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00:00:00It's with great sadness and heavy heart that today the Maffs family lost a colleague and a dear friend, Mel
00:00:09Schilling.
00:00:10She was someone that could light up a room.
00:00:13She was full of joy, had a huge smile.
00:00:16And whenever she was on set, everyone lifted.
00:00:21She bought fun and joy, humour.
00:00:24But she also bought an authenticity, which we all loved to be around.
00:00:32It was such a delight to watch her shine.
00:00:37She was a fighter.
00:00:39She was a leader.
00:00:40She was an inspiration.
00:00:42Never complained, just rolled her sleeves up and got on with things.
00:00:47Someone that has meant so much to all of us.
00:00:50And it's not fair.
00:00:53Married at first sight won't be the same without her.
00:00:58I would like to send all thoughts and prayers to Gareth, her husband and Maddie, her wonderful daughter.
00:01:07And also, take a moment now and remember, Mel, we love you.
00:01:47I've got everything that I want in an apartment.
00:01:49But I've got my reassurances.
00:01:51We are coming out stronger.
00:01:53Stephen stepped up, giving Rachel reassurance for their future.
00:01:57What I see is a wife outside the experiment.
00:02:03After a tense few days on the farm, Sam and Chris made a shock decision.
00:02:08I can't see this working.
00:02:11It's all good.
00:02:11It is what it is.
00:02:12It's not how I envisioned it would end.
00:02:15I really thought Chris would fight for me a bit.
00:02:18You want to have a family.
00:02:20You don't want to keep putting it off.
00:02:23Following advice from her mother, Alyssa began to spiral.
00:02:27Just getting very overwhelmed with what I have at stake here.
00:02:31And what I could potentially be walking away from.
00:02:34Leaving David disheartened.
00:02:35The way Alyssa is handling the situation, it is making me uneasy.
00:02:40Tonight.
00:02:41Throughout this experiment, I have been patient.
00:02:43But when you're dealing with the mom, the family, friends, they all said that I'm a great guy for her.
00:02:49And she still sees negatives.
00:02:51There's nothing else I can do.
00:02:53Has David reached his limit?
00:02:55That's the first time I've ever heard you say that you need space.
00:02:58You never say space.
00:03:01It's the second last dinner party of the experiment.
00:03:05I can see we can do life together.
00:03:07But I feel a lot more confident now that we can take this out onto the outside.
00:03:11Have Rachel and Stephen become this year's new power couple?
00:03:15Who would have thought?
00:03:16Who would have thought?
00:03:18The person that he has these feelings for was quite aggressive to him.
00:03:22But babe, you've been aggressive too at the dinner parties.
00:03:25Tensions rise when Sam and Chris air their concerns.
00:03:28You're in no position to be giving someone feedback about their behavior, honey.
00:03:32And I've never been aggressive to you.
00:03:35And then.
00:03:36I think like for me, as a man, I feel like.
00:03:40Oh God.
00:03:41Oh my God.
00:03:43What are you on about?
00:03:45It's the shock debate that will divide the table.
00:03:48That was not what I was getting at.
00:03:51Are we serious for this?
00:04:07Our couples have returned from their homestay.
00:04:10And our brides and grooms are enjoying a new sense of closeness.
00:04:15After stepping into the life that could be waiting for them outside the experiment.
00:04:21Hi.
00:04:22Hey.
00:04:22Bonjour.
00:04:23Bonjour.
00:04:24Recharged and hopeful, the couples now turn their attention to the second last dinner party
00:04:30of the experiment, eager to reconnect after time apart.
00:04:35Are you excited?
00:04:36I am excited because it's been a very long time since we caught up with everyone.
00:04:42We don't know what the hell is going on.
00:04:45It's going to be exciting.
00:04:47A lot of gossip come up.
00:04:49I'll be straight up with you.
00:04:50This is the most anticipated dinner party I'm looking forward to.
00:04:54Yeah.
00:04:54Really?
00:04:55How come?
00:04:55We went through the ups and downs.
00:04:58We went through the ups and downs.
00:04:59The trenches.
00:05:00But coming out at the end of it, good.
00:05:02Yeah.
00:05:02You know, everything's, everything is exactly where it needs to be.
00:05:06For Rachel and Stephen, homestays sparked a breakthrough in their marriage, unlocking
00:05:11a new confidence in their relationship.
00:05:14Hello, hello.
00:05:15Hello, sexy.
00:05:17Looking good.
00:05:17I appreciate that.
00:05:18I like the red.
00:05:19Right now, we've just come off the back of homestays and it was amazing.
00:05:23Something definitely clicked for Stephen and I.
00:05:25It was that this could work.
00:05:28I think that's really what it is.
00:05:30I'm ready to, like, load up the boat again and get straight back up to the central coast
00:05:34and just, you know, start hanging out.
00:05:37And yeah, so it was really good.
00:05:40We had such a great homestay and I'm actually just really excited to share that with everyone.
00:05:46And that's it.
00:05:47And I'm glad you had a good time and you could see, you know, a little bit of my lifestyle.
00:05:53After homestays, it's given me confidence.
00:05:55I feel a little bit better outside the experiment now.
00:05:58Like I said to Rachel, can I see myself falling in love with you?
00:06:03Yes, I can.
00:06:04And I mean that.
00:06:06And homestays really gave me confidence in that.
00:06:09I think we're really lucky.
00:06:11You know, other couples may not have had a good homestay, so we're really lucky to have
00:06:16had the good experience that we did.
00:06:19While homestays brought some closer...
00:06:23For Scott, welcoming Gia into his home presented new challenges.
00:06:28What's that?
00:06:29It's a neck brace.
00:06:31Why is it pink?
00:06:32Why is it pink?
00:06:33Why not?
00:06:34You're trying to find a problem.
00:06:36Is it your ex or something?
00:06:37Do you trust me?
00:06:38Like, do you trust my words?
00:06:40Do you trust me as a person?
00:06:41Yeah, I trust you.
00:06:43Yeah, why?
00:06:45I feel like sometimes I'm walking on eggshells because I feel like if I want to bring up
00:06:49something, I feel like you might misinterpret it the wrong way.
00:06:52I know I trust you, but can I commit to moving and everything if you never feel like, you know,
00:06:58that you love me?
00:06:59But back at the apartments, eternal optimist Scott is determined to hit reset and look on the bright side.
00:07:06I feel great.
00:07:08I just feel good walking into this dinner party, being able to share, like, good moments
00:07:11that we've had.
00:07:13I feel like it'll be good.
00:07:14Like, I feel like tonight's going to be a really good, positive night to share what we've
00:07:18done for homestays.
00:07:20Yeah.
00:07:21At the end of homestays, we had a bit of a discussion, but we hashed it out.
00:07:27Today, we're going to the dinner party with positive attitude.
00:07:30We're great.
00:07:30We're in a really good place.
00:07:31I want to keep it like that.
00:07:34Yeah, I mean, I'm pretty happy with where we're at.
00:07:38We're coming to the end now.
00:07:39This is the last or second last one.
00:07:41Mm.
00:07:42So, yeah.
00:07:44Do you think it would cause problems if you, you know, raised some concerns?
00:07:50Oh.
00:07:54Pretty much.
00:07:55Let's just do it.
00:07:56Get it done.
00:07:58I'm excited.
00:07:59You look good.
00:07:59We feel good.
00:08:00And I'm ready to walk into a nice dinner party.
00:08:04Yep, me too.
00:08:07For Beck and Danny, what began as a promising homestay took a dramatic turn.
00:08:14If my family felt the need to have hard conversations with you, they would.
00:08:19I think, obviously, because Danielle fancied me, she didn't want to, like...
00:08:27I'm joking.
00:08:28I'm joking.
00:08:29It's like a serious moment.
00:08:33These moments make me feel like shit.
00:08:36It's serious for me.
00:08:37You should be able to say something nice and be genuine about it and then not say,
00:08:41oh, your cousin wants to f*** me.
00:08:43Like...
00:08:44I never said that.
00:08:45Yeah, I'm done.
00:08:46F*** me.
00:08:47F*** me.
00:08:52And now, back at the apartment, an even bigger shock awaits.
00:09:00So, since we got back to Sydney from homestays, things are great.
00:09:05Like...
00:09:06Cheers, baby.
00:09:07Cheers, girl.
00:09:08The last night, like, since we've been back, like, there's not really any need to talk about it.
00:09:12Like, he made a joke.
00:09:14It frustrated me.
00:09:16He got frustrated with me.
00:09:17And then we wake up the next morning, we give each other a cuddle, we have a shag and we
00:09:22move on.
00:09:23Cheers.
00:09:24It's all blown over.
00:09:26Like...
00:09:27Shocking.
00:09:28Oh, stop it!
00:09:29Ha, ha, ha, ha!
00:09:31For most couples, homestays brought them together, but for one couple, it marked the end of the road.
00:09:39Going to the dinner fight tonight, yeah, I'm going to the dinner fight tonight, yeah, I'm going alone.
00:09:43And obviously, Chris and I left each other at homestays.
00:09:46I wrote some questions down, and maybe we could just be, like, really raw and honest with each other about
00:09:52all the answers.
00:09:55First question is...
00:09:57Do you accept full responsibility for your defensiveness and the aggression I felt from you last week?
00:10:04Yeah.
00:10:06You don't have to agree.
00:10:07Yeah, no, I agree.
00:10:08Yeah.
00:10:08I just feel like we've just, I've already suffered enough from this.
00:10:12I honestly felt like I was, um, 15, getting in trouble by a teacher or something.
00:10:16Do you have feelings for me?
00:10:19Um, okay, um, in the beginning, uh, yes, but I just think, um, yeah, we also have some, um, differences
00:10:31as well.
00:10:32And I just want to put my dad a hat on and, like, live my best life.
00:10:38Homestays was my last plea to see if he was going to fight for me at all, but Chris just
00:10:44kind of gave up.
00:10:47So, I did break up with Chris on the farm, but I'm going to the dinner party because I want
00:10:53that last chance to sort of just, like, find out why Chris actually didn't want this relationship.
00:11:01I just want clarity on what the hell happened.
00:11:04But Sam isn't the only one struggling with the fallout of their homestay.
00:11:10During their trip to Adelaide, Alyssa received a wake-up call.
00:11:14Obviously, I want to settle down in Adelaide, but what are your thoughts about me moving to Sydney just for
00:11:20a couple of years?
00:11:22I would hate that.
00:11:26Um, you know, you want to have a family and you don't want to keep putting it off.
00:11:33People sometimes take 10 years to fall pregnant.
00:11:36That's the truth.
00:11:37Yeah, I know, but, well, I don't know that yet. I've never tried.
00:11:39That's right. But you don't know that.
00:11:42A couple of years?
00:11:44A couple of years.
00:11:45I don't think you've got a couple of years to wait.
00:11:49It's really stressful now.
00:11:51It's a lot.
00:11:51All the time.
00:11:52And after a confronting conversation with her mum, Alyssa unravelled and David was left wondering where he fits.
00:12:00I will be honest with you.
00:12:04I started to spiral.
00:12:06Like, I want to have a family in the next few years.
00:12:10Don't want to miss out on being a mum.
00:12:11And if we're going to make this thing work, David might have to move to Adelaide.
00:12:16Alyssa, I'm really sorry, babe.
00:12:18I have to ask this to you.
00:12:19You sat here and you've talked a lot about what your wants and needs are.
00:12:27What about...
00:12:27Yeah, David.
00:12:30Now back at the apartments, David has had a wake-up call of his own.
00:12:38Oh, man, I'm feeling at my limit post-homestays.
00:12:46Can I see myself living in Adelaide?
00:12:49Absolutely.
00:12:49But, you know, after having, you know, come back to Sydney and having time to just come down from the
00:12:56high of homestays,
00:12:57I am feeling a bit low.
00:12:59And that is because there were a couple of things that have still, like, trinkled in the back of my
00:13:05mind.
00:13:06Could you see yourself living here?
00:13:10To be honest, yeah.
00:13:13I know that you're willing to move here, which is great.
00:13:17But, I don't know, I feel like I'm getting overwhelmed with it because you're, like, literally...
00:13:22Is you overwhelmed?
00:13:23I am, I am, I am.
00:13:24Because it's, like, a lot.
00:13:27David, actually, is everything that you've asked for.
00:13:30I know.
00:13:30Right now, this is too good to be true.
00:13:32Like, and that is also another reason why I'm scared, too.
00:13:36Throughout this experiment, I have been patient because I know there is something in this relationship to fight for.
00:13:43But when you get to that point where, like, you're dealing with, like, the mum, the family, friends,
00:13:50they all said that I'm a great guy for her and she still sees negatives.
00:13:54There's nothing else I can do.
00:13:57I've hit my limit and I'm not going to push any further.
00:14:01It's getting very real that I could potentially be putting everything on the line for someone who doesn't want to
00:14:08meet me halfway.
00:14:10So, today I know I need to be honest.
00:14:13For me, I think it's important to just express how I feel.
00:14:17Looking handsome.
00:14:18Thanks, babe.
00:14:19Lovely.
00:14:19You're looking gorgeous.
00:14:20I love the dress.
00:14:21Well, we're kind of almost matching.
00:14:25How are you feeling going to the dinner party after homestays?
00:14:31Homestays was a massive, massive week.
00:14:35So, I'm at the point where, like I said, you know, I'm happy to give all the space you need.
00:14:42I'll take the space I need because I definitely need space.
00:14:45Yeah, like I feel like I've just gone and put it all on the line.
00:14:50And, you know, at the end of the day, I'm not going to force anything.
00:14:55That's the first time I've ever heard you say that you need space.
00:14:59I know, but I do.
00:15:00You never say space.
00:15:01You're always like, you're more like, let's, like, whatever.
00:15:04This is the first time you've ever said space.
00:15:06Yeah, I know.
00:15:08That kind of, like, rattled me a little bit.
00:15:11Normally, I'm the one that needs space.
00:15:13So, you know what, if he needs space, gladly, because I need space right now just from my head
00:15:19and I don't need any of this pressure right now.
00:15:21I feel like I'm at my tether.
00:15:23I feel like he's at his tether.
00:15:24We're both tired.
00:15:26And he's been snoring louder than usual, like it's just been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster.
00:15:32The reason I need space is because, yeah, I am a calm person, but I'm getting to my limit
00:15:37where I just need to take some space for my own brain.
00:15:40Because I feel like I put my cards on the table, but it almost felt like you were just looking
00:15:45for the negatives.
00:15:46And when someone's looking for the negatives too much of why things can't work, like,
00:15:51I'm not going to force that.
00:15:52I'm not going to force a connection if it's just me looking for the positives.
00:15:55And someone else is looking for anything to be like, why this can't work.
00:16:01I would be lying to you if I said I wasn't questioning things right now and questioning
00:16:07our relationship.
00:16:08I am in that headspace.
00:16:11So I'm not going into the dinner party with Alyssa feeling my best self.
00:16:16I'm sure you're in a similar boat.
00:16:18Babe, I'm just as tired as you.
00:16:20Yeah, exactly.
00:16:21I'm just as tired as you.
00:16:22Exactly, yeah.
00:16:23I'm just as tired as you.
00:16:26I get it.
00:16:35It'll be the honour of getting up.
00:16:37Let's get out of here.
00:16:37Yep, let's go.
00:16:42After you.
00:16:43After me, thanks.
00:16:45Off to the gallows we go.
00:16:50I don't want to do this.
00:16:53I don't want to do this.
00:17:05Well, dinner party number seven, the second last one before we wind this all up.
00:17:12And it is a very important one because they've come back from the homestays.
00:17:17As they start to get a glimpse of what their life will be like with this person in the real
00:17:22world.
00:17:24This is a really crucial part of the experiment for them because some of them will bond closer together through
00:17:30the homestays.
00:17:31I think it's going to be really good.
00:17:33What about you?
00:17:35Are you excited?
00:17:35I'm excited.
00:17:36Whereas others will start to really fall apart and question their overall compatibility with their matches.
00:17:45It's noisy.
00:17:47They'll hear that in the mics.
00:17:48They'll hear that.
00:17:49And you do that all the time.
00:17:50You don't even realise.
00:17:56Well, the homestays throws up the ultimate question.
00:17:59Could this relationship last in the outside world?
00:18:02We're going to see you tonight.
00:18:09Aw, first in.
00:18:11First one's in.
00:18:15Rachel and Steve-o.
00:18:16No one to talk to you, but ourselves.
00:18:19Are you sick of talking to me yet?
00:18:22Straight to the bar.
00:18:23Straight to the bar, babes.
00:18:24I don't think I've seen Stephen look so relaxed and so really walking in with Rachel.
00:18:30Yes.
00:18:31As he is tonight.
00:18:32Very unified.
00:18:33Tell me when.
00:18:35That's good.
00:18:36Oh, my gosh.
00:18:37Thank you so much.
00:18:39Got to look after you.
00:18:40Aw, I appreciate it.
00:18:43Me and Rachel, we're good.
00:18:44We've walked into the cocktail party.
00:18:45We're first in there.
00:18:46We're pouring drinks.
00:18:47We're cracking jokes.
00:18:48I'll just take this with me.
00:18:49Oh, you're going to take that?
00:18:50Okay.
00:18:51It's probably the most relaxed I've ever been in a cocktail party.
00:18:54We're in a good place.
00:18:56Mmm.
00:18:57Do you want me to...
00:19:00Do you want me to open it?
00:19:01Is there a good opener?
00:19:04Got it?
00:19:04There you go.
00:19:05We're both so keen to get out of this experiment.
00:19:09See where life takes us.
00:19:11Especially after the homestays.
00:19:13Alrighty.
00:19:14Oh, my gosh, babes.
00:19:15Here we are.
00:19:16Cheers.
00:19:18Hopefully, you know, it's just us.
00:19:20We can have all the food and the drink.
00:19:22I mean, we wouldn't be mad about it, babes.
00:19:26I mean, I'm just...
00:19:28I think I'm just really, really excited to share how much fun we had.
00:19:31And, like, and how good.
00:19:34As was.
00:19:35Isn't that nice that a couple is sitting here talking about themselves?
00:19:39Not everybody else.
00:19:40Yes.
00:19:41This is great.
00:19:42Checking you out, babe.
00:19:44You're going to make me blush.
00:19:46And the enthusiasm in Rachel's voice and face as she is just excited to tell people the good news.
00:19:52They had a good week.
00:20:04Stop rubbing your name.
00:20:05Oh, me.
00:20:09I'm trying to understand you, because I don't understand you.
00:20:11You're confusing the f*** out me.
00:20:13Well...
00:20:27This whole, I'm at my limit, I need space.
00:20:33It sounds really bad.
00:20:36Does it?
00:20:37Yes.
00:20:37Yes.
00:20:38So maybe we've got to word it different.
00:20:40It's not taking space from each other.
00:20:43It's just taking space to process everything.
00:20:47Okay.
00:20:52Oh, look who it is.
00:20:59This whole, I'm at my limit, I need space, it sounds really bad.
00:21:04Does it?
00:21:05Yes.
00:21:06Yes.
00:21:08So maybe we've got to word it different.
00:21:10It's not taking space from each other.
00:21:12It's just taking space to process everything.
00:21:15Okay.
00:21:18Oh, look who it is.
00:21:19Oh, my God.
00:21:21Oh, my God.
00:21:23Oh, Alyssa and David.
00:21:25Oh, my God.
00:21:29Hang on.
00:21:30How are you, mate?
00:21:31Dude, that's all I can do.
00:21:32Handshake.
00:21:32Good to see you, bro.
00:21:34Likewise, man.
00:21:34Looking good.
00:21:35Oh.
00:21:36That's some energy there, isn't it?
00:21:38Oh, at first.
00:21:39There we are.
00:21:40Yeah, at first.
00:21:40You guys at first.
00:21:40We got so stunned.
00:21:41Oh, my God.
00:21:42Oh, my God.
00:21:42Oh, my God.
00:21:42Oh, my God.
00:21:42Come sit.
00:21:42Oh, yeah.
00:21:43We've got a lot to evaluate.
00:21:44Let's just get some...
00:21:46Evaluate?
00:21:47Okay.
00:21:48Okay.
00:21:55So, are you prepared for everyone to find out that I'm a better fisherman than you, or...?
00:21:59Oh, hang on.
00:22:00Whoa.
00:22:01Oh, my God.
00:22:05Walking into the cocktail party tonight, you know, I was...
00:22:09Obviously, I've been on a load post the homestays.
00:22:13I've sort of just been feeling deflated.
00:22:16Ooh, crying in my face.
00:22:18And I did make it known to Alyssa that, you know, I am sort of one in my own space,
00:22:23you
00:22:23know, in my head, just to sort of figure things out.
00:22:26So, I did walk in on a load.
00:22:32Hey!
00:22:34Here we go!
00:22:35Hello, man.
00:22:35What's up?
00:22:36Scott and Gia.
00:22:38Do I spin?
00:22:38A little contest by you.
00:22:41How pretty are you both?
00:22:43Hi!
00:22:44I'm going to give you some love.
00:22:45Gorgeous.
00:22:46Come home.
00:22:46Good boy, bro.
00:22:47Let's see you, baby.
00:22:49Walking into the cocktail party tonight with Gia, like, you know, we're not perfect.
00:22:53We still have a couple things to work on.
00:22:55Get a drink and get in here, brother.
00:22:56I always look at the bright side.
00:22:58If there's something that's really bad, I just see the more good in someone.
00:23:01Can we carry that?
00:23:02Thanks.
00:23:06All right, Chris, why don't you tell me what's running through your head when we're into this?
00:23:10One saving grace for me is that last time I was in this car with Sam, it was just so
00:23:15yucky and awkward.
00:23:16So, I'm grateful not to have that, you know, at the moment.
00:23:21Well, it was so awkward you could cut the tension with a knife.
00:23:24And I could not wait to get out of the car.
00:23:26I just hope this, you know, situation with Sam and I can get squashed pretty quickly so
00:23:33I can have a couple of shams and try and enjoy my night.
00:23:38Yeah, no, this is definitely not how I expected to be going to a dinner party in the experiment.
00:23:42I think Chris and I started off really strong and everything was going good.
00:23:45And then at some point he just flipped and it all just sort of fell apart.
00:23:48And I don't really know what that flip was into him.
00:23:54Do you know if Sam's coming tonight?
00:23:56Oh, I definitely know he'll be going.
00:23:58Yeah.
00:23:58He wants to go to get the whole group's opinion and two cents on our dirty laundry.
00:24:06But, you know what, there's two sides to this story.
00:24:08And coming to the dinner party to back myself and say my side of the story.
00:24:25Oh, Chris is alone.
00:24:27Ew, how you going?
00:24:28Okay, that's a surprise.
00:24:30Hi.
00:24:31Hey, bud.
00:24:32So Chris walks in solo.
00:24:35Well, shit.
00:24:37That's not my prediction.
00:24:39Drink, drink, drink, drink.
00:24:41I mean, they were very bad at the commitment ceremony.
00:24:44Chris had written leave.
00:24:45Sam was absolutely in tears about it all.
00:24:48There was a hope that the homestay, they might be able to turn it around.
00:24:51But this looks like it's actually not been salvaged.
00:24:55The brown's orange.
00:24:56Yeah, I'm alright.
00:24:57You look very tanned.
00:24:58Thanks, babe.
00:24:59The fit's good.
00:25:00The fit's good.
00:25:01My life's not.
00:25:01I would love one, babe.
00:25:02Your life is okay.
00:25:04Yeah, thanks, babe.
00:25:04You've got this shit, babe.
00:25:05You've got this shit.
00:25:07Yes, obviously it didn't work out.
00:25:08Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:25:09Yeah, I feel like maybe Sam and I can unpack it together.
00:25:13Okay, alright.
00:25:14So you don't want to talk about that?
00:25:15No, I'll give you a little run.
00:25:16You give us your story.
00:25:17I'll give you a little rundown.
00:25:18It's really hard seeing them not walking together because I genuinely had hope that they would
00:25:23get past this.
00:25:25Seeing Chris walking in by himself, like, it was genuinely, like, pretty heartbreaks.
00:25:32Basically, yeah, Sam ended it with me two days into homestays.
00:25:36Two days with you?
00:25:37This is the second day.
00:25:38He ended it.
00:25:39Yeah, yeah.
00:25:40He ended it with you?
00:25:41Yeah.
00:25:42Oh, Sam ended it.
00:25:44I wonder why.
00:25:45Yes, I wonder why.
00:25:47Obviously, we had, like, a, you know, pretty bad couch session.
00:25:51I took accountability.
00:25:53I decided that I wanted to learn and grow from the feedback that I got.
00:25:56Yeah, that's what you said.
00:25:56Um, so I went into homestays trying to turn it around.
00:25:58Gia knows I spoke with you about it.
00:26:01Yeah.
00:26:01Morning flowers, made him dinner.
00:26:02I tried everything that I could to turn it around, but unfortunately, um, yeah, it didn't
00:26:06work for us.
00:26:07And it was really, it was a real shock because I thought we were actually doing quite well.
00:26:10Like, you know, I started to get those feelings back for him again.
00:26:14So, Chris was saying he started getting feelings for Sam again.
00:26:17Okay, so he was shocked by it.
00:26:20Blindsided.
00:26:22So, it's pretty, it's pretty sad, um, but I respect Sam's decision to exit, um, and we
00:26:28actually weren't even going to come tonight.
00:26:29Like, they, we, he left the farm and we were just going to leave it at that because we unpacked
00:26:33a lot of it, um, but I've decided to give Sam the respect of coming tonight so we can
00:26:37both talk to you guys about it and, um, let you know what's happened and then sit
00:26:42in front of the experts and get their advice, but, like, no ill feelings towards Sam.
00:26:46I respect his decision, but, yeah, she's single again.
00:26:55Alyssa, how was yours?
00:26:57Uh, I feel like I'm still processing everything.
00:27:04It's crunch time, right?
00:27:05It's crunch time.
00:27:05For you guys, yeah.
00:27:09Um, but we'll talk about it later at the dinner party.
00:27:13Okay.
00:27:17Oh!
00:27:18Hey!
00:27:21Phillip and Stella!
00:27:23Hi, babe!
00:27:24Hi!
00:27:25You look amazing!
00:27:26Mwah!
00:27:26How's it going?
00:27:26How are you doing?
00:27:28Yeah, how are you doing?
00:27:28Nice to meet you, man!
00:27:29Nice to meet you, man!
00:27:29Looking good at all, eh?
00:27:30I love it!
00:27:31For the best part, we had a really good home state, you know?
00:27:34I got clarity, so it's been decided.
00:27:37Uh, I will be making that move happen sooner rather than later.
00:27:40He looks tan!
00:27:41Do you know it's spray tan?
00:27:43Huh?
00:27:43Do you know it's spray tan?
00:27:44We went to the beach.
00:27:45What the hell?
00:27:46And I just thought, you know what, like, it's time to go for an adventure.
00:27:51Oh!
00:27:53Oh!
00:27:54Oh!
00:27:57Ah, he's Beck and Danny.
00:27:59Beck and Danny.
00:28:01Hello!
00:28:02Hello!
00:28:02Hiya!
00:28:03I'm feeling phenomenal walking into this cocktail party tonight.
00:28:06Danny and I are in a great spot.
00:28:09We are planning our future together.
00:28:12Cheers.
00:28:13We had great homestays and I've got no beef with anyone.
00:28:16Oh my God, pigs fly!
00:28:17What the hell?
00:28:18I'm not arguing with anyone.
00:28:21Hello!
00:28:22How was homestays?
00:28:23Cheers!
00:28:24Cheers!
00:28:24How'd you go?
00:28:25How was Adelaide?
00:28:27Oh, good!
00:28:27Yeah!
00:28:28We had a great home.
00:28:29It was going to be hot.
00:28:31Aw!
00:28:32Like, I got back and I was a bit drained, to tell you the truth.
00:28:35It was...it's a lot.
00:28:37Like, I felt a bit uncomfortable in our house.
00:28:39And I felt a bit out of place.
00:28:40And it made me think about, like, the logistics of the move more.
00:28:44Like, how it's going to work.
00:28:46Or...because I'm not just going to move in with that.
00:28:48Of course.
00:28:49And live, like, oh, put my feet up, this is rent-free.
00:28:52Like, that doesn't sit well with me.
00:28:53So, it just solidified there's more things we need to talk about.
00:28:57Of course.
00:29:00So, yeah, we're going to do it, I think.
00:29:03Yeah, awesome.
00:29:03Crazy.
00:29:05How about it?
00:29:06I think Danny and I are probably the strongest
00:29:08in the experiment, if I'm honest with you, and, like...
00:29:11It feels like it can only go up from here.
00:29:18Coming up...
00:29:19I would never just move in.
00:29:22...Danny's jaw-dropping confession...
00:29:24From my point of view, anyway, I suppose everyone looks at it different,
00:29:26but it makes you feel like a...
00:29:28..has the whole table talking.
00:29:30What are you on about?
00:29:32I'll be honest.
00:29:33I'll be honest with you, mate.
00:29:34Oh, my God.
00:29:36Oh, my God.
00:29:48Here we go.
00:29:54When did you talk to him last?
00:29:55Um, the last time he spoke to me was, um, the Friday after he left,
00:30:01and all he said was that he wanted to come to the dinner party
00:30:03for the ceremony.
00:30:06Yeah, I don't know what the energy's going to be like with Sam.
00:30:08I hope he comes in, like, nice.
00:30:12I just, yeah, I just can't deal with any more, you know?
00:30:14I just can't deal with any more, you know?
00:30:25Hello, everyone.
00:30:26Oh, here's Sam.
00:30:27Oh, here he is.
00:30:28How are you going?
00:30:29Good, how are you?
00:30:30Good. You look nice.
00:30:31Yeah.
00:30:31How are you?
00:30:32Not too bad.
00:30:34Hello.
00:30:36Sam.
00:30:37How are you, Matt?
00:30:38I'm hugging, like, chest height, but I've got a vertical problem.
00:30:43Hey, look at the schmeck, brother.
00:30:45Thanks, thanks, thanks.
00:30:45You want to get a drink?
00:30:46Come on, let's get your drink.
00:30:46Let's get a drink.
00:30:48I hope he doesn't come at me, like.
00:30:50Why are you worried?
00:30:50Oh, I just, just, just.
00:30:51Don't worry.
00:30:52Yeah, I just can't deal with it, like.
00:30:55Alright.
00:30:57No, you're okay.
00:30:59How are you?
00:31:00Are you okay?
00:31:01Uh.
00:31:02I just feel a bit like there was no real effort while we were away.
00:31:06But we'll get into it at the table, yeah.
00:31:08No, no, no.
00:31:08He's given us a bit of a brief.
00:31:12What was he said?
00:31:14Just, um, that you guys, you know, went to homestays, like, he cooked dinner one night,
00:31:17or you guys had dinner together one night, and he thought the first night was going okay.
00:31:22Um, and then obviously you guys both had a chat and decided that it wasn't right.
00:31:26Yeah.
00:31:28Dude, he didn't drive.
00:31:31You're eating up his bullshit.
00:31:34Don't eat up his bullshit.
00:31:39Dinner is served.
00:31:41Okay.
00:31:42Let's go eat.
00:31:42Let's go, babes.
00:31:43You got it.
00:31:44Let's go, man.
00:31:47Alrighty.
00:31:48Yay!
00:31:49Woo!
00:31:49Well, let's hope that now that dinner's about to begin, we will get to the bottom of what
00:31:54actually happened at the homestay between Sam and Chris.
00:31:57Yes.
00:31:57We need to understand what actually went on there.
00:32:00Cheers, guys.
00:32:01Cheers.
00:32:09You got the, um, you got the tits out again?
00:32:12Oh, yeah.
00:32:14Tits out for the boys.
00:32:15I love you.
00:32:16I love this beer.
00:32:18Dull.
00:32:18Yes.
00:32:19Yes.
00:32:19Yes.
00:32:21That's the bottom, please.
00:32:31Wow.
00:32:33It's very tense, isn't it?
00:32:34Chris, Sam.
00:32:44I really want to talk about, from our perspective, what led me to the decision to end things.
00:32:49Yep.
00:32:50And how I felt the whole homestay, so.
00:32:52Yeah.
00:32:55Tonight is going to be shit.
00:33:00I...
00:33:02Sam and I have already hashed this out at the farm.
00:33:04Um, we're revisiting it in front of the group.
00:33:06So, for me, this is not comfortable.
00:33:09Um, I'm hoping that we can get it out of the way quickly.
00:33:11And I just want to get this over and done with.
00:33:16I hope Sam gets the closure that he needs and we can, um, yeah, move on.
00:33:21I feel like we both just need to say everything that got us to this point.
00:33:25Um, especially with meeting the experts tomorrow, I want to get as much as I can out of this experience.
00:33:31Um, yeah, we've mentioned it at the cocktail party that we, you know, well, you decided to, um, end it.
00:33:38So, um, yeah, like, I didn't...
00:33:40You didn't really fight that at all.
00:33:42You were, like, also just like, okay.
00:33:44Because I...I hadn't given so much to try and make it work.
00:33:48I don't want to come...
00:33:52Oh, my God.
00:33:53Here we go again.
00:33:57If Chris thinks that's loads of effort, I feel sorry for anybody he ends up with in the future.
00:34:04Like...
00:34:04Yeah.
00:34:08Can I ask a question?
00:34:11How did Sam end the relationship and where and how did it happen?
00:34:14Could I tell the whole story?
00:34:15I want you guys both to say it.
00:34:19Yeah, so, homestays, obviously, you all saw the last commitment ceremony.
00:34:23Um, I wrote, stay and Christopher leave.
00:34:25And that was really hard for me to battle with personally because I did have feelings for Chris.
00:34:30So, like, obviously now I'm very nervous going into homestays.
00:34:33And we get to the car to drive down and I'm, like, just sitting in the car and it's so
00:34:39uncomfortable.
00:34:40And I'm, I, like, literally just, like, shut my eyes and kind of pretend that I'm sleeping.
00:34:44And then I get to the farm and then I do try to have fun and have a good time.
00:34:49I wake up the next morning.
00:34:52And Chris is nowhere to be seen.
00:34:55No message, no note.
00:34:58I'm just there sitting for an hour in his house at his place with no car, just by myself.
00:35:04And then he rocks up.
00:35:05He's, oh, I just went to the gym this morning.
00:35:06It was really windy last night.
00:35:07And I'm, like, okay, cool.
00:35:09And, like, this is when I'm starting to feel, like, are you, do you really want me here?
00:35:12Do you, like, really want to show me how much you want this relationship to work?
00:35:19Look, for me, it was letting him sleep a little bit longer.
00:35:22Yes.
00:35:23Yes.
00:35:25We're not interrupting each other tonight, right?
00:35:29Oh, God.
00:35:30Okay.
00:35:31Can I keep going with my story then?
00:35:34Yeah.
00:35:35So then, um, we come to the fire the next night and this is when I'm, like, this is my
00:35:40last plea here.
00:35:41Like, I'm gonna try and see if he really wants to fight for this, if he really wants this relationship
00:35:46to work.
00:35:46And I had written down questions that were all just about what the experts said.
00:35:52Going through all these questions and then he starts to get a bit shorter with them because he's sick of
00:35:55talking about it.
00:35:57And then I'm, like, Chris, do you even have feelings for me?
00:36:00And he goes, oh, you know, with what's happened over the last couple of weeks, I feel like my feelings
00:36:04are pretty damaged and, like, I don't really know if I do anymore.
00:36:12And I'm, like, well, then what am I doing here?
00:36:17Then I was just, like, well, then do we just end it here?
00:36:19And you were just like, yeah, I think that's probably, like, right to do.
00:36:23And what I don't understand is where I hurt your feelings and where you lost your feelings for me.
00:36:33What I honestly feel like happened is that you just, like, did the bare minimum, got me flowers so that
00:36:39you could come here tonight and say, I did this for Sam, I tried.
00:36:43But, like, I know that you were checked out of this relationship already.
00:36:46I know you didn't want to give it a go.
00:36:53If I'm honest, and I'll have to be honest, it seems like you're putting a lot on Chris.
00:36:59Yep.
00:37:01And just because we have expectations to fill our cup fully doesn't mean this other person is not trying.
00:37:07Hold on, hold on, hold on a second.
00:37:10Let's not forget that, like, the week before, Sam was in a world of pain alone being correct.
00:37:19Yep, of course.
00:37:20But hang on a second, hang on a minute, hang on a minute.
00:37:22Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
00:37:23Sorry, I've got to say something here.
00:37:26Bec needs to mind her business.
00:37:28I don't know how her homestays went, but that should be her focus.
00:37:31We're a couple of weeks out of final bowels.
00:37:33Don't worry about your man doll.
00:37:36I'm not going to let anyone sit here and say, your expectations are too high.
00:37:40When Sam sat there in tears, by himself, not knowing which way was up and which way was down for
00:37:46a whole week,
00:37:47because the person that he has these feelings for was quite aggressive to him.
00:37:52Like, let's all just take a step back here.
00:37:53You've been aggressive too at the dinner parties.
00:37:58You're in no position to be giving someone feedback about their behaviour, honey,
00:38:01so just pipe it down a little bit.
00:38:11Sam sat there in tears, by himself, not knowing which way was up and which way was down for a
00:38:17whole week,
00:38:18because the person that he has these feelings for was quite aggressive to him.
00:38:22Like, let's all just take a step back.
00:38:24Babe, you've been aggressive too at the dinner parties.
00:38:28I get that.
00:38:29You're in no position to be giving someone feedback about their behaviour, honey,
00:38:33so just pipe it down a little bit.
00:38:36But I've never been aggressive to you.
00:38:39Can I speak now?
00:38:40First of all, like, hand on heart, I tried my hardest to turn it around.
00:38:47I got the feedback from the experts.
00:38:49I took it on board.
00:38:50I took accountability.
00:38:51I realised that I wanted to grow and learn as a person.
00:38:54And I wanted to come out the other end.
00:38:56And I'm sorry, but I was doing that.
00:38:58And I thought we had a good day.
00:38:59And, like, you pulled the notepad out and then asked me the questions.
00:39:03And I just, for me, I felt like, you know, like, can we just live in the moment?
00:39:07Can we just have a bit of fun?
00:39:08But do you understand with the questions, there are things that were burning inside sound
00:39:13that he needs answers to?
00:39:14Yeah, cool. I'll keep talking, babes.
00:39:18So I felt uncomfortable, but I stayed calm and I answered the questions as best as I could.
00:39:24But you ended it with me. You said, like...
00:39:27Yeah, I know.
00:39:27Yeah.
00:39:28Can I just say something?
00:39:29The reason I ended it is because I asked Chris,
00:39:33do you still have feelings for me?
00:39:36If you were trying so hard and you thought that everything was what you're saying,
00:39:41then at that point you should have said, Sam, yes, I have feelings for you.
00:39:48Can I ask a question?
00:39:50Do you feel like when Chris said leave the other week at the last commitment, sir,
00:39:55I know it really hurt you.
00:39:56Like, you were really upset. We could see that.
00:39:58Do you think that that really hurt you to a point where...
00:40:02Had you already made up your mind?
00:40:04I hadn't made my mind. That just hurt me to the point where...
00:40:06No?
00:40:06This is why I think I needed so much from Chris.
00:40:09Okay.
00:40:09Because I was really hurt that he said he wanted to leave.
00:40:11That he had already given up.
00:40:12So I'm like, I need to see from you that you haven't given up completely.
00:40:15And I get maybe for you what you did was enough, but for me it wasn't.
00:40:19It wasn't.
00:40:19And then I decided that based on the fact that what you did wasn't enough for my expectations,
00:40:23the call that happened, I ended things because I wasn't getting what I wanted from Chris.
00:40:27And if that's not what he can give, because he's got kids and he's got fun, he's got everything else...
00:40:31Then you're not ultimately a good man.
00:40:39It's really upsetting that it hasn't worked out between Sam and Chris.
00:40:43Because I care for both boys, but listening to both sides of the story, I'm like...
00:40:50They're not speaking the same language and they're seeing different things.
00:40:54And I don't think they're going to align tonight.
00:40:59Just unfortunately it hasn't worked.
00:41:00I don't want this to be yucky.
00:41:02I just want to be amicable.
00:41:03I don't want it to be yucky either.
00:41:04It's not yucky though, is it?
00:41:06It's not yucky.
00:41:07Don't mistake passion for anger.
00:41:09I think you're both passionate.
00:41:10It's not yucky in my opinion.
00:41:12You're both just ironing it out.
00:41:14We do love you both.
00:41:16We love you a lot.
00:41:17Yeah.
00:41:18100%.
00:41:18Kings.
00:41:19I think it's really sad what's happened with Sam and Chris.
00:41:22I love them as people and I love them together.
00:41:25And I'm getting this feeling of like, Chris did try.
00:41:29The way he knew how.
00:41:31And it wasn't enough for Sam.
00:41:33It's a hard one.
00:41:44So Beck and Danny.
00:41:46How about you guys?
00:41:48You're next.
00:41:49How was your homestays?
00:41:50We had such a good homestays, didn't we?
00:41:55If my family felt the need to have hard conversations with you,
00:42:00they would.
00:42:01I think obviously because Danielle fancied me.
00:42:06I'm joking.
00:42:07You should be able to say something nice and be genuine about it
00:42:10and then not say, oh, your cousin wants to me.
00:42:12I never said that.
00:42:13There's a camera in my face and you're abusing me over a joke.
00:42:16Dude.
00:42:17There's a camera in my face and you're making a joke of what I'm saying.
00:42:20Yeah.
00:42:20I'm done.
00:42:20F*** the boy.
00:42:22F*** me.
00:42:24Well, we had like a, like two perfect things and then like the type, we had a little argument at
00:42:30the end.
00:42:33We had a tiny little ding dong at the end.
00:42:37It lasted about 15 minutes.
00:42:40I think like for me, I don't know for anyone else who experienced like going into your partner's home.
00:42:47In that moment, I felt like a bit out of place in the house.
00:42:50Like up until that point, I felt so comfortable, like so welcome.
00:42:55Not that I was ever like unwelcome.
00:42:57But in that moment, arguing like.
00:43:00Hardly an argument, a ding dong.
00:43:01But yeah.
00:43:03Or whatever you want to call it.
00:43:07Whilst Danny did call it an argument, Bec called it a ding dong.
00:43:10So she's wanting to really contain it.
00:43:11Yes.
00:43:12When we had the disagreement at the house, I felt really uncomfortable because it's not my space.
00:43:16It's your space.
00:43:17Yeah.
00:43:18Do you know what I mean?
00:43:18I don't know if anyone else can like.
00:43:19Hope so.
00:43:20Yeah.
00:43:21So that was sort of something that stuck with me in the sense of like moving forward.
00:43:26It made me look at things in a different way in the sense that I'd probably want to, I don't
00:43:32know how I'd want to navigate.
00:43:36If I was to move to Adelaide, how the logistics of it would look as a man.
00:43:43Oh, as a man.
00:43:47I feel like, like, do you know what you mean? Like it's more Bec's house than it is my house.
00:43:51Like moving into her house.
00:43:52Yeah, correct.
00:43:53Bec, like, like I'd want to sit down and speak to Bec on a deeper level about that.
00:43:59Because like, I feel like if you move in with a woman and like, I would never just move in.
00:44:07Like we'd have to talk about that on a deeper level in the sense that like.
00:44:12I'm not moving out of my house.
00:44:16No, I'm not asking you to, but what I'm saying is like.
00:44:19It's how he fits into it, babe.
00:44:21Like, yeah, how I fit into it.
00:44:23That's, that's more what I'm saying.
00:44:25And to you right now, you're probably like, that, that, like, that's easy.
00:44:28I know, like.
00:44:29It's just, but like, I get from Danny's perspective.
00:44:31He's like, I move in.
00:44:33So like, he's got to get his stuff out.
00:44:34Where does he put his stuff?
00:44:35And we would make space 100% for that.
00:44:39From my point of view anyway, I suppose everyone looks at it different.
00:44:42But it makes you feel like a bit of a bitch moving in with a woman.
00:44:45What are you on about?
00:44:47.
00:45:01From my point of view anyway, I suppose everyone looks at it different.
00:45:04But it makes you feel like a bit of a bitch moving in with a woman.
00:45:11What are you on about?
00:45:13Oh, no. That's not what I was getting at.
00:45:15Oh, God.
00:45:16Oh, my God.
00:45:18He's talking about feeling emasculated
00:45:21if she was the one who owned the house.
00:45:23And let's not use the term bitch in that way either, Danny.
00:45:27Not cool.
00:45:28We're on 800 square metres, five minutes from the city,
00:45:31with a $97,000 mortgage and a $3 million house.
00:45:36F*** me!
00:45:41Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:45:42Like, firstly...
00:45:45You've never said that to me.
00:45:47Women have worked really, really hard
00:45:49to make sure that we've got this multimillion-dollar home
00:45:52in the most affluent suburb of South Australia.
00:45:56So, yeah, you're not going to be a bitch moving into my house.
00:45:59That was not what I was getting at.
00:46:02Are we f***ing serious for this?
00:46:04We're in the 2020s, emasculated
00:46:08by moving into a home with your woman.
00:46:11Mm-mm, mm-mm.
00:46:14Just grow up.
00:46:15You like to be a provider.
00:46:17Correct, correct, yeah.
00:46:18I'll be honest, I couldn't go to hers.
00:46:20I'm going to buy the house.
00:46:21I'm going to pay for everything.
00:46:22Like, that's just a manly thing, though.
00:46:25Dan's a bit like me.
00:46:26He likes to feel like the man, the boss, the alpha male.
00:46:30So I understand where Danny's coming from.
00:46:31He just wants to feel more emasculated in the relationship.
00:46:35We're more traditional in that way, too.
00:46:37No, but, like, I get it.
00:46:38Like, I have a...
00:46:39My house is bigger than yours, but it's like...
00:46:41Yeah, like...
00:46:42It's a different vibe.
00:46:43I do agree with Danny.
00:46:45I think for a man to feel masculine and his masculine energy,
00:46:49they want to have the house and the woman move into it.
00:46:52I know that's not, like, the norm these days,
00:46:54but, like, I like that, and that's what me and Scott are doing.
00:46:57So I do agree with Danny on that.
00:46:59I think he wants to feel like the man,
00:47:02and he has every right to feel like that.
00:47:03I feel like it's emasculating.
00:47:05Like, I get what you're saying.
00:47:06Correct, yeah, yeah.
00:47:06You want your place to be, like, here, babe.
00:47:08Like, come to me.
00:47:09Like, I'm the man.
00:47:11Like, I think that's, like, where you're coming from.
00:47:13Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
00:47:16I felt uncomfortable when we argued,
00:47:17and it sort of made me feel demasculated
00:47:19to, like, be in her house.
00:47:21Yeah, like a bit of a bitch.
00:47:23I've had that discussion with Bec two or three times.
00:47:26I'm not a hit 1990s song on R&B radio
00:47:30that keeps repeating itself, do you know what you mean?
00:47:32I didn't feel uneasy until we had the disagreement,
00:47:35but then I was just like, do you know what you mean?
00:47:37No, I don't know what you mean, Danny.
00:47:39I do wonder if Danny's showing a little insecurity there.
00:47:43You know, I think some men would not see a barrier
00:47:47to moving into a house owned by the woman.
00:47:49It's totally...
00:47:49It wouldn't feel emasculating.
00:47:51He's really dropped the ball here.
00:47:54And I'm old school too.
00:47:55I'm exactly the same.
00:47:56I can proudly say it as well that if me and Rachel do something,
00:48:00I would feel more comfortable if Rachel moved into my place,
00:48:04feel like a provider.
00:48:05Well, I don't think that's very fair,
00:48:07because at the end of the day,
00:48:08the difference is that I've got a massive house
00:48:11with a lot of space five minutes out of the city
00:48:13with a mortgage of 97 grand.
00:48:15I feel like you're a team.
00:48:16I feel like you're a team.
00:48:18I feel like you're a team.
00:48:18100%.
00:48:18I was brought up on those values.
00:48:20That's just the way I think.
00:48:21If I moved to Adelaide, I'd be gambling.
00:48:23Exactly.
00:48:23Yeah.
00:48:46It's about how can we work together?
00:48:51How can we make this work?
00:48:52What are your needs?
00:48:53You know?
00:48:54Vice versa.
00:48:55It doesn't have to be a demasculating thing.
00:48:57It just has to be teamwork.
00:48:59It's true, sir.
00:49:00Like you're a team.
00:49:00It's true, sir.
00:49:01No, you're a team.
00:49:02For some reason, it's just a mental thing.
00:49:05It just works like that.
00:49:08Females feel more secure when it is like that.
00:49:11It's just how it is.
00:49:12Unfortunately, it's a double set.
00:49:13It's just how it is.
00:49:14Gays don't have that problem.
00:49:16Yeah.
00:49:18I understand where Danny's coming from.
00:49:20Don't agree with it.
00:49:21But I understand where Danny's coming from.
00:49:25Beck and Danny's homestay, I don't think was as great as they made it out to be.
00:49:30There's something not right there.
00:49:32This is a serious conversation you guys need to know.
00:49:35Yeah, I know.
00:49:36For a dinner party.
00:49:39Don't like shut up.
00:49:41Excellent.
00:49:43So glad we're talking about it with everyone.
00:49:46Oh, goodness.
00:49:48No, I said it to you already.
00:49:50Not to that level, babe.
00:49:52100%.
00:49:52You haven't?
00:49:53No.
00:50:02Still to come.
00:50:04I did spiral a little bit.
00:50:06Dave, what's going through your head, bro?
00:50:08David finally finds his voice.
00:50:11I've hit my wall.
00:50:12I've been calm throughout this whole thing, but I'm at my limit.
00:50:16This is really a relationship in peril.
00:50:19Yeah.
00:50:20Before Beck confronts Danny.
00:50:22I would have appreciated it if you hadn't been that open.
00:50:26It's been a lot of relations.
00:50:28It's just made me...
00:50:29I can't take a look at the experiment now.
00:50:31Before hindsight.
00:50:40How about you?
00:50:41How about you?
00:50:41Alyssa.
00:50:43How was yours?
00:50:46Um...
00:50:48Do you know what?
00:50:49Do you know what?
00:50:49Alyssa and David really have not spoken about themselves at all.
00:50:53No.
00:50:53No.
00:50:53And that is not usual for them.
00:50:55David looks quite uncomfortable, actually.
00:50:57Yeah.
00:51:01I feel like we had highs and lows.
00:51:04I did spiral a little bit.
00:51:06Like, I did get in my head.
00:51:08Because, you know, as soon as we touched down in Adelaide,
00:51:11I felt like this weight...
00:51:16I felt like, oh, my goodness, I...
00:51:18You know, I said I was going to move to Sydney
00:51:20and, like, we're going to make this thing work in Sydney
00:51:22and we'll meet halfway,
00:51:23but I have a lot of responsibilities in Adelaide.
00:51:27I have contracts in place.
00:51:28I have my business.
00:51:29I have a house.
00:51:30I have a cat.
00:51:32But I'm almost 34.
00:51:33And in the next few years, I want to start a family.
00:51:35So I kind of put pressure on myself
00:51:38and that's where I started to spiral on homestays
00:51:40because I was like, shit, this is not going to work.
00:51:44Like, I don't think I'm going to be able to stretch myself
00:51:46out of Adelaide, like, in the next three months.
00:51:49It might look like six to 12 months
00:51:51if we're going to make this work in the real world.
00:51:58Beforehand, you were saying potentially you'd give it three months
00:52:01to move to Sydney.
00:52:02Is it the move to Adelaide now?
00:52:04Well, that's what it would probably be.
00:52:09It would be Adelaide, yeah.
00:52:11Oh.
00:52:12We haven't heard that from her before.
00:52:15A lot came out of homestays,
00:52:16but it's just, like, how do we move, like, forward?
00:52:19But I feel like the way that we process things are very different.
00:52:23And I'm wondering why am I spiralling?
00:52:25You know, we're all under pressure,
00:52:26but some people also deal with pressure differently.
00:52:29When I need to just process,
00:52:30my mind's going bing, bing, bing, bing.
00:52:33I retract.
00:52:35Things have kind of turned on its head a little bit.
00:52:38Alyssa's now saying I can't move.
00:52:41David's going, like,
00:52:42I'm willing to sacrifice everything
00:52:43and move down to Adelaide
00:52:45to give this relationship the best chance.
00:52:47But her retracting and pulling away from Dave,
00:52:50freaking Dave out.
00:52:51You know, I sort of felt for Dave a little bit.
00:52:53If anything, all the risk is on David.
00:52:56And there was one other thing.
00:52:59I know that I can be a bit full on.
00:53:02And, like, he does ground me,
00:53:05but maybe I'm finding a little bit sometimes too much
00:53:08where I feel like I'm not myself.
00:53:10Like, it's really shifting my energy
00:53:14and that's not something I'm used to.
00:53:16My husband also snores,
00:53:18so I've had, like, lack of sleep the last three months.
00:53:20Like, it's just, it's a compiling thing.
00:53:25I feel like right now Alyssa is trying to look
00:53:28for any little things she can pull from the sky
00:53:33to question things in the relationship.
00:53:35And that is pushing me away.
00:53:37She says she doesn't want to push me away,
00:53:39but her throwing all these doubts,
00:53:41there's only so much I can take
00:53:43before I start feeling like an idiot, you know?
00:53:47I think I was fine with just continuing
00:53:50to be that emotional shoulder to lean on until home stays.
00:53:56We've been on this experiment for two months,
00:53:58and it's been long enough for her to, like,
00:54:01be a bit more certain.
00:54:03You know, if this ultimately isn't going to work,
00:54:05I'm not going to force anything.
00:54:07Like, it's up to her to come from her head into her heart
00:54:10for this to work long-term.
00:54:14Dave, what's going through your head, bro?
00:54:22I've hit my wall.
00:54:23I've been calm throughout this whole thing,
00:54:25but I'm at my limit.
00:54:28And I sort of need that mental space as well,
00:54:31just as much as she probably needs it
00:54:32from coming back from home stays.
00:54:35And it's something we both need.
00:54:36But it's at the point, emotionally,
00:54:38I don't have much to give.
00:54:40I'm invested in this relationship.
00:54:41I am prepared to move for this relationship.
00:54:44But for me, I bonded with her mom
00:54:46and her two best friends.
00:54:48And I've got her mom saying,
00:54:49this is all good for you.
00:54:50Her friend saying, this is good for you.
00:54:51I really love David a lot.
00:54:54So I'm just like,
00:54:56what other green checks do you need ticked off?
00:54:59Like, you know?
00:55:04Well, this is David being really raw, isn't it?
00:55:07I mean, he's saying that he's exhausted
00:55:09and also he's hit his limit.
00:55:12And I know that they talk about it
00:55:15in relation to the experiment,
00:55:17but actually, you know,
00:55:19the experiment for some people,
00:55:20it brings them closer right now.
00:55:22And I get some real worries
00:55:24that he's started to step back.
00:55:27We got cracks, man.
00:55:28We've got cracks like everyone.
00:55:29We got cracks.
00:55:30But that's something that, you know,
00:55:32we will talk to the experts about.
00:55:35We actually haven't seen them
00:55:36in this state before, have we?
00:55:38No.
00:55:39I'd say absolutely more questions
00:55:41than answers we got tonight.
00:55:43So that's where we gotta go tomorrow night.
00:55:46We are gonna need to ask about the homestays
00:55:50and particularly where they see themselves
00:55:52in the future.
00:55:54This is really a relationship in peril.
00:55:57Yeah.
00:56:02It sounds like you've been approached
00:56:03by some producers to do another show.
00:56:05Is that right?
00:56:06Are the producers from Aussie Shore
00:56:09reach out and see would I do
00:56:10the season three with them?
00:56:11Gotcha.
00:56:12All right.
00:56:13I had one of the female cast members
00:56:15slide into my DMs like four or five days ago.
00:56:17And I think it's come from there.
00:56:19Yeah.
00:56:20Is that something you want me to go and do or?
00:56:22My job is not to advise you on what to do
00:56:24or what not to do.
00:56:25We're documenting your life on flex.
00:56:27If this is where your life goes, you know.
00:56:30No, it's entirely up to you.
00:56:31If you decide that you want to pursue it further,
00:56:33I can talk to them and see whether we can capture
00:56:36some of the journey.
00:56:40Gosh, mate, I've already, so I've obviously blocked my parents
00:56:43in on social media.
00:56:44So they didn't see my escorting videos.
00:56:48And then it took two days and they've seen them
00:56:50because a friend had gone and seen them and been like,
00:56:53have you seen what Marcus is doing in Australia?
00:56:54Now they obviously have no idea.
00:56:55So I'm just dealing with that at the moment.
00:56:57And I think to drop the bombshell that yes, I'm an escort
00:56:59and I'm also going to go on Aussie Shore.
00:57:03All right, you're on flex, you're an escort
00:57:06and then you're going to go on Aussie Shore.
00:57:08It's a big wake for Marcus.
00:57:09I've had a busy three days this week, mate.
00:57:11Yeah.
00:57:11I don't know if it's going downhill or uphill.
00:57:13I can't quite decide.
00:57:30How are your homestays, guys?
00:57:32I went out on his Harley.
00:57:34Like, I grew up there.
00:57:35So I'm like, I went to school there.
00:57:37I had my first kiss there.
00:57:38I did this there.
00:57:38And it's like, it's not like a foreign place for me.
00:57:41Yeah, it's just easy the fact that she's lived there before.
00:57:43So that was pretty big for us to have.
00:57:45That's amazing.
00:57:46Yeah, it was really good.
00:57:46The taste of the outside world, you know what I mean?
00:57:49Like...
00:57:50We know.
00:57:50Yeah.
00:57:51So what's your plan?
00:57:52I'm going to try it, guys.
00:57:53After the experiment.
00:57:55I do like Cronulla.
00:57:57Yeah.
00:57:57That's good.
00:57:58I could see myself there.
00:57:59That was very important.
00:58:00That's the whole point of it.
00:58:01That's great.
00:58:01The home visit is like, can I see myself there?
00:58:04Yes, I can.
00:58:05Let's just do it.
00:58:06Just give it a go.
00:58:07Yeah.
00:58:07Just give it a go.
00:58:08And that was a realisation I had.
00:58:10And you have a plan moving forward.
00:58:12Yeah.
00:58:12Yeah.
00:58:13You guys are great.
00:58:14Yeah.
00:58:16Rachel and Stephen, homestays.
00:58:18Hey, guys.
00:58:19Who's talking?
00:58:20I didn't know you missed.
00:58:21You can talk.
00:58:22Captain Steve-o.
00:58:23I reckon Rachel go first and I'll...
00:58:25No, I reckon Steve-o go first, please.
00:58:26I agree.
00:58:27I think Steve-o can go first.
00:58:29I always talk.
00:58:31Yep.
00:58:32Can you hear me down there?
00:58:33Yeah.
00:58:33Yeah, boys.
00:58:34Loud and clear.
00:58:34All right.
00:58:36So, look, I'm happy to say that Rachel and my family did get along.
00:58:40Everyone loves each other.
00:58:41A lot of the drinks were flowing.
00:58:42Everything was fantastic.
00:58:44And yeah, we had a really good time and took Rachel out on the boat and she got to experience
00:58:50a little, you know, a little snapshot of what my life is about and what I'm passionate
00:58:56about.
00:58:56So, I took her out fishing and I can definitely say very impressed with Rachel.
00:59:01She full on...
00:59:01She's a country girl.
00:59:02Full on leaned in.
00:59:04She's a catch.
00:59:05I am the catch of the day.
00:59:07She's a catch.
00:59:07That's right.
00:59:08The catch of the day.
00:59:09Right here.
00:59:09Amen.
00:59:10And look, I was very impressed with her fishing skills.
00:59:13She kissed a couple fish.
00:59:15I did.
00:59:16But I'm looking at this woman going, look, it's not just that she's leaning into fishing.
00:59:20It's more the fact that I'm seeing a woman there that is having a crack and I can see
00:59:26that outside fishing, Rachel will have my back in things.
00:59:35I can see we can do life together, but I feel a lot more confident now that the foundation
00:59:39has been laid on my side anyway with Rachel that we can take this out onto the outside
00:59:48and have somewhere to start because it's been done and dusted.
00:59:52I'm still going to meet her side, but I feel more confident on my side that Rachel and
00:59:56my family and my lifestyle will match now.
00:59:58So, we had a good time.
01:00:00Woo!
01:00:00That's incredible!
01:00:06Who would have thought?
01:00:08Who would have thought?
01:00:09But hearing Stephen talk about our homestay and the beautiful things he was saying, yeah.
01:00:16You sound emotional.
01:00:18I am emotional.
01:00:19I'm so emotional about it because I've got this guy that I truly, truly care about
01:00:26and I'm developing such strong feelings for and every time he talks about us with the
01:00:34group and everything, it's beautiful.
01:00:35It's just so nice and what an amazing journey and opportunity we've had.
01:00:44And the fact that we get to be with each other is just even better.
01:00:50Some guys are going to buy girls flowers.
01:00:52My guy bought me a fishing rod.
01:00:54I know.
01:00:55I'm just saying.
01:00:57And I was happy.
01:00:58Your girl's got her first fishing rod.
01:01:01Oh, Rachel looks so happy.
01:01:04Look at Stephen's smile.
01:01:06Yeah.
01:01:06We've never seen him smile like this.
01:01:08We've never seen him as relaxed.
01:01:10No!
01:01:11And as confident as he has been tonight.
01:01:13That was a full bodied smile.
01:01:15He's really transformed.
01:01:17But watching him now is just such a joy and he's so comfortable in her space.
01:01:23Look, we went through hard times at the start of our relationship.
01:01:27You all saw it.
01:01:28And you know what?
01:01:29We, we've just saw it.
01:01:31And you know, we're now hitting weeks where it should test us.
01:01:35And instead it's strengthening us.
01:01:37And it's really nice.
01:01:38I love it.
01:01:39Yay!
01:01:40Well done.
01:01:43Rachel and Steve-o!
01:01:56At the dinner table tonight, Danny said that he...
01:02:02would feel like a bitch moving into a girl's house.
01:02:07I hadn't heard that yet.
01:02:09And like, I would hope that my husband knows that he can talk to me.
01:02:14Like, we talk about everything.
01:02:17So, yeah.
01:02:20I feel blindsided by him.
01:02:25I feel completely utterly betrayed by my husband.
01:02:32They got dragged back into the drama.
01:02:37And we've got them.
01:02:39Mass royalty, Jamie and Dominica.
01:02:43The spiciest sofa showdown.
01:02:45Plus the footage you won't believe.
01:02:49After the dinner party tonight.
01:02:57If I was to move to Adelaide, as a man, it makes you feel like a bit of a bitch
01:03:03moving in with a woman.
01:03:13I've never experienced a slow burn in my life.
01:03:17And here I am with a slow burn.
01:03:19And like I said, we went for a hard yard earlier and now we're so strong because of that.
01:03:25I'm so...
01:03:26Said to you about it.
01:03:27Yeah, but not to that level.
01:03:28I'm saying this is fucking awesome.
01:03:29I think I would have appreciated you having been that open.
01:03:32It's in a lot of relationship.
01:03:34It's just made me that much more confident coming out of the experiment.
01:03:37Before home stage.
01:03:39Frankly, Danny, time and time again, has not stepped up and made the commitment that she wants and craves.
01:03:46She's been transparent.
01:03:47He hasn't said that he loves her back.
01:03:50He's now saying, I don't want to live in your house.
01:03:53So there's a number of things that are now adding up.
01:03:55Yeah.
01:03:56That Bec's starting to worry about when it comes to Danny's level of commitment.
01:03:59Yes.
01:04:00And rightly so.
01:04:02I mean, the idea of, like, that it, like, that you, like, you basically just said, if
01:04:13I was to move to Adelaide, I don't know if I'd want to move into my house.
01:04:17I was just saying, I didn't.
01:04:18I was just saying.
01:04:20I would have, I would have rather you had said that to me before announcing it to a table
01:04:23of people.
01:04:24I was just saying we have to, like, put money into your house and we're renovating it.
01:04:30Or I'd pick up the mortgage.
01:04:32Because we're just moving.
01:04:33It wasn't how it is.
01:04:33We'd make you feel demasculated.
01:04:35Right.
01:04:35Yeah.
01:04:35Well, I'm excited.
01:04:37I said just then, I'm like, but only 50% of it's done.
01:04:40That's how I heard it.
01:04:41And I was like, well, what's the side?
01:04:43I haven't said that to me.
01:04:43That's why I could say my side.
01:04:45I'm not moving out.
01:04:49I think Bec revealed how hard that conversation was for her.
01:04:54You know, when she said, oh, here we are having this conversation in front of everyone.
01:04:57She felt really uncomfortable.
01:04:58And I think after the dinner tonight, they'll be going home for quite a big conversation.
01:05:21Okay, so the purpose of this conversation is to talk about what's been happening within the group of women.
01:05:27Hello.
01:05:28Hello, ladies.
01:05:30Hi.
01:05:30Welcome to your hens night.
01:05:33Not to make comparisons between men and women and who does it better.
01:05:37Wow.
01:05:37I just hope that there's some insight here with the ladies that, yes, in the future, you are going to
01:05:42be in contact with other women who have strong personalities, have strong judgments about you or opinions about you.
01:05:50Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.
01:05:53But that doesn't mean that you have to play dirty.
01:05:56As a woman, I think it's important that we support each other.
01:06:03I love that.
01:06:05That we empower each other.
01:06:08I'm so excited.
01:06:09This is amazing.
01:06:10This is amazing.
01:06:11This is incredible.
01:06:12That we don't compete with each other.
01:06:15Yeah!
01:06:17That we give other women an opportunity to shine.
01:06:21Jules, were you married?
01:06:24Yes.
01:06:25Yes.
01:06:28Just like we do.
01:06:29I'm falling in love with you.
01:06:31In love with you.
01:06:31And that does not take away any of our power.
01:06:34To the last in the party!
01:06:36Yeah!
01:06:37I'm too!
01:06:38I'm too!
01:06:42Haha.
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