Why did Emily Balch tearfully walk off stage? Host Kevin Frazier accuses 'MAFS' Season 17 reunion star of 'deception'

'MAFS' Season 17 star Emily Balch breaks down in tears after she was 'disgusted with everything'
'MAFS' star Emily Balch and host Kevin Frazier get in a heated argument (@lifetime)
'MAFS' star Emily Balch and host Kevin Frazier get in a heated argument (@lifetime)

DENVER, COLORADO: 'Married at First Sight' Season 17 Reunion Part 1 revealed the Lifetime show's cast members' cheating, scripting, and lies. However, Part 2 promised to be more explosive filled with heated confrontations and emotional moments.

The teaser of the upcoming show has shown Emily Balch walking off the reunion stage after a series of serious accusations were made against her.

Emily also had a dramatic confrontation with the Lifetime show host Kevin Frazier who accused her of being the part of 'deception'. In the teaser of 'MAFS' Season 17 Reunion Part 2, Emily had a fallout with Brennan Shoykhet as the ex-couple blamed each other for plotting to deceive show producers. However, host Kevin agreed that both of them were involved in deceiving the show's producer which affected the whole process. 

Brennan slammed Emily, noting, "It's just constant, toxic negativity at all times," with Emily responding, "That you create." Brennan and Emily accused each other of cheating and went on dates while they were married. Emily tearfully noted, "I never f****d anyone! I never said I wanted to f**k anyone."

The teaser then showed that Emily stood up from her seat and tearfully walked off the room, exclaiming, "I'm not dealing with this. This is f****d up, I'm done!" The Lifetime show star was then spotted sitting backstage sobbing. She noted, "I'm just disgusted with everything today."

'MAFS' Season 17 reunion part 2 exposed shocking secrets (@lifetime)
'MAFS' Season 17 Reunion Part 2 exposed shocking secrets (@lifetime)

'MAFS' host Kevin Frazier slams Emily Balch for 'yelling'

After the dramatic confrontation between Emily Balch and Brennan Shoykhet, host Kevin Frazier chimed in to settle things down. Emily was not ready to listen to the Lifetime show host and she started talking in a higher pitch. However, Kevin didn't tolerate Emily's attitude and called her out for yelling.

Kevin told Emily, "Stop for a second. You yelling at me doesn't change anything, I'm not going to get rattled, because you're yelling at me." 'MAFS' host then exposed Emily and noted, "I'm going to talk to you and tell you the truth. You disrespected this show." He explained, "You disrespected the people who watch it. You disrespected the people who work for this show."

Kevin continued his rant and said, "And the truth is that everybody was a part of the deception." He elaborated, "I believe you were deceived by your husband and it let you down a road that ended up hurting you. But I also believe that everybody went along with this scripting thing and that hurt the process, too."


 
 
 
 
 
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'MAFS' star Emily Balch calls out Brennan Shoykhet for 'controlling' her

During 'MAFS' Season 17 Reunion Part 1, Emily Balch accused Brennan Shoykhet of controlling her when her ex-husband reflected on the controversial therapy session with Dr Pia Holec. Brennan insisted that he was not trying to control the situation and that he "misread the situation." However, Emily was not ready to trust her ex-husband and called him out on what she considered to be lies.

The Lifetime show star claimed, "I hope you can generally see you were controlling. I don’t want you to say you were controlling if you don’t mean it." She added, "I hope you can actually look at that and see the control. What you did there hurts more than you saying hurtful things."

Emily Balch takes a dig at Brennan Shoykhet on Decision Day (@lifetime)
Emily Balch calls out Brennan Shoykhet for 'controlling' her (@lifetime)

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

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