Are Emem Obot & Brandon Williams Still Together After Married At First Sight Season 18?
Married at First Sight season 18 bride, Emem Obot, shocked viewers when she moved on immediately from her ill-fated husband, Ikechi Ojoré, to her on-screen fiancé, Brandon Williams. Married at First Sight season 18 has been nothing short of chaotic. Emem and Ikechi’s initial spark followed by a quick and unsettling spiral downwards over communication issues has been wild. However, the season 18 cheating scandal and couples swap between Madison Myers and David Trimble has become the most controversial situation yet.
MAFS season 18 began in October 2024, and the season finale just aired. Coming up is a reunion special followed by a “Where Are They Now?” episode, that will give fans a lot more insight into the more current state of all the cast members. Emem’s post-experiment life has been shocking, considering she hopped into an engagement before the ink was dry and official with her divorce from Ikechi, begging the question of whether she and Brandon are still together.
Emem & Ikechi Were A Bad Match
Emem and Ikechi started on good footing, but Ikechi’s true colors showed as he called Emem “aggessive” and an “a*****e,” and gave the narrative that Emem gave unwanted sexual advances. It was painful to see the pair try to repair things several times, only to have a crash and burn outcome out of every attempt. The pair ended the season on bad terms. Ikechi should never have been cast in the first place due to his sketchy dating history, clout-chasing ambition, and lack of effort throughout the process.
Emem felt wronged by Ikechi, and he felt the same towards her. The experts did a terrible job at addressing Emem and Ikechi’s issues and miscommunication early on, and their lack of guidance led to the vicious detest they gained towards one another. Emem and Ikechi seemed compatible based on their hopes for the future and positive outlooks on marriage, but their diverging personalities clashed too much, and it’s something the experts should have noticed and chosen not to match them.
Emem & Brandon Got Engaged
After giving Ikechi her final two cents, Emem jumped right back into dating. She went on a date with a man named Brandon Williams, whom she went to elementary school with.
Brandon was in the middle of a divorce from his wife of 10 years, whom he has two children with.
Brandon and Emem moved extremely fast, and Brandon proposed to Emem within about a week of their reconnection, and Emem accepted. In the preview for the reunion, Brandon will make the gesture of pressing to get married right then and there.
Emem was accused by Ikechi of wanting a “plug and play” husband, meaning that it didn’t matter who she was presented with for her to be willing to jump in one hundred percent. Ikechi’s theory is proving correct, as Emem has chosen to overlook Brandon’s entangled and messy life in her pursuit of being a wife. Emem’s co-stars were also concerned about her and Brandon’s fast-moving connection, as they found Brandon’s all-in attitude so soon quite alarming.
Are Emem & Brandon Still Together?
It seems that Emem and Brandon went through with their reunion matrimony, as Emem describes herself as a “wife” in her Instagram bio, and Brandon proclaims himself a “husband.” Married at First Sight season 18 took a hard left for Emem in her marriage to Ikechi, but it all led her to Brandon. While there are red flags in Emem and Brandon’s relationship, they seem to be beating the odds currently.
Emem has stated that she wants a child, and Brandon said he was open to having more children.
Firefighter Lieutenant Brandon does have his professional life together, but the messy nature of his personal life doesn’t bode well in realistic terms.
Married at First Sight‘s Emem may be disillusioned with the idea of being married, and could have made a mistake by moving so fast with Brandon before truly knowing him. Only time will tell.
