Married at First Sight star Iris Caldwell says she was still unsure whether her husband Keith Manley was attracted to her several weeks into their marriage.
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During a recent appearance on Married at First Sight: Unfiltered, Iris opened up about how her virginity was a growing concern for Keith after the day they said "I do."
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When Unfiltered host Jamie Otis asked Iris how strong she felt her relationship with Keith was nearly a month into the extreme experiment, Iris replied, "If Keith is going to hang my virginity over our marriage right now, then at this point, I'm a little nervous."
"I am very nervous," Iris added.
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Iris confirmed she is sexually attracted to Keith, but then she revealed, "I don't know if Keith would say the same thing about me."
Iris elaborated, "I'm not sure because he's never voiced that to me, so I don't really know."
Jamie asked Iris to further explain what she was feeling in her relationship with Keith.
"Do you feel like he's not even attracted to you?" Jamie asked Iris.
"Keith does not tell me these things," Iris responded. "I'm hearing them for the first time when everybody else is hearing them when we watch it on national television."
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Jamie then asked Iris whether Keith was made aware that she was sexually attracted to him.
"I think so. I think I've definitely made it known," Iris explained. "I've said to him a few times, like, 'I love your body, I like this, I like when you do these things or you say that.'"
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Iris said neither person had really tried to initiate sex in their marriage up to this point, but she clarified, "We've looked at other areas."
"Sometimes it's like, 'We'll see where this goes,' and then other times, it's him turning around on his phone with his back towards me. So I don't know. I don't really know," Iris explained.
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Iris was joined by her Married at First Sight co-stars Elizabeth Bice and Matthew Gwynne on Unfiltered, and Elizabeth offered her two cents on the subject.
"Honestly, I just -- at the end of the day, can I just say it like this? I just think y'all two just need to f-ck, to be really honest. That's just me seeing what I see on camera right now," said Elizabeth, who is known to be straight forward and unapologetically herself on the show.
"I think he would have turned it down," Iris shared.
"Maybe not, girlfriend!" Jamie noted.
"Yeah, okay," Iris said in disbelief.
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Matt then shared his perspective on Keith's mindset given he was the only guy in the room.
"When you're dealing with somebody who has been holding out for that long, I think it puts a lot of pressure on us, you know?" Matt explained.
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"I think if Keith is having any doubts, that adds even more pressure. Because I think he's a nice guy and he's a respectable guy, and I think the last thing he wants to do is take that from you, [Iris], and then leave."
Iris said she could understand that outlook.
"I get it, and if that is what it is, then I respect that. Thank you, Keith. But also, if it's not that, then hey! What's missing?!" Iris questioned.
Elizabeth noted it was "a very fascinating situation," to which Iris agreed, "[There are] layers girl!"
Both Elizabeth and Matt have very active sex lives on Married at First Sight with their spouses Jamie Thompson and Amber Bowles, respectively.
Earlier in the Unfiltered episode, Iris also said she believed Keith just didn't understand where she was coming from when she appears to have negative reactions during their conversations about sex.
"I just feel like Keith really doesn't get it," Iris said. "It's not an immaturity level for me not to talk about it; it's just something I want to talk about with my husband in private."
Iris apparently found it very difficult to discuss her virginity while being surrounded by cameras.
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"A lot of people didn't have to go through their first sexual experience or go through any of that on national television and be judged by it. So that for me is just a little harder," Iris explained.
During a recent Married at First Sight episode, Keith pointed out to Iris that she looked "disgusted" when he revealed his favorite sexual position.
"I think it's really just like, not that I'm disgusted by it, it's just I can't take pleasure in that moment with you at this time because I haven't experienced that," Iris told Jamie during the Unfiltered episode.
"So I hate that people are taking it like, 'Oh my gosh, she's so immature!' Like, no! I just haven't experienced that yet."
"They're going in -- [saying] I'm not mature enough for this because I haven't had sex, but whatever," Iris insisted.
In addition to Iris, Keith, Elizabeth, Matt, Jamie and Amber, Married at First Sight's currently-airing season also stars Deonna McNeill and her husband Gregory Okotie.
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