‘Married at First Sight’: Did David Cheat on Michelle?
Married at First Sight is dropping more clues about the cheating scandal that rocked the season 18 cast. The Lifetime show has been teasing a hookup between two people who aren’t married to each other, potentially leading to the show’s first-ever couples swap. The identity of the people who stray is still a mystery, but a teaser for an upcoming episode offers some pretty clear evidence as to who breaks their marriage vows.
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for the Jan. 14 episode of Married at First Sight Season 18.]
Michelle calls out David for sexting another woman
Michelle and David’s relationship has been rocky since their wedding night. Michelle has been disappointed with David’s sense of style, living situation, and what she sees as his lack of ambition. David has been getting more and more frustrated as Michelle continually rejects his attempts to work on their marriage. Still, they’ve managed to make some progress, unlike fellow Chicago couple Emem and Ikechi, whose relationship has completely broken down. In the Jan. 14 episode of Married at First Sight, Michelle took her husband shopping for a new wardrobe, and they both opened up about their childhood during a session with MAFS expert Dr. Pepper Schwartz.
Unfortunately, any hopes that Michelle and David might salvage their marriage are likely to be short-lived. In a teaser for the next episode, Michelle confronts her husband after she receives a suspicious text message.
“I got a very interesting text message from you last night,” she says. “What was that about?”
We don’t see David’s reply, but later, Michelle again brings up the text.
“Married people don’t go on dates with other women and they don’t sext other women,” she tells her husband.
“I’m not sexting anybody,” he replies.
“Well, for the record, you’re lying,” Michelle says as she gets up to leave.
David isn’t admitting to messaging another woman. But Michelle is convinced that’s exactly what is going on.
“My gut says that he accidentally texted me and that was for somebody else,” she tells her friend.
Does David cheat with ‘Married at First Sight’ Chicago cast member Madison?
If Michelle is right and David is sending racy texts to someone else, the question is who is on the receiving end of those messages. Assuming it’s another MAFS cast member as the show has teased, there’s really only one likely candidate: Madison.
Madison is married to Allen, but their relationship has been rocky as well. In this week’s episode, they had a serious argument about Allen’s decision to drink and drive. And during a session with Dr. Pepper, Madison basically admitted that even though she thought Allen was a good guy, she wasn’t attracted to him. During that conversation, Allen made a telling comment.
“I don’t want to fit a square peg into a round hole,” he said. “Because I see how natural it is for you to interact with everybody else, like the girls, maybe David or something. It’s like an instant, natural hug.”
Allen’s obviously picked up on a vibe between Madison and David. And a few weeks ago, David mentioned that he was working out with Madison, who’d previously said that she wanted Allen to spend more time in the gym. David has also talked about liking blonde women, and Madison fits that description.
Other teasers for MAFS Season 18 show Allen angrily kicking a kitchen cabinet, suggesting that he and Madison have a major blowup about something. Plus, the other cast members seem less likely to be unfaithful to their spouses. Camille and Thomas are building a solid connection. Ikechi is mostly checked out of the Married at First Sight process, while Emem is still fighting for her broken marriage. Karla and Thomas aren’t always on the same page, but neither seems likely to get involved with one of the other cast members. At this point, it looks like the odds are that David and Madison are the season 18 cheaters, and that Allen and Michelle are the jilted spouses.
New episodes of Married at First Sight Season 18 air Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Lifetime.
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