Monet Bell & Vaughn Copeland - Married at First Sight - Season 1 - Discussion *Spoilers*

theKeptGrits wrote:I agree that Black women are portrayed badly. I've never watched Atlanta Housewives, but I did watch Married to Medicine and could not believe it.
I am white, but my son in law is Black and I am friends with his family and know them well. NONE of the strong women in that family would EVER think to act as Monet nor MTM or Housewives women have on screen.
Now if reality tv could find someone like Clair Huxtable on the Cosby Show...they might be closer to changing perception and finally help it be more positive. Will that ever happen is the question.

2observe wrote:

theKeptGrits wrote:I agree that Black women are portrayed badly. I've never watched Atlanta Housewives, but I did watch Married to Medicine and could not believe it.
I am white, but my son in law is Black and I am friends with his family and know them well. NONE of the strong women in that family would EVER think to act as Monet nor MTM or Housewives women have on screen.
Now if reality tv could find someone like Clair Huxtable on the Cosby Show...they might be closer to changing perception and finally help it be more positive. Will that ever happen is the question.

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Lovedaddio wrote:

luvlady345 wrote:

Lovedaddio wrote:

Luvlady345, First of all I am a Black man, so to say my comments were cloaked  in racist stereotypes is ludicrous. I'm not sure you fully got my point. I certainly am aware that White, Latina, or Asian women would probably have some of the same complaints that black women do, But we're not talking about other races, we're talking about Black women. If you read all the way thru my comment I clearly stated that I thought the stereotypes were totally unfair. That Black women not being afraid to voice their displeasure of the behaviors of Black men should not be construed as being argumentative. I thought it was a legit question of Vaughn to ask Monet if he thought Black women were more argumentative. Sure there are other poor representations of other races. Something like Honey Booboo comes to mind.

I wish you had focused more on what I wrote about Vaughn and Monet specifically, but you are certainly entitled to your opinion regarding my post.  

Well thanks for that... To answer your question regarding Vaughan I didn't like him because I felt he was a hypocrite and didn't give their relationship a fair chance, IMO opinion when he felt challenged by Monet his ego, couldn't handle being challenged and he also didn't respect her or their relationship, (threesome talk) I just don't think he was into her....

Thank you for recognizing my point. Isn't it so nice when Black women and Black men get along....LOL. I agree that Vaughn is not used to, nor does he like being challenged by a woman and we all know Monet is not afraid to challenge him when she feels its warranted. I think he went into it wanting to respect her and the relationship, but as soon as they were on the honeymoon and he didn't feel like he was getting the attention he deserved from her he started pouting, which to me shows a level of immaturity on his part. I don't know if I would call him a hypocrite. He was very clear about what he wanted. I just still scratch my head over how these two were rated over 90% compatible. They have MAJOR philosophical differences about relationships. And I thought I read an excerpt from the Jet magazine interview that said that the "threesome" comment was more a product of how it was edited. That they were talking about wild and crazy sex stuff but it looked on camera like he was asking his new bride to do a threesome. I could be wrong. If anyone can post Vaughn's Jet interview I'd love to read it in full.  

What did you think about my comment that Monet squeezing him into her apartment was a rather telling metaphor for their relationship? That she didn't mind being married and him being there as long he didn't upset her perfectly crafted life and cramp her style so to speak.  

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MAFS season one resulted in success as two of the couples who participated remain married today despite rumors of rocky relationships, blow-up fights, and hotel dwelling for at least one of the season one cast members.

nan27 wrote:Did anyone post this article?  It at least exposes some of the things that we have been discussing.  http://www.viralglobalnews.com/entertainment/married-at-first-sight-experts-refuse-all-blame-for-their-failure/31213/

Amo630 wrote:http://jamesjfoytlin.blogspot.com/2014/07/actor-model-vaughn-copeland-says-thank.html?m=1

Must read. Thank you letter for helping him get the gig on A&E.

Columbia, MD wrote:

Amo630 wrote:http://jamesjfoytlin.blogspot.com/2014/07/actor-model-vaughn-copeland-says-thank.html?m=1

Must read. Thank you letter for helping him get the gig on A&E.

Did you note this is a year old?