Married At First Sight

Summary

AsMarried At First Sightseason 17 draws to a close and Decision Day nears , Emily Balch is receiving criticism for her aggressive behavior onMarried At First Sight : The Afterparty . The long - running matchmaking series does n’t have a good cut record of partner off lasting couples , andEmily and her hubby , Brennan Shoykhet , are no exception . Since premiere in 2014 , the show has been marry strangers paired together by relationship expert who take the participant ' life and personal traits into circumstance . Though the show has had some success account , the duad usually develop up .

Emily and Brennan , one of the couples set up by theMarried At First Sightrelationship experts , were so happy on their wedding sidereal day and seemed to really hit it off justly away . However , it was n’t long before Brennan revealed he simply was n’t as attracted to his wife as he ’d care to be , but he was still firmly committed to defecate the marriage piece of work . Emily , who has salute herself as a positive ray of luminousness , has read what some think are her reliable colors duringMarried At First Sight : The Afterparty , host by fan Keisha Knight Pulliam .

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Emily Portrays As Nice & Positive On The Show

get hitched with At First Sightseason 17 portrays Emily as a fun - loving political party little girl with an infinitely positive expectation on living . She ’s emotionally empathic , kind , and always smiling , even afterEmily sliced her head in an ATV accidentduring a couples retreat weekend with Brennanand the rest of the cast . She ’s shown cheerfully dancing up a storm at the wedding of Michael Shiakallis and Chloe Brown while Brennan sulkiness in the corner , embarrassed by his fun - loving wife ’s carefree behavior .

In sharp contrast to her positive portrayal on the show areher appearances duringMarried At First Sight : TheAfterpartyshow , during which she snarl at the emcee , avoids answer question , and is aggressive with her fellow cast mates . Seeing her demeanor duringMarried At First Sight : The Afterpartyputs the rest of her behavior during the show into question and makes Brennan ’s discomfort with her behaviour seem more rational . One ca n’t help but question what Emily is like when the cameras are n’t around and she ’s alone with Brennan .

Emily Snapped At Afterparty Host Keshia Knight Pulliam

During the January 17 episode ofMarried At First Sight : The Afterparty , Keisha was asking Emily about acouple ’s therapy season with Dr. Piathat she and Brennan had attended when Emily lose her coolheaded . Emily was frustrated by Keisha ’s dubiousness because Keisha was n’t going along with Emily ’s bashing of Brennan , who was n’t there to defend himself . Keisha was n’t even taking Brennan ’s side in the conversation , she was only asking questions to help put the therapy session into context for the viewing audience . However , Emily interrupted Keisha and snapped at her repeatedly .

" Why do n’t you just have sex with her ? "

The exchange , which was posted on Instagram by aMAFSfan account , was made especially frustrating by Emily desperately seek to make herself a victim during the exchange despite accusing Brennan of playing the dupe . Emily paints Brennan out to be a manipulative brainiac who , at one point , seek to emotionally blackmail her into staying quiet on tv camera about their problems . She also lay claim that Brennan screamed at her but was annoyed when Keisha truly asked further questions about the allegation . Emily desire free rein tocast Brennan as the villainwithout being challenged .

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Emily Attacked Austin For Not Being Intimate With Becca

During anotherMarried At First Sight : The Afterpartyclip posted by theMAFSfan story , Emily attacks fellowMarried At First Sightseason 17cast fellow member Austin Reed about his sexual kinship with his wife and castmate , Becca Haley . Emily justbluntly need Austin , " Why do n’t you just have sex with her?“Austin , taken aback by the question , gently require if it ’s fairish for Emily to ask the question . He implies that Emily is a hypocrite because she claims to be sex - positivistic but is n’t extending that positivity towards him .

" You keep articulate " I want to better intimacy " and she keep seek , but you ’re not putting in any movement , reciprocation , and definitely not initiate anything . "

Emily then throws Becca under the bus by unwrap that Becca has say her thing aboutBecca and Austin ’s lack of intimacy . " She keeps recite me you guys are have these talks , " Emily said . " You keep saying " I want to ameliorate intimacy " and she observe trying , but you ’re not invest in any effort , reciprocation , and definitely not initiating anything . “The fact that Austin remain serene and did n’t snap at Emily for her inappropriate behavior demo how patient he is .

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Has Emily Damaged Her Image?

Emily ’s belligerent and awless behavior duringMarried At First Sight : The Afterpartyhas damaged her image as the warm , sex - positive , play - loving cleaning woman who Brennan is crazy not to be in honey with . HerMarried At First Sight : TheAfterpartyappearances give the image of an raging and emotionally need untried womanwho go after anyone who challenges her . Seeing her in a fresh light also make believe Brennan’scomment about Emily being a " red flag"suddenly make a lot more sense .

Married At First Sightairs Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Lifetime .

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Married at First Sight Emily and Brennan with Emily looking at Brennan and both having upset-looking faces in background images

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