'll try. You have great tears. Thank you. So do you.
00:04:26Evelyn. Evelyn.
00:04:29My wife, my partner and my new best friend.
00:04:46You're probably wondering what's with the get up, but please don't take this as a giant red flag.
00:04:55I believe marriage is built on trust. Nothing worth having comes easy.
00:05:03Today I'm pulling all my walls down.
00:05:05Because I've learnt that a life lived in fear is a life half-lived.
00:05:09And I don't know what more I can do to make my light any easier for love to find.
00:05:18Big rewards require big risks. What better reward is there than love?
00:05:23I want someone who hugs the tightest, who waves goodbye from the driveway, and cheers the ladders from the sidelines.
00:05:34We will find comfort in each other, and I hope we fall in love too.
00:05:39Aw!
00:05:41I would say that you have found yourself a unicorn.
00:05:44You may now kiss the bride!
00:05:47You may now kiss the bride!
00:05:48It was such a beautiful day. Like, I'd do that again and again and again.
00:06:15I should have brought a box of tissues.
00:06:31Well, let's get our first couple up on the couch.
00:06:35Tani and Ollie.
00:06:44Hello!
00:06:45Hello!
00:06:46Hello!
00:06:47How are you two?
00:06:48Hello!
00:06:49How are you going?
00:06:50Aw!
00:06:51Should we ask, are we curious, what's the status of this relationship?
00:06:55The status?
00:06:56We are very happy.
00:06:58Yeah, incredibly happy.
00:07:00How do you feel about Tani?
00:07:05After that final vow, we did say that we love each other.
00:07:12So, you're in love with Tani?
00:07:15Yeah. Yeah, I am.
00:07:17You're in love.
00:07:19Can I do a hug?
00:07:21And Tani, how do you see the future?
00:07:28Um, yeah, I'm excited for the future.
00:07:31Um, you know, after this, we're going on a little holiday together.
00:07:36I'm going to go to Perth for a couple of weeks.
00:07:39We've kind of just been planning everything and letting things just flow nice and naturally.
00:07:42Hmm.
00:07:43Obviously, the long distance thing can be a challenge.
00:07:48Is there a move on the cards?
00:07:51Yeah, there is, yeah.
00:07:52I'm going to be moving to New South Wales.
00:07:55Yeah, Sydney.
00:07:56Wow!
00:07:57There it is, people!
00:07:58Making the moves.
00:08:00Got a couple of friends that are in the area.
00:08:03So, yeah.
00:08:04Okay.
00:08:05Amazing.
00:08:06Yeah.
00:08:07So, it's, you know, it's daunting as hell, but there's a part of me definitely in Sydney now, and that's Tani.
00:08:11So, yeah, you want to pursue that.
00:08:16We have so much confidence looking at you now, and that your future is so incredibly bright.
00:08:23That you both have this attitude that means when you do come up against challenges, you're going to be open to it.
00:08:29You're going to tackle it together because you are this unbeatable team.
00:08:33And please stay in touch because we want to hear about all the babies in the future, right?
00:08:39Of course.
00:08:40We loved having you in this experiment.
00:08:41Thank you so much.
00:08:42Thank you, guys.
00:08:43Thank you so much.
00:08:44Appreciate it.
00:08:45Well done.
00:08:47Thanks, guys.
00:08:52You guys are so cute.
00:08:54Thank you so much.
00:08:55Thank you so much, everybody for the time.
00:08:57I'm not here to sign your name.
00:08:58Thank you so much.
00:08:59Thank you so much.
00:09:01Our next couple.
00:09:02Sandy and Dan.
00:09:11Hello!
00:09:12Hi.
00:09:13Hi.
00:09:14Are you two?
00:09:15Well, the three of us are incredibly disappointed, aren't we,
00:09:19about where this has landed for you guys.
00:09:23Things got pretty heated between you two during this experiment.
00:09:30In the beginning, there was potential.
00:09:33And you know what?
00:09:34When we matched you and we thought long and hard about the two of you,
00:09:37there were a lot that we liked about it.
00:09:39We were excited.
00:09:40Yeah.
00:09:41Sandy, why do you think this relationship broke down?
00:09:45Because it was so strong in the beginning.
00:09:52Dan never came here with the right intentions.
00:09:54I feel he never gave me...
00:09:57Look, I never said to him he has to love me.
00:10:00I didn't say that.
00:10:01I didn't say, I might not even be his type, that's fine.
00:10:04At least give me a chance and then...
00:10:07I disagree with that.
00:10:07I did come into the experiment with the right reasons.
00:10:11I categorically can say that hand on heart that I did.
00:10:16I don't believe that because I never felt it.
00:10:19Because if I thought you did, you would have actually given it a chance.
00:10:23You would have, you know, spent time with you.
00:10:25You would have done all those things a person would do
00:10:27to try and make a relationship work.
00:10:29I felt quite isolated because to everyone else, Dan seemed amazing.
00:10:36But I was getting someone else behind closed doors.
00:10:40See, I disagree with that.
00:10:42Sandy, we've got a lot of differences, OK?
00:10:44And I think, you know, that's the ultimate reason why the wheels fell off.
00:10:48Well, look, there is one pivotal moment in this experiment for the both of you
00:10:54that is important to examine right now.
00:10:58And it involved a night out with the boys
00:11:02when there was an unintentional phone call made
00:11:06that Evelyn received.
00:11:10And she was privy to certain information on that boys' night.
00:11:16It implicated two grooms in the situation.
00:11:22And it has carried on throughout the experiment.
00:11:26Let's take a moment now to examine that in greater depth.
00:11:34God damn it.
00:11:40Last night, the boys went out
00:11:47and I got a butt dial from Rupert.
00:11:51I did listen in and...
00:11:53Right.
00:11:53Um, I unfortunately heard
00:11:57what two of the husbands were saying about their wives.
00:12:02Who?
00:12:03Hugo.
00:12:05Yeah.
00:12:06And Dan.
00:12:08Specifically Dan.
00:12:09Ew, I heard it so clear.
00:12:19I know you haven't been saying
00:12:21some very nice things about your wife.
00:12:25I want you now to own up to it
00:12:27before I have to take it further.
00:12:31Um, I've got no problems in being honest.
00:12:35Did I see Dan
00:12:36showing me pictures of his ex?
00:12:38I did.
00:12:42Dan, did you hold up your phone
00:12:44and show your ex-girlfriends?
00:12:46No, no, no, don't.
00:12:47Don't say shit like that to me.
00:12:49Don't swear.
00:12:50No one's swearing here.
00:12:51There was nothing at all
00:12:52that was said with any kind of ill intent, right?
00:12:55Or any kind of, um,
00:12:56any that was, like, malicious
00:12:57or anything like that.
00:12:59I heard the entire conversation.
00:13:00No, no, no.
00:13:01We were talking about, uh,
00:13:03career and lifestyle.
00:13:04That's all you spoke about,
00:13:05career and lifestyle.
00:13:06Absolutely.
00:13:07Okay, you're lying.
00:13:09The fact that you even showed photos
00:13:10of your ex-girlfriends,
00:13:11that's pretty disrespectful to me.
00:13:13Why would you do that?
00:13:14Why?
00:13:15Why?
00:13:15Why?
00:13:16What did you say?
00:13:17You haven't said it.
00:13:18This whole thing is f***ing.
00:13:28Like, I don't,
00:13:28I don't want to throw
00:13:30any of the boys under the bus.
00:13:34You had, you know, like,
00:13:36Dan being like,
00:13:38I can't stand her,
00:13:39but we just say yes to, you know,
00:13:41try and make it to the end.
00:13:48You know, like,
00:13:49she is the last person
00:13:51that I'd be attracted to.
00:13:54Like, she's, you know,
00:13:56100% not my type.
00:13:58All, like, dude,
00:13:58all that kind of stuff.
00:14:04F*** me.
00:14:10Oh, my God.
00:14:18You had, you know, like,
00:14:47Dan being like,
00:14:49I can't stand her,
00:14:50but we just say yes to,
00:14:52you know,
00:14:52try and make it to the end.
00:14:56You know, like,
00:14:57she is the last person
00:14:58that I'd be attracted to.
00:15:01Like, she's 100% not my type.
00:15:04All, like, dude,
00:15:05all that kind of stuff.
00:15:07F*** me.
00:15:08Oh, my God.
00:15:19Holy shit.
00:15:30Stop looking at Hugo.
00:15:31I know what you're doing.
00:15:34Stop intimidating him.
00:15:35No, I'm not.
00:15:36I'm just, no, I'm not.
00:15:37I see it in your eyes, Dan.
00:15:38I've dealt with you
00:15:39for two months full time.
00:15:40I know exactly what you do.
00:15:44You're doing it to me right now.
00:15:45You're giving me those eyes.
00:15:46Stop trying to intimidate me
00:15:48and stop me from speaking as well.
00:15:49Nothing he does surprises me anymore.
00:15:51I've spent enough time with him.
00:15:53That honestly didn't surprise me.
00:15:54To be honest,
00:15:55there's probably much worse things
00:15:56that have happened
00:15:57during the experiment
00:15:58that I don't know about.
00:16:02Hugo.
00:16:02When did Dan say
00:16:06these things to you?
00:16:09Look,
00:16:10this was,
00:16:12we were down at Opera Bar
00:16:14and
00:16:15to be honest,
00:16:20I kind of led the charge
00:16:21with having my big rant
00:16:23and my big vent.
00:16:25and, you know,
00:16:28the guys kind of,
00:16:29you know,
00:16:30supported me.
00:16:32And, Dan,
00:16:34you mentioned that
00:16:35it's friends at first sight,
00:16:38it's, you know,
00:16:39stuff like that.
00:16:40And you might have felt
00:16:42a bit hard done by.
00:16:43Did you say the things
00:16:54at the boys' night
00:16:55that Hugo
00:16:57is suggesting
00:16:59he heard from you?
00:17:03I don't recall
00:17:04saying them.
00:17:08So,
00:17:09I don't remember
00:17:09a word for word.
00:17:10when you say,
00:17:11when you say
00:17:12you don't recall
00:17:13word for word,
00:17:15that
00:17:15suggests
00:17:16that it
00:17:17absolutely
00:17:18could have happened.
00:17:30Yep.
00:17:36What upsets me
00:17:38is, like I said,
00:17:38the manipulation
00:17:39like to my face,
00:17:40everything's fine.
00:17:41I'm all in.
00:17:43This is amazing.
00:17:44But then behind my back
00:17:45he's doing something else.
00:17:46That's the issue.
00:17:50Even the sleeping with me,
00:17:51I still don't understand that
00:17:53because you said
00:17:53you weren't sexually
00:17:54attracted to me.
00:17:54So when I pulled away,
00:17:56you reeled me back in.
00:17:57No,
00:17:58we both agreed that
00:17:59we both felt connected.
00:18:02You know,
00:18:03and we were two
00:18:03consenting adults
00:18:04that had sex.
00:18:05You knew exactly
00:18:06what that meant for me
00:18:06in that moment.
00:18:07I thought that you could
00:18:08see a future there.
00:18:10And then you completely
00:18:11pulled away after that.
00:18:13You made me feel like shit.
00:18:14The night before,
00:18:15before we went to bed,
00:18:17he was saying things like,
00:18:18I don't understand
00:18:19why you only want
00:18:20to get intimate
00:18:20in the dark.
00:18:21I'm not vibing
00:18:22with this, Sandy.
00:18:23I date girls
00:18:25who walk around
00:18:25in skimpy clothes.
00:18:27Saying those sorts
00:18:28of things to me
00:18:29is not going to make me
00:18:29feel comfortable
00:18:30in your presence.
00:18:31Absolutely not.
00:18:31I absolutely,
00:18:32no way I did not
00:18:34say those things.
00:18:35No, I did not.
00:18:35Dan,
00:18:36just say sorry.
00:18:37Take some accountability.
00:18:39You're a grown-ass
00:18:3948-year-old man.
00:18:41Act like it.
00:18:42Claire,
00:18:42this is our time
00:18:44on the couch, please.
00:18:45She's entitled
00:18:46to speak.
00:18:52Sandy,
00:18:53I absolutely
00:18:53was attracted to you
00:18:55at the beginning,
00:18:55okay?
00:18:56And as we continue
00:18:58to get to know each other,
00:18:59that attraction plateaued
00:19:00and the wheels fell off
00:19:01and it sort of ended
00:19:03pretty quickly
00:19:04and brutally.
00:19:08I still don't understand
00:19:09why did you continue
00:19:11the relationship?
00:19:12Why did you sleep with me?
00:19:13Why did you stay every week?
00:19:15I just...
00:19:16Because there's...
00:19:17Just to lead me on
00:19:18because you just wanted
00:19:18to stay?
00:19:19No.
00:19:19And then...
00:19:21I disagree with that.
00:19:24No.
00:19:31Dan,
00:19:32I've sat here tonight
00:19:34and been counting
00:19:36the amount of times
00:19:38no comes out of your mouth.
00:19:42And it is a lot.
00:19:45It means as a result
00:19:50of anything she says,
00:19:52the first reaction
00:19:54from you is
00:19:55no.
00:20:00It dismisses her,
00:20:02it invalidates her opinion,
00:20:05her feelings,
00:20:07and it makes her feel
00:20:08small and insignificant.
00:20:11I thought I'd better
00:20:13tell you that
00:20:14because I don't know
00:20:15whether you know that.
00:20:18It's got to stop.
00:20:22I didn't realise.
00:20:26This is a pretty hard
00:20:27watch tonight, Dan.
00:20:28Mm.
00:20:32I want it to be
00:20:33a wake-up call for you.
00:20:34It's much better off
00:20:38taking a different approach
00:20:39rather than trying
00:20:41to protect yourself,
00:20:43lower the walls
00:20:44and be more vulnerable.
00:20:44Sandy,
00:20:55you came into this experiment
00:20:58without the blessing
00:21:00of your parents.
00:21:02Mm-hmm.
00:21:03Any regrets in joining us?
00:21:05No, I mean,
00:21:08I wish things
00:21:10went differently,
00:21:11obviously.
00:21:12Again,
00:21:13if you learn something
00:21:14from an experience,
00:21:16I think that's important
00:21:17and I certainly did.
00:21:20I think one of the
00:21:21biggest takeaways
00:21:22as much as my parents
00:21:23don't always support
00:21:24my decisions
00:21:25because they don't
00:21:26understand
00:21:26and it comes
00:21:28from a place of love.
00:21:31But going back
00:21:32to them
00:21:33and seeing the love
00:21:34that they poured
00:21:34back into me
00:21:35to help me
00:21:36build myself back up
00:21:37just reminded me
00:21:39how important it is
00:21:40to have your family
00:21:41and their support
00:21:41and how truly blessed
00:21:44I am
00:21:44that I have that.
00:21:45Yeah.
00:21:51Sandy,
00:21:51this experiment
00:21:52is absolutely,
00:21:55for someone like you,
00:21:55who literally says,
00:21:58I don't care
00:21:59how many people
00:22:00I might disappoint
00:22:01or the risks I take
00:22:03to come onto it,
00:22:05I'm going to do it anyway
00:22:06because I want to find love.
00:22:09And you had
00:22:10zero relationship experience.
00:22:14But you took the risk.
00:22:18And we absolutely
00:22:19love that about you.
00:22:25All right,
00:22:26well,
00:22:27the two of you,
00:22:28we do wish you both
00:22:29all the best
00:22:30for your future relationships
00:22:31and thank you so much
00:22:34both for being here.
00:22:35Thank you guys.
00:22:36coming up.
00:22:52I didn't mean to say that.
00:22:54A slip of the tongue
00:22:56puts Taylor and Cam
00:22:57under the spotlight.
00:22:59our next couple up.
00:23:16Melinda and Leighton.
00:23:19Yay!
00:23:20Good.
00:23:22How are you?
00:23:24Well,
00:23:24I was about to ask
00:23:30how things are going,
00:23:31but it kind of
00:23:32looks self-explanatory.
00:23:34Really good.
00:23:35Really good.
00:23:35Things are really good.
00:23:37So, Mel,
00:23:38you went from
00:23:40not really liking him,
00:23:43maybe judging him
00:23:44a little bit,
00:23:45just a little bit,
00:23:45to liking him,
00:23:47to like liking him,
00:23:49to loving him.
00:23:50Yeah.
00:23:50Before I did come in here,
00:23:56my guy didn't really exist.
00:23:57That's why my expectations
00:23:58were so high.
00:24:00And even though
00:24:00I came in for that spark,
00:24:02I kind of thought,
00:24:03well,
00:24:04it's not going to be there
00:24:05because my guy doesn't exist.
00:24:09But he does.
00:24:10He does.
00:24:11He does.
00:24:12Here he is.
00:24:12Well said.
00:24:16Well, why don't we take a look
00:24:17at that very journey
00:24:18Jesus Christ.
00:24:20Together.
00:24:21Oh!
00:24:23You can do it.
00:24:29They say that
00:24:30when you find your soulmate,
00:24:31you just know.
00:24:32So, I feel like
00:24:33I'm just going to know
00:24:34instantly.
00:24:37He better be damn good.
00:24:40Oh, f***.
00:24:41Just come in
00:24:42for one more kiss there.
00:24:44Kiss on the lips there.
00:24:46He was trying to, like,
00:24:47stick some tongue in there.
00:24:48I told you he did that.
00:24:55What is that?
00:24:56I can't.
00:24:57I'm so uncomfortable.
00:24:58I was, like,
00:24:59not there yet.
00:25:00Feel a little flex.
00:25:03So, late night,
00:25:04I actually, like,
00:25:05bonding.
00:25:08This is called
00:25:08relationship struggles.
00:25:09Problem for me is that
00:25:14I'm an analytical thinker
00:25:15and a logical thinker
00:25:16and Mel's quite emotional.
00:25:17There's going to be
00:25:17situations that will come up
00:25:18when I really will disagree
00:25:19with something that Mel might say.
00:25:20Leighton, Leighton,
00:25:21you're taking me back
00:25:22to the boardroom.
00:25:23You're getting into
00:25:24a lot of analysis here.
00:25:27You've got to go
00:25:28to a vulnerable place.
00:25:29I don't feel comfortable
00:25:33moving into a different apartment
00:25:35with someone else's wife.
00:25:37And you're sitting here
00:25:38with Harrison,
00:25:38the person you said
00:25:39is your most hated person.
00:25:40Yeah.
00:25:41And you're not supporting me,
00:25:42your partner.
00:25:43I don't feel comfortable, guys.
00:25:45I don't feel comfortable
00:25:46doing that
00:25:47and now I feel like
00:25:48I'm being put on the spot
00:25:49and I feel like
00:25:50I'm being challenged on it.
00:25:51You're impossible.
00:25:53You're actually acting
00:25:54like a Harrison right now.
00:26:04Mel,
00:26:05there were moments
00:26:07when you needed me
00:26:07and I wasn't there
00:26:08to support you.
00:26:09And so I'm sorry
00:26:10for all that time to look.
00:26:14Our relationship is hard
00:26:15and us being together
00:26:16is a risk.
00:26:17So I'm ready
00:26:21to take that risk
00:26:22with you to death.
00:26:24And I am falling in love with you.
00:26:40I met you.
00:26:47Oh, my God.
00:26:51Ah, Lara.
00:26:53How did it feel watching that?
00:26:55It's a lot.
00:26:56Yeah.
00:26:57It's a lot.
00:26:57Yeah.
00:26:58It's not a linear journey
00:27:00for you guys, is it?
00:27:01It's been tough.
00:27:04Yeah.
00:27:04Yeah.
00:27:05Could you have ever imagined
00:27:07that this was the journey
00:27:08that you were about to embark on?
00:27:11Absolutely not.
00:27:13What did you expect?
00:27:14I was looking for a soulmate
00:27:17and I thought
00:27:18from everything I'd learned
00:27:19growing up
00:27:20that a soulmate
00:27:21is, like, instant.
00:27:23I just thought
00:27:24I was going to walk down
00:27:25and be like,
00:27:26that's my man.
00:27:27This is the guy
00:27:28I've been waiting for.
00:27:28And when I didn't feel
00:27:30that initial spark,
00:27:31I was really
00:27:31kind of let down.
00:27:33Like, I felt
00:27:33like this isn't going
00:27:36to be my person
00:27:36and I was, like,
00:27:37hoping it was.
00:27:39You know,
00:27:40we talk a lot
00:27:41in this experiment
00:27:41about the slow burn.
00:27:44And we meet
00:27:45so many people
00:27:46like you
00:27:46who come into
00:27:47the experiment
00:27:47expecting that
00:27:48initial spark
00:27:49and, you know,
00:27:50that Hollywood moment.
00:27:55But I think
00:27:56the two of you
00:27:56are such a great example
00:27:58that although
00:27:59that initial
00:28:00bam moment
00:28:02might not be there,
00:28:04if you persevere
00:28:06and do the work
00:28:07and you guys
00:28:07really have done
00:28:08the work,
00:28:09then you can actually
00:28:10get that happy ending.
00:28:11Yeah.
00:28:12Yeah.
00:28:12Layton,
00:28:16what have you learned
00:28:17from being
00:28:18in this experiment?
00:28:20Um,
00:28:21I think
00:28:21I'm very logical
00:28:24in terms of the way
00:28:24I think.
00:28:25John,
00:28:25you've pointed that
00:28:26out many a time.
00:28:28Yeah,
00:28:28I mean,
00:28:29I went hard at you
00:28:29several times.
00:28:31You bounce back,
00:28:32you pick yourself up
00:28:33and you went for it.
00:28:34You changed
00:28:34and that was
00:28:35really impressive.
00:28:37I've got to ask,
00:28:38what happened
00:28:39with that gridlock
00:28:39being two CEOs
00:28:41stuck in a boardroom
00:28:42together?
00:28:43What did you do
00:28:44with that?
00:28:45It's still
00:28:46somewhat there,
00:28:47but we're sort of
00:28:48getting better
00:28:48at navigating it.
00:28:50Through agendas
00:28:51which we set
00:28:52and sat down
00:28:52at a table
00:28:52and took some
00:28:53meeting minutes
00:28:53afterwards.
00:28:54Yes.
00:28:55I love that.
00:28:58It's just so
00:28:59amazing to see
00:29:00you two together
00:29:01and the fact
00:29:03that you were
00:29:03able to fight
00:29:04through your
00:29:06communication style
00:29:07that frankly
00:29:08was so rigid
00:29:09for so long.
00:29:11It's just
00:29:12inspiring.
00:29:14It's nice.
00:29:14Thanks, John.
00:29:15Certainly pushed us.
00:29:19John in particular.
00:29:22Mel,
00:29:23in your mind
00:29:24what does
00:29:25the future
00:29:25look like
00:29:25for you
00:29:26and Leighton?
00:29:29Whatever happens,
00:29:30like I just
00:29:31want Leighton there.
00:29:33So, I mean,
00:29:34hopefully children,
00:29:36hopefully marriage,
00:29:37hopefully all of that,
00:29:37five children.
00:29:40But I just see him
00:29:41always with me
00:29:42wherever we go.
00:29:48You guys,
00:29:49I have to say
00:29:50we are
00:29:51collectively
00:29:51so thrilled
00:29:52we wish you
00:29:54the very best,
00:29:56all the love,
00:29:57all the sparkles
00:29:58and magic
00:29:59and everything.
00:30:01And lots of happiness
00:30:02and just lots of
00:30:04love that you
00:30:05came here
00:30:05searching for.
00:30:07So very happy
00:30:08for you.
00:30:09Congratulations.
00:30:10Well done.
00:30:10Thank you so much.
00:30:11Thank you, guys,
00:30:12for all the help.
00:30:30All right,
00:30:31let's get our
00:30:32next couple up.
00:30:37Lyndal and Cam.
00:30:38Oh, great.
00:30:43Here we go.
00:30:48Well, guys, I've got to say,
00:30:50we had such high hopes.
00:30:55There was so much riding on this.
00:30:59We didn't expect the way it turned out.
00:31:05And we saw last night,
00:31:06particularly for the both of you.
00:31:08There's some open wounds.
00:31:11There's a lot of pain still there.
00:31:16Lyndall, how do you feel sitting here next to Cam right now?
00:31:24It's pretty hard.
00:31:26Yeah.
00:31:31I think so much has happened
00:31:34and, you know, I've been home
00:31:35and I've felt so grounded
00:31:37and happy and big
00:31:39and, like,
00:31:40my life is so good.
00:31:46And so it's just really weird
00:31:47being back in this place
00:31:48where, like,
00:31:49all this stuff is coming back up
00:31:51and reminding me of how
00:31:52not good things feel.
00:31:56I don't know, it's painful, yeah.
00:32:02What about for you, Cam,
00:32:03sitting right next to Lyndall now?
00:32:07How do I feel?
00:32:08We're doing this again, are we?
00:32:11It never stops, Cam.
00:32:13Yeah, I know.
00:32:14No surprises here, mate.
00:32:15Um, how does it feel?
00:32:18Being out of the experiment
00:32:19felt good.
00:32:22I've loved being back home
00:32:23and loved having,
00:32:25getting back into the routine,
00:32:26but being here now,
00:32:28yeah, obviously,
00:32:29things left on a really bad,
00:32:30bad terms.
00:32:32It wasn't a,
00:32:33wasn't really a good feeling.
00:32:34But it didn't start off this way.
00:32:38You guys were
00:32:39one of our strongest couples
00:32:41to begin with.
00:32:44I think now's a great time
00:32:46to take a look back
00:32:47on how your relationship began.
00:32:51Oh, my God.
00:32:52Oh, my God.
00:33:04Hi.
00:33:12Cam.
00:33:12What's your name, bro?
00:33:13Lyndall.
00:33:13Lyndall, nice to meet you.
00:33:15You're gorgeous.
00:33:16Very gorgeous.
00:33:17Let's do this, hey?
00:33:18Oh, let's do it.
00:33:20Yeah, I can't
00:33:20smile off my face.
00:33:21This is ridiculous.
00:33:26I have a chronic illness
00:33:28called cystic fibrosis.
00:33:31I know about it.
00:33:32You know about it?
00:33:33Yeah.
00:33:33I've got you.
00:33:37Oh, my God.
00:33:38I got you.
00:33:47Every day,
00:33:48we're getting closer,
00:33:48for sure.
00:33:52Oh.
00:33:55That was such a good kiss.
00:33:56That's a good kiss.
00:34:00Wedding, amazing.
00:34:02Honeymoon, amazing.
00:34:03So, Cameron,
00:34:03this is your first relationship.
00:34:05How serious is this getting?
00:34:07Yeah, it's getting very serious,
00:34:08like, how we're going at the moment.
00:34:10Like, I feel very comfortable
00:34:12in this relationship.
00:34:16Yeah.
00:34:16Are you a country man?
00:34:18I'm interested now.
00:34:22What's your star sign?
00:34:23Bego.
00:34:24Oh, Bego.
00:34:25Yeah.
00:34:26Taylor, she's seen very lovely.
00:34:29What type of music?
00:34:30What type of music do you listen to?
00:34:31Yeah, Shania Twain.
00:34:33Love Shania Twain.
00:34:34What's going on?
00:34:40What's going on?
00:34:45So, my mum, um, I think she just, she just said,
00:34:48oh, come on, Cam, like, give her a hug.
00:34:51Cam was like, no, I feel uncomfortable,
00:34:52and kind of got up and left.
00:34:53I felt uncomfortable.
00:34:58I felt awkward.
00:35:00It was really weird.
00:35:01I found that weird.
00:35:02It wasn't natural.
00:35:03Hugging me shouldn't feel unnatural.
00:35:05Not a month in here.
00:35:06Not a month into this.
00:35:09Um, so, mum did say
00:35:11the affection
00:35:13and then wanting the cuddles
00:35:15could be insecurity.
00:35:17For me?
00:35:22Yeah.
00:35:26I'm not asking for 100.
00:35:27I'm asking for, like, one.
00:35:29It's not that much.
00:35:34I ask for
00:35:35pretty much less than bare minimum.
00:35:38And I'm sitting here having to justify
00:35:40that I'm not insecure.
00:35:41Like, I did not wait
00:35:47my whole life
00:35:48to be begging someone
00:35:51for hugs and kisses.
00:35:59You want me to be this all affectionate
00:36:01and...
00:36:03I honestly don't think
00:36:04that I'm the right person for you.
00:36:06That's where I'm at.
00:36:09I just feel like I've been dumped
00:36:10for the third f***ing time in a week.
00:36:16I've been thinking about
00:36:17when I first met you.
00:36:19On our wedding day,
00:36:20you were warm,
00:36:21welcoming,
00:36:22funny and sweet.
00:36:25Unfortunately,
00:36:26at one point or another,
00:36:28the man I met at our wedding
00:36:29started fading away.
00:36:31Over the last few weeks,
00:36:33I've realised that there was
00:36:33never anything I could do
00:36:34to be the partner you wanted
00:36:35because you simply don't want one.
00:36:40This entire relationship
00:36:42has been on your terms
00:36:43and yours alone.
00:36:45I want to build a life
00:36:46I'm proud of
00:36:47and that life does not
00:36:48include you.
00:36:53Well said.
00:36:55Before you start...
00:36:57Yeah.
00:36:58Just on that.
00:37:01I just feel like
00:37:02no matter what you say today,
00:37:04it's only going to disappoint me again.
00:37:07I think I'm just done.
00:37:13So long.
00:37:14I think you can have them then.
00:37:17Okay.
00:37:26Wow.
00:37:32Oh.
00:37:32Oh, Jesus Christ.
00:37:34How was that for you, Lyndal,
00:37:41reliving your relationship?
00:37:44I mean, the worst part
00:37:45was, like,
00:37:46watching the start.
00:37:49All the affection stuff.
00:37:53Like, it was there.
00:37:56And then when it wasn't,
00:37:57it felt really obvious.
00:37:58And when I asked for it,
00:38:03it was like,
00:38:04no, it was never there,
00:38:05never going to be there.
00:38:06And, um...
00:38:07I had a lot of hope for us.
00:38:11I had a lot of, um...
00:38:13I don't know,
00:38:14it was like we met
00:38:15and I was just like,
00:38:15yeah, I get it.
00:38:16I get why we're put together.
00:38:18Yeah.
00:38:19So...
00:38:19Was that how it was for you,
00:38:27Cam?
00:38:28I felt like the pressure
00:38:29of the experiment was...
00:38:32I don't know,
00:38:33maybe I was being someone
00:38:34who, that I was,
00:38:35like, I wasn't.
00:38:36I felt pressured
00:38:37to be this affectionate person,
00:38:40all this and that,
00:38:41which I think we all know by now,
00:38:43which I'm not really
00:38:44that affectionate person.
00:38:45No, I think affection
00:38:47and intimacy,
00:38:48especially affection,
00:38:49all flows naturally
00:38:50when you're going down
00:38:51the path of falling
00:38:51in love with someone.
00:38:56And I'm sorry to say it,
00:38:58but I wasn't.
00:39:04If you felt pressured,
00:39:06you should have told me.
00:39:08Yeah, I should have.
00:39:09Because all that stuff
00:39:10at the honeymoon
00:39:11did not feel pressured
00:39:12at all to me.
00:39:13I thought we had the best time
00:39:15and it's actually
00:39:16incredibly hurtful
00:39:18to hear that a lot
00:39:19of that affection
00:39:20was because you felt pressured.
00:39:21It had nothing to do
00:39:22with wanting to be close to me
00:39:24or wanting to be with me.
00:39:27And there is a part of me
00:39:29that really doesn't believe that
00:39:30because that is not
00:39:32how my experience went.
00:39:38It's incredibly hard to hear.
00:39:43Guys, we were watching you
00:39:48last night, of course,
00:39:49at the dinner party
00:39:50and there was something
00:39:50that came up
00:39:51that we'd like a little bit
00:39:53of clarification on,
00:39:55particularly from you, Cam.
00:40:00I got me dick out
00:40:01at a nightclub.
00:40:02Oh, wow.
00:40:05That is disgusting.
00:40:09Yes, so we understand.
00:40:12That wasn't my question.
00:40:14But thanks for sharing.
00:40:20What I'm actually interested in
00:40:22is the nature
00:40:25of your relationship
00:40:26with Taylor.
00:40:27Yeah, there's nothing
00:40:32going on there.
00:40:32It was a piss take
00:40:33after the final vows.
00:40:37I got naked
00:40:38in the nightclub
00:40:39whilst my phone
00:40:41was on FaceTime
00:40:42to Taylor
00:40:43and one of the boys
00:40:43was holding it.
00:40:47So, just so we can
00:40:48understand the context,
00:40:49why were you
00:40:50on FaceTime
00:40:50to Taylor?
00:40:54Because I'm mates
00:40:55with Taylor.
00:40:59I think you just
00:40:59are trying to dig up.
00:41:00There's nothing,
00:41:01nothing there.
00:41:02Like...
00:41:07Taylor,
00:41:08how would you describe
00:41:10your relationship
00:41:11with Cam?
00:41:15I really like Cam
00:41:16as a friend.
00:41:19We get along
00:41:20really, really well.
00:41:23Yeah, there's not much
00:41:24to it.
00:41:25Like, he's up in Darwin,
00:41:26I'm down in Tassie.
00:41:28Um...
00:41:31It hasn't been explored yet.
00:41:34Not that it is
00:41:35going to be explored.
00:41:44Oh, no.
00:41:47Taylor, how would you describe
00:42:03your relationship
00:42:04with Cam?
00:42:07I really like Cam
00:42:08as a friend.
00:42:12We get along
00:42:13doing really, really, really
00:42:14doing really, really well.
00:42:16Yeah, there's not much
00:42:17to it.
00:42:18Like, he's up in Darwin,
00:42:19I'm down in Tassie.
00:42:21Um...
00:42:22It hasn't been explored yet.
00:42:26Not that it is going
00:42:27to be explored.
00:42:28I didn't mean to say that.
00:42:44I, um...
00:42:46But you did.
00:42:47Shut up, Rupert.
00:42:48I said that
00:42:55if Cam was in
00:42:56Tassie,
00:42:58then perhaps...
00:43:00But he's not.
00:43:07He's on the other side
00:43:08of Australia,
00:43:09which makes it
00:43:10really hard.
00:43:11So...
00:43:12I think that's
00:43:24where it ends there.
00:43:26Now I'm in the coffin.
00:43:30Listening to you
00:43:31last night, Lyndall,
00:43:32it seemed you were
00:43:33under the impression
00:43:34that perhaps something
00:43:35had happened
00:43:35between Cam
00:43:36and Taylor.
00:43:38It just...
00:43:39It was something...
00:43:41Like, it was this
00:43:41little missing piece
00:43:42that just made
00:43:46the whole thing
00:43:47make sense to me.
00:43:49Um...
00:43:50A lot of what
00:43:51I experienced,
00:43:52a lot of what
00:43:52I witnessed
00:43:52from both of them
00:43:54throughout the experiment,
00:43:55lots of little moments
00:43:56that never really
00:43:56made sense before
00:43:57started to make sense.
00:43:59Yeah.
00:44:01I just...
00:44:02It was something that...
00:44:04When I heard,
00:44:05it was like,
00:44:06yeah, look,
00:44:06my gut's telling me
00:44:07there's something in that
00:44:08for sure.
00:44:09Yeah, I just
00:44:12obviously wasn't ready
00:44:13to be in a relationship.
00:44:16That's the core
00:44:17of the issue
00:44:18right there.
00:44:22I so wish
00:44:23we'd all known that
00:44:24before going down
00:44:27this road
00:44:28for Lyndall.
00:44:32So why did you stay
00:44:33as long as you did?
00:44:38See, there were times
00:44:40where I did want
00:44:42to go home
00:44:42and I wanted to stay.
00:44:44The part where
00:44:45the final vows,
00:44:47where I didn't get
00:44:48my say,
00:44:48has really said a lot.
00:44:50Yeah, but that's
00:44:51at the end.
00:44:53That's why I'm sorry.
00:44:54That was at the end.
00:44:55We're talking about
00:44:55why did you stay
00:44:56as long as you did?
00:44:57If you had left
00:44:58earlier because
00:44:58you weren't
00:44:59falling for me,
00:44:59we wouldn't have
00:45:00had to go through
00:45:00the entire final
00:45:01vows situation.
00:45:02Yeah, but there was
00:45:02parts of it
00:45:02that I wanted to stay
00:45:04and parts where I didn't.
00:45:05And when I got
00:45:06to the final vows,
00:45:07I just knew
00:45:08I should have left
00:45:09when I did.
00:45:09Mate.
00:45:10None of this makes
00:45:13any sense to me.
00:45:17It's incredibly hurtful
00:45:19and I went through
00:45:21so much crap
00:45:23thinking that you
00:45:24were in this
00:45:25or that eventually
00:45:26you would be in this.
00:45:28I think not falling
00:45:30in love with someone
00:45:30is perfectly fine.
00:45:31It is perfectly fine,
00:45:33but your behaviour
00:45:34wasn't fine.
00:45:38Sitting here watching
00:45:39the two of you
00:45:40tonight and listening
00:45:41to the depth
00:45:44of experience
00:45:45that you've
00:45:46described,
00:45:46Lyndall,
00:45:47and watching
00:45:48your response
00:45:49here, Cam,
00:45:50I can't help
00:45:52but feel
00:45:52you have a very
00:45:54casual reaction
00:45:56to something
00:45:57that is quite
00:45:58deep and
00:46:00meaningful here
00:46:01for Lyndall.
00:46:02And it just,
00:46:03it feels a little
00:46:04bit dismissive.
00:46:06Right,
00:46:07I'm sitting.
00:46:10No,
00:46:10not the way
00:46:11you're sitting,
00:46:11mate.
00:46:13You're saying
00:46:14things like,
00:46:15could have done
00:46:16better,
00:46:16maybe I wasn't
00:46:17ready,
00:46:19felt a bit of
00:46:19pressure.
00:46:21Pretty low-key,
00:46:23casual reactions
00:46:24to something
00:46:25that Lyndall has
00:46:26described as
00:46:27really quite
00:46:29significant
00:46:29in her life.
00:46:31There was a lot
00:46:32of pain here.
00:46:35Well, I'm sorry
00:46:36for the way
00:46:36that I acted
00:46:37but I,
00:46:38yeah,
00:46:39it's just...
00:46:39Are you?
00:46:40Well, I can sit
00:46:42here and say
00:46:42sorry.
00:46:44You can say
00:46:44whatever you want.
00:46:45You have never
00:46:46once acted
00:46:47like you have
00:46:48much care at all
00:46:49for how much
00:46:49you hurt me.
00:46:51So where does that
00:46:52leave me?
00:46:52What do I say?
00:46:54I can sit here
00:46:54and apologise
00:46:55but it's not...
00:46:56I'm not saying
00:46:57say anything, Cam,
00:46:58I'm telling you
00:46:58do better
00:46:59and you should
00:47:01have done that
00:47:02the whole experiment.
00:47:07Be better.
00:47:10Well done.
00:47:10Have some
00:47:11integrity.
00:47:12Righto.
00:47:13Gotcha.
00:47:17Cam,
00:47:19Lyndall's just
00:47:20given you a gift.
00:47:22You know,
00:47:22it's not often
00:47:23that we see
00:47:24a couple
00:47:25that have broken up
00:47:26sit on this couch
00:47:27and have one partner
00:47:28give the other
00:47:29some real advice
00:47:31for their next
00:47:32relationship.
00:47:33So I'd really
00:47:34heed that.
00:47:36It's good advice.
00:47:39If you can take
00:47:40that advice
00:47:40on board,
00:47:42you'll be in a
00:47:42much better place
00:47:43next time round.
00:47:47What I want to say
00:47:48to you, Lyndall,
00:47:49is you are at
00:47:50a significant
00:47:52turning point
00:47:53in your life.
00:47:55You know,
00:47:55you've been given
00:47:56this incredible
00:47:57new lease
00:47:58on life.
00:47:59You've had
00:48:00this experience
00:48:01with Cam,
00:48:03but you've got
00:48:04this amazing future
00:48:05now laid out
00:48:06in front of you
00:48:07and I think
00:48:08you're a person
00:48:09who's going to make
00:48:10an incredible
00:48:10difference in this
00:48:11world.
00:48:13I cannot wait
00:48:14to observe that.
00:48:16Thank you both.
00:48:20We've really
00:48:20enjoyed having you
00:48:21here and wish
00:48:22you both
00:48:22all the best.
00:48:23Cheers, guys.
00:48:24Cheers, guys.
00:48:25All right.
00:48:38Let's get our
00:48:39next couple up.
00:48:44Alyssa and Duncan.
00:48:46Hi.
00:48:46Hi.
00:48:53Hi.
00:48:53Hi.
00:48:55Hey.
00:48:57Well, last night
00:48:58was a huge
00:48:59night for you
00:49:00both, wasn't it?
00:49:03Yeah.
00:49:03A lot of emotion
00:49:04in the air.
00:49:07You were very
00:49:08angry last night.
00:49:09I was very angry.
00:49:12And had a lot
00:49:13of hurtful things
00:49:14to say about
00:49:15Duncan.
00:49:18Have you had
00:49:18a chance to
00:49:19reflect on what
00:49:20happened last
00:49:20night and process
00:49:21all of that
00:49:22emotion?
00:49:25last night
00:49:41was a huge
00:49:42night for you
00:49:43both, wasn't
00:49:43it?
00:49:45Yeah.
00:49:46A lot of emotion
00:49:46in the air.
00:49:48Alyssa, you seemed
00:49:48to have a lot
00:49:49to get off
00:49:50your chest
00:49:50last night.
00:49:51Um, yeah, I
00:49:54definitely did.
00:49:55I'm clearly
00:49:56shocked of our
00:49:59ending and, you
00:50:00know, really
00:50:00heartbroken.
00:50:01You were very
00:50:02angry last night.
00:50:03I was very
00:50:04angry.
00:50:08Duncan, last
00:50:08night, was that
00:50:09confronting for you?
00:50:10I don't hold
00:50:13anything against
00:50:14Alyssa for
00:50:15wanting to
00:50:17vent or to
00:50:18explain, I
00:50:20guess, how she
00:50:20felt about the
00:50:21end of the
00:50:22experiment.
00:50:24Um, I still
00:50:25think there was
00:50:26some things said
00:50:27last night that
00:50:28was around, like,
00:50:29my character
00:50:30and not around
00:50:32the relationship,
00:50:33which I don't
00:50:34think is fair.
00:50:36What kind of
00:50:36things specifically?
00:50:37Alyssa said,
00:50:42take your
00:50:42mask off.
00:50:53Why did you
00:50:54say that,
00:50:54Alyssa?
00:50:55I feel like
00:50:56Duncan led me
00:50:58through this
00:50:59experiment,
00:51:00saying, I
00:51:02want to work
00:51:02through this
00:51:03together with
00:51:03you, and
00:51:04then at the
00:51:05end, for him
00:51:05to say,
00:51:06no, it's
00:51:08not for me.
00:51:10I just
00:51:10didn't expect
00:51:11it, so I
00:51:12feel like,
00:51:13yeah, I feel
00:51:15like I didn't
00:51:15know who he
00:51:16was.
00:51:21I'm, I, I
00:51:23don't think
00:51:24that that's
00:51:25right.
00:51:27And I'm
00:51:27just, that
00:51:29is not fair.
00:51:33Relationships
00:51:33are not black
00:51:34and white.
00:51:36Like, my
00:51:38heart was in
00:51:39it.
00:51:39I wanted it
00:51:40to work.
00:51:41I didn't
00:51:41come here to
00:51:41go to the
00:51:42end and
00:51:42then not
00:51:43be in
00:51:44love.
00:51:46And it
00:51:47sucks, right,
00:51:48that it
00:51:49didn't work
00:51:49out.
00:51:52Well, there's
00:51:52no question
00:51:53that the two
00:51:54of you
00:51:54started off
00:51:56very strong
00:51:56and, for
00:51:59the most
00:51:59part, really
00:52:00remained
00:52:01stable.
00:52:02But then, in
00:52:03the experiment
00:52:04later on, there
00:52:05was a real
00:52:06shift.
00:52:09So let's take
00:52:10a look at
00:52:12your relationship
00:52:13throughout this
00:52:14experiment.
00:52:14I think it's
00:52:32pretty clear
00:52:32that I'm
00:52:33falling for
00:52:33Duncan.
00:52:35Is it
00:52:36our wedding
00:52:36anniversary?
00:52:38One way.
00:52:39Yeah.
00:52:41Made it.
00:52:41So how
00:52:42are things
00:52:43going with
00:52:43you guys?
00:52:45Why would
00:52:46somebody like
00:52:47Duncan want
00:52:48to date a
00:52:49single mom?
00:52:50Like, when
00:52:50there's other
00:52:51women that
00:52:52don't have
00:52:52kids?
00:52:54I just have,
00:52:55like, a lot
00:52:55of baggage
00:52:55with, like, I
00:52:57guess it's, like,
00:52:58a bit of
00:52:58self-sabotage.
00:52:59But I just, like,
00:53:00have a really
00:53:00hard time of,
00:53:01like, feeling
00:53:02deserving of
00:53:03it.
00:53:05What not?
00:53:05Let's talk
00:53:06about it.
00:53:08Give me
00:53:09attention.
00:53:09I need
00:53:10attention.
00:53:10Because I
00:53:11haven't had
00:53:11any.
00:53:14Can I
00:53:15argue?
00:53:15No.
00:53:18I need
00:53:19a lot
00:53:19from Duncan.
00:53:20I need
00:53:20to be
00:53:21checked
00:53:21in all
00:53:21the time.
00:53:22Hey, I
00:53:23need
00:53:23attention.
00:53:24I do
00:53:25feel like
00:53:25I'm
00:53:25banging
00:53:26my head
00:53:26against
00:53:26the
00:53:26wall.
00:53:28Feels
00:53:28like a
00:53:30bit of
00:53:30self-sabotage.
00:53:31Because I
00:53:32have a
00:53:32child, I'm
00:53:33available
00:53:34every other
00:53:34weekend and
00:53:35on every
00:53:36Wednesday.
00:53:37Yeah.
00:53:38I guess
00:53:39the reality
00:53:40of it all
00:53:40will really
00:53:41come when
00:53:41we're
00:53:42spending
00:53:42time with
00:53:43each other
00:53:43outside of
00:53:44each other.
00:53:44You can
00:53:44say that
00:53:45you're okay
00:53:45with it,
00:53:45but then
00:53:46you really
00:53:46don't know.
00:53:47Yeah.
00:53:51I think
00:53:51it's a
00:53:52deeper-seated
00:53:53issue that
00:53:54sort of
00:53:55manifests itself
00:53:56into picking
00:53:57apart my
00:53:57behaviour,
00:53:58which is not
00:53:59fair.
00:53:59so what
00:54:00do you
00:54:00think
00:54:01about
00:54:01that
00:54:01Alisa?
00:54:05I have
00:54:06a child.
00:54:09Oh,
00:54:10oh,
00:54:11babe.
00:54:12I just
00:54:13need a minute.
00:54:14I want to be
00:54:15there for you.
00:54:17I'm gone.
00:54:18I really
00:54:19want to go.
00:54:19I just
00:54:20want to go.
00:54:22Do you
00:54:23not want me
00:54:23to come?
00:54:23Yes.
00:54:24Huh?
00:54:25I feel
00:54:34more
00:54:34rejected
00:54:35in this
00:54:35relationship
00:54:36than any
00:54:36relationship
00:54:37I've been in.
00:54:39I can't
00:54:40believe
00:54:40you're
00:54:40trying.
00:54:48I realise
00:54:49that relationships
00:54:49aren't always
00:54:50easy,
00:54:51but I'm
00:54:52just not
00:54:52used to
00:54:53this much
00:54:53conflict
00:54:53in a
00:54:54relationship.
00:54:55I don't
00:54:57want to
00:54:57hurt you
00:54:58and I
00:54:59don't
00:54:59want to
00:54:59continue
00:54:59getting
00:55:00hurt.
00:55:02So I
00:55:03have to
00:55:03say
00:55:03goodbye.
00:55:18It's
00:55:18so
00:55:18it's
00:55:19it's
00:55:21I should
00:55:22have known.
00:55:22I should
00:55:23have
00:55:23known.
00:55:25that was
00:55:32a lot.
00:55:42Alyssa,
00:55:43when you
00:55:43watch that
00:55:43back,
00:55:44what goes
00:55:44through your
00:55:45mind?
00:55:46Um,
00:55:46it's
00:55:47horrid,
00:55:47right?
00:55:49Not
00:55:49every day
00:55:50you can
00:55:50watch
00:55:51a whole
00:55:52relationship
00:55:53crumble
00:55:54crumble in
00:55:54front of
00:55:55your face.
00:56:00In the
00:56:01beginning,
00:56:02we just
00:56:03had such
00:56:04a connection.
00:56:07I was so
00:56:08ready to
00:56:10share
00:56:10everything with
00:56:11him,
00:56:12but watching
00:56:13it back,
00:56:15I should
00:56:16have seen it
00:56:17coming.
00:56:17Absolutely
00:56:18should have
00:56:18seen it
00:56:19coming.
00:56:19Yeah,
00:56:21there were
00:56:21a lot
00:56:22of times
00:56:22where
00:56:23I probably
00:56:26shouldn't have
00:56:27just walked
00:56:27away and
00:56:28I shouldn't
00:56:28have been
00:56:29emotionally
00:56:30charged and
00:56:31been able to
00:56:32sit in a
00:56:32conversation and
00:56:33really hash
00:56:34things out with
00:56:34Duncan and
00:56:35give him what
00:56:35he needed.
00:56:37Um,
00:56:38and I
00:56:40think I
00:56:41am very
00:56:41emotional.
00:56:45I do
00:56:46regret,
00:56:46um,
00:56:47a lot
00:56:48of things
00:56:48through this
00:56:49experiment and
00:56:50I never
00:56:50wanted to
00:56:51hurt Duncan
00:56:51and so
00:56:52I really
00:56:52am sorry.
00:56:55I'm
00:56:56sorry.
00:57:00Duncan,
00:57:01any final
00:57:02words for
00:57:02Melissa?
00:57:03Um,
00:57:08I'm sorry
00:57:09that it
00:57:09didn't work
00:57:10out.
00:57:12I truly
00:57:12am.
00:57:15You know,
00:57:16we're broken
00:57:16up but I
00:57:17still want to
00:57:17say like I
00:57:18think that
00:57:18you're an
00:57:19amazing woman
00:57:19and I
00:57:20think that
00:57:20you should
00:57:21like hold
00:57:22yourself with
00:57:23the confidence
00:57:24that you
00:57:24should have
00:57:25about yourself.
00:57:33What would
00:57:38you like to
00:57:38say to
00:57:38Duncan now
00:57:39in parting?
00:57:42Um,
00:57:43I hope
00:57:47you do,
00:57:48you know,
00:57:49find that
00:57:49person.
00:57:53And,
00:57:54um,
00:57:56yeah,
00:57:57I'm
00:57:57sorry.
00:58:00All right
00:58:01guys,
00:58:01well,
00:58:01this has
00:58:02been an
00:58:02incredibly
00:58:02difficult
00:58:03time for
00:58:03you.
00:58:04It wasn't
00:58:04the outcome
00:58:05that either
00:58:05of you
00:58:06wanted when
00:58:06you first
00:58:07started.
00:58:08And try
00:58:09to take
00:58:09some
00:58:09learnings
00:58:11away from
00:58:11it.
00:58:12Definitely.
00:58:14In a
00:58:14strange way,
00:58:15sitting on
00:58:16a couch,
00:58:17discussing
00:58:17and unpacking
00:58:18your break
00:58:19up with
00:58:19us while
00:58:21it is
00:58:22hard.
00:58:23You can
00:58:23get a lot
00:58:24out of it.
00:58:25And I'm
00:58:25hoping tonight
00:58:26it's going
00:58:27to send
00:58:27you on
00:58:28your way
00:58:29much better
00:58:30equipped to
00:58:31cope with
00:58:31your next
00:58:31relationship.
00:58:32So with
00:58:34that guys,
00:58:35we wish
00:58:35you all
00:58:35the best.
00:58:38Good luck
00:58:38guys.
00:58:39Thanks.
00:58:40Thank you guys.
00:58:52Well,
00:58:53let's get our
00:58:54last couple
00:58:55up on the
00:58:56couch.
00:58:56Jesse and
00:58:59Claire.
00:59:07Hello, you
00:59:08two.
00:59:09Hi.
00:59:10Hello.
00:59:10I'm so
00:59:11nervous.
00:59:13All right.
00:59:14Let's do
00:59:15I have to
00:59:24say that
00:59:25for a couple
00:59:25of the
00:59:25parted ways
00:59:26in this
00:59:27experiment,
00:59:27it's so
00:59:28refreshing and
00:59:29so lovely
00:59:30to feel
00:59:32and see
00:59:33the energy
00:59:34and the
00:59:35respect.
00:59:37I don't want to
00:59:38say love because
00:59:38it's not like
00:59:39being in love,
00:59:39but the love.
00:59:41Yeah,
00:59:41it's big love.
00:59:42Absolutely.
00:59:43Tell us how
00:59:46you've come to
00:59:47this place
00:59:48in your
00:59:48relationship.
00:59:49You've gone
00:59:50through so
00:59:51much.
00:59:52Help us
00:59:52understand how
00:59:53you got here.
00:59:55Well,
00:59:55to credit
00:59:56Jesse,
00:59:56I think he
00:59:57said forgiveness
00:59:59is a choice.
01:00:01And even
01:00:02though I
01:00:03disrespected
01:00:04Jesse in
01:00:06the betrayal,
01:00:07I think
01:00:08it was clear
01:00:12that he
01:00:14respected me
01:00:14enough back
01:00:15to try
01:00:16and rebuild
01:00:17and move
01:00:18forward.
01:00:19And I
01:00:21guess I'm
01:00:22so grateful
01:00:23that I was
01:00:23matched with
01:00:24someone like
01:00:25Jesse.
01:00:29Yeah.
01:00:34Jesse,
01:00:35you seem
01:00:35to be a
01:00:37different guy
01:00:37sitting on
01:00:38the couch
01:00:38here
01:00:40tonight
01:00:41to what
01:00:41you were
01:00:42like
01:00:42in the
01:00:43beginning.
01:00:44Sometimes
01:00:45words landed
01:00:46quite hard
01:00:47on Claire.
01:00:48How do you
01:00:48think you've
01:00:49changed now
01:00:50in terms of
01:00:51moving forward
01:00:52into a next
01:00:53relationship?
01:00:54I think
01:00:55I could have
01:00:55thought a bit
01:00:56more
01:00:56before speaking.
01:00:59You know,
01:01:05I'm not
01:01:05perfect either.
01:01:06I know I
01:01:06upset Claire
01:01:07a couple
01:01:07of times
01:01:07on the
01:01:08honeymoon.
01:01:09I had
01:01:10this silly
01:01:10mindset
01:01:11coming in
01:01:11when I
01:01:12look back
01:01:12in hindsight
01:01:13with all
01:01:13these
01:01:13freaking
01:01:15standards,
01:01:16you know.
01:01:19How's
01:01:19anyone supposed
01:01:20to like
01:01:20get through
01:01:22that,
01:01:23you know?
01:01:23That's
01:01:24really cool
01:01:24that you
01:01:24picked up
01:01:25on that
01:01:25and brought
01:01:27it to
01:01:28yourself.
01:01:29It's
01:01:30definitely
01:01:30been a
01:01:31rollercoaster
01:01:32ride in
01:01:32your
01:01:32relationship.
01:01:34I think
01:01:34we should
01:01:35take a
01:01:35look.
01:01:37Let's do
01:01:37this.
01:01:40I'm so
01:01:41nervous.
01:01:47Oh my
01:01:50God.
01:01:53She's
01:01:54ungodly
01:01:54hot.
01:01:55Oh my
01:02:00God.
01:02:00We are
01:02:00so weird.
01:02:01I love
01:02:01you.
01:02:02We are
01:02:02so cute.
01:02:05I don't
01:02:05know where
01:02:05love has
01:02:06been hiding
01:02:06all these
01:02:07years.
01:02:09I swear
01:02:09I'm
01:02:09shining so
01:02:10brightly.
01:02:11There you
01:02:12are.
01:02:16Oh my
01:02:17God.
01:02:17Look at
01:02:17the water.
01:02:18Oh my
01:02:19God.
01:02:19Amazing.
01:02:20Yeah,
01:02:20nah,
01:02:20you're not
01:02:20my person.
01:02:22I'm
01:02:22done here.
01:02:25A bunch
01:02:27of us
01:02:27decided to
01:02:28go out
01:02:29to a pub.
01:02:30What's up to
01:02:31see?
01:02:33And
01:02:33throughout the
01:02:33night I'm
01:02:34noticing like
01:02:35the leaning
01:02:36in from
01:02:37Claire to
01:02:38Adam and
01:02:39the touching
01:02:39of his
01:02:40arms.
01:02:40The point
01:02:41where it
01:02:42became a
01:02:42problem for
01:02:43me was
01:02:44when the
01:02:44two of
01:02:45them left
01:02:46the table
01:02:46to be
01:02:48alone.
01:02:49Claire goes
01:02:50missing.
01:02:51I'm thinking
01:02:52this Adam
01:02:53dog.
01:02:55What do you
01:02:56want from
01:02:56me?
01:02:56To stroke
01:02:57your ego
01:02:57and tell
01:02:58you,
01:02:58oh,
01:02:58you have
01:02:58nothing to
01:02:59worry about,
01:03:00Jesse.
01:03:01Oh,
01:03:01I wasn't on
01:03:02the phone
01:03:02to anybody.
01:03:03What do
01:03:03you want
01:03:03from me?
01:03:04Bang out
01:03:05an order
01:03:05from him
01:03:05coming in
01:03:06here trying
01:03:06to see
01:03:06my phone.
01:03:07Do you
01:03:07think that's
01:03:08normal behaviour?
01:03:09You're out
01:03:10of line.
01:03:10You're
01:03:12paranoid,
01:03:13mate.
01:03:13You come
01:03:13through my
01:03:14door and
01:03:14you said,
01:03:15show me
01:03:15your phone
01:03:16because your
01:03:16own insecurities.
01:03:18Like,
01:03:18what you
01:03:18did on
01:03:19Saturday
01:03:20night was
01:03:20not on.
01:03:22Would
01:03:22Jesse have
01:03:23any reason
01:03:24to think
01:03:25that you
01:03:25might go
01:03:26home?
01:03:26No,
01:03:27absolutely
01:03:27not.
01:03:29What I
01:03:29did was
01:03:30wrong.
01:03:32I need
01:03:32to win
01:03:33back the
01:03:33trust.
01:03:34I like
01:03:34this one.
01:03:35I feel
01:03:36so guilty.
01:03:37Yeah,
01:03:37it's true.
01:03:38How hot
01:03:38you look.
01:03:39He doesn't
01:03:39know the
01:03:40truth.
01:03:40All right,
01:03:43stay.
01:03:44I'm
01:03:44carrying
01:03:45this
01:03:45big
01:03:46secret.
01:03:47Cute.
01:03:49I just
01:03:49can't hold
01:03:50it in.
01:03:55That night
01:03:56that we
01:03:57all went
01:03:58out,
01:03:59Adam and
01:03:59I,
01:03:59we kissed.
01:04:03I just,
01:04:04I knew
01:04:04it,
01:04:05you know.
01:04:06And Adam,
01:04:06bro,
01:04:06I want
01:04:07a dog.
01:04:07I thought
01:04:10you were
01:04:11bringing me
01:04:11out here
01:04:11to like,
01:04:12to call
01:04:12it off,
01:04:13to break
01:04:13up with
01:04:13me.
01:04:16Yeah.
01:04:19I couldn't
01:04:20imagine anything
01:04:21worse than
01:04:21that,
01:04:22and then
01:04:22you actually
01:04:23said something
01:04:24worse than
01:04:24about that.
01:04:25I can feel
01:04:48the adrenaline
01:04:49already starting
01:04:50to move
01:04:51through my body
01:04:51when I think
01:04:53of Adam.
01:04:56He is an
01:04:57absolute dog
01:04:58of dogs.
01:04:59How did it
01:05:00happen?
01:05:00What do you mean
01:05:01how did it
01:05:01happen?
01:05:02How did it
01:05:02happen,
01:05:03Adam?
01:05:03Do you even
01:05:04know?
01:05:06Tell me.
01:05:06All I know is
01:05:07that you hooked up
01:05:08with her.
01:05:09Yeah, okay.
01:05:09But there's a lot
01:05:09more to it
01:05:10than that,
01:05:11isn't it?
01:05:12Holy shit.
01:05:15I feel really
01:05:15awful for hurting
01:05:16Janelle.
01:05:23And for hurting
01:05:24Jesse.
01:05:29I've chosen
01:05:30to leave.
01:05:33I chose to
01:05:34stay and
01:05:34try and
01:05:35earn back
01:05:36Jesse's trust
01:05:37and forgiveness.
01:05:37This is
01:05:43a very
01:05:44different
01:05:44couple.
01:05:47How many
01:05:48are you?
01:05:49What has
01:05:50allowed us
01:05:50to take us
01:05:51from where we
01:05:52were last week
01:05:52to where we
01:05:53are this week?
01:05:54With Jesse
01:05:55and I moving
01:05:56forward,
01:05:56anything is
01:05:57possible.
01:06:02Claire,
01:06:03Bronte
01:06:03said that
01:06:03you're only
01:06:04here to
01:06:04repair your
01:06:05image after
01:06:05what you
01:06:06did to
01:06:06Jesse.
01:06:06Bro,
01:06:07shut the
01:06:07up,
01:06:08Harrison.
01:06:09Seriously,
01:06:09shut the
01:06:10up.
01:06:11Do you know
01:06:12what you
01:06:12need to
01:06:12do?
01:06:12You need
01:06:12to take
01:06:13off that
01:06:13shirt and
01:06:14stick it on
01:06:14a pole and
01:06:15wave it around
01:06:15because you're
01:06:16a giant red
01:06:17flag.
01:06:18Bro.
01:06:21I'm sorry,
01:06:23Claire.
01:06:24I'm sorry to
01:06:24say this.
01:06:25How can I
01:06:25trust that the
01:06:27reason you
01:06:28want to
01:06:28stay?
01:06:28I'm sorry to
01:06:30do you
01:06:30want to
01:06:31repair your
01:06:31image?
01:06:34And this
01:06:35is the
01:06:35problem that
01:06:36cheating does.
01:06:39I chose to
01:06:40leave.
01:06:45I also
01:06:46will leave.
01:06:46I'm
01:06:50talking to
01:06:51all of you,
01:06:52but particularly
01:06:52Harrison.
01:06:53You throw
01:06:54grenades like
01:06:54that, they
01:06:55can do
01:06:56untold damage.
01:06:57how was
01:07:19that
01:07:19to
01:07:19watch
01:07:20back?
01:07:21Claire?
01:07:24It was
01:07:24really hard
01:07:25to watch.
01:07:25I, um,
01:07:29I feel
01:07:30really
01:07:30disgusted
01:07:33in myself
01:07:33and embarrassed
01:07:34by some
01:07:35of my
01:07:35behaviour,
01:07:36by lying,
01:07:38by
01:07:39gaslighting
01:07:41Jesse and
01:07:41telling him he
01:07:42has nothing to
01:07:42worry about
01:07:43when I knew
01:07:44that he did.
01:07:48Yeah,
01:07:48it's pretty
01:07:49shit.
01:07:49Jesse, where
01:07:56are you right
01:07:56now?
01:07:58Yeah, just,
01:07:58you know,
01:07:59like,
01:08:00going back
01:08:02through it all
01:08:02mentally.
01:08:05It's a tough
01:08:06watch.
01:08:08Yeah.
01:08:08Yeah.
01:08:08this has been
01:08:15really difficult
01:08:16for us to
01:08:16watch as well
01:08:17because you
01:08:19two were a
01:08:20very, very
01:08:22exciting couple
01:08:24that we put
01:08:24together and
01:08:26just the
01:08:27potential that
01:08:27you both
01:08:28had.
01:08:28And so
01:08:30to see it
01:08:31unravel the
01:08:32way that it
01:08:33did was
01:08:34heartbreaking.
01:08:37What sort of
01:08:37feelings did you
01:08:38develop, Jesse,
01:08:39for Claire during
01:08:40the experiment?
01:08:41Well, yeah,
01:08:45you know,
01:08:46I liked it.
01:08:55I liked her
01:08:56enough to get
01:08:57jealous.
01:08:59Yeah.
01:08:59I liked her
01:08:59enough to,
01:09:01you know,
01:09:02cry over the
01:09:02bad news.
01:09:06I liked her
01:09:07enough to,
01:09:07you know,
01:09:08I guess
01:09:09forgive her
01:09:10to the point
01:09:10which I
01:09:11did,
01:09:12you know.
01:09:18Adam.
01:09:21Oh, no.
01:09:23When you
01:09:24watch that
01:09:24back,
01:09:26the betrayal,
01:09:27the deceit,
01:09:28what does
01:09:29that do to
01:09:29you?
01:09:40what does
01:09:58do to you?
01:09:58um, yeah,
01:10:09like, yeah,
01:10:12sorry about
01:10:13the whole thing,
01:10:14like, I've had
01:10:14time to think
01:10:15about it all,
01:10:16and the fact of
01:10:19the matter is,
01:10:19man, I did you
01:10:20wrong, did you
01:10:20dirty, same
01:10:22with Janelle,
01:10:22and, yeah,
01:10:23I've really, like,
01:10:25understood it all
01:10:26now, and it's
01:10:27definitely hit home.
01:10:30Accept the
01:10:30apology, Jesse.
01:10:31I do.
01:10:32I do.
01:10:48Appreciate it.
01:10:49I would also like
01:10:52to say to Adam
01:10:52that I wish
01:10:56he was the best,
01:10:57you know,
01:10:58and I'm not
01:11:00going to let
01:11:00what happened
01:11:01hang over my
01:11:02head like a
01:11:03dark cloud
01:11:04and take this,
01:11:05you know,
01:11:05drag it around
01:11:06like an anchor.
01:11:08Yeah, like,
01:11:09we might not be
01:11:10full buds
01:11:11going forward,
01:11:13but I wish,
01:11:14I do,
01:11:15I wish you the
01:11:15best.
01:11:16Same, bro.
01:11:16All right.
01:11:17Cheers, man.
01:11:19Jesse,
01:11:20this experience
01:11:21I know has
01:11:23not been easy,
01:11:24the journey
01:11:25for you.
01:11:27What have you
01:11:27learned from
01:11:28being in this
01:11:29experiment?
01:11:31Well, what have
01:11:31I learned?
01:11:32Oh, my God.
01:11:33I learned so
01:11:34many things.
01:11:36Wish I had
01:11:36something prepared
01:11:37for you.
01:11:38Whatever comes
01:11:39to mind.
01:11:43I have learned
01:11:43to trust my intuition.
01:11:49I've also learned
01:11:50that to know
01:11:52that I can be
01:11:53better.
01:11:57To know
01:11:58that there's more
01:11:58of myself
01:12:00to realize
01:12:01and grow into.
01:12:06Because I...
01:12:06Because I thought
01:12:09coming into this
01:12:10that I was like
01:12:10a good guy,
01:12:12you know,
01:12:13but now
01:12:14I feel like
01:12:15I'm an even
01:12:16better guy
01:12:16than you.
01:12:18I love that.
01:12:23What about you,
01:12:24Claire?
01:12:24Any regrets?
01:12:25Oh, just one.
01:12:27One particular
01:12:28night.
01:12:29But, um,
01:12:31I think that
01:12:32it's
01:12:34shone a light
01:12:35on me
01:12:35and my
01:12:36behaviours.
01:12:40Seeking validation
01:12:41from outside
01:12:42sources
01:12:43when I'm
01:12:44not happy
01:12:44in myself,
01:12:46maybe that's
01:12:46not the way
01:12:46to go about it.
01:12:50I regret
01:12:51hurting Jesse
01:12:52and I'm so
01:12:54grateful for
01:12:54the respect
01:12:55that he's given
01:12:56back to me.
01:12:59You know that,
01:13:00um,
01:13:01you know how sorry
01:13:01I obviously am
01:13:03for everything
01:13:04and I feel like
01:13:06the end of the
01:13:07experiment was the
01:13:08beginning of
01:13:09a new leaf
01:13:10and I want to be
01:13:12able to continue
01:13:12that.
01:13:13Yeah, well said.
01:13:14Yeah.
01:13:15Yes, indeed.
01:13:18How do you feel
01:13:18about Jesse
01:13:19when you sit
01:13:19here now with
01:13:20him?
01:13:20Oh, I,
01:13:22I don't know
01:13:22if it's weird to
01:13:23say but I
01:13:23really like,
01:13:25I love who
01:13:25Jesse is as a
01:13:26person.
01:13:27I love his
01:13:28uniqueness,
01:13:29his quirkiness,
01:13:30his stay
01:13:32metal,
01:13:33you know,
01:13:34I,
01:13:34I have a lot
01:13:37of kind,
01:13:39happy,
01:13:40great feelings
01:13:42about Jesse.
01:13:42Jesse,
01:13:49have you got
01:13:49any parting
01:13:50words for
01:13:51Claire?
01:13:53Um,
01:13:54no I don't
01:13:56because
01:13:59she's coming
01:14:01to Perth.
01:14:04What?
01:14:06Whoa.
01:14:09Yeah.
01:14:09So my parting words
01:14:13now are
01:14:14see you in Perth.
01:14:15Yeah.
01:14:28Watch this space.
01:14:29I love it.
01:14:29I'm gonna cry.
01:14:31Good luck
01:14:31and we look
01:14:32forward to seeing
01:14:33what happens
01:14:34to you in the
01:14:35future.
01:14:36Thank you so
01:14:36much.
01:14:45Well that brings
01:14:50our reunion to an end.
01:14:52Thank you so much
01:14:54for being brave
01:14:55enough to come
01:14:56into this experiment
01:14:57and try and find
01:14:58the fairy tale.
01:15:00For a number
01:15:01of you,
01:15:02you were able
01:15:03to find true love.
01:15:07For others,
01:15:08you didn't get
01:15:09what you came
01:15:10for.
01:15:11However,
01:15:12this has been
01:15:13an incredible
01:15:14process.
01:15:16You've faced
01:15:17challenges that
01:15:18most couples
01:15:19typically get
01:15:20over several years
01:15:22in a very short,
01:15:23intense
01:15:24space of time.
01:15:26You've embraced
01:15:27the experiment.
01:15:29You've come
01:15:30through it.
01:15:31You've been raw
01:15:32and we are so
01:15:33grateful for that.
01:15:35And for those of you
01:15:36that are still
01:15:37searching for love,
01:15:38we hope that you
01:15:39find that special
01:15:40someone in the
01:15:41future.
01:15:42For now,
01:15:43good luck
01:15:43and thank you.
01:15:45Thanks everyone.
01:15:46Thank you so much.
01:15:48Thank you so much.
01:15:50I love you.
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