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“If Nick and I had been paired together, I don’t believe it would have been as painful as what either of us went through in our actual matches,” Marissa told Dr. Lisa Paz and Paul Brunson.
Did the Married at First Sight experts get Season 20 badly wrong?
Paul Brunson and Dr. Lisa Paz stepped in as the new matchmakers for the milestone 20th season of the hit reality dating series, but their choices quickly became a major talking point among viewers. By the time the reunion arrived, only one of the seven couples was still married. Several pairings left fans questioning the process, with some wondering whether certain singles had been matched for maximum reality TV drama instead of genuine long-term compatibility.
Now, two of this season’s ill-matched cast members are weighing in on the matchmaking process, and whether they should have been paired together from the start.
Nick answers ‘messy’ question from ‘MAFS’ experts
Marissa (who married Adam) and Nick (who married Courteney) were guests on the inaugural episode of Brunson and Paz’s new podcast, Love In Session, which released on August 31.
During the season 20 reunion, the experts admitted that they considered having Marissa marry Nick. On the podcast, Brunson asked them what they thought of that idea.
“This is so messy right out of the gate,” Nick said with a laugh. “Look, I think it’s a fair topic.”
Nick said he hadn’t had the chance to really get to know Marissa, so he couldn’t say what a relationship with her might have been like.
“But obviously, Courteney and me were like, one of the worse couples there in terms of chemistry,” he continued. “And watching Marissa, I did feel like she was more on the easygoing side and like, go with the flow … I do think probably it would have gone better. Would we have made it to Decision Day? No idea.”
Marissa says her ‘Married at First Sight’ experience would have been less ‘traumatic’ if she married Nick
Marissa agreed that she would likely have had a better MAFS experience if she’d found Nick standing at the altar rather than Adam.
“If Nick and I were matched, I don’t think it would have been as traumatic as either of our pairings,” she said. “Because we both are way more easygoing. We were both paired with very intense people. And I think Nick and I would have had a bunch of fun.”
“Who knows if we would have made it to Decision Day,” she added. “But I think it would have been so cordial and just a great experience.”
Married at First Sight Season 20 is streaming on Peacock. New episodes of Love In Session drop Thursdays on YouTube.
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