I’m late getting on this Married at First Sight recap. This MAFS post caused a huge explosion of views last week. It was apparently trending on Google mobile. All we really care about is whether or not Luke Cuccurullo comes clean about his sexuality and gives some sort of explanation about his decision to marry a woman. Anything short of that will be a let down.
Stephanie Sersen & AJ Vollmoeller
These two are still married and in love. They got a new apartment together. They went to Zimbabwe and Zambia together. After they get some of their wanderlust out with more travel adventures, they want to start a family.
AJ swears all his anger issues was because of the piss poor production team and lousy experts. I thought that was a pretty shitty attitude at the beginning of the season. But now, he could be right.
Jasmine McGriff & Will Guess
These two finalized their divorce. They are friends. Jasmine seems still open to the possibility of a reconciliation. Will is not.
Kate Sisk and Luke Cuccurullo
Host Kevin Frazier asks Luke Cuccurullo right out of the gate if he was attracted to Kate Sisk when she walked down the aisle. He lies and says yes. Kate tells him to tell the truth. Kevin says this is his chance to get his story out to the world. Luke says that he knew it was Kate ahead of time and he was disappointed.
Kevin asked why he had sex with someone he was not attracted to. Luke tries to say that Kate forced it. Kate jumps in with the story of their wedding night. He was cuddling with here in his boxers. She felt like it was fine to have sex on their wedding night because they were married. They talked about it. She asked if he wanted to and he said yes. He got up and grabbed a condom. They had awkward sex. She asked if he was okay. He said no, he felt dead inside. He went to the bathroom. It was there he said he was repulsed.
Kate said they needed to talk about the sex. His first question was “Do you think I am a homosexual?” He is pissed. Apparently, he cousin texted her to tell her that his Facebook says he is in a relationship with a man. Kate was apparently keeping of list of things he did that seemed to indicate that was true. She was afraid to confront him about it. She waited until he asked her if she thought he was gay to bring it up.
DID MAFS KNOW LUKE CUCCURULLO WAS GAY WHEN THEY CAST HIM?
Kevin asks about the Facebook page that says he is into men and women. He says he changed it because Kate brought it up. Then he says it was a joke from when he was 18. Apparently, he just never changed it. Luke says that he has never dated a man before. So he just hooks sup on Grindr? This is ridiculous.
Luke keeps saying he just had sex to make her happy. He didn’t seem the least bit concerned with her happiness. Kate says that he initiated sex some of the time. He says he didn’t want it on TV that they were having sex. Kevin doesn’t understand why it is a problem that he is having sex with his wife. None of us do Kevin. It’s seems pretty obvious he has a boyfriend.
Kate says they continued to have sex. She decided to reach out to Dr. Pepper because of his strange behavior after sex. Luke says he was having normal reactions to having sex. Does he think crying in the bathroom after sex is normal? Sex made him sad. He said he was upset that he was having sex but the when he didn’t want to.
Luke Is A Lying Liar Who Lies
Luke says he thought they were in a good relationship and he was attracted to her. She says he needs to stop putting the problems back on her. Yes! So much this. Kate says she deserves an apology. Kevin says Luke is saying what he thinks will look good on TV. He’s not telling the real story. Luke tells Kevin he is winning. Nothing he says makes any sense.
Luke wants to talk about her coming over drunk the night after decision day. It was Halloween. They had sex.
Kate is doing great. She got a promotion at work. She is dating a guy who is attracted to her. He’s a teacher and a writer. She is very happy in the relationship. Luke says he is not currently seeing anyone.
The divorce is a certainty.
Kristine Killingsworth & Keith Dewar
These two are still as happy as ever. Kristine says she knew it was going to work out when he took the initiative to learn to cook. She says Keith helps out around the house a lot more.The want to have children but have agreed to give it some time. Kristine says four years. Keith his worried he will be “shooting dust” by then. Someone needs to tell him about all the 70-year-old men fathering children. He says he can wait a few years, but four years seems a bit much. Devin makes sure they are on birth control.
All Four Couples Together
They are going to talk Kate and Luke. Kate says that she noticed that AJ had affection and respect for Stephanie and she really liked that about them as a couple. Luke says he was surprised that the other couples bonded quickly and didn’t have an awkward phase. Stephanie says that their relationship was a lot of work. They lost a lot of sleep staying up and talking things out. But it was all worth it. Jasmine says she was envious of the sexual chemistry between Kristine and Keith.
Kate sighs with Keith chooses not to discuss the other couples because his only focus is his wife. Stephanie says that if Luke knew it wasn’t going to work, it should have ended much sooner. It was difficult for the other women to see her in pain. Kate says on their wedding night the first think Luke wanted to know was the gossip about the other wives. Totally Gay.
I Think Luke Needs Some Counseling, Or Else He’s Just A Psychopath
Kevin asks Kate if she thinks Luke just went on the show to be on TV. She says yes. Luke seems shocked and upset. I don’t think that is the reason. I don’t think that he went on to publicize his speed dating events either. He rarely mentioned them and that is not a full-time job for him. I think he went on to try to be heterosexual. He probably didn’t intend to cause all the trauma to Kate that he did. I think he was trying to be what his overbearing mother wanted him to be. Perhaps he thinks is it not okay for him to be gay despite having many gay friends. That’s what I think.
The other couples say they didn’t know the full extent of things. AJ says that the relationship between Luke and Kate looked like mental warfare. Luke is either pretending to have a realization or actually having one. He says he is embarrassed. Luke apologizes to Kate for “the terrible way I treated you.” He says he really does want her to be happy. Then he gives her an awkward hug.
Kristine and Keith both think Will and Jasmine make a very attractive couple.
AJ is clearly not a fan of Luke. They do talk about how everyone has got along fairly well though.
Breaking News
Jasmine went off on Will on social media recently claiming he just went on the show for the money. She said he should just marry the girl who signed him up for the show. Jasmine claims Will told her he wasn’t looking for love during filming. She acts like they get some large sum of money. They also have to pay for their divorce so I don’t see this as some great bounty of riches. She says they are NOT friends and she only said what she said on the show for the sake of the show.
All of this was in response to Will posting some sort of politically correct post thanking the show and production and Jasmine. He mentioned he enjoyed meeting the family and the dog. This apparently infuriated her and she said he talked about how much he hated production the entire time. That was all very unexpected.
Sex On Decision Day?
Apparently, Keith and Kristine had sex at the filming location on decision day. The crew broke for lunch and they took advantage of one of the beds at the filming location. Is that the big surprise? I really thought she was going to announce she is pregnant.
The big new wasn’t that she was pregnant. It was that she and Kevin are buying a house together. What a tease.
In the end, Luke admits he wasn’t ready for marriage.
I just loved how confident Kate was. She was not letting Luke wriggle out of anything. It was good to hear from Stephanie that AJ’s temper improved so much after the cameras left. Will and Jasmine will go down in the show’s history as one of the worst matches couples. Did the experts not ask them anything? I thought it was interesting that they introduced a host for the reunion. Usually the experts do the reunion show, but I bet they either a) were too embarrassed to face the music; or b) didn’t want the couples calling them to task about the terrible job they did.
The “experts” need to go back to school. Luke is a creepy sociopath. You go Kate! Live your life!!
My DVR cut off, so I missed the part about Kate and Luke having sex after Decision Day. So weird. I was SO glad to see Kate directly call out Luke on his BS. Sounds like she is getting her shit together. I cannot think of a heterosexual man who would identify as bisexual on FB as a joke and then LEAVE IT THERE for, oh, a decade or so. Oh, Luke, we don’t believe you at all.
Another shock was that AJ and Stephanie seemed so genuinely happy together. The micro expressions of her had indicated deep ambivalence in the later episodes.
Yet another shock was that Will wanted to date Jasmine after their divorce. WTF?! What a mind fuck for her. I’m glad she told him to take a hike. I didn’t think it was accurate to blame their problems on a lack of communication – seems like they understood each other perfectly well – but they couldn’t find common ground. I found him really cold, too. So strange that he said he found her attractive but didn’t want to actually be physical at all with her. I’m glad that she indicated in her tweets that there was some kind of financial incentive to stay together, because otherwise the weird dynamics just look like insanity.
I liked the part where Luke claimed all his “fans” come up to him and say great things about him. Not sure what Philly he is from…
Also glad that AJ is doing better now that the cameras and production are gone. I can’t imagine having all that mess in my face all the time. It seems very claustrophobic to me and I think I’d lose my shit pretty quickly.
Kate and Luke’s segment could have been an hour episode, that’s how juicy it was. Kate was spilling all the tea and I was perched. So happy Kate is prospering after this experience and doing well and Luke needs to live in his truth and stop living a lie. Your gay Luke 🏳️🌈 go be happy with your boyfriend.
Will is so full of shit and should’ve been honest from the get go about his intentions. I knew when he had a problem with paying majority of the bills that it wasn’t going to work. Him and Jasmine are complete opposites and sometimes it works but in this case it didn’t.
TT, great recap and your Luke explanation is the only one that makes sense.looks like he was trying to use the show as “conversion therapy” in an attempt to be heterosexual.
Luke looked bad, regardless of his true purpose for doing the show. The experts need to be replaced and should be embarrassed that they sold themselves out for the sake of a show. Who in their right mind would trust them in real life?. The minister wasn’t bad, but they should all go.
Kevin was a good host, he asked everything we all wanted to know.
Jasmine’s social media posts are surprising. Will didn’t insult her, they just have very different values and priorities. Blame the “experts”, don’t lash out at Will .
He made a politically correct statement on social media. She made a polite TV statement about being friends with Will.
Why is she upset? I’m sure Will could reveal things about her if he wanted to be petty.
Jasmine, move on please. Maybe she is embarrassed that they never had sex, despite her efforts.
I totally agree on Jasmine and Will. I do not agree about Luke. This is 2019 and he has lots of friends who are gay. He has lots of opportunities to try arc with women. We all know if you are gay it’s because you were born gay and nothing is going to change that. I don’t know what his motivation was, I just can’t believe he was trying to switch teams.
Try sex with women, not arc
As many comments that I have read about and from Jasmine and Will not one time did he disrespect her. Even after she curse out his friend, belittled his dreams of becoming a coach and working with young people. She allowed her true colors to be brought out only because she was embarrassed of not being chosen. Will is a financial analysts so he’s use to making financial decisions on a daily basis. Two incomes are better than one when the bills have to be paid. She should have understood that, they could have worked together and maybe got a five plan or less bought a house and started a family. I think she might be controlling and has a bad attitude especially when thing don’t go her way. Good luck Jasmine. I think Will is saying to himself Thank Next.
Please choose another user name, Shay. We already have a a few long term users who go by Shay or some variant. Shay plus last initial, Shay and a number would be fine.
Also not sure we have ever heard that Will is a financial analyst. The storyline was that Jasmine had a much larger income than he did.
I remember seeing financial analyst next to Will’s name once or twice on the show.
Great recap TT! Luke needs to own his sexual preference and never play with anyone’s feelings and emotions again! Jasmine needs to find a weak man that wants to be bossed around and pay for everything while she hoards all her cash. I wish Steph lot of luck and hope that AJ has gotten his temper tantrums under control but something tells me that hasn’t happened. I believe Keith and Kristine are going to keep growing together.
I agree with everything in your comment, especially about Jasmine and Will. I think he was horrified from the beginning regarding her attitude about sharing household expenses. Her belief that the man should always pay for everything, because that’s how her parents’ marriage was, is absolutely ridiculous in this day and age. Apparently her mother never worked, so of course the dad took on the role as breadwinner; however, she does work and may very well make a lot more than Will does and yet she expects him to pay the majority of the Bill’s? What selfish and unfair universe does she live in? I think he could see the writing on the wall and checked out emotionally right away.
I’m as puzzled by Luke as everyone else is. Surely, deep down, he had to know that it would end disastrously. My bigger problem though, is with Kate. Why did she keep going back for more of his hurtful, dishonest, manipulative treatment of her, especially after he wanted to know if she thought he was gay? I think he thought that, after the first time, she would leave him alone, but they both kept the sick sex going. I don’t care how horny I was, or how much trouble I had going to sleep without “release”, I wouldn’t subject myself to that kind of humiliation, nor would I make a booty call after the decision to divorce was made. I was very happy to see her seeming to be strong and looking great again at the reunion, but her willingness to accept such demeaning treatment from Luke still bothers me.
I agree with you about Kate. How good was sex that she would continue to subject herself to his treatment? Especially if she suspected he was gay and kept a list. I’m glad she is doing well and enjoying life now.
Jasmine and Will: honestly I think he just wasn’t into her, why can’t She see that? He indicated early on he was into intellectual types wherein he could have deep conversations with, that this was his turn in. She doesn’t fit that bill. I do like her but I don’t think she’s got the depth he’s looking for and it was a turnoff. He’s hard to read too, which doesn’t help. He checked out early on, and just coasted by sleeping the six weeks away till the end.
AJ & Stephanie: he’s definitely immature and fisty with a temper. She needs to shut him down as it happens.
Luke and Kate: This guy. Sooo creepy and crafty, manipulative and such a gaslighter. He would try to spin everything on her. The He’s winning comment and how he would keep saying attractive under his breath, his dead eyes and his fake laughter & smiles just sickened me. He was trying to get her not to say anything negative. I totally see him as a sociopath. His mother, she clearly knows he’s gay and the way she was so annoying with Kate, ugh! He was flat out abusive to Kate. I definitely think he has a boyfriend hence why he didn’t want us to know they were having sex. This guy is horrific and I hope this affects his life negatively. Poor Kate.
Something seemed off to me about Kate. It actually entered my mind that they might be in on this together at one point. Her wig (something with her hair) and his beard- I don’t know, something seemed strange.
But I think Tamara is right in that he used this as conversion therapy. He basically used her to do this, yet failed – he was repulsed after sex. Super shady and infuriating!
Now that you mention it, Kate seemed like a different person on the reunion show. She pushed back on the lies Luke told and spoke up when he tried to deflect. She didn’t have that same spunk during the marriage. I’m glad she stood up for herself at the reunion. Too bad she didn’t do it sooner. I blame the experts for that.
The tag on the show says he’s s financial analyst.
Keith and Kristine are the best pair ! I wish them the best and a beautiful family one day . I can’t understand why the so called experts didn’t get rid of Luke . I liked how Pastor Cal yelled at him and I wish he would’ve thrown he out that night ! Luke should have to pay for the divorce! He was awful and I find it hard to believe that people are coming up to him and being nice !
It’s disappointing that the two couples – AJ and Stephani, Luke and Kate – are the most interesting and the least likely to ever show up in front of cameras again. 😕