- [Jazzy] Ooh!
- [Fletcher] Winner (laughing).
- Ooh!
Welcome to "Flex on My Ex",
the show where three hopefuls look for love
while their exes watch. (buzzer rings)
Each hopeful will compete to win
the heart of one single but their
formal lovers will be lurking every step
of the way to try to shake things up as they lock it down.
Our single on this episode is Fletcher.
He's 23 years old and he's looking for a
woman who cracks him up and also
laughs at his jokes from time to time.
Will one of our hopefuls be the woman of his dreams
or will their exes turn things into a nightmare?
I'm your host Jazzy and we are about to find out.
(upbeat hip hop music)
So what's up, why are you here, what are you looking for?
- Well it depends on their vibe.
I can be chill, I can be excited,
I can be funny or whatever.
So I'm just trying see what they got to offer.
- Oh okay, straight to the point.
Well Vanessa it's on you sis.
- Hey I'm Vanessa.
I'm from L.A. and this is my ex Darius.
- Hey Darius, first of all, you didn't
have to burn a whole in the back of her head.
I saw you. (laughter)
Why did you two break up because
it doesn't seem like it went good.
- No, the breakup was kind of bad.
She wanted to be together, I kind of
wanted to do my own thing.
- When you say, "I wanted to do my own thing",
A.K.A. you wanted to be out here thottin'?
- Oh yeah, yeah, I was a city boy for sho'.
I was out here doing my thang and things happen.
You know, I had to let her know some news
like "Yo, I might be starting a family with
"somebody else so..." (record scratching)
- [Ari] Ooh (laughing).
- You know?
- So is this true, does it sound about right?
- No. - Okay.
- He was trying to get somebody pregnant,
"I was like nah I'm cool.
"I'm try to lay low, you ain't put a ring on this finger."
- You all got a lot going on.
Hopefully we can get this on a lighter note.
Ari, (chuckles) what's going on?
Introduce yourself.
- What up though?
My name is Arielle, you can call me Ari.
I am from Detroit and that's my ex Ty.
- Why'd you guys break up?
- It was just better for us to be apart
because it was just too toxic.
We butt heads all the time.
- [Jazzy] Okay.
- It definitely got to some levels
where it shouldn't have been.
Some people had to intervene, it was--
- Ooh.
- So we just gon' move it on to you for real.
(laughter)
So introduce yourself.
- My name is Mahrael.
I'm 20 and this is my ex Lou.
- [Jazzy] Hey Lou.
- How's it going?
- Tell me how you split.
- We were just both really busy,
you know, always booked for something.
- I mean we were pretty busy but he
treated me more like a friend than a girlfriend.
- Mm.
- I would try to grab his hand, he'd pull away.
And then around his friends he'd be like,
"You know, you're a really cool friend",
and I'm just like--
(heavy drum tone)
I'm your girlfriend mother (bleep),
like what's going on? - Right!
How long were you two dating?
- About four months.
- Four months is enough time to claim somebody man!
- I know. (Lou laughing)
(bell rings)
In round one, Fletcher will ask the hopefuls
questions to help get to know them a little bit better.
But here's the fun part.
Their exes will get to agree or disagree
by using the Yay or Nay paddles they've been given.
So hopefuls the truth may hurt but
honesty is the best policy.
Okay, are you guys ready?
- Let's go.
I'm looking for someone who's self aware
and not afraid to own up to their shortcomings.
So tell me, what are you worst traits in a relationship?
- All right Vanessa (laughing).
- My biggest thing is I'm very reserved.
It takes me a really long time to
introduce somebody to like my family, my friends,
like really bring them into my life.
(buzzer rings)
- Nay?
- I met her family and...
But the worst thing about her is
she kind of selfish sometimes,
and will cook herself a meal and won't cook you one,
and just eat it right in front of you.
(laughter)
And you like, "Ay yo!
"Can I get some eggs?
"'I don't owe you nothing.'
"Well I think you owe me the courtesy
"to eat it when I leave. (laughter)
"Don't sit here and just eat it in my face.
"Wait until I'm gone, why you got to do that?"
- Is that true Vanessa?
- He's never met any of my family members.
I don't know what he's talking about right there.
And yeah, I did do that because he don't deserve no eggs.
- See what I'm saying?
Why not?
- I only had two eggs, you were supposed to be gone already.
- You could've gave me one.
- Your Uber had been outside. (Ari laughing)
- All right, we gon' come back to you all.
(laughter)
Ari.
- Well I know about myself and I know
that I can be nit picky sometimes,
but it's only after I've addressed something
and nothing hasn't changed.
So I know that about myself.
- Ty (chuckles).
(buzzer rings)
That's not true.
- She might tell me what's wrong with me,
I work on it, it may or may not change.
But I also in reciprocating,
"You need to fix this, you need to fix that."
She won't acknowledge that at all.
- I won't?
- She's extra all the time, 24/seven--
- [Ari] I have a personality.
- I can see that, it shines. (laughter)
- And that's cool, ay you like that, you like that.
That's cool.
(laughter)
- All right (laughing).
We'll come back to you while you
think of your receipts. (laughing)
All right Mahrael.
- My worst trait in a relationship is
I get annoyed so easily.
Sometimes I'll block your number for a day
and recuperate my thoughts and stuff,
and then get back to you.
- Does that sound about right Lou?
- Yeah. (bell rings)
- [Jazzy] Yeah.
- I got mildly ghosted for a little bit.
Yeah, I really messed up a date.
- We made plans for this specific Friday night
and he just didn't say like, "Yo can we reschedule?"
He just left me hanging.
- So wait, did you go?
- Yeah.
- [Jazzy] And you were there by yourself?
- I was there by myself.
- You ain't (bleep) Lou.
- I know. (laughter)
- Ay, come on bruh.
- He's like, "Look who's talking".
- I don't know what team we're on at the point.
- Moving on to round two. (bell rings)
In this round we are getting physical.
The hopefuls will give Fletcher a taste
of what it's like to date them by
making out with a piece of glass
that's being held up by their ex.
You ready Vanessa?
- Let's do this.
- It's on you boo.
- All right.
- "All right", (chuckles).
(lighthearted suspenseful music)
Here we go.
You might want to turn it the other way.
Sir, there we go. (laughter)
- Okay, is that good? - I want to kiss it myself.
Like geez, why do you got--
- See, do I have to be here?
'Cause she want to hold it herself.
- Hold it. - She's selfish.
Remember I told you, she don't need no help.
(laughter)
- Yeah!
Tongue first, yeah, a little french kiss.
Yeah and a little licky licky!
(Vanessa laughing)
Yeah, she coming back for more, tongue again.
Mm, and the lips look soft too.
(Fletcher laughing)
Ooh, and the little head tilt.
I like that.
Ari, it's on you.
- [Fletcher] Don't be nervous, I don't bite.
- Mm, big juicy lips. - Oh!
- Ooh! - Winner.
- Ooh! (Fletcher laughing)
Ooh and a little peck at the end!
All right Mahrael, we saved the best for last.
Let's see what you got.
- I'm rusty so okay.
(romantic r and b music)
- Mm, ooh, ooh, ooh!
Okay, a little tornado tongue.
- That ain't no rust, some steel.
- She got straight to it. (Mahrael laughing)
All right.
Okay it's time for round three.
In this final round we're digging
for the real dirt on each hopeful
by asking the person who knows them
the best and the worst, their exes.
Fletcher will ask the exes personal questions
about the hopefuls and they'll write
their answers down on the boards they've been given.
Are you ready Fletcher?
- I'm ready, let's go!
- All right let's get it.
- One of my favorite things to do
when I have free time is to go to the movies.
Exes name a movie that would perfectly
describe what it's like to date your ex.
(fast-paced island music)
- All right Darius what you got?
(drum roll music)
"White Men Can't Jump".
- Yeah.
- Oh okay.
(laughter)
What do you mean by that?
- She got tired of his stuff, she got tired of him gambling.
And then he finally was like, "All right I'm done."
He had came home and she was gone.
And that's kind of like how her and I ended
when I told her, I'm like, "Yo there's a chance
"that somebody else might be pregnant."
And then Woody came home and the house was on fire.
(laughter)
Rosie was out of there and then she was out of there.
- All right (laughing).
- [Fletcher] Now they know.
- All right Ty.
"Titanic", oh and you can draw too.
- I drew the picture too, you know what I'm saying?
- Nice.
What do you mean by that? (Ty laughing)
- All right, so you know how the movie starts out,
it's a sunny day, nice boat ride.
(Lou laughing)
Then you hit the iceberg and then just,
we just fell like split.
- What was the iceberg?
- Life.
- Life. (Fletcher chuckles)
- Life just hit us, you know?
- [Jazzy] Life hit you?
- Yep.
- Let's see what you got Lou.
(drum roll music)
"Dazed and Confused".
- Yeah, 'cause it's like what do you want?
You want to date, you want to just be kickin' it?
You want to like, what is the deal here?
I'm trying pick up on this mixed vibe,
you know what I'm saying?
- Because you weren't acting like
you were in a relationship.
You hide your feelings.
- Do you have a problem communicating?
- Probably, I wouldn't know 'cause if I did
I wouldn't be able to communicate it.
(laughter)
But like, I don't know maybe.
- If you just would've talked to her then things
probably wouldn't have gone the way it went.
- Yeah I guess but the phone goes both ways.
- But you were probably blocked.
All right. - Yeah exactly, there you go.
- A good review from your ex speaks volumes
because they seen you at your best and your worst.
So exes would you date your ex again?
(Ty laughing) (upbeat hip hop music)
- I'm just looking forward to whatever Darius...
...is going to say.
(upbeat hip hop music)
(buzzer rings)
All right Darius, you said, "Hell nah", elaborate.
- It just didn't work out between us.
She's a wonderful woman and I'm sure
she's great for somebody.
It's just her and I are not meant to be together, okay.
I like eggs in the morning.
(laughter)
- Okay Ty.
- I say yeah. (bell rings)
- [Jazzy] Yeah!
- You know, assumin' she's worked on herself
over those two years the way I have.
- Did you think he was going to say "Yeah"?
- I mean he's cool too, he's great.
So I mean, it just was the circumstance weren't there.
- [Jazzy] Right.
- So yeah.
- All right Lou, I saw you erase something.
What's going on?
"Sure". (bell rings)
- (laughing) Yeah.
- All right. - That's like--
- Yeah 'cause when we were on it was fun,
it was really cool.
When it was working, it was working.
- All right. - You feel me?
(clocking ticking)
(bell rings)
- All right, so for Vanessa, pros all right.
She seemed to be really chill.
I like her appearance, she keeps herself together.
And her rebuttals were never really
nasty back with Darius, so she was
to be able to keep her temperament.
- [Jazzy] Okay.
- Cons.
She can be a little dismissive of complaints.
He was given some valid points about her character,
sometimes she was like, "Oh well,
"that's kind of how I am, or whatever,
"or you shouldn't have did this, should've done that."
That's kind of dismissive,
it's like what about what you did?
- All right, Ari.
- Ari, she just has a presence.
- [Jazzy] Yeah.
- She has a beautiful smile.
I love the hair and everything,
I love the black girl magic.
She is really feisty and I guess
that could be a pro and a con.
I mean she needs to be really strong,
probably ambitious and driven,
but on the other end she probably a little argumentative.
The nit picky thing, probably very true.
And unpredictability is good, it's fun,
but sometimes it's a little crazy.
For Mahrael, she's very sweet, very quiet.
I like the way she's very nice to Lou.
The cons, you don't really have any.
I mean the blocking thing was a little much,
it's not really, it doesn't seem like
something you would do from looking at you.
But yeah, you probably should address that, that anger.
You know bottling is not good.
- Yeah (laughing).
- All right Fletcher you got to pick your winner.
Who do you choose?
(intense suspenseful music) (clock ticking)
- I just want you all to know that you're all beautiful.
It was little hard but I'ma go with Ari.
- Hey girl! (celebratory hi hat music)
- Yay (clapping)!
- Get up here!
(Fletcher laughing)
(light electronic music) (applauding)
All right, hug it on out.
Keep them claps going. (applauding)
A huge congrats to Fletcher and Ari for finding their next.
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