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'Married at First Sight' star Meka Jones reveals her timetable for consummating marriage to Michael Watson

By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 01/26/2020

Married at First Sight star Meka Jones has revealed her timetable for consummating her marriage to Michael Watson after their wedding day.

During a Wednesday appearance on Married at First Sight: Unfiltered, which is hosted by Season 1 MAFS participant Jamie Otis, Meka watched back a clip of her bridesmaids grilling Michael at the wedding reception about when he planned to sleep with his new wife.

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Mike insisted he was going to allow Meka to take the lead on that because he was in no rush.

"It's not a demand or requirement," Michael told the bridesmaids in the clip. "But it's all about her being comfortable and feeling like we're there. I don't have the expectation that something needs to happen."

Meka told Jamie on Unfiltered she thought it was "really good" how Michael "answered the question."

"Because I think that is something that takes time for people to get comfortable," Meka explained of being physically intimate.

"Like, we're in a different situation -- we're married as strangers. So the same stuff you would do in a typical marriage sometimes necessarily doesn't apply to us."

"So the fact he's allowing me to take the lead," she added, "I think that's really sweet and I think it's the right thing to do."

When asked whether she has a specific timetable for when she'd be ready to "do the deed," Meka replied, "I wouldn't say I have a specific timetable."

"I think I've been saying from the beginning I'm open to doing it whenever and it's just when we both feel comfortable and when we feel like we're ready," Meka explained.

Meka suggested that she'd be ready to have sex with her husband when the time simply felt right.

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"I don't think I want to put a time limit to it," Meka said on Unfiltered. "If we decide today is when we want to consummate our marriage, then that's what we'll do."

Jamie then turned over the topic to one of Meka's Married at First Sight co-stars, Zach Justice, who wed Mindy Shiben on the Lifetime reality series' tenth season.

"Should we be expecting some fireworks on your wedding night?" Jamie asked Zach.

"Umm, no," Zach admitted.

"I mean, I don't know. It's hard for me to immediately imagine myself in that situation so early on with [my wife] being such a stranger."

Jamie seemed skeptical and therefore asked Zach if he ever had a one-night stand before.

"Not like this, no," Zach responded.

"No? Not like this, where you actually have to stay married to that person -- and have breakfast with them the next day?" Jamie joked.

"Correct," Zach said after laughing. "It's different, okay?! It's different!"

Zach awkwardly attempted to put the heat on Meka and asked if she took the lead in the bedroom, but then he noted, "Just kidding.."

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On Married at First Sight's January 1 premiere, Meka got together with her fellow Married at First Sight brides to discuss their expectations in this extreme experiment.

After Mindy said she didn't want to set hard rules for herself, especially when it comes to consummating her marriage, Meka acknowledged she was on the same page.

"I agree. I'm kind of go with the flow, like, see the chemistry -- and I'm not shutting down anything," Meka shared with Mindy, Katie Conrad, Taylor Dunklin, and Jessica Studer.

Jessica admitted in that moment sex for her on the first night was a "no" because the man would still be a total stranger.

"I think Jessica is maybe a lot more close-minded," Meka told the cameras in a confessional. "In general, if you're going to be Married at First Sight, you should be open-minded about everything!"

"Like, I've never had a one-night stand, but I've never been married, so," Meka pointed out.

In the latest Married at First Sight episode for Season 10 that aired on Wednesday night, however, Meka alleged Michael had attempted to put a time limit on consummating their marriage while flying to their honeymoon in Panama -- and Meka wasn't okay with it.

"I'm pissed because on the plane, we had a conversation and Michael literally gave me an ultimatum and said if we don't have sex on our honeymoon then he won't want to be in this marriage," Meka told the cameras.

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"The part that is the most concerning for me is that when we get on-camera, he's a totally different person -- he's patient and he wants to wait for sex and it's all on me and whenever I'm ready."

Meka went on to say, "But when we get behind closed doors, it's a totally different story."

Meka said her honeymoon was therefore starting out pretty badly, and she confronted Michael about their conversation on-camera.

Meka told Michael he seemed totally put together and portrayed himself as "Mr. Perfect" on-camera but then he totally changed as a person once cameras shut off.

Meka wasn't sure she could be vulnerable and give herself to Michael when she didn't even know if he was being genuine.

"I wanted to be honest and truthful and have an honest, authentic relationship. And at this moment, I can't say that I know that I got that," Meka told Michael.

"My worry is that we were matched based on what you portrayed yourself as and not what you actually were. It's running through my mind that maybe if he had talked to the experts the way he talks to me off-camera, maybe we never would have even been matched."

Michael stayed silent throughout Meka's rant, and when she finished venting her frustrations and worries, he promised that his words and actions had all been sincere up to that moment.

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Michael said he was just trying to gauge her expectations of intimacy while laying his out there in a direct manner in order to avoid future confusion or tension.

Michael apologized for putting Meka in an uncomfortable situation, saying it was not his intent to put pressure on her and he was just trying to learn how to be a good husband and be clear with her on what he anticipated.

Meka asked Michael to confirm on-camera that he had said on the plane he may want out of the marriage if they don't have sex on their honeymoon, but Michael refused.

"It's not going to work if you can't be honest," Meka said.

"And this is not going to work if you're trying to make it seem like it's one way and not the other way," Michael noted.

Meka couldn't believe Michael was denying what he had allegedly said on their way to Panama, and he decided they should spend the night apart and then talk about things the next day once they've both cooled down.

Michael and Meka were then shown sleeping in separate hotel rooms.