Married at First Sight star Krysten has admitted she noticed many red flags about her husband Mitch on their wedding day but she chose to ignore them and focus on the positive.
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Krysten, a 32-year-old sales representative, and Mitch, a 41-year-old environmental policy advocate, were matched by Married at First Sight experts Pastor Calvin Roberson and Dr. Pepper Schwartz to wed on Season 15 of the Lifetime reality series, which filmed in San Diego, CA.
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While Krysten and Mitch's wedding was a success, Mitch lost his cool a couple of times while getting dressed and even lashed out at his buddies in his hotel room.
During the July 20 episode of Married at First Sight: Afterparty, Krysten watched back a Season 15 clip of Mitch's pre-wedding meltdown about his beard being cut too short.
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"I don't wear my beard like that. I don't," Mitch complains to his groomsmen and the hair stylist in the footage.
"It's f-cking short, okay? Whatever. It doesn't matter [what you guys think]. It's about how I feel about myself on my day."
When one of Mitch's friends points out how the shave makes Mitch's beard look bigger, Mitch replies, "Stop consoling me. It's making me pissed! Next subject!"
Afterparty host Keshia Knight Pulliam asked Krysten for her thoughts on what happened, assuming Krysten had no idea what Mitch was doing and saying before she walked down the aisle.
"No, [I didn't know]," Krysten confirmed. "He shared with me on the wedding day that he had a moment -- several moments, actually -- about the bow tie and the beard."
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But Krysten admitted, "I can't be knocked off my high horse."
Krysten was apparently so thrilled to meet Mitch and be getting married that she didn't let anything get her down or ruin her spirit and good mood.
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"I'm excited. I got married! So the red flags are just raining down upon me and I'm doing snow angels in them!" Krysten said. "I don't care!"
Krysten reiterated how it was only a "first impression" and she had only known Mitch "for one day" at that point.
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"I'm going to give this man the benefit of the doubt and a true solid chance," Krysten explained to Keshia. "And I'm still looking forward to getting to know him."
Another red flag may have been the moment when Mitch thought Krysten's mother -- who dressed in a sexy, hot pink, cleavage-baring dress on her daughter's wedding day -- was his bride.
After exchanging sweet self-written vows and sharing a kiss at the altar during the wedding ceremony, Krysten gushed, "I love it. [There is] 100 percent attraction and chemistry right off the bat. I am like hot for him, for real. I am!"
But when a friend asked Mitch if he was happy with his wife, he seemed overwhelmed and replied, "It's a little early."
Mitch told the cameras, "At first glance, I thought she was really pretty, but I wasn't right off the bat attracted to her because my type is less physical and more lifestyle. She maybe seems a little more mainstream than me."
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"I'm much more attracted to a woman in her natural state than super dolled up for a wedding," he continued. "I don't want to take anything away from the fact she looked amazing and really lovely, but I want to see the more natural side... I'm happy I think she likes me."
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He added, "My hope for the future is that we really hit it off and that this little spark grows."
Mitch didn't seem to have confidence that his marriage would work out long-term.
"I just need to take it day by day and relax," Mitch said, adding how he used to project everything he wanted a woman to be on his girlfriend and then that person would end up disappointing him.
"It's my fault because I made them up to be something that they're not, so I'm trying not to fall into that trap."
Krysten, however, was pretty smitten, and she thought that she could potentially fall in love with Mitch.
Krysten's mother, on the other hand, was apparently worried about Mitch's "environmental extremism" and how he said he measures success through his impact on the world rather than through income or wealth. Krysten's mom wanted her daughter and son-in-law to have similar life goals.
Married at First Sight's currently-airing season on Lifetime also stars Justin and Alexis, Stacia and Nate, Morgan and Binh, and Lindy and Miguel.
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