Michelle
Appearances
Climbing the Walls
Stories from ADHD camp | 5
I had really, really upsetting negative reactions. They were like, the medicine's addicting. What are you thinking? You shouldn't diagnose yourself. And it was like, I just couldn't believe the response. So I kind of left it. And, you know, like a couple of months went by. A girlfriend of mine came over and she was watching me around my room, my kitchen. And she said, do you have ADHD?
Climbing the Walls
Stories from ADHD camp | 5
And she's like a retired social worker. And I said, well, yeah. I do fit a lot of the criteria, and I told her about my group experience, and then, you know. And she was like, your son got it from somewhere.
Climbing the Walls
Stories from ADHD camp | 5
And they were like, I can't believe you're falling for that online stuff. It's such crap.
Climbing the Walls
Stories from ADHD camp | 5
And then the psychiatrist I ended up seeing was like, and no one has told you about ADHD. And I was like, I know, right? Isn't that weird?
Climbing the Walls
Stories from ADHD camp | 5
Because by the time middle school and high school came, I had complete disinterest in school. And that's not normally the language I use for it.
Climbing the Walls
Stories from ADHD camp | 5
The fuck-its. I had the fuck-its. I just didn't want to do any work. I wanted to hang out. You know, smoke pot in the bathroom, smoke cigarettes. We could smoke in school. And cigarettes. And, you know, just have fun and socialize. But I didn't want to do any of the work.
Climbing the Walls
Stories from ADHD camp | 5
I'm not running crisis to crisis anymore, you know, and I don't know if that was more my alcoholism. And certainly the ADHD, because even after I got sober, I still had crises, like, often. But I'm not angry anymore. I'm not resentful anymore. I mean, I've come kind of a long way in two years.
Climbing the Walls
Stories from ADHD camp | 5
I'm writing one for everyone. Oh, shit. Look what I did. I wrote it on two sides. What a dope.
Climbing the Walls
Stories from ADHD camp | 5
What did you write on those? All different stuff, you know, like be well or less is more or it's a good day to have a good day.
Climbing the Walls
Stories from ADHD camp | 5
And my mom came back and she was like, I don't I don't really know. You know, you only fit like six here and five there, you know. And then my ex-husband seemed pretty much had similar reaction, you know. Well, you only fit some of them, not all of them, but you fit a lot of them.
Crime Junkie
WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 2
Why does it have to be our own? Are the only ones that keep that flame going? Why can't somebody else help us? Because they know a lot of our people, they get tired too. And that's the sad thing about it. I'm hoping that when somebody hears, they listen and they help, you know, in any which way that they can. If it's news people, get us out there, too. Let our people be seen, you know.
Crime Junkie
WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 2
Get the law enforcement out there as hard as they do for any but any other race, you know. Caucasians, especially, they're the main ones, and you hear about them all over the news, you know, ABC, NBC, CBS. on the night news and everything, you know, CNN. And it's like, well, what about ours? Where do we fit in all this? And if something were to happen, you see something, say something.
Crime Junkie
WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 2
If you see something ain't right, try to help them. Because some women, we don't say anything. That's the thing. And I know a lot of us think we're strong. But we can only be strong so much.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
My name is Michelle. I'm from East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and I teach fitness classes. Do you have a favorite class to teach? Oh yeah, the boot camps, by far. Slam the rope, slam the balls. Get that aggression out, yeah.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
And I was like, oh, your shoes are untied. And so she's like, oh, I can't, I'm not able to tie them. And I'm like, well, sit down, girl. We're tying those bad boys up.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
I just looked at her and said, well, just because you ask for help doesn't mean you're helpless. Like ask for someone to help you. Don't be, don't be silly. And that's sort of my, the way I live my life. You just do you, if you want help, ask for it. If you don't want help, don't ask for it. And if you tell me to keep a secret, I'm going to keep a secret.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
We would kind of quietly make sure that when she was in our environment at the gym, she was protected.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
She had told me that she had shot and killed a 12-year-old boy that was the enemy. And she felt she had a lot of guilt related to that and a lot of trauma related to that, where she would wake up picturing herself shooting that young man and just reliving that episode over and over again.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
She was very likable. She was very charismatic. And then on top of it, she was a veteran and badass and had these injuries and she was coming back from them.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
She's like, well, I found out when I'm short of breath, I have terminal cancer. I have burn pit cancer, lung cancer. So now I'm thinking, shoot, she has no depth perception. She's deaf in one ear. She has tactile deficiencies. She has steel plates in her shoulders. She's got a rod in her leg. She's got PTSD. And now she's got burn pit cancer.
Nobody Should Believe Me
S05 Ep03: Constant Crisis
There was, there was one mom who really helped a lot with them. And, um, this mom like picked up, dropped off. They traveled with when Sophie couldn't travel because of her youngest daughter, they took her on travel meets. They, um, I don't honestly know how gymnastics was paid for. It must've been a scholarship situation.
Nobody Should Believe Me
S05 Ep03: Constant Crisis
I mean, gymnastics is an expensive sport, just tuition and assessment fees alone. You're like almost 12 grand a year. That's with that's outside of, airfare, hotels, food, all the things that it takes place to travel for gymnastics. I mean, I don't know.
Nobody Should Believe Me
S05 Ep03: Constant Crisis
Like I know that Metropolitan has a huge booster club and like people donate to it and businesses donate to it and you have to volunteer in order to, you have to be a part of the booster club. You have to register. and you have to do so many volunteer hours in order to get, like, things paid for.
Nobody Should Believe Me
S05 Ep03: Constant Crisis
And, like, at every meet, it was like, oh, look, I have the only Black daughter out there on the gym in the meet. And, oh, look, she's the only Black person. Like, I can remember being at a meet specifically with another family at Metro, and she walked up and she was like, yet again, the only Black athlete that's out there. And it's like, okay, well, not really.
Nobody Should Believe Me
S05 Ep03: Constant Crisis
Maybe in this session, yes, but, like, in general, not the only one.
Nobody Should Believe Me
S05 Ep03: Constant Crisis
I know Sophie through a gym that we both attended for our children. And she was a parent there, obviously. We did all of our meets together. All parents usually from gym to gym hang out together. So I know her just through communications and interactions at Metropolitan.
Nobody Should Believe Me
S05 Ep03: Constant Crisis
In the program that our daughters were in, they were working towards a TOPS program, which is working towards the National Olympic Team for juniors. So they were doing online school, homeschooling. And so they were there when the gym was empty every day.
Nobody Should Believe Me
S05 Ep03: Constant Crisis
So it's a lot more interaction when you're dropping kids off and picking kids up because you're not dealing with a lot of other parents that are doing rec gym or evening practices. So a little more intense interaction.
Nobody Should Believe Me
S05 Ep03: Constant Crisis
Yeah, never alone, ever. Always had the youngest daughter with her. The oldest daughter was – is – was – could still be a fantastic gymnast. Very naturally talented, very great at it, had the drive, had the strength, had the right attitude, honestly, like really just all around. Everybody loved watching at meets and every, like the judges were always looking for her. And which is great.
Nobody Should Believe Me
S05 Ep03: Constant Crisis
That's what you want. Judges are waiting to see your kids perform and really fantastic athlete all around. And yeah,
Nobody Should Believe Me
S05 Ep03: Constant Crisis
uh having the youngest daughter with her always sometimes in a wheelchair walking around sometimes with leg braces on walking around always had a class me bag on her always was wearing a diaper um said she wasn't potty trained um would have like good days where like I said she was walking around and was able to get into the gym and stuff and then really bad days where you know she's been hospitalized for the last week and then in a wheelchair for the next month and
Nobody Should Believe Me
S05 Ep03: Constant Crisis
all those things but everybody just kind of learned to go with those ebb and flows of that and it was always something going on there there was always like some something going on always a story to talk always about like how the youngest always had an issue and how we had to miss practice because of this or or some reason or whatever for for not being able to attend a meet or to be at practice or something like that because there's always something with the youngest child
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
It's a Little League baseball team.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
I know. Unfortunately, they're both the coaches for this team.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
No, no, no. It was a woman.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
I've considered it.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
No, I wouldn't. So as ridiculous as it sounds.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
It is insanity. And that's where I'm struggling with because, well, to add more sprinkles on top of this dessert, the husband is also aware of the affair and her husband. So he's agreed to stay on this team for this last season as well. So basically... On top of that, we actually had a friendship outside of this team.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
Like we had three or four years, we've already been friends with this couple and a group of couples. And so we hung out with them outside the baseball field, you know, on, you know, personal lives and everything. And it was constant. So not only did we have that friendship, We lost a friendship, but we also have this issue.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
Yeah, I know, John. It's been tough. I can say that my husband did test up to everything.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
Yeah, he got caught.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
Yeah, no, it's... Even though I'm speaking a lot. Yeah, no, I mean, there's... I don't know what to say because, I mean, he's trying... We're trying out for another team, so... Quit baseball. Stop.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
Yeah, that's true. I guess you put it like that.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
That's kind of what I've shared with him too. I've told him, okay, look at it.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
I mean, that's basically it. We want to work on our marriage.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
Okay. I guess that's me having to take.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
Yeah, I guess I've been the one that's kind of been holding on for our kids.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
I guess. I don't know why it's just so hard for me to stand up for myself, I guess, in this sense.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
Yeah. That's exactly how it feels like.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
I mean, he's, he's, I did say it was because, you know, he felt like our marriage was already kind of crumbling in a sense. I had started therapy and he refused to do any therapy. So then when they started talking, it never was like that, but it started becoming more emotional there. And then...
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
because he would vent to her and they would talk about baseball and, you know, talk, then they started, she started having problems in her marriage. And so then they started talking about each other's marriages and that's how that started.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
Well, for him, it's because he doesn't want people to find out what happened. So he doesn't want to leave the team abruptly. And then people start questioning why he left. And I said, who cares? Since when do you care what people say or think about you? Now, all of a sudden you care. And that's why we were trying to quietly exit because nobody knows.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
I mean, between the four of us, minus like a cousin of mine, nobody else knows in our family, in our friend circle. So that's why he was trying to do a clean break. But now that the season's about to start, he's like, well, I don't know if I want to leave just yet. We agreed we're just going to do this last season and then we're done. but I'm finding it hard to do that.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
I'm doing good. Awesome. Today's a good day.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
Even though they've cut off communication, like her phone number's blocked, like they don't interact at all.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
So my question is, how do I cope with when my husband wants to remain on the same team as the woman that he was involved with in an affair? What? Yeah, I know.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Husband’s Affair Is Over. . . But He Still Talks to Her
Yeah, that's true.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Teen’s Boyfriend Has an Ankle Monitor
I wanted to get into my question. I wanted to know, how can I support my husband wanting to go out of state and start a new business while we have a six-month old at home and twins on the way?
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Teen’s Boyfriend Has an Ankle Monitor
He currently works for a plumbing company, so they kind of want to expand it. and start other ones out of state.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Teen’s Boyfriend Has an Ankle Monitor
I totally don't think so. And when he brought it up to me, I was not happy and said no.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Teen’s Boyfriend Has an Ankle Monitor
I'm like, who am I? Like, that's not good.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Teen’s Boyfriend Has an Ankle Monitor
It was more so I thought to myself, you're not going to be around to see them grow up because in his head, from what he told me, it can take two to three years to become successful. So with that, it will take that time. And I see my six-month-old now sees him and she smiles when she gets home. And I think to myself, why do you not want to be here for that?
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Teen’s Boyfriend Has an Ankle Monitor
Yeah. And I feel like I kind of look at, like everything in the sense of finances. I currently work and we're looking to me not working anymore and just staying at home because paying for childcare is going to be way more than what it's worth. I might as well just watch them on my own, but I feel like all that scares me and the thought of him not coming home
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Teen’s Boyfriend Has an Ankle Monitor
Every night is just like, how am I supposed to do this all by myself? And try and get a degree at the same time.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Teen’s Boyfriend Has an Ankle Monitor
Yeah. And I know like partly it's from what we've talked about very little because I try not to get Super emotional and just shut the conversation down.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Teen’s Boyfriend Has an Ankle Monitor
Because, I don't know, I constantly tell myself, oh, it's because I'm pregnant. It could be because you love your husband.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Teen’s Boyfriend Has an Ankle Monitor
And then he tells me, well, I want to get us a good foundation so we don't have to work. And when they're at the point where they go to school, we'll be having this income and we'll be able to take them to school and not have to worry about money. but what if it doesn't work? And then I tell him that. And then he says, why are you like killing my dream?
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Teen’s Boyfriend Has an Ankle Monitor
I'm like, I'm not trying to, I'm trying to be realistic.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Teen’s Boyfriend Has an Ankle Monitor
And I know I don't say that enough and I try and do that more, but the whole other thing.
The Dr. John Delony Show
My Teen’s Boyfriend Has an Ankle Monitor
I want to say no because I know him, and he means totally well, and trust me, he's the – I think he's amazing, but it's just this one little thing.
The Ramsey Show
Don't Chase Money, Chase Freedom
Hi, Dave. Thanks so much for taking my call. I am on Baby Step 2. I have been on Baby Step 2 for about a year. My conundrum is I have an opportunity to take a job in a really remote location. really far away from family. My kids are grown, but I was widowed about 25 years ago and raised them all on my own.
The Ramsey Show
Don't Chase Money, Chase Freedom
But the positive to all of this is that it comes with a lot of financial benefit to help out with student loan debt and such. And I'm kind of feeling guilt for wanting to do this going so far away from family for financial. So I'm kind of like, is it loving money that I want to do this for?
The Ramsey Show
Don't Chase Money, Chase Freedom
Well, it would basically give roughly about $100,000 toward my student loan debt. So it would cut it over half. And it would give me a lot of financial freedom after that two years, like coming back and actually being able to spend time with grandkids and such.
The Ramsey Show
Don't Chase Money, Chase Freedom
Close to debt-free, yeah. I would probably still have maybe about $30,000 in student loan debt. Mm-hmm.
The Ramsey Show
Don't Chase Money, Chase Freedom
No, it won't either. It won't. No, it won't. How old are you? I'm 53.
The Ramsey Show
Don't Chase Money, Chase Freedom
um i well i ran up 120 000 but kicking the can down the road as you say um it's close to about 165 right now i used yeah i used it to supplement my income uh raising my kids when my husband died my kids were young we had nothing um it was a suicide so we literally had nothing so it yeah so I stayed at home, went to college late, and I did it so that I could be with them.
The Ramsey Show
Don't Chase Money, Chase Freedom
Okay. I needed to hear that. I think from a Christian standpoint, that's what I hear. I agree.
The Ramsey Show
Don't Chase Money, Chase Freedom
Yeah, and I'm good with that. I mean, I was brought up by a Marine, so I'm okay with that hard work. I don't have a problem with that. I just wanted to, from a Christian financial standpoint, wanted to make sure.
The Ramsey Show
Don't Chase Money, Chase Freedom
Yeah, actual pay. It'll come out to be about $95,000 gross.
The Ramsey Show
Don't Chase Money, Chase Freedom
Housing is cheaper. I'm going to be renting a room from somebody.
The Ramsey Show
Don't Chase Money, Chase Freedom
Right. That would be my hope. No, it's not a hope. It's a plan. Well, true.
The Ramsey Show
Don't Chase Money, Chase Freedom
I have a credit card of, like, $8,000 from, like, I had teeth repaired this year.
The Ramsey Show
Quit Trying to Outearn Your Stupidity!
Yes, so I have an employer that offers a student loan forgiveness and I am debating whether or not when I go back to nursing school to pay it cash to not add on to the debt that I already have or should I go ahead and take out the loans, be better financially stable during nursing school and then apply for the loan forgiveness after I graduate.
The Ramsey Show
Quit Trying to Outearn Your Stupidity!
My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of thieves.
The Viall Files
E938 - Mayci And Layla, Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives And The Valley Deep Dive
I just don't like it. I'm so bad at conflict.
The Viall Files
E938 - Mayci And Layla, Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives And The Valley Deep Dive
For sure.
The Viall Files
E938 - Mayci And Layla, Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives And The Valley Deep Dive
What about worst dressed? Oh, yeah.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Yeah, girl. Hey, baby.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
I Don't think I questioned the pairing I got just because, again, I don't see what we have. I never saw what we had in common. Do you feel like you were set up for success? No. Yeah, I think I think I was set up for drama. I think we delivered on that. But yeah, I don't think I just don't see any world where him and I would have. made it in the real world.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Like, I don't think we would have ever met. I don't think we would have ever hit it off. I just have a really hard time.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Seeing that. Yeah. I was portrayed to be exceptionally more mean than I am in real life. Okay. You know, like, I mean, we only, you only really saw when him and I were fighting. Like, there were moments where we had. You were nice. Yeah. Where we just, like, had normal days, like, normal conversations, and none of that was portrayed. But I don't necessarily know if I feel wronged just by that.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
No, I mean, I said and did all of those things. I just also did nice things that weren't shown. Yeah. So it wasn't like I, those, those, I did those things. Yeah. Fully admit I did those things. Cause even I watched, I was like, Oh my God, why'd you say that? But then it would, you just don't see like the leading up to like the nice things that happened. Right.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Okay.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Yeah.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
I don't think they don't know, but it's, you just have to remember that you're seeing a small snippet of even, you know, like the whole thing was what, eight weeks. So you're only seeing a little bit of that. Like we would film for hours and you're seeing like a two minute clip.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
So it's like, I think like that's something that you have to remember that what you see isn't the full picture, which I think is hard. Cause even I, like before this, I would be like, oh my gosh, it's not that hard. Just like get over it. And then you get on and you're like, oh, this is really hard. Yeah.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Yeah.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
I was told that I need to take deep breaths. And so I remember I sat and then I got up and I was like, fuck you. Yeah, but it's hard. But also like Alan said, like we hadn't seen a lot of what was out yet. So we were just, you know, we filmed the reunion a year later, but we're like, those are just like all from memory. It wasn't like fresh that we'd seen it on TV yet.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
And so I also, cause I like watched the reunion too. I'm like, oh, I should have been way more mean. Even I was like, cause I remember you and I had a conversation. I was like, don't, do not give it to them, Alan. You're like, I won't. Cause I like, I wouldn't be the only one. Cause people always think I'm bitter and stuff.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
So I didn't want to be the only one being like standing up and like fighting against it. Cause I feel like that's kind of what I did all season.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
I would be curious why Madison was so angry with me. I think I didn't realize that she was so angry with me until I watched it back. Cause then I'm like, wait a minute, what did I do to like her specifically? Like she just felt like she had a lot of rage.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
I mean, I think it's because I exposed her and I think, you know, they wanted to write off on the sunset and after we wrapped filming and be like,
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
I kind of threw a wrench in their plan. So I feel like that's where it comes from. But it just seemed like a lot of, she was really angry with me. And I remember I think at one point I was like, are you mad at me for confronting you about you texting my- 100%. The keep my name out of your mouth was insane. Or even when she was like, put me in the boxing ring with Michelle.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
I'm like, I'm not as weak as you think I am. But yeah, like even now I was like what is happening like that always confused me so it you know Like I just didn't ever understood that because I feel like I wasn't even that angry towards her right the anger was definitely miss A lot of its kid shit.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
No. No. I mean, there's been like group events, like people's birthdays and stuff where we're all at the same location. But I mean.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Yeah.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
I like to watch the show by myself because I don't want anyone to see my raw reaction. But I think... But watching it back, it felt so much easier that like, I was like, oh man, I should have caught on sooner is what kind of my reaction was to it. And I think the same, like obviously my family knew like immediately what had happened.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
So I think watching it back, everyone was like, man, we should have picked up on it a little bit sooner.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Or you pick up on little lies that you didn't know at the time. You're like, oh, man, I should have added that to my list of things.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Yeah. Juan had told me we were, I don't know if you were, but we were all in town filming one of the after parties when they went and got those rings. And so Juan and I had maybe like dinner or lunch after that. And he came up to me right away and was like, I don't want to make you upset, but they got promise rings. And of course I was playing like we're from the mall. Yeah.
What's the Reality?
Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
You know, it's been so long, it doesn't feel as crazy. But when you watch it back, like sometimes I'm like, gosh, I don't think I was dramatic or angry enough, even though a lot of people thought I was too much of that. But yeah, it's really crazy to think back that how it went down. I also think that...
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Yeah, so I had a heads up. So the reunion wasn't the first time that I was aware of the rings.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Again, it feels young. Like, promise rings are young to me. So I'm like, it's cute.
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Are you getting a promise ring?
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No, are you kidding me? Girl, come on.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
They're very sneaky and it's possible.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Gladly, let's get divorced anytime.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Yeah, we're still married to them currently. Oh, that's so sad.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
It was a pleasure to meet you.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
like putting it together wasn't as easy in real life as it looked like when you watched the like edited version of it. Yeah. It was, it was insane. It was actually very insane. And like thinking, I'd always thought I was insane. I'm like, Oh my God, I'm going to look so stupid. No way that they're doing this. And then the more I like sat with me, I was like,
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
But then you still, like, the back of your head was like, okay, either I'm going to look like an absolute psycho in my edit. Because I'm wrong. Or I'm going to be right. So I kind of was like, I probably already look like a bitch, so I might as well just go for it. I feel that. How do you feel about it now?
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Yes.
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Thank you so much.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
So, yes, I am in therapy. I have heard everyone loud and clear. I'm crazy.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
I can admit that I was definitely not nice in the beginning. And I had a lot of anger towards the match that I took out on him that should not have been directed towards him. I was really excited about having this opportunity. I'm 40. I was ready to get married. And so when I was matched with him, I had a hard time understanding why we were put together. Yep.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
And then the more he kind of dumped a lot of stuff on me really quickly. And then I was like, like the housing. Yeah. Like I think, I mean, we had been married for 35 seconds and he was like, I live at home with my parents. I smoke cigarettes. I have a tattoo of my ex like on my chest. And I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa. You're like, here's my dream, man. Yeah. And so that's what I wrote down.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
And then like, I am someone who I have a hard time getting over things. And so once I heard those, like I could not get it out of my head. Yeah. And I kept being like, he's like, nice, like quit it. But there was like, the more I got to know him, the more just like something was always off and I never could place what it was.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Um, yeah, I feel like I kind of just went back to my normal life. Normal life. Yeah. Um, I mean, I'm single, not married. She said, I'm making that clear right away. Everything kind of just went back to status quo, which is kind of a nice.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
But yeah, I took out tons of anger towards the experts and who they paired me with, which that was not his fault. But yeah, I took it out on him because he was the person sitting right in front of me.
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And I was still committed to the process. Like I told myself whether I liked the person or not, like I was going to complete the eight weeks. Like I was like, every day I was like, I can do hard things.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
So I was always committed to doing the eight weeks. Okay. Regardless. Regardless. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I threatened to quit probably every day. I think the honeymoon, every day I was like, I'm out of here.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
I knew pretty quickly that I didn't think he was my person, but it was more just like, putting myself out there and trying something new and committing to like even learning more about myself through the process. I also want to add, cause I think all these mean tweets, people don't think I lived in the apartment. I 100% like lived in the apartments.
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Like I keep seeing all these comments being like, she didn't do anything with them. Like we, did we spend a lot of time off camera? No, but like we did sometimes, you know, like We would text about getting groceries together. We shared meals off camera. We did do things together. I think people think that I was like, all right, clocking in just to film. But I lived in that apartment. I did try.
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I tried.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
I do feel like I took accountability. Like every time I sat down with the experts, I was the first one to be like, I'm being a brat. I'm being a pill. I know I'm doing these things. He's a nice guy. I shouldn't be doing these things. But it was hard. It was hard for me. I would say those things, but then I didn't change my behavior because it was just, I was so stuck on those things.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Also, it wasn't like anytime we sat down, I was like, you live in your parents' basement. That was a huge topic. So of course, like that's going to continually be brought up with people like, why don't you like him? I would list the things that I didn't find attractive for someone my age.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
I never thought that he, I didn't, until the text came, I never thought he was cheating or stepping out. Like that didn't cross my mind. Now I did think there was something inauthentic about him. Like he, I don't want to call him like he lied, but he would say things that I would always be like, huh? You know, like he, it was, I live at home with my parents. It's a completely separate unit though.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
I'm like, okay. And then it was, it's a two bedroom. It's a one bedroom. It's a studio. And then like you, and Sonny's like, well, what do you think about it? Just change your mind. And I'm like, did we just do the same tour? Like, we just, like, were never in sync.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
And I'm like, um. Yeah. And, like, he very much portrayed it as this is a separate unit.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Like, it was his parents' laundry was down there.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
So I just don't think you— Like, to me, that wasn't separate. Like, your parents come down here and do their laundry. Like, it was just, like, little things that he would exaggerate or, like, twist it a little bit that I was like, huh. Just never fully got the truth. Right, yeah. Or, like, his reasoning on stuff, he would. It always just seemed like he was bullshitting. You know what I mean?
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
So, like, I'm someone who, like, I like to collect the data points. And then once I have a full story, I'm like, all right. I've got it together now. So yeah.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Yeah.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
You look like you're ready. I think because they lied so much that then... They don't even know the truth. Well, I think he lied in the beginning to protect her. Because I think he would have admitted pretty early on that, like, this is my girl. You and I don't even like each other. So I think he was protecting her for a really long time.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
And then I think once they came up with their story, they had to stick to it. Even though I don't think it makes sense because... Because it keeps changing. Right. Right. But yeah, so I just think they wanted to stick to one story. But do I think it's true? No. No.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
I mean, I think they formed a connection at the honeymoon is what my theory is, like early, super early on. So that's like when people always bash me for not trying. I'm like... He was with someone else basically. Same time I checked out was the same time he checked in with somebody else. Interesting. But yeah, I don't know. Wait, do you feel that? The honeymoon?
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
And David's admitted that that's when they started like an emotional tension.
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Yeah, really early.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Like I work from home.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
What do you mean by that? Cardio.
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Married at First Sight's Shocking Cheating Scandal & Unexpected Second Chances with Michelle, Allen & Emem and Brandon
Because I think we only lived a few floors from each other.