MAFS Social Media, Spoilers & Speculation

[Elizzikra]

On 6/2/2021 at 4:15 PM, Ilovepie said:

What!?!!!! Wow. The ratings for this show must be through the roof for them to keep stringing this mess out until the new season starts. None of this is necessary, and nobody likes these people enough to keep watching them indefinitely.  Please Jesus make it stop or give me the strength to look away!!!

That or it’s just cheap and easy to make “ new” content...

[Kira53]

20 hours ago, Elizzikra said:

That or it’s just cheap and easy to make “ new” content...

Both!

On 6/1/2021 at 10:20 AM, Baltimore Betty said:

I feel like there might be alcohol or drugs involved in this rant, it is not normal to walk around your apartment for how ever long this video is and then some, nobody is there getting him riled up...he is high AF.

Someone in a manic phase may look like the are high.  We all agree that he isn't normal.

[humbleopinion]

On 6/2/2021 at 1:15 PM, Ilovepie said:

What!?!!!! Wow. The ratings for this show must be through the roof for them to keep stringing this mess out until the new season starts. None of this is necessary, and nobody likes these people enough to keep watching them indefinitely.  Please Jesus make it stop or give me the strength to look away!!!

Let's join hands...Beer us strength and the conviction to tell the remote  "Food Network" lest we be tempted to watch the never ending drips and drabs of this sh*t show...

[Ilovepie]

14 minutes ago, humbleopinion said:

Let's join hands...Beer us strength and the conviction to tell the remote  "Food Network" lest we be tempted to watch the never ending drips and drabs of this sh*t show...

From your keyboard to Beer's......ears????

[humbleopinion]

July 21st, Wednesday is the unofficial start date of the Houston season..

Counting the days.....

 We can expect a pre season show...the casting of the cowgals and cowboys, the whittling down of the herd so to speak.

 Perhaps a pre pre show showing us the dregs of H Town that didn't even make the first cut of the cattle call...the two birds one stone casting for a second season of The Unmatchables.

Lifetime is milking this cash cow every which way and sideways...

 

[Empress1]

New season Texas couples. Another interracial couple and the first Asian couple ever on the franchise.

[humbleopinion]

Am sick of and done with Season 12. Good riddance, Atlanta.

Send in the new victims cast members.

Betcha it is the Viet couple who know each other....thinking some the guests at their wedding also know/recognize each other....

Across the aisle, sitting on the groom's side knowing people on the bride's side....and laughing.....

Love that Bao and Johnny are in Vietnamese wedding clothes, the wedding photo of both sides’ whole families will be awesome if Covid didn’t interfere.

Edited June 10, 2021 by humbleopinion

[Crashcourse]

I don't know if it's the production budget but I wish they'd film on the West Coast.  I'm tired of filming mainly in the South.

[Ilovepie]

It's also interesting that all of the participants except one are over 30 years old, and most are between 33-35. I wonder why they are skewing older this season?

[Crashcourse]

Interesting, I hadn't even noticed the ages.   I'll watch the early episodes just to see them, but I'm beginning to tire of the MAFS enterprise.

[Empress1]

12 minutes ago, Ilovepie said:

It's also interesting that all of the participants except one are over 30 years old, and most are between 33-35. I wonder why they are skewing older this season?

I actually like that - hope there will be some more maturity with this group.

[Ilovepie]

1 hour ago, Empress1 said:

I actually like that - hope there will be some more maturity with this group.

I like it too. I am hopeful that this season is a "good" one. They seem to be in a pattern of every other one being drama filled garbage. DC bad, NO good, ATL bad. Hopefully this is one of the ones where they did their best to cast legitimate couples. I think casting older couples might help weed out some of the idiots,  although Olivia and Brett were an over-30 couple and look how that turned out.........

[Lurk]

On 6/4/2021 at 3:04 PM, humbleopinion said:

July 21st, Wednesday is the unofficial start date of the Houston season..

Counting the days.....

 We can expect a pre season show...the casting of the cowgals and cowboys, the whittling down of the herd so to speak.

 Perhaps a pre pre show showing us the dregs of H Town that didn't even make the first cut of the cattle call...the two birds one stone casting for a second season of The Unmatchables.

Lifetime is milking this cash cow every which way and sideways...

 

July 7th and July 14th will be the pre's you speak of.

[cinsays]

16 hours ago, Ilovepie said:

It's also interesting that all of the participants except one are over 30 years old, and most are between 33-35. I wonder why they are skewing older this season?

maybe to get more mature candidates who really have tried all other normal means to find someone

you haven't really done that when you're in your early 20s

[Empress1]

53 minutes ago, cinsays said:

maybe to get more mature candidates who really have tried all other normal means to find someone

you haven't really done that when you're in your early 20s

Whenever they have a 24-year-old on the show who's like "I've tried everything to find someone, this is my last hope" I roll my eyes.

[humbleopinion]

JamieO flies to ATL to celebrate her 35th birthday both Dougless and kidless so she can enjoy herself with her BFFs from Season 12 (minus Clarabelle).

Jamie's friends are the most recent cast of MAFS? Didn't they Zoom mostly?

Her birthday gift to herself is being out of the Florida to avoid sex with Doug...but she'll have to brace herself for Father's Day sex because that's what he'll want and not a $500 Yeti cooler...

https://screenrant.com/mafs-jamie-otis-birthday-celebration-season-12-cast/

[ECM1231]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQaFA1cMv3d/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Looks like Erik and Virginia are done. According to mafsfan, they filed for divorce a few weeks ago.

 

 

Edited June 23, 2021 by ECM1231

[Elizzikra]

19 minutes ago, ECM1231 said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQaFA1cMv3d/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Looks like Erik and Virginia are done. According to mafsfan, they filed for divorce a few weeks ago.

 

 

I'm not surprised. I didn't think they were a good match at all. I wonder if we will see this unfold on Couples Cam or will they fake their way through that and avoid all mention of a divorce?

[ECM1231]

5 minutes ago, Elizzikra said:

I'm not surprised. I didn't think they were a good match at all. I wonder if we will see this unfold on Couples Cam or will they fake their way through that and avoid all mention of a divorce?

I don't watch Couples Cam so no idea when this current season was filmed. I'd guess it wrapped up filming  before they filed for divorce. Being that Erik liked to present their marriage as hunky dory, I doubt they'll let on that there is trouble in paradise.

[qtpye]

2 hours ago, ECM1231 said:

I don't watch Couples Cam so no idea when this current season was filmed. I'd guess it wrapped up filming  before they filed for divorce. Being that Erik liked to present their marriage as hunky dory, I doubt they'll let on that there is trouble in paradise.

Probably true...he should realize that being on a reality show is the worst thing if you are hyper image-conscious...unless you are a Kardashian.

I imagine once the sexual chemistry died down...they realized they had very little in common.

[Elizzikra]

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I imagine once the sexual chemistry died down...they realized they had very little in common.

Agreed. I'm guessing he was constantly embarrassed by her drunken antics and she was sick of being told what to do, including the option to leave if she didn't like his way of doing things.

I didn't particularly like either of them individually and I think they brought out the worst in each other.

[Baltimore Betty]

2 hours ago, Elizzikra said:

Agreed. I'm guessing he was constantly embarrassed by her drunken antics and she was sick of being told what to do, including the option to leave if she didn't like his way of doing things.

I didn't particularly like either of them individually and I think they brought out the worst in each other.

Erik was wise not to put his place on the market, I think he knew how things were going to be.

[Empress1]

On 6/22/2021 at 8:42 PM, Elizzikra said:

I'm not surprised. I didn't think they were a good match at all. 

I didn't think so either. He wants to settle down; she does not - she thought she did, maybe, but she isn't ready. He wants kids immediately; she's not sure she wants them at all. They're on opposite ends of the political spectrum. He has a pretty dictatorial communication style (I'd dump him for that alone), and he's very condescending - I think he thought he was better than she is. They said they loved each other but there was absolutely nothing in their interactions that made me think that was true - not in the way they spoke to each other, not in their body language, not in the way they spoke about each other to other people. I don't like either of them for different reasons, but it's very clear that they weren't a match.

[Ilovepie]

On 6/24/2021 at 9:09 AM, Empress1 said:

I didn't think so either. He wants to settle down; she does not - she thought she did, maybe, but she isn't ready. He wants kids immediately; she's not sure she wants them at all. They're on opposite ends of the political spectrum. He has a pretty dictatorial communication style (I'd dump him for that alone), and he's very condescending - I think he thought he was better than she is. They said they loved each other but there was absolutely nothing in their interactions that made me think that was true - not in the way they spoke to each other, not in their body language, not in the way they spoke about each other to other people. I don't like either of them for different reasons, but it's very clear that they weren't a match.

Totally agree with all of this. And this relationship is reaching it's natural conclusion in my opinion. I said at the start they would implode and this is less of a surprise than when they initially connected and agreed to stay together.

I think Clara pegged it - she said they were in lust and that's just it. Now that has died down there is nothing left.

[crazychicken]

In the least surprisings news even MAFSFan just posted Erik & Virginia's divorce filing.

And Chris is big mad and going off on IG claiming Virginia wanted a threesome with Hayley's brother while on the girls Mexico trip plus Erik got a DUI.

[Crashcourse]

Did we even see Hayley's brother?  And how did Chris know about it if it was a girls' trip?  Erik getting a DUI is no surprise.  

[humbleopinion]

https://www.robertslawteam.com/blog/2018/09/airline-pilots-and-drunk-driving-convictions-what-happens/

This is what happens when commercial airline pilots get an DUI.

What a dumbass.

[gingerandcloves]

I'm not surprised about the divorce filing, although Virginia is on IG claiming that they're "taking their relationship off social media" and "currently enjoying some privacy". Yeah, right, Virginia.

Also, I'm not believing Chris without further corroboration. He's a lying liar who lies.

[Booger666]

Reddit is on fire that Jamie Otis got a $57K PPP payout.

Agree that Chris is a lying liar who lies so not believing what he says about Erik and VA until it is corroborated by others.

[Ilovepie]

16 minutes ago, Booger666 said:

Reddit is on fire that Jamie Otis got a $57K PPP payout.

Agree that Chris is a lying liar who lies so not believing what he says about Erik and VA until it is corroborated by others.

Totally agree with you about Chris. Shouldn't there be a public record of some kind if the DUI is true? I don't believe that one at all.

That is some bullshit about Jamie though. Exactly what employees was she getting that payroll money for? Doug??? Shame on her if it's true....

[seacliffsal]

I just read an article about various Bachelor/Bachelorette people getting PPP loans, so it seems like Reality Non-stars are high on the list for those who need the cash help from the government (I am so rolling my eyes).  

As for the news about Virginia and Erik, it is not surprising in the least.  I do wish they had been able to compromise on their issues, but neither one would give in on anything it seemed.

I kind of wish Chris wasn't a lying liar who lies, because if he really did know the tea on everyone else he would most likely spill it.  However, since he IS a lying liar who lies, I am joining the group of those who don't believe a thing he says (most likely he's trying to stay relevant).

[absolutelyido]

3 hours ago, Ilovepie said:

Totally agree with you about Chris. Shouldn't there be a public record of some kind if the DUI is true? I don't believe that one at all.

That is some bullshit about Jamie though. Exactly what employees was she getting that payroll money for? Doug??? Shame on her if it's true....

Multiple people on the Reddit MAFS board and in MAFSfan Instagram comments have said that they searched the public records for Fulton County (where Erik lives) and found no record of him having a DUI. It's pretty clear that Chris is still holding a grudge against Erik and Virginia. 

[Empress1]

13 hours ago, seacliffsal said:

I do wish they had been able to compromise on their issues, but neither one would give in on anything it seemed.

I don't think they could, though, which is why they were a bad match. Kids vs. no kids is a deal-breaker. Being on opposite sides of the political spectrum is a deal-breaker for many. It 100% is for me, I would not even date someone whose political views aren't aligned with mine and would be livid if the show matched me with someone whose political views weren't aligned with mine. His communication style is pretty assholish and a compromise there would be "be less assholish," but he was very much set in his ways there - he was constantly saying "I [do this or that] and that's it, and if you don't like it you can leave." (That is something he's going to need to work on if he wants a successful relationship, unless he pairs with a very submissive woman.)

There are some things they can compromise on (Virginia drinking and going out less, Erik working around her animals - which he seemed to do on the show), but the big ones, the ones that make them fundamentally incompatible, are and should be deal-breakers. They shouldn't have been matched in the first place. Shit - even the fact that she has cats and he's allergic makes them a bad match.

They also just didn't seem to like each other that much on the show. She even said "I don't like him but I love him," and I don't even think she did love him - I think she said it because she felt like she was supposed to say it, and she may not have had enough relationship experience to recognize what love actually feels and looks like.

[Elizzikra]

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I'm not surprised about the divorce filing, although Virginia is on IG claiming that they're "taking their relationship off social media" and "currently enjoying some privacy". Yeah, right, Virginia.

They are better off without each other. We are all better off if they "enjoy some privacy" right now.

[Adeejay]

I believe that everyone who watched the show knew this was coming.  People have been saying for months that Erik and Virginia had separated and it was vehemently denied. Heck his mom even showed up on the Reunion show to assure us that they were still together and very happy. Wonder what was the final straw that made Erik file for divorce.

[Retired at last]

Just a wild guess here - did Paige go on the Girls' Getaway? If so, maybe she is still talking to Chris (even though she swore she wasn't) and told him about the threesome? I actually believe Paige lies almost as much as Chris does. But, why would Haley bring her brother on a girls' vacation?  I am glad that Erik didn't risk his career drinking and driving.

[Ilovepie]

If anyone follows Jake on IG, he posted a pretty funny video yesterday talking about Chris in which he calls him LilChrissy. I guess Chris has also been going at him on social media still and Jake is sick of it. He said that Chris texted him repeatedly (and he shows screen shots of the texts) before the reunion because Chris was worried Jake was going to say something negative about him because production told Chris what Jake had said about him on Unfiltered. Jake also said Chris has nothing on him because he told him nothing and he told Hayley very little either (interesting!). Jake finished his video by suggesting they just get together and punch each other in the face and be done about it. He then offered to only do body shots if Chris was worried about Jake messing up his face :-0

Sorry for the long post, but I know some here don't do Instagram, and I have no idea how to do a link anyway ;-p

Personally, I would love to see Jake's fist connect with Chris' face..........

[Crashcourse]

Well, they were both grossly unappealing to me so I wouldn't care if they beat each other to a pulp (although if I were a betting person I'd pick Jake to win). 

[bichonblitz]

17 hours ago, absolutelyido said:

Multiple people on the Reddit MAFS board and in MAFSfan Instagram comments have said that they searched the public records for Fulton County (where Erik lives) and found no record of him having a DUI. It's pretty clear that Chris is still holding a grudge against Erik and Virginia. 

There is no way Erik is going to screw up his career. It's his life and he loves it. Too bad he can't get his personal life together. Looks like Couples Cam jumped the gun on having them on as new couple. Lesson learned! I follow Erik on IG, he only posts pics of the sky these days. I heard Virgin unfollowed him, too. Neither mentions the other at all. It was all a scam! 

[Yeah No]

2 hours ago, bichonblitz said:

There is no way Erik is going to screw up his career. It's his life and he loves it. Too bad he can't get his personal life together. Looks like Couples Cam jumped the gun on having them on as new couple. Lesson learned! I follow Erik on IG, he only posts pics of the sky these days. I heard Virgin unfollowed him, too. Neither mentions the other at all. It was all a scam! 

I agree about the scam.  I got the impression they were trying to stay together to cash in on Couples Cam for at least a few seasons meanwhile go about their separate lives in private.  It was sort-of a sham marriage from the start.  I don't doubt that they were still enjoying the sex for a while, though.

[cardigirl]

Sounds like BenMelia has broken up. Bennett and Amelia, everyone's perfect couple from season 11.  Hmmmm. 

 

This was just reported on Instagram, so don't know if it's true, but Bennett was reported as saying he's been dumped. Inexplicably and suddenly.  

[Ilovepie]

11 minutes ago, cardigirl said:

Sounds like BenMelia has broken up. Bennett and Amelia, everyone's perfect couple from season 11.  Hmmmm. 

 

This was just reported on Instagram, so don't know if it's true, but Bennett was reported as saying he's been dumped. Inexplicably and suddenly.  

Actually, this doesn't surprise me that much. Both of them said they applied for a lark and something dumb to do. I think they were surprised they liked each other so much. Amelia's medical career notwithstanding, both seem to fly by the seat of their pants the rest of the time. Getting divorced on a whim doesn't seem out of character for someone who got married on a whim......

[bichonblitz]

On 6/10/2021 at 3:57 PM, Crashcourse said:

I don't know if it's the production budget but I wish they'd film on the West Coast.  I'm tired of filming mainly in the South.

And Texas. They have already done Dallas. Now Houston. How about somewhere in California, or Colorado or Arizona? So many states, so little time. 

[Adeejay]

4 hours ago, cardigirl said:

Sounds like BenMelia has broken up. Bennett and Amelia, everyone's perfect couple from season 11.  Hmmmm. 

This was just reported on Instagram, so don't know if it's true, but Bennett was reported as saying he's been dumped. Inexplicably and suddenly.  

I hope it’s just a rumor, because Amelia and Bennett seemed tailor made for each other.  Although Bennett seemed startled when Amelia confessed that she would have made it worked with anyone, because she wanted to be on a reality show; she thought it would be cool.   

[humbleopinion]

 NOLA reopening beckons Bennett back to do his Intramural Theater and TV Pole Shine Band....selling solar panels is not creative.

Perhaps it is see ya later... not don't let the screen door hit you on your way out and sign the divorce papers, please.

 

[seacliffsal]

If they have indeed broken up I think it would be more due to the professional differences between them as Amelia enters the medical world.  She may also realize that his lack of hygiene doesn't mesh with her new world of infections and infection control.

[Elizzikra]

11 hours ago, seacliffsal said:

If they have indeed broken up I think it would be more due to the professional differences between them as Amelia enters the medical world.  She may also realize that his lack of hygiene doesn't mesh with her new world of infections and infection control.

She said she wanted someone to be Mr. Mom though, not necessarily someone with a similarly demanding career.

Honestly I found their individual and shared quirkiness exhausting but I did think they were a good match and had a good shot of making it. I'm hoping this is a rumor or they find a way to make it work. Good luck to those crazy, quirky kids!

[Kira53]

6 hours ago, Elizzikra said:

She said she wanted someone to be Mr. Mom though, not necessarily someone with a similarly demanding career.

Honestly I found their individual and shared quirkiness exhausting but I did think they were a good match and had a good shot of making it. I'm hoping this is a rumor or they find a way to make it work. Good luck to those crazy, quirky kids!

I just realized two factors that I didn't consider. She was looking for a Mr. Mom similar to her mother but the timing is such that she probably wouldn't be having any children for a lot of years so the Mr. Mom there's no Mom part needed right now. So while BENNETT was definitely willing to go the low road in the who's got the well-paying career I think this timing was not right.

But the timing really was right for the honeymoon and the first months. Because she was on her break and not at school or at work it was a different atmosphere and the amount of time that they could spend together. I'm still hoping that they can work it out but I do suddenly see these two factors as being quite influential.

[qtpye]

On 7/1/2021 at 1:03 PM, Ilovepie said:

Actually, this doesn't surprise me that much. Both of them said they applied for a lark and something dumb to do. I think they were surprised they liked each other so much. Amelia's medical career notwithstanding, both seem to fly by the seat of their pants the rest of the time. Getting divorced on a whim doesn't seem out of character for someone who got married on a whim......

Maybe pretending to get dumped is part of Bennett’s performative art?

She did seem pretty smitten with him and he with her. They seemed perfect for each other.

[configdotsys]

Bennett and Amelia (I believe they knew each other more than they let on) were able to parlay their acting, quirkiness and desire to be on TV into a cult following as if it was some miracle that these two peas in a pod just happened to be at the same audition for this show. It reeked of a set up from the jump, to me. That said, I did like them in the beginning but their act got tiring to watch pretty quickly.

Their quirky personalities-- played up heavily for the cameras-- seemed to be a matched set, but Amelia's quirky contained a serious side, which is proven by her graduating from med school. Bennett did not appear to have a serious side at all. I could not picture him having the discipline to make it through med school. That itself shows that at least some of Amelia's silliness was manufactured to take advantage of being on television.  

I'm sure Amelia is still quirky in her own way, but she has a profession now that requires a lot of her time. The stint on the show is over and it's time to grow up. If she is coming home after a long day to a pigsty, and a miserable, unmotivated, and most importantly to me, unwashed spouse, I could see that being a huge problem. Maybe she had enough.  

Bennett's "cuteness" will get him a lot of sympathy but to me he is another one of those types that are adorable to everyone that does not have to live with him. 

Edited July 3, 2021 by configdotsys