Love hurts — especially when you're on Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars. On the June 17 episode of the S.O.S. relationship show, the housemates had largely declared Cody Sattler and Michelle Money to be "most likely to break up." But Cody and Michelle thought that title belonged to Tara Reid and Dean May.
In an attempt to show the couples that it wasn't only their partners who could see their less-than-attractive qualities, Jim and Elizabeth Carroll organized an auction. One by one, each person stood by the podium while a well-intentioned but brutally honest auctioneer prattled off their best and worst attributes, and the rest of their housemates voted "yes" or "no" as to whether they would want to date the person up for grabs.
It sounds like it would be humiliating … and it was.
Memphitz was up first. Michelle and Tara both said they would date him, but Lisa D'Amato and Brittish Williams passed. Asked why she wouldn't want to be romantically involved with Memphitz, Lisa said she "didn't want STDs." Yikes. Toya Wright came next. Dean and Adam Friedman voted yes, while Cody and Lorenzo Gordon said no. When Dean was up, Michelle and Lisa both said they would give him a try, while Brittish and Toya said no thanks. Adam, Lisa, Lorenzo, Brittish, Michelle, and Cody all fared OK, with a few takers each.
(Almost) No One Likes Tara Reid
Tara had the roughest go, however. When the 40-year-old actress stood up, Memphitz was the only taker. Cody said he thought she was too focused on her career and wanted all of the attention. Adam said she both worked and partied too much. Tara responded by arguing that she would stick with her career because "that's what is most reliable" for her. (Though that's not saying a whole lot these days.)
At this point, the other women turned to Tara and began trying to get her to open up in a more honest way. "You have no idea what I'm going through now," Tara snapped, prompting them to reiterate that this was exactly their point. They all agreed that she was hiding something, and she didn't like that one bit. "You guys have known me for about seven hours! Maybe I open up more slowly!" she argued.
"The girls started questioning me," she lamented to the camera. "I thought it was so wrong on so many levels."
With an eye roll, Lisa called Tara's response "a little avoidance dance that she does." Lisa wasn't the only one feeling frustrated by Tara, however. Jim complained that the star wasn't "even giving 20 percent to the boot camp" and noted that he wanted to "chow down on her." (OK …)
Cody 'Betrays' Michelle
After the auction exercise, the group reconvened in the kitchen for casual conversation — which is when Cody announced to the table that Michelle had cheated … on her ex-husband. To say that Michelle was angry would be the understatement of the century. A look of pure fury took over her face as she charged upstairs. Cody, realizing he'd crossed a line, chased after her.
Michelle turned around and chucked a water bottle at him. "You're such an a–hole! You said the one thing you promised me you wouldn't!" She charged into the bedroom and added, "Get the f–k out!" She flung herself onto the bed, and when Cody tried to come over and comfort her, she kicked him pretty hard. "You have betrayed me beyond belief!" she screamed.
Michelle explained to the camera that they had discussed this issue prior to arriving at Boot Camp. "I said, 'Please do not bring up my ex-husband and my daughter,'" she recalled. "I said, 'Promise me that you won't say that.' I made it very clear to him before coming here not to talk about me cheating on my ex-husband, and he betrayed me."
Elizabeth and Lisa tried to help diffuse the situation. Cody immediately started saying he would "cut off an arm" for Michelle, prompting Elizabeth to ask, "You will cut off an arm for Michelle, but you won't manage your tongue?" Cody didn't have much to say in response to that, besides the fact that he knew Michelle would never give him a second chance now that he'd broken this promise.
Elizabeth diplomatically suggested a boot camp divorce, which would change the dynamic so that instead of working on them as a couple, they would each work on themselves as individuals.
"I would shoot myself in the head if I were in a relationship with Cody," Lisa reflected.
Cody Cries. A Lot.
For another exercise, the couples were paired off with new partners and tasked with various aspects to help prepare dinner. Lisa and Memphitz were together, Toya and Adam, Tara and Cody, Brittish and Dean, and Lorenzo and Michelle. For the most part, everyone did a good job of working with their new "spouse," but Cody struggled to stay away from Michelle.
"I love you," he said to her as she snapped back, "I don't know if I love you anymore." That's when Cody broke down in tears. "I wasn't really trying to be revengeful. It was just a reaction and I'm miserable." Even Cody's new "wife," Tara, found his energy "draining."
Cody ended up chasing after Michelle to try, again, to apologize. "I just want to say I'm sorry," he said as he broke down in tears.
"I don't know what to say," Michelle replied, adding that she was "going to chill for a little bit" and making it clear that he was going to be sleeping on the couch that night.
"I don't know where Michelle and I go from here. Even if she says it's over, I'm not willing to give up on it yet," Cody said to the confession camera.
"I feel so betrayed, I don't know if I can get over this," Michelle said in her own confessional. "I don't want to do this anymore."
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