Did Brennan Shoykhet make out with Clare Kerr's best friend? 'MAFS' Season 17 star Emily Balch confronts her ex-husband

'MAFS' Season 17 star Brennan Shoykhet accused of cheating on Emily Balch
'MAFS' Season 17 star Brennan Shoykhet involve in feud with Emily Balch and Clare Kerr (@lifetime)
'MAFS' Season 17 star Brennan Shoykhet involve in feud with Emily Balch and Clare Kerr (@lifetime)

DENVER, COLORADO: 'Married At First Sight' Season 17 star Brennan Shoykhet was accused of making out with Clare Kerr's best friend. The Reunion Part 2 exposed some of the explosive revelations about the Lifetime show stars. During the episode, Brennan was explaining his double date drama when his ex-wife Emily Balch accused him of lying and stormed off from the stage.

Clare backed her friend Emily and confronted Brennan over the cheating drama. Clare claimed that Brennan complimented her friend and called her 'cute'. She further claimed, "You asked to go... you wanted to f**k my best friend." She added, "You told Cameron, and Cameron lied about it. Tell me that, we were in the hot tub together."

Meanwhile, Emily admitted to being 'disgusted' with her ex-huaband's lies. Emily broke down in tears and added, "It's unreal how no one has any accountability for these men." Emily has previously claimed that Brennan and Cameron went on a double date.

'MAFS' Season 17 star Emily Balch breaks down amid cheating drama (@lifetime)
'MAFS' Season 17 star Emily Balch breaks down amid cheating drama (@lifetime)

Cameron Frazer and Brennan Shoykhet explain double-date drama

Clare Kerr accused that she heard through a grapevine that Brennan Shoykhet wanted to go on a double date. Clare's ex-husband, Cameron Frazer and Brennan addressed the double date drama during part 2 of the explosive reunion. Cameron explained, "Brennan and I went out to Union Station."

The Lifetime show star further noted, "There were two girls at the bar and from my perspective, my marriage was over. Brennan, you were on the rocks." Brennan chimed in and claimed that his marriage was also over. He added, "So I thought it would be funny to say, 'Hey, you know, in a couple of months, we can approach those two.' And that was it. There was no actionable... There was no action. This is just a malicious rumor."

Brennan Shoykhet explains double date drama (@lifetime)
Brennan Shoykhet explains double date drama (@lifetime)

Brennan Shoykhet confronts Emily Balch about cheating

'MAFS' Season 17 star Brennan Shoykhet confronted Emily Balch over cheating during the marriage. Emily was accused of making out with an Australian guy while being married to Brennan. During the reunion, host Kevin Frazier had a private sitdown with the former couple Brennan and Emily which turned into a heated argument.

The Lifetime show star claimed, "You aried to make out with my best friend, but then got caught lying about making out with someone at a bar." Emily responded, "No, I told you about the Australian." Brennan resorted to Emily's claim and noted, "How many times did I ask though before you came clean?"

Emily explained that she was “scared” to fess up because "I didn't want that to be your easy out." The reunion episode also revealed that Emily's best friend Lily told Brennan about the cheating drama.

Brennan Shoykhet confronts Emily Balch about cheating (@lifetime)
Brennan Shoykhet confronts Emily Balch about cheating (@lifetime)

'Married at First Sight' Season 17 airs on Wednesdays at 8 pm ET on Lifetime.

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