Married at First Sight star Mark Maher has revealed he threatened to end his marriage to Lindsey Georgoulis if her bad behavior continued.
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Lindsey, 34, and Mark, 37, were matched for matrimony on Season 14 by Married at First Sight experts Dr. Viviana Coles, Dr. Pepper Schwartz and Pastor Calvin Roberson.
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On last Wednesday's episode of Married at First Sight: Afterparty, Mark watched back a Season 14 clip of the cast leaving the airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico to begin their honeymoons and getting on the same van to their hotel -- without Lindsey and Mark onboard.
After a producer notes how Lindsey seemed "upset" and didn't want to ride with her castmates, MAFS star Olajuwon Dickerson tells the producer how Lindsey commanded everyone to speak Spanish to the locals during their honeymoon stay.
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"We're all adults," Olajuwon complains in the clip.
"If we want to speak English or we want to speak Spanish, just speak what you want. Don't come over here telling people what to do because we're adults and we don't play that."
Olajuwon adds in front of his castmates, "You're not nobody's mother. Talk to your husband if that's what you want to do. Don't talk to other couples about what language we're going to speak. Don't come near me if you're going to tell me what language to speak."
Olajuwon's wife Katina Goode proceeds to defend her husband and says, "And then when people were walking away, I heard her say, 'I want to fight him.'"
Katina finally vents in a confessional, "You're not even Spanish, girl! I don't care if you lived here for eight months or a year. Like, you are not Spanish."
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On Afterparty, Olajuwon revealed how "there were a lot of things that happened prior" to the van incident with Lindsey that rubbed him the wrong way. Olajuwon accused her of making fun of his style and misbehaving on the plane ride to San Juan.
Olajuwon claimed Lindsey had wanted to be the center of attention on-camera and even had to be scolded by a flight attendant to sit in her seat and stop yelling during the flight. Olajuwon called Lindsey's behavior "shocking" and "frustrating."
When asked for his take on Lindsey's actions, Mark -- appearing uncomfortable and wide-eyed -- said on Afterparty, "It was just awkward because I had just met Lindsey and I had just met Olajuwon."
"And I could see it. Just from my point of view, I was like, 'Man, he's given her one or two outs to just stop poking,' and then it just escalated."
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Mark apparently felt torn between having his new wife's back and diffusing the tension and drama.
"I felt bad that she was so upset," Mark said of Lindsey, "but I also wanted to let her know, like, 'We just met and this isn't what I want in a wife. If this is what you want to do, we're not going to work out.'"
Lindsey "didn't say anything" in rely to his comment at the time, according to Mark.
"I'm not a guy who has confrontation," Mark explained. "So I don't like it because it's just not me."
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Afterparty host Keshia Knight Pulliam pointed out that if a person dishes it, he or she has to be able to take it.
"You can't keep poking and prodding at people and then be mad when they react and play the victim," Keshia said.
MAFS star Alyssa Ellman also joined Mark and Olajuwon on Afterparty and offered her two cents on the whole ordeal.
"I think [Olajuwon] handled that situation really well," Alyssa said.
"What we have learned is if you kind of ignore, eventually it will stop with Lindsey. But there is a point where you can't take anymore. And unfortunately, we were all on the plane together, so it wasn't like we could run away."
Keshia hoped Lindsey had learned her lesson, but Olajuwon still seemed frustrated and angry over the fact Lindsey had yelled about wanting to "fight" him once they got off the plane.
"That is not okay," Olajuwon insisted, adding, "Cameras didn't catch that."
On Married at First Sight's latest episode, Lindsey accused Olajuwon of getting "aggressive" with her at the airport, which supposedly really triggered her.
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Once everyone got settled into their respective hotel rooms, Lindsey cried and said Olajuwon had shaken her to her core and she was so happy to be with Mark, who was acting "supportive and nurturing" ever since their travels began.
"I feel Mark's support consistently. I love his positivity. I think I already love him! And that sounds crazy, but we do seem like we're both crazy," Lindsey gushed.
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Lindsey and Mark chose not to join the other couples for drinks by the pool that day, but Mark showed up by himself at one point to hopefully bond with his castmates and get back on their good graces.
Mark explained to the group how Lindsey tends to operate "at a 10," which can press other people's buttons, and so he apologized for what had happened on behalf of his "team."
Mark asked everyone to rise above the drama and not feel tension "over little things," and everyone agreed.
Olajuwon and Mark even toasted to forgiveness and moving on; however, Katina suggested how she could only handle Lindsey in small doses due to her overwhelming personality going forward.
Married at First Sight currently airs on Wednesday nights at 8PM ET/PT and also stars Steve Moy and Noi Phommasak, Alyssa and Chris Collette, and Michael Morency and Jasmina Outar.
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