The cast of Love & Marriage - Detroit reunites to discuss the dramatic events and relationships from Season 2. Tensions rise as unresolved conflicts and new revelations come to light. Don't miss the explosive first part of this highly anticipated reunion.
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00:01It all went down in the D this season.
00:08I'm Carlos King, one of Detroit's favorite stubs,
00:13and the creator of Love and Marriage Detroit.
00:19It's my job to bring the fire and the heat, and baby,
00:23let's hope they're ready.
00:24Y'all ready for this?
00:25Are they ready for this?
00:30But tonight, one thing we're going to do is keep things real.
00:34The Smiths owe Anthony an apology, period.
00:38What do you expect?
00:39A lot of capping.
00:40Is anybody safe with Christina?
00:42Because she throws everybody under arrest, even her husband.
00:45You got the clothes, you got the clothes.
00:47You know what I'm saying?
00:48Caddy season.
00:49Caddy?
00:50This is going to be funny.
00:51We'll see.
00:52Oh, Lord.
00:53Well, you know Carlos is going to make it good.
00:55Carlos is going to call us.
00:57Carlos is going to call us.
00:59You're going to stop playing with me.
01:05Here we go.
01:06Stand by, everyone.
01:07Have a great show, everyone.
01:13In five, four, three, two.
01:16And this is the Love and Marriage Detroit Reunion Special.
01:22Part one.
01:30I'm here with the cast of Love and Marriage Detroit Season 2.
01:34This season, to me, top last season.
01:38Like, to the 10th degree.
01:40Would you say the same thing, Christina and Brandon?
01:43I have to agree.
01:44Absolutely.
01:45We have some great new additions.
01:47Oh, really?
01:48Weren't so fun at first, but...
01:49Okay, but the Vines right here.
01:50Yeah, we're choosing Violet's.
01:51We're choosing Violet's.
01:52We're choosing Violet's.
01:53We're choosing Violet's.
01:54We're choosing Violet's.
01:55We're choosing Violet's.
01:56We're choosing Violet's.
01:59Good luck to those of you who are popping your reunion cherry tonight.
02:04I know y'all are church folks, but can I say that?
02:07Yeah.
02:08Not quite.
02:09Not quite.
02:10Okay.
02:11Well, speaking of the Vines, how was it coming on this show after very first successful season?
02:17It was great.
02:18I was talking to Marcel earlier.
02:20It's easy to work with people that you love, some that you might have had issue with.
02:25But, you know, that's what the fruit of the spirit is about, right?
02:28Oh.
02:29So, all of that, you know.
02:31Okay, good.
02:32Keita, because we all know your private person, baby.
02:35How are you feeling after surviving this season?
02:37Was it fun?
02:38It was fun.
02:39It was fun for you?
02:40I mean, I had fun last season with the girls.
02:43Okay.
02:44They're all like new sisters to me.
02:46So, it's good.
02:47Okay.
02:48I love Keita.
02:49Anthony, are these like new sisters to you too?
02:51New brothers and sisters and everything?
02:53Absolutely.
02:54I've known all of them for quite a while.
02:56So, known Kim since high school.
02:58Known Keita since college.
02:59So, these are my people.
03:01Known Bravo forever.
03:02Mm-hmm.
03:03So.
03:04Is that the riding section?
03:05Oh.
03:06Oh.
03:07Oh, look.
03:08Section D, bro.
03:09Section D.
03:10Section D.
03:11We the real D.
03:12We the real D.
03:13We the real D over here.
03:14Okay.
03:15So, this is Section D, but the two in the middle are the...
03:17Oh, the eggplant riders.
03:18Oh, man.
03:19The eggplant riders.
03:20Oh, man.
03:21Okay.
03:22Oh.
03:23We're choosing violence for real.
03:24You said what, Brandon?
03:26Constantly got the D on his mind.
03:27Yep.
03:28Detroit.
03:29Absolutely.
03:30Detroit's always on my mind.
03:31Which stuff?
03:32Well, dollars are always on my mind.
03:33We're picking up with.
03:34There we go.
03:35And doctors.
03:36Hi, doctor.
03:37I love that D.
03:38Dr. Thompson.
03:39Yes.
03:40So, last season, you felt that Christina put on for the cameras.
03:44Did you think she did that again this season?
03:47I feel like it was...
03:50It was a lot.
03:51I think a lot of focus was on their relationship, which is fine.
03:55But there was a lot of things that was recorded that was not shown.
03:58I mean, it is what it is, so I have no control over that.
04:02Everything can't make it.
04:03I'm sure some of our scenes weren't on there.
04:06But I'm not complaining, because I think that, you know, what came out on, you know,
04:10the show, I think, was pretty, you know, good.
04:13Like, there was some good options.
04:14Of course you do.
04:15We were like, duh.
04:16Duh.
04:17Duh.
04:18I sure do.
04:19What was that, Colby?
04:20I said, of course she does.
04:21It was the Brandon and Christina show.
04:22It was cool.
04:23I mean...
04:24She loves that.
04:25She loves that.
04:26She loves that.
04:27All right, well, look.
04:28Brandon and Christina had us all gasping for air when we found out they were separated
04:32and considering the D word, not the one you use a lot.
04:36Okay?
04:37Um, we're talking about divorce, okay?
04:40I got jokes, too.
04:41You know it's for the Russell laugh, okay?
04:44Let's watch.
04:45I don't feel like you've been happy.
04:48Have you?
04:49No.
04:50I'm here because God says be here.
04:54That's how I appear to swallow.
04:57I thought we were in a marriage that was overcoming some things.
05:02And unbeknownst to me, Brandon was contemplating divorce.
05:06I'm scared of getting hurt.
05:08I'm scared.
05:09I'm scared of getting my heart broken over and over again.
05:11I'm tired of the roller coaster.
05:13I'm tired.
05:14I decided I wanted a divorce.
05:17She asked me to leave the crib.
05:19You not at home?
05:20Mm-mm.
05:21I'm standing with my moms.
05:23You lie.
05:24I was not prepared to be married.
05:29Well, that's what happens when you get married six months after you meet somebody, though.
05:35But there's no going back now.
05:38Do you still love Christina?
05:40Yeah.
05:41If there's love there, there's something to work for.
05:44Why do you think daddy had to go?
05:46Because daddy wasn't cheating.
05:49He has to try to do better.
05:52It's hard being a husband.
05:53It's hard being a father and, you know, keeping everything in line.
05:57I've learned how to live without you, which is kind of scary.
06:01But it also showed me I want my husband back.
06:05I just realized that, yo, I got some growing to do.
06:08I got to catch up.
06:09I don't know anybody who fights as hard as you.
06:12You know, now it's time for me to fight.
06:15So I wanted to give her a really big surprise for her birthday.
06:18A new ring.
06:20That's what I'm talking about!
06:22I want to officially ask you back to our resident.
06:27Daddy's home.
06:29We had no idea that you two were on the verge of a divorce.
06:34Because after the reunion last season, you two were in a great place.
06:40And we thought like, okay, you two are moving forward.
06:43I thought so too.
06:44Brandon hasn't been the best communicator.
06:47So he's feeling things from our marriage.
06:50I mean, we're 12 years in.
06:52So, you know what I'm saying? You go through ups and downs.
06:54He would come out of nowhere with this, I want a divorce.
06:57And I can feel it when it's coming.
06:59This last time around, I was just really tired of being on the emotional rollercoaster.
07:04Because that wasn't the first, second, third, or fourth time he said it.
07:07I just couldn't fathom, like, anymore just feeling like I was just disposable to somebody.
07:14And so at that point, I was just like, I'm not doing this.
07:17Like, I didn't want to get a divorce.
07:19It was hard for me to put him out of the house.
07:22It's also hard hearing your partner every six months tell you that they don't want to be with you.
07:27Brandon, what was going through your marriage that you kept using the divorce word towards your wife?
07:35For most of it, it just felt like her marriage.
07:38It didn't feel like our marriage.
07:40It didn't feel like I just didn't feel included.
07:42I didn't feel like my house was my home.
07:44I didn't feel like I had a voice in the home.
07:47And, you know, I saw my mother divorced my father.
07:51So marriage to me was disposable.
07:53And I just always saw it as an option.
07:55So after a while, I would just be, like, literally hugging my babies extra tight
08:00because I'm like, I'm probably not going to end up in the same house as y'all.
08:05And that's just been the reality.
08:08Do you two regret getting married so soon?
08:11I can't regret something that God put together and God wants, you know?
08:16But I do.
08:17We both literally said this year one that if we wouldn't have got married so quick,
08:21we probably wouldn't have never got married.
08:23If we would have actually dated for real, like, discovering all of our differences
08:27and how we saw the world so differently, probably wouldn't have got married.
08:32You two rushed to get married six months after meeting, knowing each other.
08:38You met on social media, right?
08:41And like you said, you two did not take the time to get to know each other.
08:44Do you sometimes think that the only reason you two are with each other now
08:49is because of God and the kids?
08:51Like, if you guys didn't have kids, would you two still be married?
08:55No, I mean, I was willing to divorce the kids, too.
09:04Coming up on the Love & Marriage Detroit reunion special.
09:07When Brandon says to you that he's never cheated on you while y'all were married,
09:12do you believe him?
09:13Do you believe him?
09:17Yes or no, baby?
09:20Has everyone met the new baby?
09:22Every child?
09:23Everyone's ex except for Christina.
09:28She had a baby.
09:29So just say, hey, yeah, congratulations on the baby.
09:32McCoy, yeah.
09:33You will never say I'm wrong.
09:42If you guys didn't have kids, would you two still be married?
09:46I was willing to divorce the kids, too.
09:49You know?
09:50I love my babies a lot, but, like, I can't put my happiness to the side
09:54just because I want to live with my children.
09:57And I know, you know, it was a big decision, but, you know, I was ready to do it.
10:02Powerful.
10:03When I met with my pastor, he gave me the green light.
10:07To get a divorce?
10:08To get a divorce.
10:09The pastor?
10:10Man, what kind of pastor is that?
10:11After I told him the dynamic, he gave it the green light.
10:14Here's my thought of it.
10:15You have to literally go ahead and blow my brains out before I leave my family.
10:18That's just how I operate for me.
10:21You got to take control over your house, bro, in some type of way with your wife in a loving way.
10:25Look, we talked about all that.
10:27He definitely counseled me in that way.
10:30What I heard is that he's telling you to get a divorce.
10:33And if he suggested that, then I'm like, come on, dude, what kind of man is you?
10:37And I would tell him that to his face.
10:39I don't know who it is, but that's just the type of person I am.
10:41I think the pastor's perspective was he knows that Brandon has brought up the divorce word so many times.
10:50And it's taxing on me.
10:51Like, he was also thinking, like, you can't keep putting your wife through that.
10:55And if you're going to keep doing that to her, you may as well just move on.
10:58Because it's not just him.
11:00You know, when he says that, it's affecting me.
11:02It's affecting my daughter.
11:03So the pastor spoke with you also.
11:04Okay.
11:05Yeah, we've had conversations with our pastor over time.
11:07This is not like a one conversation.
11:08Okay.
11:09It's like, we've been talking about this for some years.
11:11And now it's like, sir, if it's like this, he's going to keep saying it.
11:14This is continuous.
11:15Right.
11:16I want to talk to the men real quick because obviously, Russell and Anthony and Marcel, you three had a knee-jerk reaction to a pastor telling a man to leave his wife.
11:27Absolutely.
11:28So why is that so egregious? Because is divorce just not an option?
11:33It's not that. But the word says, if there's infidelity, that's the thing that allows you to divorce your wife.
11:42Let me hold you there. Was there any infidelity in your marriage?
11:45No.
11:46No.
11:47Well, there you go.
11:48I never had no infidelity.
11:50Do you believe that Brandon never cheated on you while you were married?
11:53I believe if he say he hasn't.
11:56No, no. I'm asking you.
11:58In your heart, you're a woman and women have intuition.
12:01As a woman, do you believe that Brandon never cheated on you while you two were married?
12:11I don't feel like Brandon is a cheater.
12:13Yes or no, baby?
12:14Yes or no, baby?
12:15Do you feel like father two?
12:17It's a yay or a nay.
12:18One second.
12:19Colby, do you think Russell's ever cheated on you?
12:21Heck, no, no, no, no.
12:23Okay.
12:24So, Christina, real talk, real talk.
12:25As a woman, and feel how you feel.
12:28When Brandon says to you that he's never cheated on you while y'all were married, do you believe him?
12:40I do, but there's a but.
12:43I can't say that it was always easy to believe when somebody is constantly telling you they want a divorce.
12:50But I don't know anything other than what he's told me.
12:54Brandon, she took a long pregnant pause as long as Colby was pregnant.
12:59Very much so un-pregnant now.
13:04And looking good.
13:06How did that make you feel to know that it took her a while to even answer?
13:10I mean, I told her I wanted a divorce multiple times.
13:13It doesn't, it doesn't shock me.
13:15It doesn't, like, we have, we've been doing a lot of repairing, you know?
13:20And so we were not, we were in a terrible place.
13:23I mean, she might not have thought that, but in my head, I'm just like, yo, this, this is the pits.
13:30I never really saw anything so horrible in our marriage that we couldn't, like, go to counseling, you know what I'm saying,
13:39and get some fixes.
13:40Like, I see way worse things going on in marriages.
13:44Before we move on, how are things now with the two of you?
13:48We have our moments, but things are doing good.
13:52I've grown a lot.
13:53You have?
13:54I've grown a lot.
13:55I feel like you've done a lot of growing as well.
13:57I have.
13:58Like, this took a two-person, you know, like, effort to really get us back to where we are now.
14:03Absolutely.
14:04You know what I'm saying?
14:05I still don't think we were in the pits.
14:07I've been learning a lot just about love, you know, and she be, you know, she be telling me, like, you know, love is a choice.
14:12And I'm like, man, that's a, I need to feel something.
14:17I need to feel something.
14:19Some kind of.
14:20Do you feel love for her? Are you, do you feel the love?
14:22Yeah.
14:23I mean, like, since I made the choice, I have felt it.
14:27I didn't realize that you have to choose it first and then, you know, you start, you start getting them feels again.
14:34Powerful.
14:35Kobe, last season you made a statement that Christina puts on for the cameras.
14:40Did you feel like it was coincidental that right before a new season happened, they were in this separation space?
14:47Do you feel like it was put on?
14:49Coming up.
14:50I don't want to be in a platform showing this hurt that I'm going through with my husband.
14:59It's high key embarrassing, but I'm here and I know that there's ministry in me.
15:04And if I have to go through it so other people out there can know that you can get to the other side of it, then use me, God.
15:10But I'm never going to be on here being fake.
15:17Kobe, last season you made a statement that Christina puts on for the cameras.
15:23Did you feel like it was coincidental that right before a new season happened they were in this separation space?
15:29Do you feel like it was put on?
15:31You know, after watching the season, Brandon made some statements that I was like,
15:37Now, was this put on? Because he said they were really good at pretending.
15:42Hey!
15:43Well, hello there.
15:44What's going on?
15:45We are separated, but they don't need to know all that.
15:50Today we're going to fake the funk.
15:52So I'm like, is this all a joke? Are we all pretending here?
15:55Are we creating more friction for a storyline?
15:59Do I think it was sensationalized?
16:02I don't know. I...
16:05I don't want to believe that.
16:07How do you feel about that? The question of the authenticity?
16:11I would hope that everybody on this stage would know that I would never put my children through something like that for clicks.
16:19I'm not trying to pretend I'm going through something like that because there's people out here who really go through hard things.
16:28Unfortunately, I'm one of those women. My life is just what it is. Sometimes it's super fabulous. Sometimes it's super ugly. And it is what it is. I'm real. I'm authentic. I'm genuine.
16:38And at this point, it's disappointing to hear that you guys would even consider that I would fake a storyline in my marriage and in front of my children.
16:47Well, let's say this. I said that and I think we all said we think that there has been something there.
16:52Absolutely.
16:53For sure.
16:54I get that. But you also are saying... Because that's evident to the world.
16:57Yeah.
16:58But to also on the same note say, it's very possible that they are. And you can't even give a no. Like, that is kind of hurtful.
17:06I'm just going based off of what was said at the beginning. Brandon said out of his mouth that we're good at pretending.
17:13I said we know how to play house, meaning when stuff isn't wrong, just like y'all. A lot of y'all in season one.
17:19When stuff is really going wrong, you're just not really showing the whole picture.
17:22Yeah.
17:23That's what a lot of people do.
17:24Well, I know that we did. And in the conversations we've had, Brandon, I don't think Brandon would do that from...
17:30Because we had conversations before the show. He don't want to show this stuff. He don't want to... He don't focus on it.
17:35Yes. They could be absolutely going through these things. This is fact. This is real.
17:39Can we put on a little bit extra for the camera? Sure. But I don't think...
17:44Do you feel like you put on extra for the cameras?
17:45Oh, absolutely. That's what we do. We entertain, right? At the end of the day, it's a show.
17:50So do I think their issues are fake? No, I don't.
17:55Can it be a little extra? Maybe. But Christina's a little extra. Like, that's...
17:59I am extra. And that's natural. I don't have to put on.
18:03But no, I'm just saying... My life is just... I'm a big person. Yeah.
18:06And I'm never going to be like a little dog in any aspect of my life.
18:09But that's what I'm saying. I'm not... I'm not saying that it's not real.
18:11So if I come off big and if my life has stuff that's going on and it's relatable and people love it and it gets a lot of air time, then that's just what it is.
18:17Absolutely. You know what I'm saying? We just came into this not being afraid.
18:22We just came into this not being afraid to keep it real and just like being our true authentic selves because it's other married couples out here that we know go through the same thing.
18:32And there's a lot of people out there that are hurting and going through really tough marriages.
18:37What makes you get emotional?
18:38And God is giving us to show that you can get through this stuff. Like, I don't want to go through this.
18:45I don't want to be in a platform showing this hurt that I'm going through with my husband. That's lightweight embarrassing. It's high-key embarrassing.
18:52You know what I'm saying? But I'm here and I know that there's ministry in me.
18:56And if I have to go through it so other people out there can know that you can get to the other side of it, they're usually at.
19:02But I'm never going to be on here being fake.
19:06Are you hurt by the question?
19:09I'm not necessarily hurt. It's just... it's just appointing.
19:14Because I feel like my character, who I am, is always up for question. And I am a genuine person. Perfect? Heck no. Genuine heart? Genuine person? That's me.
19:28How do you feel about that, Kobe?
19:31I think she's genuine. I just think there was just a disconnect with us along the way. But I do think she's genuine.
19:41Anthony, you have been somebody that really was championing them to stay together and to really help them fight for their marriage like Russell did. So in one case, you wanted to take Christina out to have a conversation with her. You discussed with Latoya. Latoya, you did not want him to have that one-on-one with Christina. Why is that?
20:03Because some way, somehow, some shot was going to be taken at him when he actually was truly trying to be genuine.
20:10You know, you can say what you want and it doesn't hurt him. But it hurts me. And so for me, like, this is my husband. And for y'all to be friends with him and all the things that y'all say about him, when he is being genuine, he's being genuine. And he does truly care. But I just didn't want that to be turned around on him. Because I knew it would have been. It's always going to be something.
20:32It's always going to be something.
20:33When you say y'all, do you feel like Anthony and I have had issues?
20:36No, no. It's been mostly Brandon.
20:38Oh, okay.
20:39No, no, no. It's been mostly Brandon, for sure.
20:41Everything I threw at Anthony was, uh, it was a throwback that he threw first.
20:46No, you started to hold back.
20:47That's not true.
20:48Come on, dawg.
20:49Can we go back?
20:50Come on.
20:51You want to go back?
20:52We can go.
20:53You want to go back there?
20:54You tried to throw shots at me to get back at him. That's what I don't like.
20:56That's true.
20:57On what?
20:58My wine corks?
20:59That ain't true.
21:00That's a cork.
21:01That's a-
21:02It's my brand.
21:03It's my brand.
21:04It's my brand.
21:05It's my brand.
21:06Inanimate object.
21:07It's my brand.
21:08Yeah.
21:09Yeah.
21:10Yeah.
21:11Uh-uh.
21:12No, it don't fly.
21:13You don't do that.
21:14I've never experienced a crumbling cork.
21:15I've never talked about Star Factory.
21:16I know how frustrating a crumbling cork is, though.
21:17I've never talked about any of her influencing to get at you.
21:21Ever.
21:22So for you to do that-
21:23No, I had to apologize at dinner.
21:24You did.
21:25But it was wrong.
21:26I don't- I don't- you know, I would never want you to catch a stray.
21:29But you know-
21:30But to get at him, though, you do that.
21:31That's wrong.
21:32You know, he- he- you know, all I said was-
21:33But you was trying to get at him.
21:34He was like, hey, how much you put on your wife's-
21:36How much you spend on your wife's business?
21:38I was just like, oh, okay, you spend 250?
21:39You asked him a question.
21:40You asked him a question.
21:41You asked him a question.
21:42You asked him a question.
21:43You asked him a question.
21:44You asked him a question.
21:45You asked him a question.
21:46You were highly upset.
21:47No, seriously.
21:48Yeah.
21:49I built that- that company from the ground up.
21:50So if I would have came and say, oh, Star Factory this, Star Factory that, for no reason,
21:53just because he threw a shot at you or whatever, like, I mean, it was wrong.
21:59Period.
22:00You're right.
22:01You're right.
22:02So it's like, okay, what did I do to you?
22:03Did you apologize, Brandon?
22:04He did.
22:05I apologize.
22:06He did.
22:07And I promoted- I promoted opulence season one.
22:08Well, you know he was promoting opulence.
22:09Come on now.
22:10Big time.
22:11That's why me and the kids bow out.
22:12We be like, yes, ma'am.
22:16All right, so moving on.
22:18You better come back to see what else is going to be said on the Love & Marriage Detroit
22:23reunion special.
22:24That was great.
22:29Coming up.
22:30I just know how it felt growing up without a father.
22:35And I would hate-
22:36I would hate to have to explain to my daughters, you know, that something has happened to him.
22:49Now that we're back, I want to talk about one of the most unproblematic couples in the group.
22:56Lakita and Bravo.
22:59Let's take a look.
23:01You know, I'm always happy to see you.
23:03Well-
23:04We see Bravo all the time.
23:06You know he missed the Detroit always somewhere.
23:09Always somewhere.
23:10The kids are going to be at the mama's house for how long?
23:13Probably all night.
23:14All right, so I'd come back home a little earlier and-
23:18And I'll be here in the house by myself while you out in the street.
23:25I lost my father when I was five.
23:27That's the last thing that I want for my girl.
23:29You know what I'm saying?
23:30Yeah.
23:31That's my biggest thing.
23:34No, we get that for sure.
23:36But I'm not constantly on you because I'm worried about who you're with or who you're doing it with.
23:44Mm-hmm.
23:45I'm on you because I want to make sure that you make it back home.
23:47Yeah.
23:48It's hard out here when you're leaving out the club.
23:51It's like having to worry about every five seconds, you know.
23:54Is it a dude that's not happy with you making the money you're making?
23:57Is it a dude whose girl came to the club three times and he's like, why she keep going to Bravo's club?
24:02Because that happens a lot too.
24:03Yeah.
24:04And Keita sees that.
24:05You might want to consider giving to your location even if you got two phones.
24:09I'm not sharing my location.
24:11I think her knowing every single minute of the day where I'm at is not going to cure anxiety.
24:16It may actually increase it.
24:18I just feel like communication should be at the utmost with you because you're constantly in the limelight.
24:27Like I told you before, your safety is just my biggest concern.
24:31I now have no problem sharing, like, the location.
24:34So let's share locations right now, Dan.
24:36Okay.
24:37Don't be asking me why I'm not somewhere that I'm supposed to be.
24:42Makes me feel much better.
24:43Okay.
24:44Aw.
24:45One thing I would love to say is I've become a huge fan of the dynamic of what you guys
24:52bring to the show because, you know, you are sort of known as like the Prince of Detroit.
24:58And when you appeared last season, some people were surprised you were married.
25:04Um, so you get to a point where you have to separate that type of world because a lot
25:10of people don't have any good intentions.
25:12Yeah.
25:13You know, and that.
25:14So, I mean, I wasn't hiding my wife from the world.
25:15I was hiding the world from my wife.
25:17Drake, is that you?
25:19No.
25:20Okay.
25:21Akita, one of the conversations you guys had that touched all of us was when you spoke
25:26about your father and your father passing away when you were a very young girl.
25:30Yes.
25:31Um, I think that me losing my father definitely makes me a little bit more protective over
25:43him.
25:47Because I just know how it felt growing up without a father.
25:52And I would hate, I would hate to have to explain to my daughters, you know, that something
26:03has happened to him or why he's not coming back home.
26:08So, um, and I think that's just like my biggest fear.
26:14And I think now he probably understands it a little bit more that I lost my father so young
26:23and I didn't have, you know, what my girls have with him.
26:29Bravo, you mentioned to Brenda that you didn't know, um, she felt this way until recently.
26:41Did you, did you know about all of this?
26:43No, uh, I think the dynamics between our relationship is, uh, um, I wanna say we live a perfect relationship.
26:50It's not perfect. We have disagreements.
26:52I wanna say that what perfection is to me is our relationship.
26:56Um, so I think sometimes when you live such a grandiose relationship, you don't try to,
27:02to dig deep into some of the dark places.
27:04And so, uh, I do wanna give this show a lot of credit because what it did, it's grown a
27:09lot of us, but it's grown me into actually hearing out things that she felt and things
27:14that she, uh, needs out of the relationship that I, that we've never spoke on or I never
27:19cared to ask about.
27:20So I think, I think even the convo that, that we've seen with me telling Brenda I'm not
27:25sharing my location.
27:26You know, I was looking at it from a totally different perspective.
27:29I was thinking of it as a, you know, for 20 years we built our relationship off of trust.
27:34If you need technology to trust somebody, you don't trust that person.
27:37Sharing location is a huge deal.
27:40I ain't doing that.
27:42So I applaud you for doing that.
27:44I'm also not married.
27:46But, but you know, I don't know too many men who haven't done it for 20 years, be so
27:51willingly to do it.
27:52And I, I will give you credit for that.
27:54And I think for the two of you, just continue taking those baby steps because there's not
28:00a lot of Kitas in this world.
28:01100%.
28:02100%.
28:03And you don't want to be in a situation to where your ambition, you know, comes before
28:09your, your marriage.
28:10100%.
28:11Yeah.
28:12100%.
28:13Okay.
28:14Well, thank you guys for doing the show, Kita.
28:15All right.
28:16Now don't go anywhere.
28:17Stay tuned for more drama on the Love & Marriage Detroit reunion special.
28:24Coming up.
28:25In my heart, it wasn't about having another girl.
28:28I want it to be two and done.
28:29I want to give my, my husband a son, but I'm like, dang, like, I just don't really know
28:33if I want to go, go through this again.
28:42Welcome back to the Love & Marriage Detroit reunion special.
28:46Everyone listen up.
28:47I have an announcement.
28:49The Love & Marriage Detroit family has a new addition.
28:53And no, not the dumb minds.
28:55We're talking about Miss Kinsley Parker.
28:57Paris is here.
28:59We have a little peek at her arrival.
29:03Let's check it out.
29:05My midnight took away.
29:07That's me.
29:09Yes.
29:10Ooh.
29:11Sweet.
29:14Yeah.
29:15Yeah.
29:16Yeah.
29:17The time is near.
29:20Yes.
29:22Six.
29:23Four.
29:24Six.
29:25Six.
29:26Six.
29:27Six.
29:28Six.
29:33Six.
29:34Six.
29:35Six.
29:36Six.
29:37One times two is two.
29:39One times three is three.
29:41Aw, congratulations.
29:45So how does it feel to raise two girls?
29:50Kinsley's a breath of fresh air right now.
29:53It was a struggle getting her here, but she...
29:5524 hours.
29:56She stole my heart.
29:57Of labor.
29:58Yeah.
29:58The road to baby number two was paved with good intentions,
30:01but there were also a few bumps along the way.
30:05Let's take a look at how they finally found their rhythm.
30:09I'm five months pregnant, and Kendall isn't even three yet.
30:14And here we are, back, expecting, yet again.
30:19What do you guys think the gender's going to be?
30:21I would like a boy.
30:22Can you imagine having another girl?
30:24I can't.
30:26I can't.
30:27I really genuinely want a son.
30:29I just want to know what it feels like to just have someone that loves me
30:33the way that Kendall loves her daddy.
30:36Press the bear's arm.
30:38Hi, Bobby.
30:40Hi, Bobby.
30:41Hi.
30:44I'm a girl.
30:49Yes.
30:50In my heart, I am disappointed.
30:55Like, I genuinely just wanted a boy so that I could be done.
31:00We're going to have a healthy baby.
31:01And then six months, we just shoot out another shot.
31:10Six months is insane.
31:11Just get it out the way.
31:13It's been crazy.
31:15Challenging.
31:16Just to juggle everything with a two-year-old, one on the way, businesses.
31:26Uh, tell me about it.
31:27I know Russell isn't going to act like that.
31:29He is the only one bearing the brunt of everything.
31:33I do so much to carry our family forward.
31:37Do you have to use the bathroom, Kendall?
31:39Mm-hmm.
31:40Our diaper is full.
31:42I'll take her.
31:43Kendall, that's not appropriate.
31:52I'm just a little frustrated.
31:55Frustrated with me?
31:57For instance, you don't enforce the bathroom on her.
32:02I feel like it's a solo thing.
32:04Then when she does have an accident, you hardly ever say anything.
32:07Then wait a minute.
32:07I've been working extremely hard.
32:10Potty trading is not a priority for me right now.
32:12Kobe, she's...
32:14Obviously, she's pregnant.
32:15Right.
32:15And me not being there all the time versus her first pregnancy when I was like, bro, when
32:21she coughed, I'm like, God.
32:23And you're spending a lot of your time just catering to your wife.
32:26Mm-hmm.
32:27Which, there's nothing wrong with that.
32:28We're supposed to do that.
32:28But this second pregnancy, I'm like, got all this stuff going on.
32:33And I can't be there, like, when she coughs.
32:35Jesus.
32:38So, Kobe, it's taboo to say, I want a girl, I want a boy.
32:41The common answer is, I want a healthy baby, which, of course, is the most important thing.
32:46So, I want to give you all the props in the world for just being honest that a lot of
32:49women, you know, are afraid to even echo that.
32:52Gender disappointment is a real thing.
32:54It is.
32:54In my heart, it wasn't about having another girl.
32:56I want it to be two and done.
32:58I wanted two children.
32:59That's what I wanted.
33:00I love my husband to death, and I know my husband wants a son.
33:02And now, I'm sitting here tossing and turning with my emotions, like, dang, I got to go
33:07through labor and, you know, this whole experience again.
33:11Don't get me wrong, like, children are beautiful, but it is so, so much on your body.
33:16Yes.
33:17And I feel like my first pregnancy, I lost myself completely after I had Kendall, and
33:21like, I worked hard to build myself back up.
33:25So, that's where that pain comes from, of me wanting a boy.
33:28I want to give my husband a son, but I'm like, dang, like, I just don't really know if I
33:33want to go through this again.
33:35Listen, I tell people all the time, women are the superheroes of the world.
33:38I told them, right?
33:40The important part of you telling that story is the fact that no one talks about how taxing
33:47it is to have a child.
33:50Yes.
33:50Knowing that, though, Russell, you still felt the need to say, like, a quarterback, well,
33:56we're going to get back in the game again in six weeks.
33:57Yeah, no, it was definitely, um, I wasn't considering the process of growing a body.
34:06You know, that pregnancy, I mean, nine months.
34:10Ten.
34:11Ten months.
34:13She was in pain every single day, and there was nothing outside of rubbing her back, rubbing
34:20feet that I could do about it.
34:21Um, so, it was stupid.
34:23I'm, you know, I was an idiot.
34:26Russell.
34:27So, how long can Kobe heal her body?
34:32As long as she need.
34:33As long as she won't.
34:35Woo, that's a big step.
34:37Kobe!
34:38I might still be healing in ten years, so we'll see.
34:43You said as long as I need.
34:45We're going to be, never mind.
34:49But no, but there's no rush.
34:51No rush.
34:51There's no rush.
34:52We're still trying to get acclimated to the two.
34:55Yeah, that transition from one to two is ghetto.
34:58Yeah.
34:59Where's Chelsea at?
34:59That's ghetto.
35:00That's what's really ghetto.
35:01That's what's ghetto.
35:02Very ghetto.
35:02Very ghetto.
35:03That transition from one to two is ghetto.
35:07Yeah.
35:07For real.
35:07So, we're still trying to figure that out, and I think I'm going to be figuring that out
35:10for a little while longer.
35:11The other thing that, again, y'all's storyline was so interesting, because I've never seen
35:16a couple on television talk about the conversations about how little girls are daddy's girls.
35:22So, even when we saw Kendall, I'm trying to find the proper word to use, when she wasn't
35:28being so nice to you.
35:30Use the proper word.
35:31Be disrespectful to her.
35:33And I was floored by that.
35:40It is so hard, and I'm trying to adopt this gentle parenting mentality.
35:48I'm trying to make sure that my child doesn't grow up, you know, feeling like she has to
35:51heal from her childhood, but I'm also, like, trying to enforce respect.
35:59Like, we just had a situation recently where Logan, I'm telling her to do a list of things
36:04that she don't want to do, you know.
36:06She texted Bravo and basically was telling on me, like, Mommy, I sometimes think she
36:11forgets that I'm a child.
36:12What?
36:13Excuse me?
36:14Well, Lourdes, she has him and my father.
36:18I said, wait a minute, that's my daddy.
36:20She called, I'm going to call Papa.
36:21On you?
36:22On me.
36:23What I'm fearful of is for Kendall to try to come between our marriage in any capacity
36:29using her dad, oh, I'm going to go get my daddy, because she's telling people at school,
36:33my daddy will beat you up.
36:36So, like, she's learning this behavior, and I think it's important for her daddy, who
36:42can do no wrong in her eyes, to enforce in her now, know that we don't do that.
36:47Yeah, Russell, why don't you say much about, you know, the Bible does say,
36:51that first in line is the spouse.
36:53So, how does it feel knowing that you're not even practicing the Bible that you study?
37:01Coming up.
37:03This is the thing that I'm afraid of.
37:05I'm a guy who loves hard, but also when I get upset, I don't have, like, a soft button,
37:12if you will.
37:12Bingo.
37:13So, I don't want to be the guy who may end up being the guy that causes trauma.
37:21I think it's important for her daddy, who can do no wrong in her eyes, to enforce in
37:26her now, know that we don't do that.
37:29Yeah.
37:29Russell, why don't you say much about it?
37:32How does it feel knowing that you're not even practicing the Bible that you study?
37:36There's no excuse for the way that my daughter responded in that moment.
37:43And I told Kobe, I didn't even see it.
37:45Like, when it, when it, I didn't, I didn't realize it until I saw it on TV.
37:48This is the thing that I'm afraid of.
37:50I'm a guy who loves hard, but also when I get upset, I don't have, like, a, a soft button,
37:57if you will.
37:58Bingo.
37:58So, I don't want to be the guy who may end up being the guy that causes trauma because
38:03of something I said or the way I responded or something like that.
38:06And sometimes that, that gets in the way of what I need to be in terms of a disciplinarian,
38:13and it shows up as disrespect towards my wife.
38:16And it was wrong.
38:16I should have said something.
38:18So, yeah, I'm, I'm trying to do better.
38:19You are not alone, bro.
38:21When I was seeing that, that, that, like, Kobe was the bad guy, I know she'd be feeling
38:25the same exact way.
38:26I've gotten better at disciplining my daughters, but it's like, she still, at the end of the
38:31day, is the head disciplinarian in the household.
38:35I mean, you know, Anthony says she had three kids.
38:39Oh, you're the third.
38:42I said it.
38:43I said it.
38:44So, has everyone met the new baby?
38:48Reach out.
38:48Oh, congratulations, all that.
38:50Let me look around the room.
38:54Yeah.
38:55Everyone's ex except for Christina.
38:59But I wasn't expecting their congratulations.
39:02Why not?
39:03I haven't talked to Christina.
39:06You didn't reach out and say congratulations on the new baby?
39:08So, I didn't know at first.
39:11I didn't get, like, any, hey, I had a baby, here's a picture.
39:15Well, to be fair, we didn't either.
39:17Because I knew her due date, I text.
39:20I said, is she here yet?
39:22And then Marcel came home and said she had the baby because Russell told the guy.
39:26Yeah, because he told her.
39:27But I reached out to her just to check in.
39:31Yeah, no, I didn't reach out.
39:31I didn't know anything.
39:32She posted it on Instagram.
39:34And I haven't been on there.
39:35And I didn't see her post.
39:37I sometimes feel like it's very difficult for Chris to just be the bigger person.
39:42Can I say...
39:42Go ahead.
39:43No, go ahead, Toya.
39:43From the perspective of the state of Black maternal health and everything that's going
39:47on with women in general, I don't care what's going on.
39:52She had a baby.
39:53So, just say, hey, yeah, congratulations on the baby.
39:56You knew.
39:57I didn't say I didn't know.
39:59I did know and I did not reach out.
40:01All I'm saying, you're not taking the accountability and saying, yeah, sorry, I could have said something.
40:06But you didn't say, yeah, I'm sorry, I was wrong.
40:08You never say I'm you, I was wrong.
40:11Look, yeah.
40:11You will never say I'm wrong.
40:13Next, on part two of the Love and Marriage Detroit Reunion Special.
40:23What is it about your friendship to where it is always combative at times?
40:30If you come at me, I ain't got no problems coming at you and I'm going to go to the end.
40:34It's like if someone gets emotional, they're manipulative.
40:38But you can be emotional about everything.
40:41Oh, not props.
40:42I'm not like most people up here.
40:47I can be accountable for the things that I've done.
40:49She's never apologized to Anthony for anything she said.
40:52Even if you apologize to a stranger who just starts calling me out of my neck.
40:57Oh, you are so hot.
40:59I'm not intimidated by not one person on this stage.
41:02Let me get that straight and I'll say it again.
41:04Say it again, girl.
41:05No one is going to play Dr. Thompson.
41:10Do you want to repair your friendship with Christina?
41:13Not pressed.
41:15When you hurt me, I'm done.
41:17I was honestly feeling like you don't care if you hear from me or not.
41:21That's hurtful.
41:22I was like, oh, you're so hot.
41:24I was like, oh, you're so hot.
41:25I was like, oh, you're so hot.
41:25I was like, oh, you're so hot.
41:26I was like, oh, you're so hot.
41:27I was like, oh, you're so hot.
41:28I was like, oh, you're so hot.
41:29I was like, oh, you're so hot.
41:31I was like, oh, you're so hot.
41:32I was like, oh, you're so hot.
41:33I was like, oh, you're so hot.
41:34I was like, oh, you're so hot.
41:35I was like, oh, you're so hot.
41:37I was like, oh, you're so hot.
41:39I was like, oh, you're so hot.
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