MAFS' Beth reveals why she thinks Teejay stayed on the show: 'Ulterior motives'

Married At First Sight’s Beth Kelly has called out her partner Teejay Halkias and accused him of having “ulterior motives” for staying on the show as long as he has. The intruder groom has come under fire in recent episodes for not being honest with Beth about his feelings - or lack thereof - and giving her “mixed messages”.

During Homestays he confessed he was still trying to figure out if he wanted to continue the relationship in the real world, and he couldn’t tell her at last week’s dinner party whether he would write ‘stay’ or ‘leave’ at the next commitment ceremony. Beth was then left heartbroken when she committed to staying for the final week of the experiment and he told the experts in Sunday night’s episode that he was ready to go home.

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Reflecting on her MAFS experience five months after filming the show, Beth tells Yahoo Lifestyle she believes Teejay wasn’t interested in her and he had other motivations for being a part of the experiment

“I always want to believe that people are good people. I don't think he's a bad person at all, but I think looking back now, he wasn't into me at all. And so the only thing I can really think of is maybe he just wanted to stay for as long as he could to get as much fame as he wanted,” she remarks.

“I feel like there must have been ulterior motives. I’m a good person, I would never have treated him like that ever. So I think maybe he just wanted to stay on the show for as long as he could and maybe he had to string me along to do that until it was at the point where he was like, ‘Okay, I can't keep doing this’.”

Beth's thoughts on Teejay's Big Brother stint

Although they appeared to have a strong relationship for the majority of the experiment, Beth admits she first began questioning Teejay’s intentions on her wedding day when she learned that he had previously appeared on Big Brother.

“This is the thing. Obviously, we couldn't talk about that on the show because it’s crossing over, but from the first day at the wedding I found out he’d slept with Jamie [Marinos], he'd been on Big Brother, and he's slept with over 200 women,” she details.

“So when he's telling me he needs an emotional connection to sleep with me, in the back of my mind I'm thinking, ‘F**k off, no you don’t! You’ve shagged so many women, you don't need an emotional connection’.”

Beth says that his ‘body count’ admission, which he shared during his stint on Big Brother in 2023, played into her insecurities and made her doubt Teejay’s attraction towards her.

“I'm like, okay, maybe he’s just saying that because he's actually really not attracted to me and doesn't want to sleep with me, and it was just horrible,” she shares. “I was always in my head because of the things he kept saying to me and I was just honestly so confused. It was just so many mixed signals. It was really, really difficult.”

Beth says she feels 'disappointed' in herself

Speaking about the last few episodes that have aired, Beth reveals it’s been “really hard” reliving the experience on TV and seeing how she let Teejay make her feel.

“Watching it back, I honestly feel a little bit disappointed in myself. I feel like, where was my self-worth? I'm chasing a guy that has kind of proved time and time again that he doesn't want me,” she says.

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“My mind was just always constantly so up and down and that's why, because he didn't give me a yes or no answer, I just read that as maybe there was still something there. That’s why I chose to write ‘stay’ and then when I saw him write ‘leave’ my heart just dropped. It was horrible.”

Beth’s decision means that she and Teejay will continue in the experiment for ‘Final Test Week’ and the final dinner party of the decision, but it’s unclear if they will go to Final Vows together.

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