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00:00Previously on Ready to Love.
00:02Welcome to the Ready to Love Detroit reunion.
00:05I'm your host, Tommy Miles.
00:06We did agree that we could date other people.
00:09The part he missed was telling me
00:11he was dating someone continuously who was on the show.
00:16Exactly.
00:17As soon as I found out something that wasn't right,
00:19I removed myself.
00:20You had something with Vince?
00:22Yes, it's as high as it could get.
00:24Really?
00:25Yeah.
00:26But I also...
00:27That's not cool.
00:28What the ?
00:30You cannot see a future with me because your future
00:32isn't just right.
00:33Wow.
00:34Let's say that.
00:35He wants to be a provider, but if you cannot do those things,
00:37then that made you feel inadequate.
00:40You shouldn't have met my family.
00:41You shouldn't have met my children.
00:44And you had a girlfriend.
00:45What?
00:50After you took my phone and blocked your girlfriend.
00:53What?
00:54Because you're still in a relationship
00:55or your mother is in a relationship with her.
00:57Let's make this make sense.
00:59I went back and said, who's this girl?
01:01And you said, I don't know her.
01:02Baby, my discernment.
01:03God love me too much.
01:04Wow.
01:05Oh, don't wow me, baby.
01:06I'm not lying.
01:07I'm not a liar.
01:08You went to that phone and blocked the girl.
01:09You lied.
01:10You didn't block you from my phone?
01:11That is...
01:12It's still blocked.
01:13One thing I met is a liar.
01:14You said, I don't know who that is.
01:1624 hours later, you said, I'm sorry for lying to you.
01:19I just didn't want to have to deal with that.
01:22That's a lie.
01:24I want to speak on a bunch of things.
01:26One of the things that I was very intentive in doing
01:30was not to cut you down.
01:32Before you cut me off, I said, I was in a vacuum
01:35with just me and you.
01:36And then what made me come to the realization
01:40that we were not in alignment on a number of things
01:43is when I spoke to family and other people.
01:46I looked at it from a bird's eye view.
01:48And let's make this clear, because you said
01:50if I can't provide or all these kind of things.
01:51Have you?
01:52Hold on, hold on, hold on a second, hold on.
01:53I can't do this for you.
01:54It makes me a little bit.
01:55Hold up a second.
01:56Let me finish.
01:58Dominique, in our relationship,
02:02have you ever felt that I was not providing
02:07or doing anything that you needed me to do?
02:10Let's just be real.
02:11Because I think we've gone to maybe 20 or 30 dinners.
02:14And I can say confidently, there's not one time
02:17that you had to pull out your purse.
02:19Why would I?
02:20You didn't ask me to.
02:21Well, you just put into question my ability to provide.
02:25Taunt me countless times, baby.
02:26I want to do this for you, but I'm just like,
02:29not in a position to.
02:30OK.
02:30And I said, that's OK.
02:31I didn't ask you for anything.
02:32He called me to say, is your brother going to give me
02:34that money for the loan?
02:35Is he going to go through it with the business?
02:37And I was like, what, Bello?
02:39And I was so, like, thrown back from that.
02:42And then later on, it proceeded with a breakup,
02:44which was freaking crazy to me.
02:48I understood your development situation.
02:50I understood your home situation.
02:51You told it all to me.
02:53I knew it.
02:54I never put pressure on you for anything.
02:56I didn't say, give me a massage.
02:57You never got me one.
02:58I never asked you for anything.
03:00I didn't ask you for nothing.
03:01It's not even about money, baby.
03:03It's about how your ability as a man,
03:06you want to be this and that.
03:08If you didn't feel like you could be my man,
03:10because I was manifesting what I deserve.
03:12And what I deserve was a good man.
03:14And when I look at you, I thought that's
03:15what you were to me.
03:17And that's what we could be together.
03:18So I didn't care that you were having whatever issues.
03:21I was like, you're going to get through it.
03:22Like, you want to be all those things.
03:24But when you cannot do it, it will become a roadblock.
03:27So now you're putting that on me.
03:29And I didn't feel like that was fair.
03:31Lauren, I think you got a lot to say.
03:33I see it all over your face.
03:35Actually, I didn't know it was going to turn into this.
03:37Initially, I was thinking about how much I love love.
03:40And I was getting a little excited and butterflies in my stomach
03:43the way they were talking about their love.
03:45And because that was real for me.
03:48And I'm not saying it won for him,
03:49but how it played out is how it played out, baby.
03:52I'm going to Dubai.
03:53I feel this is unfortunate.
03:55I'm rooting for Dominique.
03:56And I was happy to see that she found somebody that was for her.
04:00Cardi.
04:01Well, I think it's just like, I've always
04:03respect black love.
04:06I root for y'all.
04:07Yeah.
04:09All right.
04:10Let's take a break.
04:11More of Ready to Love when we return.
04:14Cut.
04:15Take five.
04:16Oh.
04:20What the ?
04:21I said, keep it cute.
04:22I was trying to keep it cute, but you beating around the bush
04:24at the moment, and I'm confused.
04:26Man.
04:27He said, you lying.
04:28You lying.
04:29Girl, he was sweet.
04:30You took my phone and blocked your girlfriend.
04:32And then 24 hours later, he says, I'm sorry.
04:35I didn't want to address the situation.
04:36Why are we blocking a girl from my page,
04:38from seeing my page?
04:40Your ex is going to need to be blocked from me.
04:42Are you still with her?
04:43Yep.
04:44Well, my mom loves her.
04:46Is your mom here?
04:47You?
04:47Is she running your dating?
04:48That's why I say what I say.
04:49Is your mom with her or you with her?
04:51Because I'm confused.
04:52You blocked her from my page.
04:54And who's lying?
04:55Because you did it.
04:56Girl, him.
04:57The thing that's crazy is I was trying really hard not
04:59to say anything negative about her.
05:01When I went for dinner with her and her three daughters,
05:03just the dinner was $600.
05:05If I'm going for a $600 dinner three times a week,
05:09and I'm giving money towards bills, what am I not doing?
05:13With Dominique, there's a lot of things
05:15that I didn't take into account.
05:17She can't have kids.
05:19And my religion was an issue with her father.
05:21So as we started to unravel the onion,
05:25it didn't have as much promise for future potential
05:30as it did in the beginning.
05:32OK, everybody, moving on.
05:35Welcome back to the Ready to Love Detroit reunion.
05:37When it came to his connections,
05:39Devon treated his options like an all-you-can-eat buffet.
05:43But unfortunately, he bit off more than he can chew.
05:46Didn't he?
05:46Let's take a look at his jerk.
05:50You said you're an artist, right?
05:51Music.
05:52I'm a project manager.
05:53My degree is in musical keyboard and piano.
05:56Going through the mixer, I'm feeling fly.
05:59Well, I always think I look fly.
06:00So maybe that's a little biased, but.
06:02You got something on you.
06:03Can I get it off?
06:04Yeah, you can.
06:07Are you supposed to have kissed me?
06:09I am.
06:12You feel like you should have kissed me?
06:13Yeah, absolutely.
06:14I was wrong.
06:17What's an ideal woman for you?
06:20I need someone who's smart.
06:22OK.
06:22I need someone who's kind and thinks about the world.
06:25OK.
06:26I tend to step up in leadership roles
06:28when I feel like change needs to happen in different spaces.
06:31That's core to who I am.
06:34Everybody knows I've been saying, like,
06:35this has been my top connection this whole time.
06:37And there are times where I'm like, do you even like me?
06:41I want somebody that don't play about me.
06:43I hate every single time I see you talking to another girl.
06:46Every single time, I hate it.
06:48So it's other women who are connecting with you, right?
06:50Do you have in mind that this is the one?
06:53I would say we're trying to decide who's right for us.
06:56Oh, you're trying to figure it out.
06:57I think we're all still trying to figure it out.
06:59Do you have multiple connections outside of Shannon?
07:04I think I have four.
07:05So you have four out of six.
07:07That's like 66%.
07:08Oh, OK.
07:11So you like 66% of what is on the buffet?
07:14I like all the women that are here.
07:16Honestly, I think they're great.
07:17I want you to be a black knight and shine.
07:19And he did not.
07:21With all of these things that ladies and I have discussed,
07:25we feel like you are not ready to love.
07:28I'm Nate.
07:31You didn't want no kiss?
07:32It wasn't, it was, no.
07:34That wasn't the, no.
07:35Devon, what was you feeling at the moment
07:37that made you want to just go on in?
07:39I was feeling myself, for sure.
07:42Misjudged.
07:43Yeah, you did.
07:44I zigged my shit to zag, but no regrets.
07:47It seemed like you had a hard time articulating your feelings
07:50with some of these ladies.
07:51My feelings for certain people grew, certain people shrank.
07:56I voiced it, and I just feel like that just
07:58wasn't received.
07:59Shannon.
08:00Yes?
08:01Why do you think he was shuffling around his top five?
08:03You're growing the number.
08:05Well, you said 66%.
08:07Well, it was 6% at one time.
08:09There was a lot of different women he was probably
08:11trying to connect with.
08:12He was saying a lot of different things to people,
08:15maybe the same things.
08:17And some people might have felt duped.
08:19Did you feel duped?
08:20A little bit, because I was like, oh, he said that to you?
08:24Wow, he said that to me.
08:26That's crazy.
08:26He told me so many times that I was his number one.
08:29Every time he was like, you're my number one.
08:32Like, I'm like, OK.
08:33And then after the friend date, I was like,
08:35you know, I'm not interested.
08:36He had to be very cautious of what he was saying,
08:38because you had told these other ladies that they were this
08:41and that to you.
08:42I wasn't concerned about, like, how I was looking
08:44to the other girls.
08:45It don't matter.
08:46I wasn't finished.
08:47Oh.
08:48Go ahead.
08:49You were giving everybody a script.
08:51And it became very hurtful to girls who thought you weren't
08:54their top.
08:56Nicole, you think you'd have been a little bit more patient
08:59with Devon?
08:59Because you wanted him to lock you down immediately.
09:02Yes.
09:02So we have talked post-show.
09:04And I feel like he has now reverted back to what I started
09:07to experience at the end of the show.
09:08And I just think he's full of .
09:11Oh.
09:13Two weeks.
09:14How am I full of ?
09:15I'm about to tell you.
09:15I'm about to tell everybody.
09:16Please do.
09:17So after the show ended, we have hung out several times
09:19since filming had ended.
09:20OK.
09:21All right.
09:22Listen.
09:22But talking was, like, it was hard for me
09:25to come back from feeling like he picked somebody else
09:27over me.
09:28And he was sitting there, like, for these past couple
09:30since filming.
09:31Oh, I realized that they actually weren't my person.
09:33And I just watched.
09:34You were telling multiple people that they were your top.
09:37So I just don't appreciate you gaslighting me,
09:39making me feel like I'm crazy.
09:41Other people in this experience were still talking to you.
09:43You would not be interested in me.
09:44And I don't believe anything that you said.
09:46Every time that we've hung out after the show,
09:48we've done so as friends.
09:49So I'm, this narrative is a little.
09:52You've created a narrative in your head.
09:53I did not want to be more than friends, but you did.
09:55Because I did not want to be more than friends.
09:57This is why it has been friends.
09:58But go ahead.
09:59At no point had I given any indication
10:01there was anything more than that.
10:02One.
10:03Because I told you, stop hitting me up every day.
10:04No, you didn't.
10:05One day, I texted you twice.
10:08And you went on a crazy rant about how I'm
10:10texting too much, which I thought was unhinged.
10:13But there's been a lot of times where I thought you were unhinged.
10:16And I said so.
10:17But in his mind, are y'all dating?
10:20Or are y'all just friends that are hanging out?
10:22Yes, and I asked him that question directly.
10:24He wanted to try to date.
10:25But like throughout other conversations,
10:27like we're just not compatible.
10:29I asked him, was he pro-black?
10:30He did not say yes.
10:31I asked him if he voted for Kamala.
10:32The answer was no.
10:33Actually, I literally did say yes.
10:35Stuff, you sent a voice note.
10:36That is a black and white question.
10:37You said, he's an all lives matter person.
10:39At period, he is an all .
10:42I am pro-human.
10:43I said, are you pro-black?
10:44He sent a voice note back.
10:46I did.
10:47Did you say yes?
10:48Yes.
10:48That was literally the first thing I did.
10:49He said I'm pro-human.
10:50A lot is happening in the country.
10:52A lot is affecting me as an educator.
10:53A lot is affecting people that I care about.
10:55Me too, because I work in education.
10:56Did you forget?
10:56I think it's just tit to tat that they're just going back.
11:00This bickering is like.
11:01Whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on, hang on.
11:02There's no dating, but there's not even a friendship now.
11:05Is that where we are?
11:06I feel like asking me that in this very heated moment,
11:08it's probably not a wise decision.
11:11Damn.
11:12Devine got busted.
11:13Are you saying you weren't trying to date me post experience
11:16or see if we can date?
11:17I was open to it.
11:18And I was very clear about that.
11:19You told me you weren't interested in her.
11:21He told me he didn't like your values.
11:23He told me she was for the streets.
11:26He like why he didn't like everybody.
11:28I don't even know why she told me.
11:29That's why this is crazy to me.
11:30Maybe it was in one of y'all's spats where y'all was like.
11:32It probably was when she sent that unhinged text.
11:34But that shows a lot.
11:35I'm sorry.
11:36You do that just because you're in bad terms with people.
11:38No, I wasn't talking .
11:40That's how I felt at the time.
11:41I was not interested in her.
11:42I never said you were talking .
11:43I said you said you weren't interested.
11:44Or whoever said it.
11:46I'm about to come unhinged.
11:47Listen, it's time for a break.
11:49When we return, we're diving into the drama
11:51when what happened in the guys' lounge didn't stay
11:55in the guys' lounge.
11:56Find out what went down when we come back.
11:59Shut up.
12:00Woo.
12:01God, get me out of here.
12:03I was for the streets.
12:04That's what you said to Nicole?
12:08That's crazy.
12:09Did I?
12:10you.
12:12There is no discussion that needs to happen.
12:14You're either pro-black or you're not.
12:16You misunderstood everything that I said.
12:18I'm not all for all lives matter.
12:19How did you get that from my message to you?
12:20I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree.
12:23I don't think we're going to be on the same page about that.
12:28Can we get the butt marks wiped?
12:30Ugh, somebody big old booty.
12:33This Devon big old bubble butt print in the couches.
12:36You got to sit a cup on that ass.
12:38Shut up.
12:39Shut up.
12:41Welcome back to the Ready to Love Detroit reunion special.
12:44Now, I tell y'all, every season, the lounge is a safe space.
12:49But some of y'all didn't get the memo.
12:53Let's check out what happened when the men broke the code.
12:57Take a look.
13:00Who are you ladies not feeling?
13:02Let's go with Vince.
13:04Not.
13:05Christina?
13:06He's not a connection.
13:07No.
13:08Now, granted, this is pillow talking.
13:10It's like, oh, he's referring to, oh, that B thought I would like her
13:14because of, whoa, sir, we're already done.
13:16He's the B word?
13:17We're saying the B word?
13:17Yes.
13:19Did anybody actually hear him call somebody a B word?
13:21Because I would like to give him the benefit of the doubt.
13:24I heard he said it.
13:25And it was said about you.
13:26Yeah, it was.
13:27Say what now?
13:28He was the tall bitch.
13:29I was the bitch?
13:30We were instructed not to talk in between the lounges.
13:33It's obvious that most people didn't follow that directive.
13:37It was supposed to be in confidence.
13:39Somebody was asked how they feel.
13:40They gave that.
13:41And that's supposed to be safe.
13:43A lot of stuff was to say.
13:43All that was to say, man.
13:45Look, we're saying this now, so let's continue this story.
13:47Now, Bello, can we continue?
13:49Wait, wait, wait.
13:49No, we can't continue if I'm talking.
13:51No, we can, bro.
13:52No, not if I'm talking.
13:53You talk too damn much.
13:54You need to shut the up sometime, bro.
13:55It ain't happening.
13:56We'll talk.
13:57You need to.
13:58It ain't happening.
13:58You need to.
13:59Because I ain't said nothing behind nobody's back.
14:02Bruh, you said a lot of behind my back, dog.
14:04You was sneak distance the whole time.
14:05I ain't sneak distance.
14:06What about what?
14:07Bruh, I done had three women came to me and said
14:09you was jealous of me, bruh.
14:11Three women came to me and said you was jealous of me, bruh.
14:13About what?
14:14I don't, you're intimidating.
14:15What you mean?
14:16About what?
14:17I don't know, we're just on two different levels of life.
14:19I'm from Detroit.
14:20I'm from the east side.
14:21Seven miles.
14:22Don't challenge me.
14:26That was crazy.
14:27What was that?
14:29That was just a typical brunch.
14:31Darius, I ain't never seen you say that many words
14:34that fast at one time.
14:38My god.
14:40Vince, let's start with you.
14:42Sir?
14:43What caused this disagreement with Darius?
14:45I feel like when you put a Vince in a room with a Darius
14:53and we don't agree, then that's what you get.
14:56That's what you're going to always get.
14:58Well, let me interject.
14:59Everybody knows my pet peeve is what happens in the lounge
15:02stays in the lounge.
15:03Correct.
15:03Correct.
15:04Do you think that there were things being said to sabotage
15:08one of your relationships?
15:09I don't think Darius said anything to sabotage anything
15:13that I had going on.
15:14The only problem that I had is that I just didn't think it was
15:17fair for the guy to think that he was in a safe space
15:22and then something is told about what he thought he was in a safe space.
15:28So, Christina, we're talking about people saying stuff in the lounge.
15:31Mm-hmm.
15:32Now, you admitted to hearing that Vince called Lauren the tall bee.
15:37Mm-hmm.
15:38Is that something that was shared from the guys' lounge?
15:43It probably was something that was shared from the guys' lounge.
15:45It became a common conversation amongst the community.
15:50Is it fair to ask who told you that?
15:54It is inappropriate.
15:55To ask you who told you that?
15:57No, it's inappropriate for me to offer an answer.
15:59OK, OK.
15:59Because that's not my place.
16:01Oh, OK.
16:02However, I felt it was only fair, because we're
16:05talking about fair now, right?
16:06Correct.
16:07Fair that this young lady, the only person who doesn't know
16:10that you are running around without her being present calling her be.
16:13Because if she was present, you wouldn't have done it.
16:15And I think that that's a character flaw.
16:17But that's your own issue.
16:18So when it comes to speaking about fairness,
16:21it wasn't fair for you to do it when she wasn't there,
16:23because that means you're fake.
16:24She was speaking very highly of you during that time in the lounge.
16:28And I felt some type of way because she actually did like you.
16:31And I'm like, well, damn, he just called her a bitch.
16:35You said it.
16:35If you say it, own it.
16:37It's taken way out of context.
16:39And it was funny.
16:40Everybody, I laughed.
16:42Whoever went back and said that and carried it, no bueno.
16:47I mean, I heard it from several men told me.
16:50Ashley.
16:51Yes.
16:52You think you got some information that came out of my lounge from one of the guys?
16:56Yeah, from multiple people.
16:58Multiple people.
16:59It wasn't Darius.
17:00Well, just one.
17:01You just got plenty of information out of my lounge.
17:02Yep.
17:03Just an easy way to volunteer and leave.
17:05Yep.
17:06Yep.
17:07Darius?
17:08Yes.
17:09I recall the situation happening because I was there.
17:12And it was in a joking matter.
17:14Bello came and said, hey, Vince, you look like you're the only one that can date Lauren
17:19here at this experience.
17:20And Vince just, he was checking Bello.
17:23It wasn't even towards, she called her straight.
17:25Yeah, yeah.
17:26So he said, because, he said, because the Vince talked?
17:28And it, and it, and it was like, he still said the wrong thing, but he was saying it towards
17:33Bello to saying like, so you saying that I can, I'm the only one here that can date her
17:38because she talked.
17:39Is that what you're saying, bro?
17:40I would rather we just said it like that.
17:42Yeah.
17:43Yeah, yeah, I know, I know, I know.
17:44I know, I know.
17:45Because we've got to leave that word alone.
17:46I, I could please.
17:48Have you learned your lesson about that word?
17:49Sir.
17:50All right.
17:51We do understand why too much talking screws it all up.
17:54Happy to meet you.
17:55And we will not say the wrong things.
17:58No, sir.
17:59Okay.
18:00Ever again.
18:01No, sir.
18:01Because it is important as we as black men keep lipping up our sisters.
18:05True?
18:06True.
18:07All right, and that's the last word we need to hear right there.
18:09All right, when we return, we'll talk to Shannon.
18:12Yeah, and get some feedback from a friend that had her second guessing
18:17herself and her connections.
18:19Ooh.
18:20Find out right after this.
18:25Welcome back to the Ready to Love Detroit reunion special.
18:29Now, Shannon's quirky side got a lot of the guy's attention.
18:32But realizing she was stuck in the friend zone,
18:35had her clutch in her purse.
18:37Let's check it out.
18:38Let's check it out.
18:40Mm-mm.
18:42So you're a nurse?
18:43I am a registered nurse.
18:44I am definitely single because a lot of men don't like having a go-getter,
18:48I feel like.
18:49You like Harry Potter.
18:50I do.
18:51Rest in peace, Mrs. McGonagall.
18:53Oh, my God.
18:54I know.
18:55I had a good day, though.
18:57Good.
18:58I'm having an even better one now.
18:59You are?
19:00Yeah.
19:00Okay.
19:01Well, you're making me feel good.
19:02I'm just being real.
19:03Yeah, no.
19:04One thing about them eyes don't lie.
19:05So what do you believe my eyes tell you?
19:08There's a connection.
19:09Oh, yeah, for sure.
19:11Without a doubt.
19:11Where does Shannon fall?
19:12Top three right now.
19:14One and two.
19:15I have probably two really, really strong connections,
19:18and Shannon is one of them.
19:20That's a problem.
19:21I wouldn't choose any of the three today.
19:23Okay.
19:24You were with somebody for 11 years.
19:26She was in adult entertainment.
19:29What is that?
19:30A stripper.
19:32What attracts you to a person?
19:35Shannon, she is direct.
19:37She will call you out.
19:39If I sneak away with somebody else,
19:40she coming around the corner like, no, what up?
19:42I ain't got time for this.
19:43Shannon, the fellas feel you are not ready to love.
19:49At least she's smiling.
19:51Slightly smiling.
19:53Slightly smiling.
19:55They made a cute couple.
19:56I'm really appreciative that Steven came out and talked to me.
20:00It made my heart feel better.
20:03You are super sweet and loving her side.
20:07Mm-hmm.
20:09Bob?
20:10Yeah.
20:10What was it about her quirky side that was such appealing to you?
20:15Shannon's deep.
20:17She has very real passions, a very real drive.
20:20There was a lot of references to, like, Michelle Obama.
20:22And that's, I think, super attractive to most men.
20:27Shannon, one thing that caught my attention is when you were talking to Darius, you found
20:31out that his ex was a stripper.
20:33What changed for you at that moment?
20:35Just, I don't know that I would be able to live up to what maybe he might require or want
20:42in someone.
20:43Like, what are the qualities is more so what I was getting at.
20:46I think the question was, what was my longest relationship?
20:48Mm-hmm.
20:49And when I met her, she was an exotic dancer.
20:51Yeah, that didn't make it no better, though.
20:53I ended up molding her into a business owner.
20:56And I dated her for 11 years.
20:58Did you feel judged when you gave that answer?
21:00It was definitely judged because I was in my 20s again.
21:03I'm 41.
21:04I don't date an exotic dancer.
21:05I don't think I totally knew that it was, like, when you were 20 and, like, going forward.
21:09So I'm very sorry that I made you feel judged.
21:12I understand.
21:13Steven, you had a connection with Shannon.
21:16Why was it hard to let her go?
21:17She is just, like, sincere, very genuine from, like, the work she does.
21:23She cares.
21:24And when you see somebody with that type of heart, spirit,
21:27like, I did not want to let her go, you know?
21:29Why are you talking about her right now?
21:30It seems like you don't want to see her go right now, either.
21:32Well, yeah, she's wonderful, you know what I'm saying?
21:35She has a great heart.
21:36Well, there's one person who had a lot to say about your connections.
21:42Your friend, an RTL Miami alum, Mercedes.
21:47Mm-hmm.
21:48So, you know what we're going to do?
21:49We're going to bring out.
21:51Bring out Mercedes.
21:52Oh, what?
21:54Hello.
21:54Hi, you're so cute.
21:57That's it, that is.
21:58Good to see you again.
21:59How are you, handsome?
22:00Beautiful as always.
22:01You know she was Shannon Brand.
22:03Mercedes.
22:04Mercedes, good to see you again.
22:05Good to see you, too, Tony.
22:06You know all about this journey?
22:08I do.
22:09When you sat down to meet the men who were potentials for your best friend, what did you think of them?
22:15Honestly?
22:16You know I want honesty.
22:19Subpar.
22:20Really?
22:21Like, y'all were trying to get participation awards.
22:23Like, y'all were just there.
22:25Don't do too much.
22:26Well, is she lying?
22:27Yeah.
22:28What did you think about Steven?
22:29Um, nice.
22:30I didn't think that you were really Shannon's person.
22:33Yeah, what about Darius?
22:34Mr. Furr.
22:35Say yes.
22:35You have an idea of what you want, but I don't think you actually know how to execute finding
22:40what you want.
22:41What about the gentleman sitting next to you, Devon?
22:43I think that you were looking for somebody to like you more than you like them.
22:48Yep.
22:49He really needed to feel that validation, because he didn't have the validation in his past relationships.
22:56Um...
22:56Are you talking about me?
22:58Yeah.
22:59Can I have some rebuttal to what she said?
23:05Mercedes?
23:06Yeah, Mercedes.
23:07Mercedes.
23:08On her end, she's seen that I had a closer connection, and I seen that Shannon had closer
23:12connections with other people as well, and some of the things they might have been reciprocating,
23:17I wasn't getting that from Shannon.
23:18If you're dating three, four women, you can rate them one, two, three.
23:22Most definitely.
23:23Most definitely.
23:24Y'all sat there and said nothing.
23:26And for me...
23:27They said top one and two.
23:28But not one of you three men had transparency, whereas this woman, she took baby daddies.
23:34She took multiple things that were happening with y'all with open grace.
23:40And you guys want to sit here and you couldn't give her the same?
23:44That's wild.
23:45Girl, I'm just trying to figure out...
23:47Actually, no, I'm not.
23:49I'm carrying my damn self.
23:51If she's not what you want, say that.
23:53It's like a part of the process to see, is this who I should be with or whatever?
23:57I just don't think it was just like unblatantly, this is not who I want.
24:01One of the questions that was...
24:02For you guys, it was because it's, I don't dislike her, but I need more time to see if
24:07it's for me.
24:08I think for me, for sure.
24:10I never said...
24:11Steven is a different person to ask.
24:12Yeah.
24:13He's been slow boogie from day one.
24:15You know, but like, yeah.
24:16Shannon, where are you now when it comes to love, dating?
24:20I haven't gone on, like, really any dates.
24:22I'm really focusing on my career.
24:24I got certified as a nurse midwife.
24:27Really?
24:28Yeah.
24:29Congratulations.
24:30Yeah.
24:31So I'm really excited to move in that direction in my career.
24:33You don't find your love connection.
24:35Trust me, you are.
24:37I wish you well.
24:38Thank you, Kylie.
24:39I appreciate you.
24:40It's always good to see you.
24:41All right.
24:42After the break, we will talk to Steven, a man of many talents and connections.
24:46We'll be right back, right after this.
24:51Welcome back to the Ready to Love Detroit reunion special.
24:54Now, Steven did his best to convince his connections.
24:57He was emotionally available.
24:59But when it came time to commit, his love tank seemed to be running on fumes.
25:05Let's take a look at his journey.
25:08I just slipped, but Steven was nowhere to be found to be like...
25:12Listen, if I was there, you wouldn't have fell.
25:15You remind me 100% of, like, when I was growing up in Flint, the girls I was around,
25:24which I liked.
25:25So I'm saying that's super positive.
25:27So how many kids do you want?
25:28I want at least one.
25:29Do you have names picked up for any of them?
25:31I know that I want, like, a son that is a junior.
25:35Oh, so it would be like a Steve Jr.?
25:36Yes.
25:37Okay.
25:38What, a little Steve?
25:39Yeah, a little Steve.
25:40Yeah.
25:41Design a pot, give it to your connection.
25:46I got a few.
25:47Okay.
25:48But this is for Shannon.
25:50And over here, we're Ashanti.
25:52Try to hit her with, like, something bright, you know what I'm saying?
25:55And this is also for long.
25:57Yeah.
25:58Steve been painting all day.
25:59Any more?
26:00Which of these guys are you not connecting with?
26:02At the trip, I saw Steven have more connections than everyone else, but more shallow relationships.
26:10Mm-hmm.
26:11I have gotten to know him very deeply.
26:13We always had these private moments, but there comes a time where you have to be loud about where you're at and what you're doing.
26:20I didn't even know y'all had a connection.
26:21You hated her.
26:23The ladies feel...
26:26I hate this part.
26:27That's...
26:28Ugh.
26:29You...
26:30God dang.
26:32...are not...
26:36...ready to live.
26:38I'm, like, in a little bit.
26:40Fight.
26:41Oh.
26:42Just to tell him he's not ready to love, it affects me so hard because I do care about him and his feelings.
26:52I'm just a little disappointed.
26:54The next step is, when I am in love, is to just, hey, if you want me to make it known to the world, we're gonna make it known to the world, baby girl.
27:02Steven.
27:03Yes, yes.
27:04You had a few connections.
27:05Had a few, yeah.
27:06You was a favorite amongst the ladies.
27:08Seven out of ten.
27:09Do you feel like you waited too long to get serious with your main connection?
27:13Yeah, for sure.
27:14I was, like, spread a little too thin, as you can see, with the succulents.
27:18Ha-ha!
27:19The one?
27:20She's all dead on them succulents.
27:21That was dead.
27:22And I was, like, making connections, but not getting on the deeper level yet.
27:27Lauren, you were one of his connections as well, Elle.
27:29I was one of them.
27:30And you were the one who actually had to eliminate him.
27:33Yeah, that was tough.
27:35At one point during the getaway, you know, we had this nice little walk, the lake and everything, and then he said, you know, you are my top connection.
27:42I can't believe he said that out of his mouth.
27:44And I take accountability for this one part.
27:47Steve does know I am a very private person, and I didn't realize, like, it's uncomfortable for him to be in this space.
27:53So for him to put himself out here and then get rejected, I just got emotional over it.
27:58Shannon?
27:59Okay.
28:00What's going through your head?
28:01Um, I, like, literally thought the world of you, Steve.
28:06So, I feel like I was very much zoned in on him and, like...
28:11And you were open and vulnerable with him?
28:13I was very open and vulnerable with him.
28:15Right.
28:16And I can't say I regret it or anything like that.
28:19It just makes me more aware that I could, I guess, guard my heart a little better.
28:24At that time, I don't think he deserved anything that I was putting forth.
28:28In hindsight, I wasn't getting that reciprocated back.
28:31You wanted it in return?
28:32Yeah.
28:33And I should have received that in return.
28:35That's what I deserve.
28:36You agree with that?
28:37So...
28:38Yes.
28:39I do feel that she was a serious connection.
28:42I just feel that, like, she already had her mind sort of zoned in on me.
28:45But I was still kind of like, I don't know who it is yet.
28:48I'm trying to, like, still sort of read the room, see everybody, and see, like, what's going on.
28:53And I just got a little spin.
28:55I was just trying to figure out where I fit in at or whatever.
28:58But in the day, it's like, you can't wait.
28:59You got to go a little bit harder.
29:01Sooner.
29:02If you could do this whole process, this whole journey again, who would you have concentrated on the most?
29:07Jana.
29:08I probably would have spent a little more time, because we did have some, like, wonderful conversations.
29:14You know, things like that.
29:15She is very sweet.
29:17She was, like, super genuine.
29:19The conversations that we, like, had went beyond surface level stuff, and they went into, like, a different realm of my mind or whatever.
29:27Mm.
29:28It definitely allowed me to feel, like, safe and just who I am.
29:32And, um, I mean, she's a beautiful girl.
29:34Mm.
29:35Shannon, now that you hear Steven saying that, is there a chance for another shot at this?
29:42I don't, I don't know.
29:44I think I would like somebody to, like, be loud about me the first time.
29:49Can you be loud about this?
29:50Yes.
29:51Would you like to communicate with Shannon once again on a romantic level?
29:56A thousand percent.
29:57Yeah, without a doubt.
29:58Without a doubt.
29:59Yeah.
30:00All right.
30:01I wish everybody well.
30:02Go ahead.
30:03Give it a try.
30:04I'm so happy that this is about to happen.
30:06Yeah.
30:07All right.
30:08It is time for a break.
30:10When we get back, we are sitting down with Ashley and Darius, and we'll find out if their love and fur was real.
30:17Uh-oh.
30:18Oh.
30:19Right after this.
30:20That's a good question.
30:21Welcome back to the Ready to Love Detroit reunion special.
30:28Now, when it came down to Darius, it was love at first box for Ashley.
30:33But in the long run, was it enough to keep things warm and toasty?
30:38Let's check out their journey.
30:42Hey, hey, how you doing?
30:43Hey, how you doing, Darius?
30:44When I walked in that mixer, I was just like, yep, Darius had it all the way well put together.
30:49You know, I wasn't into sucking toes, but I seen yours.
30:52They suckable?
30:54I'm thinking that right now.
30:55You are hilarious.
30:57I don't know if she tickled my pickle.
30:59Whatever it was, it felt like all cozy.
31:03You like this?
31:04This is so freaking cute.
31:06I was not expecting to get the fox.
31:08I couldn't believe he did it at the date with the ex.
31:10That was a bold move.
31:11Oh, I got a disc.
31:14What is your idea or viewpoint on submission?
31:18Not a maid, for one.
31:20If you don't submit, the marriage won't work.
31:22If we're just dating and you feel like you need to change certain things about me, that's a red flag.
31:26I do want to choose you, but...
31:30I don't want to feel like I'm making the wrong decision.
31:34I didn't come here to play about you.
31:36You are an amazing woman.
31:38I honor you.
31:39I respect you.
31:40I see you in your light, or who you are as a woman, as a business owner, as a soon-to-be wife, and maybe we can create our own journey.
31:49I feel like there's way more good things about our dynamic.
31:55And so, I choose you.
32:04I wouldn't even call it cloud nine.
32:05We was on cloud 20, because we did the work, and we built a bond.
32:09I love every bit of this whole journey.
32:13There we go.
32:14No, I'm still.
32:15There we go.
32:16Ashley, what is it about this gentleman that gave you butt flies?
32:19He was just himself from day one.
32:21He wanted to look how he wanted to do it, and he didn't care who said what.
32:25You know, I see other women that was like, I don't know, he dressed flamboyant.
32:28I actually liked it, and she also liked me and cared to get to know me.
32:33And we just connected on a lot of things, aspirations, and just even God.
32:38I was like, yeah, he's for me.
32:40You chose each other at the end of this journey?
32:42Mm-hmm.
32:43Where are you now?
32:46Um, we're not.
32:48We're not.
32:49Tell me what happened. Walk, tell me through it.
32:54It was like two weeks after the journey.
32:56He planned a date.
32:57We went out, and it was a great date, actually.
32:59But in the midst of our date, Lauren called.
33:04What?
33:05I'm like, why is she calling?
33:07Y'all kicking it?
33:08Ew, no, stop going with me.
33:11Y'all stop playing with me.
33:12I told him to answer.
33:13He said no.
33:14But before that, he said, oh, man, I gotta call Lauren and tell her I chose you.
33:20No, he don't.
33:22So after our date, I text you that morning and said, I can't do this anymore.
33:27Darius, I want to hear your perspective. What took place?
33:29I want to start with me and Lauren had a business friendship before the show.
33:35Me and Lauren never looked at each other like that.
33:38Now, I will say that.
33:39Hang on, hang on, hang on.
33:40Okay.
33:41Let me ask this.
33:42Mm-hmm.
33:43The reason that you pretty much broke this off is because of...
33:47He too friendly.
33:48Is it because of Lauren?
33:49No.
33:50That was the icing on the cake for me.
33:52Okay.
33:53I felt like he didn't get to know me.
33:54I felt like he still wasn't trying to get to know me.
33:57You're still talking about the show.
33:58You're still talking about what billboards you're gonna get in parties.
34:00And I'm, hey, I'm here.
34:02Did you win with me or not?
34:04Yeah.
34:05You talking about the others.
34:06There's other stuff that don't matter.
34:07I don't care.
34:08All I'm saying is I didn't have anybody reaching out to me trying to get with me.
34:12Cardi said he called everybody.
34:15Vince got a response from you.
34:18Vince got a hey.
34:19He also asked to take you shopping.
34:20Why not?
34:21He wanted to take me shopping.
34:22Damn, Vince.
34:23So you do spend the money.
34:26You said that you asked the wrong person for a messiah.
34:29I'm looking for my wife, Tommy.
34:31You know, I've been praying to God and I'm looking for something.
34:33But if you're looking for a wife, you should move like a husband.
34:36Like, don't just say you want a wife.
34:38You want me to show them wife qualities now so you can know that I'm a wife now.
34:41Yeah.
34:42So I want to see the husband in you too.
34:44Mm-hmm.
34:45I will say this.
34:46I want to take accountability for how I moved after the process
34:51because it was a hell of an experience, man.
34:54It was so many people, so many mixed emotions, a lot going on.
34:57And me and her had an emotional rollercoaster.
34:59So when we finally got together outside of the experience,
35:02I was talking to her like she was a new person.
35:04Yeah.
35:05The experience was open.
35:06I was going through the whole resume instead of putting that time into focusing on her.
35:10There's a connection with you all.
35:12Y'all know that, right?
35:13It's about if you want to explore it.
35:15Any chance of mending this relationship?
35:21Yeah.
35:22I'm always open.
35:23I'm always open for anything.
35:25But I like to move forward.
35:28Darius?
35:29I am open, you know, to the idea as well.
35:32You know, like she said, we had to be for a purpose, for a reason.
35:35It's a bump in the road.
35:36If you want to ride all the way forever, then you're going to fix it.
35:41But if we both just going to sling mud, we ain't going to get nowhere.
35:45If y'all ready for the long haul, and you think this a bump in the road,
35:50come get married.
35:51It's going to be some bumps.
35:53It's going to be some stuff you ain't ready for.
35:55But if you riding together, you riding.
35:58I understand.
36:00That's all I got.
36:01All right, folks.
36:02More of the reunion after this.
36:06Cut.
36:08That's why, yo.
36:10I got you.
36:11I got you.
36:12Today was a day.
36:13The emotional connection.
36:15It was a lot of new feathers.
36:17But I still feel the same way about them feet, though.
36:19I was looking at them.
36:20I didn't even know how I said that on TV.
36:22All right, so I just wanted to come in here, clear the air on a couple things.
36:26I have never dated Darius.
36:31Don't put your insecurities on me.
36:33Don't bring my name into why you and your situation isn't working, Ashley.
36:37Please stop.
36:39Welcome back to the Ready to Love Detroit reunion special.
36:48We had an exciting season.
36:49But not every couple that crossed the finish line were able to go the distance.
36:54With that being said, I want to see if any of you were able to reconnect or make some new connections backstage.
37:01Yeah.
37:02Xavier and Christina.
37:04We had a great time trick-or-treating.
37:05At his job has this huge thing.
37:07So I don't know.
37:08Maybe if he invites us again, we'll go.
37:10We'll go.
37:11All right.
37:12All right.
37:13Where's Vince at?
37:14Sir?
37:15Vince?
37:16Nicole?
37:17Any connection?
37:18Any rekindling possibilities?
37:22I don't know what you mean by rekindling.
37:25It's already kindled?
37:26Wait a minute.
37:27You saying stuff.
37:28And I'm not saying stuff.
37:29You're saying stuff.
37:30Okay.
37:31What I'm saying is that.
37:34Any connection between you two?
37:36There's a connection between me and Nicole.
37:38Yeah, there's a connection between me and Nicole.
37:40All right.
37:41Now, before we get out of here, I just want to say this.
37:45Detroit cats did not come to play when it came to style.
37:49So give yourselves a big round of applause for my style.
37:52Let's take a look at some of the fashion choices that turn heads this season.
37:59Check it out.
38:00Let's get it.
38:01Woo!
38:02Oh, God.
38:03Impressing you.
38:04Mm.
38:05Don't be shy.
38:06Yeah.
38:07Okay.
38:08Okay.
38:09Nice.
38:10Hey there.
38:11When you think of Detroit, you think of style.
38:14Class, chic, regal-ness.
38:17This is Detroit.
38:18Y'all fly up in here, man.
38:20Hey!
38:21This is the Motor City.
38:22We gonna pull out them things on you, okay?
38:25Detroit, what up, yo?
38:26What up, yo?
38:27What up, yo?
38:28What up, yo?
38:29What up, yo?
38:30What up, yo?
38:31What up, yo?
38:32What up, yo?
38:33What up, yo?
38:34What up, yo?
38:35Hey!
38:36Tommy, you did your thing.
38:38All you needed was a fur.
38:40All you needed was a fox or a chinchilla or something.
38:44And it would have been 10 out of 10.
38:46This is definitely Detroit.
38:48Hey, you know I had to bring the gorilla out this time?
38:50The gorilla.
38:51Emily, that is not skating attire right there.
38:56That's how we do it in Detroit.
38:58That's how they do it in Detroit?
39:03I mean, if you know how to do it, that's how you do it.
39:05All right, there you go.
39:06Let's get it, baby.
39:07That's how you do it.
39:08Hey, where we go when we walk in the room.
39:10I told you there's no character.
39:12The jewels, the buffs, everything about him is very upper echelon-like dapper.
39:17I'm scared.
39:18You don't bite much.
39:19You don't bite much.
39:20It was a whole box.
39:22Like, it really, it had feet and eyeballs.
39:25It gave me a little anxiety.
39:27You got a little feet right here, collage and everything.
39:29No, I don't want it.
39:30If you want to go get in.
39:32Whoa.
39:34If you want to go get in.
39:36Hello.
39:37Boss.
39:38How you doing, my man?
39:39Boss.
39:40I expected Bello to come in with that shiny jacket,
39:42because he gonna come with them looks.
39:44But, I mean, Damo was matching with him.
39:46The sheer tights.
39:47The sparklers.
39:48Of course, Darius.
39:49The fur.
39:50Just clean cut.
39:51Just looking good.
39:52Scrumptious.
39:53Now, Vince, I don't know.
39:56Now, why the hell would you come in with that Leatherman jacket on?
39:59It just didn't give the ending brunch.
40:01Like, that one wasn't it.
40:03Oh!
40:04Sorry, baby.
40:05I agree.
40:06I agree.
40:07I agree.
40:08That's all up.
40:09What y'all think about my Detroit swag?
40:11I'm good.
40:12Darius, I'm straight.
40:13Oh, man, you good, brother.
40:14Put it together.
40:15Thank y'all for coming and opening up, sharing your truth, and getting some closure.
40:21This process isn't easy, but looking back, I hope you're all proud of the way you showed
40:26up for yourselves and this season.
40:28All right?
40:29Now, that is a Detroit dance.
40:32The hustle.
40:33The hustle.
40:34The hustle.
40:35Can I get a few of y'all to stand up here and show me the Detroit hustle?
40:37Come on, Ash.
40:38Come on, girl.
40:39Let's go.
40:40There you go.
40:41All right.
40:42Here we go.
40:43Oh, one more.
40:44We got some music coming.
40:45Oh, that's all right.
40:46Gold in there.
40:47Hey.
40:48You all ready?
40:49Everybody, let's do the Detroit hustle.
40:51Let's get in here.
40:52Uh-huh.
40:53Uh.
40:54Yeah.
40:55Come on.
40:56Oh, oh.
40:57I'm good.
40:58Well, that brings us to an end for tonight.
41:02Thank you all for watching.
41:04Until next time, I'm Tommy Miles.
41:06Good night, y'all.
41:07Detroit!
41:08What up, dog?
41:09Hey.
41:10What up, dog?
41:11What up, dog?
41:12What up, dog?
41:13Somebody with you.
41:18And dancing in the clouds.
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