MAFS Social Media, Spoilers & Speculation

[Yeah No]

7 hours ago, Retired at last said:

I am wondering if the results of the next season, which is already completed, weren't any better than the last few and they are not sure they want to release it? It's been really quiet as far as leaks or spoilers, which, you're right @kikicat, it doesn't bode well.

I read that they've got 2 seasons in the can waiting to be shown so I wonder about the results of the 2nd one too. What if they're both trainwrecks?

People online are theorizing that they're editing both seasons to remove anything too scandalous and unsavory. So if and when they finally release them they will likely suffer from looking disjointed, boring, dull and not believable. Way to go, idiots!

[atomic]

New season is supposed to premiere on October 2, per MAFS Fan.

[qtpye]

On 8/29/2024 at 10:55 PM, Yeah No said:

I read that they've got 2 seasons in the can waiting to be shown so I wonder about the results of the 2nd one too. What if they're both trainwrecks?

People online are theorizing that they're editing both seasons to remove anything too scandalous and unsavory. So if and when they finally release them they will likely suffer from looking disjointed, boring, dull and not believable. Way to go, idiots!

This show is trash but I love the awesome discussions it sparks.

The role of marriage has changed in our society in the last 20 years.

[Yeah No]

13 hours ago, atomic said:

New season is supposed to premiere on October 2, per MAFS Fan.

Monsters and Critics said the same thing. They also posted a mini-teaser trailer. They don't show their entire faces but they seem like the same kind of losers we've seen before unfortunately, not people really ready for a committed relationship. I really don't think I'll be watching. I don't need the aggravation.

https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/reality-tv/mafs-season-18-premiere-date-leaked-heres-what-we-know/

[Lindz]

EWMYGOSH! UGLY LA Nate was on my spotlight list on Hinge!!! 😩😭 Promptly removed his ugly self! He included a pic with Binh & finally cut his ridiculous hair & dyed it blonde. Apparently he lives in Vegas now. 🙄 That brings my MAFS ex-husbands seen on apps count to 3. Haha

[ByTor]

On 9/4/2024 at 1:02 PM, atomic said:

New season is supposed to premiere on October 2, per MAFS Fan.

According to People it's going to be October 15th. 

Ummm...cheating? Couple swap? No thanks, I think I'll be skipping this season.

https://people.com/married-at-first-sight-season-18-cast-cheating-scandal-couple-swap-exclusive-8713642

[qtpye]

2 hours ago, ByTor said:

According to People it's going to be October 15th. 

Ummm...cheating? Couple swap? No thanks, I think I'll be skipping this season.

https://people.com/married-at-first-sight-season-18-cast-cheating-scandal-couple-swap-exclusive-8713642

I find it interesting that Juan hates being objectified by women (being objectified is not fun for anyone) yet I saw an interview where he says he prefers to date women in their 20s.

Perhaps they would be more willing to consider marriage and being more serious with a partner if he dated women closer to his age?

[Lindz]

Cheating? Couple-swap?!!! WHAT?!!! Can't say I'm surprised about the cheating, now I'll be trying to figure out who. Guess it was inevitable since they all meet practically right after their weddings. But rewarding it by allowing them to swap? I disagree with that. I can't see both spouse simultaneously cheating with other spouse unless... Ew.

[Lisa418722]

Yeah, I'm sitting this season out.  If the producers think this makes some viewers more likely to tune in, because of the drama of cheating and couple-swapping, I've got news for them.  

[Yeah No]

3 hours ago, Lisa418722 said:

Yeah, I'm sitting this season out.  If the producers think this makes some viewers more likely to tune in, because of the drama of cheating and couple-swapping, I've got news for them.  

It looks like I will be sitting this season out too for all those reasons plus I will have just too many shows to watch in the next couple of months and I have other things going on as well. So it's going to be a lot easier for me to avoid.

[Elizzikra]

12 hours ago, Lindz said:

Cheating? Couple-swap?!!! WHAT?!!! Can't say I'm surprised about the cheating, now I'll be trying to figure out who. Guess it was inevitable since they all meet practically right after their weddings. But rewarding it by allowing them to swap? I disagree with that. I can't see both spouse simultaneously cheating with other spouse unless... Ew.

I don’t know that the producers allowed it. Maybe the two people just went off and did it?

[princelina]

Not me!  Since clearly no one is there to find a spouse, sign me up for cheating and couples swapping! 😂

[qtpye]

5 hours ago, Lisa418722 said:

Yeah, I'm sitting this season out.  If the producers think this makes some viewers more likely to tune in, because of the drama of cheating and couple-swapping, I've got news for them.  

The producers seem to think that we care about drama with z-list reality shows.

What would get people interested is an actual successful marriage.

[Crashcourse]

1 hour ago, princelina said:

Not me!  Since clearly no one is there to find a spouse, sign me up for cheating and couples swapping! 😂

Yeah, I'm down with it! 🤣

[JenE4]

4 hours ago, princelina said:

Not me!  Since clearly no one is there to find a spouse, sign me up for cheating and couples swapping! 😂

Seriously! This sounds fantastic! But “I’m Here for the Wrong Reasons”TM The Bachelor. The concept of “couple swapping” likely has a different meaning in this context than it does in, say, that Mormon Moms show on Hulu in which they literally swapped spouses at swingers parties. Here with all of these strangers paired up but spending time together as a group, it was bound to happen that a husband/wife of different couples would feel like they’re better suited for each other and should have been matched up. I swear that within the last few seasons the preview had a husband/wife of different couples kissing each other at some group event—but then it was never shown on the show, as far as I can recall. Does anyone else remember that or am I just making it up?? It could have been from a post-decision day event that I didn’t see, but it was shown all season like it was a part of “the journey.”

[atomic]

1 hour ago, JenE4 said:

I swear that within the last few seasons the preview had a husband/wife of different couples kissing each other at some group event—but then it was never shown on the show, as far as I can recall. Does anyone else remember that or am I just making it up?? It could have been from a post-decision day event that I didn’t see, but it was shown all season like it was a part of “the journey.”

You're probably thinking of Dom and Clint from the Nashville season. They made out on a dare at one of those Where are they Now? episode gatherings. The previews probably made it out to be something way more salacious than it really was to keep people tuned in to that boring season.

[JenE4]

49 minutes ago, atomic said:

You're probably thinking of Dom and Clint from the Nashville season. They made out on a dare at one of those Where are they Now? episode gatherings. The previews probably made it out to be something way more salacious than it really was to keep people tuned in to that boring season.

Yes! That was it! They played that clip all season long making it seem like it was going to happen before decision day, but I didn’t watch the divorced and dating post-season episodes.

[Lindz]

20 hours ago, qtpye said:

What would get people interested is an actual successful marriage.

It's so difficult to do tho. Building a marriage from complete strangers. Working backwards. It must be so trippy for the guys. Marrying a woman he didn't "earn," & then not feeling like he has to win her over cuz they're already married. Gotta be a psychological trip! I'm shocked any guys with those intentions even agree to participate! I watch to see if it will actually be done. So tired of the quitters wasting screentime. 😒

[ByTor]

18 hours ago, JenE4 said:

Here with all of these strangers paired up but spending time together as a group, it was bound to happen that a husband/wife of different couples would feel like they’re better suited for each other and should have been matched up

But then that will make the "experts" look as incompetent as they actually are. Hmm come to think of it maybe I will be tuning in 😜

[Retired at last]

23 hours ago, qtpye said:

What would get people interested is an actual successful marriage.

Maybe - but at least people who are likable. We haven't had that for a while.

[suzeecat]

It sounds to me like they are taking a page from the MAFS Australia folks.  Couple swapping is pretty much the norm for them. 

[qtpye]

On 9/19/2024 at 9:42 AM, Lindz said:

It's so difficult to do tho. Building a marriage from complete strangers. Working backwards. It must be so trippy for the guys. Marrying a woman he didn't "earn," & then not feeling like he has to win her over cuz they're already married. Gotta be a psychological trip! I'm shocked any guys with those intentions even agree to participate! I watch to see if it will actually be done. So tired of the quitters wasting screentime. 😒

I think @Lindz you hit the nail on the head.

Most of the guys who come on the show are coming on for the money (probably $25-$30K for the guys, probably less for the women because they probably have more female applicants than male applicants) and do not give an F about the marriage itself.

Also, this is a reality show so they like to have a couple of trainwrecks for the drama.

The problem is that the last seasons have been so bad because we have couples that are going to be failures right out of the gate and do not even get the build-up to be a trainwreck.

[Yeah No]

11 hours ago, qtpye said:

Also, this is a reality show so they like to have a couple of trainwrecks for the drama.

The problem is that the last seasons have been so bad because we have couples that are going to be failures right out of the gate and do not even get the build-up to be a trainwreck.

I was OK with the show when they had a couple of trainwrecks and failures right out of the gate for the drama. Now it's all trainwrecks/failures. And now nobody is sincere about finding a relationship. At least in the earlier seasons a few of the couples were there sincerely to find someone, now it's like none of them are. Like a lot of reality shows this one has just slid further and further into fake and depressing garbage. These days I need to see something uplifting. If I want to see depressing garbage I can watch TV news, I don't need to add to it by watching this crap.

[Yeah No]

On 9/19/2024 at 9:42 AM, Lindz said:

It's so difficult to do tho. Building a marriage from complete strangers. Working backwards. It must be so trippy for the guys. Marrying a woman he didn't "earn," & then not feeling like he has to win her over cuz they're already married. Gotta be a psychological trip! I'm shocked any guys with those intentions even agree to participate! I watch to see if it will actually be done. So tired of the quitters wasting screentime. 😒

The problem is that they don't pick any decent people anymore. I think back to some of the successful couples on this show and pretty much all of them were decent, humble, honest, hardworking people. Is that so hard to find anymore? I don't think so. I think they deliberately pick the worst possible participants now because unfortunately they think it draws in a wider audience. It's like the crowd that forms to watch a trainwreck or a car accident. Maybe that's true but in the process they've thrown out any semblance of sincere matching. And for me that's dishonest and counter to their supposed original mission.  I don't see why they couldn't have left it the way it was up until the New Orleans season. I felt that after that is when the wheels really came off the bus on this show.

Even when they were more sincere about matching they mostly picked better examples of humanity. Of course there were big exceptions like Ryan DeNino, Basement Ryan, Chris and that Basketball player, etc. But at least there were better examples chosen alongside them. The better examples may not have worked out either but as you say it's difficult to match people like this, so I never expected that many to work out. But at least they didn't work out honestly, not because they were deliberately destined not to work out. Now it's obvious that they pick them to fail right from the start.

I was a die-hard fan of this show. I was in it even if couples didn't work out. It fascinated me to see how things could go in such a situation and there was always the hope that one or some of the couples might genuinely last. But they crossed a line with me when they started picking such bad examples of humanity to the exclusion of better people. I just don't need to watch people like that or a show that deliberately picks most or even all the couples to fail. Life's depressing enough without watching a show that's guaranteed to be a downer.

[ECM1231]

Jamie and Doug (season 1) are now parents of identical twin boys. They now have 4 children- 1 girl and 3 boys! Congrats to them!

 

Edited September 21 by ECM1231

[qtpye]

3 hours ago, ECM1231 said:

Jamie and Doug (season 1) are now parents of identical twin boys. They now have 4 children- 1 girl and 3 boys! Congrats to them!

 

Congratulations to them. 

They have stuck it out for better or for worse.

[atomic]

Of course she posted graphic birthing photos on Instagram with all her lady parts out for the entire world to see.

[ECM1231]

Jessica and Austin from the D.C. season have welcomed son #2, Everett Brooks. Congratulations to all! Such a cute family!.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DAQ1IR9xsbG/?igsh=ZGJrNXNlMDVxMGlr

[Shrek]

4 hours ago, ECM1231 said:

Jessica and Austin from the D.C. season have welcomed son #2, Everett Brooks. Congratulations to all! Such a cute family!.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DAQ1IR9xsbG/?igsh=ZGJrNXNlMDVxMGlr

From the days when this show was actually worth watching. Good for them.

[princelina]

On 9/21/2024 at 2:13 AM, Yeah No said:

The problem is that they don't pick any decent people anymore. I think back to some of the successful couples on this show and pretty much all of them were decent, humble, honest, hardworking people. Is that so hard to find anymore? I don't think so. 

I think it probably is, because the majority of them don't want to be on tv 😃

[Yeah No]

6 hours ago, princelina said:

I think it probably is, because the majority of them don't want to be on tv 😃

I don't agree especially because we're dealing with the "look at meeee" generation. A lot of people in that age bracket want to be on TV, and they're not all creeps and famewhores.

[Elizzikra]

23 hours ago, ECM1231 said:

Jessica and Austin from the D.C. season have welcomed son #2, Everett Brooks. Congratulations to all! Such a cute family!.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DAQ1IR9xsbG/?igsh=ZGJrNXNlMDVxMGlr

They are my favs. So happy for them!

[princelina]

13 hours ago, Yeah No said:

I don't agree especially because we're dealing with the "look at meeee" generation. A lot of people in that age bracket want to be on TV, and they're not all creeps and famewhores.

Well we are seeing who wants to be on tv 😂. You said "decent, humble, honest, hardworking people" and those are the types I don't think want to be on tv!

[ECM1231]

More good news...Amber, the teacher who was married to that horrible Matt, the ex-pro basketball player, recently married and had a baby. Congrats to all!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DATH9jHveVt/?img_index=1

[Crashcourse]

Congratulations to Amber and her husband with the new baby.

I wouldn't call Matt horrible though; he was just triflin'. 😅

And he just wasn't attracted to Amber.

[Elizzikra]

19 hours ago, Crashcourse said:

Congratulations to Amber and her husband with the new baby.

I wouldn't call Matt horrible though; he was just triflin'. 😅

And he just wasn't attracted to Amber.

I’ll call Matt horrible. I think he was unkind in general and also dumber than a bag of hair.

[qtpye]

22 hours ago, Crashcourse said:

Congratulations to Amber and her husband with the new baby.

I wouldn't call Matt horrible though; he was just triflin'. 😅

And he just wasn't attracted to Amber.

Matt held off signing the divorce papers even though he was sleeping with many other women because he was hoping to squeeze some money out of Amber. I think Matt's sister even said he was scum.  He might be a con artist but I am not sure. 

I swear the only reason these two were matched is because the show thought it was hilarious to match a tall person with a short person.

Anyway, good for Amber, she seemed nice, as far as I could tell.

[Crashcourse]

1 hour ago, qtpye said:

Matt held off signing the divorce papers even though he was sleeping with many other women because he was hoping to squeeze some money out of Amber. I think Matt's sister even said he was scum.  He might be a con artist but I am not sure. 

I swear the only reason these two were matched is because the show thought it was hilarious to match a tall person with a short person.

Anyway, good for Amber, she seemed nice, as far as I could tell.

Most women would have immediately noticed that he was scum, but Amber was so busy climbing him like a tree, she didn't notice right away. 

 

Edited September 25 by Crashcourse

[Elizzikra]

Quote

He might be a con artist

You give him too much credit. He's too stupid and too lazy to be a con artist.

[qtpye]

46 minutes ago, Elizzikra said:

You give him too much credit. He's too stupid and too lazy to be a con artist.

Yeah, I doubt he has the work ethic to be a con artist.

[Retired at last]

I thought Oct. 2 was supposed to be the new season, but now I am seeing Oct. 16? It is not looking good to me. It has been so long since the season was filmed that it just seems like a disaster, or why haven't they released it sooner? Anyone have scoop?

[Shrek]

Nobody cares enough to look into it.

[Chatty Cake]

On 8/29/2024 at 3:40 PM, atomic said:

Brennan's new girlfriend. Wonder where she falls on Emily's delusional rating scale where Emily is a 8.5 and Brennan is a 6. 😆

She is prettier than Emily. Hopefully she’s a lot nicer too.

[ECM1231]

Jaclyn from season 6, Boston, who was paired with firefighter Ryan, has just had her 2nd child, with her husband Dane. I liked her a lot but wasn't surprised when her marriage to Ryan didn't work out.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DA0-stavG57/?igsh=eXd2ZnJ0cGRxMGsw

Edited October 8 by ECM1231

[kristen111]

On 10/6/2024 at 4:53 PM, Chatty Cake said:

She is prettier than Emily. Hopefully she’s a lot nicer too.

Oh no .. am I seeing things? Him again, Mr. Fuss Budjit.

[kristen111]

2 minutes ago, kristen111 said:

Oh no .. am I seeing things? Him again, Mr. Fuss Budjit.

 

[atomic]

Adding to all the baby news, former Mrs. Shark announced that she has one on the way.

https://people.com/mafs-lindsey-georgoulis-expecting-first-baby-with-fiance-ray-8726606

 

[Elizzikra]

On 10/11/2024 at 2:35 PM, atomic said:

Adding to all the baby news, former Mrs. Shark announced that she has one on the way.

https://people.com/mafs-lindsey-georgoulis-expecting-first-baby-with-fiance-ray-8726606

 

I was not a fan of Lindsey’s (or Mark’s but I thought she was the worse of the pair) - but hey - I guess there is a lid for every pot. Hope her pregnancy is healthy and uneventful.

[atomic]

MAFS Fan released her decision day spoilers. Says everyone chose to divorce with the exception of Thomas and Camille.

[qtpye]

On 10/12/2024 at 3:14 PM, Elizzikra said:

I was not a fan of Lindsey’s (or Mark’s but I thought she was the worse of the pair) - but hey - I guess there is a lid for every pot. Hope her pregnancy is healthy and uneventful.

I guess even the weird crazy people who go on this show can find someone.

Hope everything goes well for her.

10 hours ago, atomic said:

MAFS Fan released her decision day spoilers. Says everyone chose to divorce with the exception of Thomas and Camille.

Hopefully Thomas and Camille stayed together for good reasons and not because the show bribed them in a desperate attempt not to have another failure of a season.