Friends, tonight I decided one MAFS recap is simply not enough. It wasn’t enough to just tell you what happened during tonight’s episode – we needed a second article. An unpacking of THAT dinner party moment.
If you didn’t watch tonight’s episode, read my recap first you chunts! I spend HOURS writing that shit. Lol jk, I’ll assist ya – basically, Michael and Josh go in on Aleks, accusing her of telling them she had sex with Ivan. She denies ever saying this AND denies having had sex with Ivan.
Then, just when we thought Josh and Michael were twin demons, they accuse Ivan of asking them to reveal this stuff about Aleks because he had been blindsided by her sudden unattraction to him. Wait, what?
We finish the episode unsure of who we hate, and why. Except now you can know who you hate, because I’m gonna help you.
1. Michael
Michael sucks, so he naturally sucks in this dinner party fandango. He consistently has proven he just likes to stir the pot. But not only that – he has no qualms about humiliating people in a group setting. I think that is the meanest thing you can do on this show, tbh. If he just enjoyed the drama that’s one thing – but he literally seems to have no feelings when someone is backed into a corner. Like even when Hayley was crying, he just kept at her. That was fucked up.
Verdict: In the bin.
2. Josh
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Look, I don’t love Josh. In fact I’m extremely Team Cathy. However – in the past, I haven’t really seen Josh purposely fuck with people for his own entertainment the way Michael does.
Therefore, I’m inclined to believe he was telling the truth in this instance – that Ivan *did* call him, upset about Aleks, and ask for him to have his back and bring up the sex stuff.
It’s shit that he agreed to do that for Ivan, if he did, because Aleks’ sex life isn’t anyone else’s business (yes, even when she’s on a reality dating show). So I’m like 50/50.
Verdict: In the recycling bin.
3. Aleks
Okay so let’s start by saying I reckon Aleks is lying about having not had sex with Ivan. She seemed far too flustered and defensive to me. That’s my opinion. I also think she had the hots for whoever this Serbian party man is, maybe she did go out with him.
I don’t think she’s the innocent party here – it certainly sounds like she’s fucked Ivan around a bit – not by losing her feelings for him, but perhaps by NEVER having had feelings but playing along for the sake of staying on TV.
Verdict: Maybe like, throw it in the reusable containers drawer and never actually use the container again?
4. Ivan
Ooookay. So Ivan was every MAFS viewer’s favourite husband up until tonight. He was respectful of Aleks. He stood up for her and wouldn’t back down when Horny Trisha was trying to coax their sex details out of him. He’s always seemed level-headed and kind to everyone in the experiment.
But tonight’s episode hinted that maybe, just maybe, he’s been fucking with us all.
This is going to come down to Ivan’s word against Josh and Michael’s. He says he didn’t stage the whole showdown. They say otherwise. But something ELSE we have is this Instagram convo between Stacey and Aleks, which hints at Ivan not being the sweet baby angel we thought he was.
Verdict: OH GOD I DON’T KNOW.
As always with this show, you just can’t know what is staged for publicity and what isn’t. Maybe that Instagram convo was publicity bullshit. Maybe it was legit. Maybe Ivan is lying. Maybe Michael and Josh co-ordinated the takedown of MAFS’ Mum and Dad.
Whatever the case, I’m sure we’ll cop more clarity in the next few episodes – because if there’s one thing this show thrives on, it’s big reveals and twists involving people’s hearts being pummelled into the ground.
