Married at First Sight alum Brennan Shoykhet has taken his relationship with a new girlfriend public.
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Brennan recently posted a photo with a beautiful blonde woman on Instagram in which they were sitting arm-in-arm at a picnic table and smiling big.
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Brennan, wearing blue and white stripes, and the woman in pink, whom Brennan did not identify by name, appeared to be enjoying a couple of beers at a brewery.
"Hunnnyy," Brennan captioned the image, adding a kissing emoji.
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Brennan received a lot of congratulatory and supportive messages from friends and fans.
Many Instagram users also took an opportunity to acknowledge Brennan's happiness and slam his estranged Married at First Sight wife, Emily Balch, in the comments.
"Let's thank God he now has someone normal! Geez!" one person wrote.
"She was a real wackadoodle that Emily," another person added.
"What an upgrade from your ex wife! Good job," a third Instagram user commented.
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Brennan and Emily tied the knot on Married at First Sight's seventeenth season, which aired on Lifetime earlier this year, and their relationship was ultimately a disaster.
Throughout the extreme marriage experiment, Brennan struggled to find Emily attractive, and the more Emily seemed to push, the more Brennan recoiled.
Emily, meanwhile, complained about Brennan's alleged lack of effort and how he didn't communicate with her or try the experts' exercises to help their relationship. She believed Brennan had shut down on her after their honeymoon.
On "Decision Day," Emily and Brennan mutually chose to get a divorce.
And during the Married at First Sight reunion special for Season 17, which aired in April, the pair aired their frustrations with each other.
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Emily accused Brennan of wanting to have sex with her former best friend Lilly and go on a double date with his buddy and their co-star Cam.
Brennan called those "unsubstantiated rumors," and he then accused Emily of trying to make out with his friend and then lying about the fact she had made out with an Australian guy one night in a bar. Brennan explained how he had to ask Emily multiple times to tell him the truth.
"I was scared to tell you because I didn't want that to be your easy out," Emily explained at the time.
Brennan said he regretted not being more direct about his feelings and intentions during conversations with Emily because, at the time, he had been trying to protect her heart.
"You're a grown-ass man. If you wanted to leave me, you could've f-cking done it," Emily snapped.
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"You told me that if I left you, you were going to make my life a living hell," Brennan claimed.
Brennan then claimed that Emily was negative in their marriage and would say she "hated" everything, but Emily insisted she's the most positive person ever.
"You didn't respect me, you didn't care about me, you did not take my feelings into account at all. It was always about you," Emily said.
"Because I wasn't attracted to you," Brennan began.
"I honestly don't believe that either," Emily interjected.
"Okay," Brennan sighed. "Because I didn't want a romantic connection with you, I was trying to find any possible way I could savor anything out of this experience, but it was challenge after challenge."
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Emily repeated how she'll never believe that Brennan simply wasn't attracted to her because they had made out every day on their honeymoon.
"That's a lie -- a blatant lie. We made out one time," Brennan said.
"If that helps you sleep at night, then fine. I mean, who wouldn't want to make out with me?!" Emily responded.
Brennan essentially called Emily delusional, to which she countered, "I'm an 8.5 and you're a 6. If we were at a bar, you'd never approach me."
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Brennan called Emily "hilarious" and said she tried to justify everything she believed, which made it impossible to communicate with and get through to her.
"I hope you never treat a girl the way you treated me," Emily complained.
"There was a constant toxic negativity at all times that you created because you could not let me go," Brennan said.
He continued, "I tried to leave so many times. I should've done what was best for me instead of doing what I thought you wanted me to, and that was my biggest mistake."
"I agree," Emily said, wrapping up the fight.
Emily proceeded to reveal that she wasn't dating at the time, but Brennan shared how he was in a happy relationship. Brennan said he had good communication with his new girlfriend and they were always open and honest with each other.
"I hope I find her because I want to warn her to run when you repeat the patterns," Emily said.
"I should've ended our relationship in Week 2. I don't know what else you want from me," Brennan said.
Brennan added, "We were in such a hostile environment. I didn't want to be with you, and you kept holding me hostage. And you're wondering why I reacted the way I did... We are not actors, I am a real person."
Brennan yelled at Emily that she was treating him terribly and trying to belittle him and make him feel like "a piece of dirt."
Emily insisted she was just expressing facts, but Brennan completely disagreed and argued that Emily had to grow up. He slammed her by saying that she was acting like a college girl, unable to handle criticism or have a mature discussion.
The reunion host, Kevin Frazier, pointed out how there was "deception" that led to mistrust and dishonesty, which made all the relationships go south, and so everyone in the cast was to blame.
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During a commercial break, Emily proudly walked offstage and announced, "I'm 'delusional' baby!" She then vented to her female co-stars backstage how Brennan was "a psychopath."
On their season's Married at First Sight: Where Are They Now? special, Brennan reiterated how he was in a happy relationship with someone new.
Brennan said he loved spending time with his new girlfriend, but it's unclear whether that was the same person with whom he just went Instagram official.
"She's awesome and I'm really excited about where things are heading," Brennan gushed. "Stay tuned!"
Emily, meanwhile, was still single and feeling "hate" towards Brennan. Emily admitted that she hoped Brennan would regret his behavior in 10 or 20 years when she's "married and rich and hot."
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