Married at First Sight Season 4 stars Nick Pendergrast and Sonia Granados might be the second MAFS couple to file for a divorce after Derek Schwartz and Heather Seidel. In the last episode, Nick revealed that he was just not attracted to Sonia as he used to be, which upset his new wife.
In last Tuesday’s episode of Married at First Sight Season 4 , “In Sickness and in Health,” Nick surprised everyone when he lashed out at Sonia for repeatedly asking him to open up. Fans of MAFS knew that Sonia has wanted to take her relationship with Nick to the next level, both emotionally and physically. She felt that sleeping together would eventually bring them closer, but Nick wanted to take things slow.
After chatting with her best friend, Sonia got the courage to voice her concerns to her husband. She told him that she wanted to take their friendship forward and asked him to open up more about his feelings. Nick, however, seemed like he has totally given up on the social experiment. He pointed out that they have been “working too hard” to make the relationship work, which should not be the case given that they had experts match them up. When Sonia tried to tell him that maybe they should work harder to build an emotional connection, Nick finally blew up.
“My own expectation was that we were going to get along and that they matched us correctly and it was going to be f**king flowers and rose fields, and it’s not! You shouldn’t have to work at anything! There should be no f**king effort involved, you should just match. It doesn’t make sense.”
When Sonia told Nick that the marriage can be over if he wishes, Nick told his wife that he is actually over it.
“I’m f**king checked out. I’m f**cking over it. I don’t want to be attracted to her at this point. I don’t even want to try to be attracted to her anymore. I don’t have feelings for her at all,” he told the cameras.
Nick eventually walked out, which frustrated Sonia. She pointed out that he was doing exactly what he absolutely hated about her: walking out on an argument.
“So, now you know what it feels,” he retaliated.
When a Married at First Sight Season 4 producer tried to tell him that marriages do require work, Nick pointed out that you have to be attracted to the person before you put in the effort. He then went on another rant, frustrated with Sonia’s constant need for him to open up more.
“She constantly calls me out on random things like not being open. What the f**k am I not being open about? Tell me how you want me to be open. What is opening up? What do you want me top open up about? Tell me! I don’t like her! That’s opening up! I can’t open up any more than that. I don’t think she’s attractive, and I’m not attracted to her, and that is me opening up to the fullest f**king extent.”
Sonia ended up packing her bags and leaving their home. Clearly surprised by Nick’s sudden outburst, she told the cameras that Nick is not the same person he was on their honeymoon.
Earlier in the MAFS episode , Nick admitted that he is not as attracted towards Sonia as he used to be. While he found her beautiful during the wedding, he shared that his level of attraction decreased over time. Nick has also started to wonder if the experts matched them correctly.
“We were matched by the experts, but maybe there is underlying things that I didn’t say or that you didn’t say or that they didn’t know or that never came up that is a big deal and makes us not as compatible as we thought we were,” he said.
Meanwhile, in the sneak peek clip for the next episode of Married at First Sight Season 4, “Naked Truth,” Sonia was seen telling Pastor Calvin Roberson, one of the MAFS experts, that she and Nick had been intimate. Pastor Cal asked her what she meant by intimate, explaining that Nick told him earlier that they did not consummate their marriage.
“We had sex, not just once,” she told Pastor Cal.
Married at First Sight Season 4 airs Tuesdays on FYI.
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