Relationship expert John Aiken made Married At First Sight history by overruling both Melissa and Shannon's 'stay' decisions during the second Commitment Ceremony.
It was the first time in his 10 seasons as a MAFS expert that John was compelled to take such drastic step, but one that he felt was necessary.
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In an exclusive interview with 9Entertainment, John explained why he pulled the plug on Melissa and Josh's and Caitlin and Shannon's time in the experiment.
"I felt like both of those relationship dynamics were too toxic for any of the participants to remain in," John explained.
"Josh was a complete mess, Caitlin was saying she felt diminished and very small and broken and so we had to call it."
Although MAFS has seen even the most broken couples turn things around, John admitted he just couldn't see that happening for Melissa and Josh or Caitlin and Shannon.
"I think both of them [Melissa and Shannon] lacked insight, they couldn't see how much their partners were really struggling," John noted.
"When you lack that insight there's not a lot of chance for change.
"I thought that their relationships were on life support and there was very little chance of turning it around."
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Even though John didn't have high hopes for the couples, he still gave them one last chance on the couch.
For Shannon, John wanted to know exactly what he was going to do repair the relationship moving forward. But it was a question that proved to be too difficult for Shannon to answer.
"He [Shannon] couldn't answer the question, the harder I drilled down on him the less information I was getting," John said.
"That was enough to tell me nothing is changing here, if anything it's just going to get worse and it's not going to be healthy for either person."
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John had a one single word of advice for Melissa and Shannon as they move forward in future relationships: Pause.
"I think for people like Melissa and Shannon, when you come out of a relationship it's very important to stop before jumping into something new," he explained.
"Take the time to understand what's happened and then take ownership of the things you'd do differently."
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While John's role as a relationship expert is to help bring people closer together, he said that was important to be able to identify when it's time to leave a relationship.
"If you're with a person and you're feeling bad about yourself most of the time, that's a bad sign," the expert said.
"If your partner actually has contempt for you or is putting down. That's a bad sign.
"If there's no intimacy, no touch, no sense of warmth. That's a problem.
"If you've got no real long term goals together, you don't have a shared vision and you don't know where you stand in terms of commitment. That too, is a major issue."
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