Wife Swap UK Is Somehow Even Worse

[@msjkramey]

If he's this bad on camera, imagine what he's like in private

[@problematicprincess6270]

Oh he definitely beats them. He's horrible.

[@cloudshad0ws]

Yeah I legitimately fear for those children... I wonder how they ended up turning out (assuming he didn't hide the bodies)

[@Flipindabird23]

Yeah this guy is a pathetic excuse for a man. Reminds me of my childhood. Those kids deserve so much better

[@DrunkOnChai_]

Saw this comment as I started the video and thought you were talking about Chris 😂

[@myqueerplantfamily]

This openly abusive with strangers and on camera! He believes his behavior is completely acceptable and that his new wife is the person out of line.

[@lizabee7791]

“The floor was wet, there are kids here they could slip and get hurt, I don’t want to risk their health and safety like that.” *proceeds to smoke in the living room near kids*

[@juggalogamer8541]

Exactly the guy's a hypocrite and he's literally smoking cigarettes around kids

[@SabracadabrO]

Jeez,i’ll hide the bong ffs 🙄

[@alpachinko9154]

He must've noticed he was wrong about the floor when his stepdaughter didn't actually fall to her death, but she did check to see if the stove was on. And boy was he quick to latch onto that - anything to divert attention from him being in the wrong. There's a big difference between being responsible with fire safety and just being so paranoid and controlling that you're stunting the healthy development of children. Kids need to be shown how to cook and what foods look like etc - it's literally a survival skill. He most likely wouldn't want them catching a whiff of independence and autonomy

[@astrowolvez]

“I care about their health” *swears and screams in their faces*

[@FR0GG3R]

A couple frames after that he forces the kid onto the wet floor

[@astrowolvez]

He’ll call himself a house slave when asked to clean a single thing but demand someone to memorize where he shaves and vacuum it later. Jesus christ the irony and hypocrisy.

[@njxwolverine2493]

If he solely brings in the income I don’t see an issue there however if she also works it’s not entirely fair

[@MarkitaOliver]

​@njxwolverine2493 ???? You think his behaviors are OK towards his wife and children. Who cares if he works or not?

[@njxwolverine2493]

@@MarkitaOliver I genuinely care very little to even argue, whatever you said you’re right

[@axiomcomplex5579]

@@njxwolverine2493 Sounds like cope to me.

[@lucarobertson3294]

​@@njxwolverine2493'whatever you said', struggling to read? Second language or just slow?

[@sarahsmith7085]

That poor girl in the pink. You could see her tense and trying not to react while also trying to understand what he needs. Fucking traumatic.

[@berrymint6384]

more like trying to play around his game and not get further hurt Absolute disgusting torture

[@khanm.a]

You guys are too spoilt

[@witchynymph]

⁠@@khanm.a I think the word that you’re looking for is spoiled and if you think the way that man acts is ok you should seek therapy because he is a raging psycho. Nobody should be that angry at absolutely everyone around them that often. a good, secure, loving man does not take his emotions out on his family.

[@perpetualsick]

@@khanm.a i feel horrible for you if this is how you're reacting to a terrible and abusive man

[@LayzeeJay]

@@khanm.ayou really think thats acceptable behavior from a grown man over a little bit of water on the kitchen floor? Involving kids in the argument is fine with you as well?

[@cmaesron5099]

That "father" is the most unashamed loud, proud, and abusive narcissistic person i have EVER seen

[@TiffanyMays-cn5li]

Exactly

[@Brain_Kandi]

@cmaesron5099 , he reminds me of my mom.... barks orders all day, plays victim.... unprovoked fits of rage...physically/emotionally abusive... those poor kids.... they will hate him and cut him off when they move out... I went NC with my family and it's one of the best decisions I've ever made.

[@Kingofthenet2]

I know right

[@Kingofthenet2]

He is beyond insufferable

[@westsideroller1749]

I’ve lived with worse

[@roberttysec4122]

Man, military dad gives big, “I never made it past private and everyone dumped on me,” energy.

[@jkee9760]

It's something I don't get, like I was in for 6 years, deployed and so on. And the only thing I can say that I still uphold is that I am slightly more organized than my wife when it comes to cleaning.

[@ssfbob456]

​@@jkee9760 Yup, same. More organized and way more time conscious.

[@romantic_hippie]

Or it gives "I did one 4-year enlistment, made it to SGT, and made it my entire personality

[@romantic_hippie]

​@@jkee9760 I did 8 years in the Navy, I'm very punctual, am a great public speaker, and meticulously clean. Other than that, I'm trying to put the military behind me

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

Dude if anything the army made me less likely to yell because I realized how dumb it is​@@jkee9760

[@goldensloth7]

well that was fuckin harrowing. i hope Karen got out. she and those kids shouldn't be anywhere near an abusive shit like that.

[@NeonPlanes]

It's funny... It's almost like the white man should be with the white woman, and the black man with the black woman. Almost like that's the way things are meant to be. Because notice it's the black ones who are abusive. And the black woman isn't raising her kids. As a mama's boy, lemme tell you... Those kids run the house and get to do whatever the hell they want and get whatever the hell they want. I'm glad Paul got away from them.

[@JESUS-IS-RAD]

Dude me too! It's insane that the other couple didn't tell her to run as fast as she could. If not for herself than for her kids

[@NatashaCreatesThings]

Yes!!!!!

[@ILoveLamp_1995]

I don't like that Karen is okay with a man abusing those kids like that....

[@goatzee69420]

and they aren't even his children@@ILoveLamp_1995

[@vb9043]

Glad she left Paul for his sake. She ruled his house with her children. Paul is a good guy and deserves better

[@Zykium]

Straight up. Took over his house.

[@nekmewxelagrowing6432]

Yep...​@@Zykium

[@LarryWinkle-f1b]

Yea and what would have made it better was the other wife leave that piece of real live trash

[@MichaelStark-j8e]

And Paul hopefully hooks up with a women he dances with

[@The_Official_Goblin]

Yeah she was kinda an enabler for her kids disrespect. She never told them off for being rude to him, and also as soon as he started bonding with the kids she left him...she is a horrible partner and i kinda hope she never did find another man, cause dear lord his life would SUCK

[@codyearnestt]

Considering both of these fathers were step-fathers, this episode basically takes out the biological parent and leaves the kids with a stranger and their step father. What a dynamic

[@Facebooker413]

Holy shit that hadn't even crossed my mind

[@mrcritical6751]

That’s messed up, especially when you realise Paul had only been with them for 6 months

[@heyheyheyheysm0keweedeveryday]

That is bone chilling

[@daltonfarris]

They should have pulled a husband swap, them kids would have been very happy to get paul back, and Brian would have gotten some cummupance.

[@Tavera12]

This is disturbing and unethical to film an abusive man terrorising his family for entertainment. The way those poor babies hugged Sharon for dear life was heartbreaking.

[@katelynbrown98]

It's unfortunately just as common in the original/American version.

[@RobJT]

Pretty much all real life documentaries like this are exploitative. And there were an infinite amount of them in late 90s early 00s.

[@madmike9278]

Bro it's tv lol

[@samboktilley6481]

Also, i think Sharon was kinda POS for basically using Paul for his house and let her children constantly disrespect him BUT that really highlights how bad Brian

[@annamossity8879]

@@samboktilley6481Yes! Everyone is focused on Brian but she was just as awful, I get the impression she just moved in to an easy going man’s life and she and her kids stepped all over him. Glad she’s moved on. God help her next target. And god help her kids. Brian needs to move on too, before any more damage is done to that family!

[@Melina_Shadow]

That’s not being strict or boot camp. He’s abusive.

[@underratedszn6549]

That’s literally what boot camp is it’s abusive but it has to be. It has to prepare most recruits for the battle field. Obviously translating that style from adults to kids is different

[@gh0stpuppi333]

@@underratedszn6549guess what?? You’re not supposed to be grooming your kids and wife for war. Your job as a parent and a partner is to make sure you have a happy and healthy relationship with your family members . It is your job to make sure that your children are happy, safe, and well adjusted so that they can grow into happy, safe, and well adjusted adults. There is absolutely no reason to abuse your wife and children to “PrEpArE tHeM fOr ThE hOrRoRs Of WaR!!1!!1!1!1” It doesn’t matter if the victims are children or adults - it’s abuse, and it’s wrong. You don’t get to turn your home into a fucking war zone because you want to feel powerful.

[@underratedszn6549]

@@gh0stpuppi333 I know that I wasn’t saying u should I was just saying that boot camp is indeed abusive. I don’t see an issue with exercise being a form of discipline but everything else he a bit outta line for

[@cathunter3874]

I have been in a similar military house where the wife had the superior army role and it was exactly the same, the husband did not think for himself to the point that he had to be directed at work too

[@ScarsFromTomorrow1]

@@underratedszn6549eh, making exercise a punishment could lead the kids to have a bad relationship with it in the future, which can be detrimental to their health.

[@darkjaden-fe]

Brian: *abuses his kids live on camera* WifeSwap: *quirky music plays while a plucky Bri'ish narrator talks about what we just saw like it was completely normal*

[@MrKazukstan]

This was 20+ years ago. Times have changed a little. British TV used to be pretty shocking by todays standards!

[@candycoral3804]

​@MrKazukstan yeah, now British TV is just "who is the father" and every time they're cousins/siblings/parent-child

[@VonteXP]

​@candycoral3804 that's a classic staple of American day time television

[@Templetonko]

"Seven snickering British teenagers." The stuff of nightmares.

[@DrHellcat]

It's one of my worth fears.

[@MandaloreTheThicc]

Worst 7th day of Christmas gift yet.

[@SkylarThompson-mu1qs]

@@DrHellcat I actually kind of hate those kids. They have not met a former Cockney ghetto teenager like me to put them in places. The parents of the second family are no better, the mom is sxist, (hates men ballroom dancing and doing feminine stuff, calls Karen a bmbo.) And the dad can't stand up for himself and talks over the wife. The kids are brats who sit and take up space and say "more sugar" when given sugary drinks and hate the idea of men ballroom dancing probably due to their mom and are disrespectful to their dad for no reason. I think the mother realised Karen is a victim and not a dumb bmbo. I feel bad for Karen and her kids though, sounds like a horrible home life.

[@fulltimeonfire8536]

​@@MandaloreTheThicc 12 Homeless Sleeping 11 Busses waiting 10 Coppers plodding 9 Nonces prowling 8 Bullies Barking 7 Teens a' Snickerin 6 Slags soliciting 5 EMPTY VAPES! 4 Donner Kebabs 3 Sneaky spliffs 2 Jagerbombs And a single massive cup of tea for meeeeeeeeeeeeeee -me (just now)

[@DamnitBobbeh2399]

Dude thinks his wife is the problem when she got a bunch of troubled teenagers to respect her and he’s not even respected by his own kids, just feared. That’s the kind of parenting that has you dying in a hospice with no one at your funeral

[@berrymint6384]

How about yet again not thinking of yourself but the damage the poor V ICTIMS would suffer Just because an abuser is out of the picture does not mean that the suffering is over and also WHO THE HECK CARES IF THE ABUSER SUFFERS? He DESERVE to be let alone.

[@ellisowers6157]

It would be a cold day in hell that a man EVER talked to me like that. Absolutely not. Hes such an abusive little man.

[@ferrarig1763]

Men like this have to leave America because no woman here will take that

[@OJsLeftGlove]

How many cats?

[@amberlytheharpyqueen]

Absolutely! If any man talked to me or my child like that he would be out in the middle of the street with a boot print right on his butt.

[@jameer7565]

@@OJsLeftGlove Bait stopped being believable in 2016, get a new Schtick.

[@raddishforthenight]

@@OJsLeftGlove weak bait

[@diversifiedplural6294]

I don't believe that man was ever in the military. He gives off the exact personality of someone who wanted to be in the military and was rejected

[@stoneskinreb]

I believe it, and dishonorably discharged, then moved to the UK so he could steal valor and get away with it.

[@yyg4632]

yep, narcissistic out of control personality.

[@Zenikai_]

He’s giving “Sargent singles me out for no reason” and “why do I get all the suck jobs”

[@xChaosFlower]

No he was definitely in. Either he never made sergeant and was the worst troop ever. Or he did and let that power go to his head and made it is entire personality both inside and out. Wouldn't be surprised if he got dishonorably discharged

[@keiviroque5666]

​@@xChaosFlower Definitely, i'm talkimg from an American POV but aren't troops meant to be beaten to the point of humbility? The entire point of a soldier is that they follow orders, not give them out.

[@Fuzzy_Yordle]

The reason why it feels so much worse when he curses is because every-time he do curses it's filled with targeted malice and ill-intention. He uses curses as expressions of hate. When people casually curse it's more for emphasis. Ironically, the way he's cursing is why cursing is considered "bad," because of the intent behind the usage.

[@Dareyouhow]

Yea fully agree, words get their meaning through use. Most people don't use those words with such malice so easily, if they do it's usually contextually appropriate like a streetfight or something altercation like that, not towards or in front of your family. Most people would be ashamed to be seen speak like that by their family, casual everyday swearing is usually very different like you say

[@katelynbrown98]

I don't see how that's ironic. It just *is*. Ironic would be the opposite of what you expect.

[@joshuahoover6841]

I grew up in that household and It was not fun. I made damn sure both of my kids knew that they were worthwhile and that they were loved

[@Juwulee]

The fact that the producers of this show could watch a man verbally abuse his kids and all the women around him for days and not report him to somebody is insane

[@DogDooWinner]

Why report them when the footage can be used against them. Typically they would use tricks to make things seem more dramatic than they are. I don't think they had to do anything. In fact, I think they intentionally left stuff out. Stuff that would make him seem worse. That would honestly be a first.

[@Dokok2830]

Lol i honestly dont agree with him and his ways but ion think talking shit is a crime

[@TheBuddha337]

And someone else's wife

[@saadbunni]

We weren't snowflakes

[@Lenape_Lady]

@@saadbunni”You’re a snowflake if you can’t deal with constant verbal, emotional and mental abuse by someone twice as big as you who is supposed to protect you in the one place you should be able to be yourself and be loved.”

[@jameer7565]

Brian feels big and strong screaming and threatening at Women and Children.

[@alw1217]

Got that Chris Brown in him.

[@ItsyagirlLique]

@@alw1217 I should not have laughed 😂

[@xianbc]

Probably the only time he truly does feel strong.

[@Chuck_EL]

​​​@@alw1217 with a dash of Charlie Sheen pre-hiv era

[@mickmack3]

i bet Brian could bet you up.

[@babeena_gt_3645]

No one can tell me that Brian doesn't beat his wife and kids . They all seem in fear for their life when he speaks

[@Julian-qs8xq]

The scene where Karen is talking about how she wants to show that she’s not lazy was actually heartbreaking

[@basedbane787]

She deserves worse for subjecting her children to that psycho

[@icetide9411]

Paul is a saint and should be protected. Man just wants to ballroom dance and that's great for him

[@balakays550]

yeah he seemed like a nice guy. probably just got stuck in that situation trying to find love.tbh i could see him being a good dad if he has his own children.

[@qwirkt]

Eh I can’t imagine him being a good lead in ballroom dancing with that attitude. And given when this was filmed he probably danced as lead

[@lillivercheese9046]

Paul is a simp

[@azroceankitarn9620]

@@qwirkt who knows, its might be the only area he has confidence in.

[@magonazz1]

paul is a simp, nobody respected him because he did not show any signs of manhood, he is simply a man-woman, i pity him.

[@becca5527]

The fact that Brian's wife said that he made her feel stupid, like she couldn't think on her own, and he responded "what's wrong with that" just shows how much of a POS he is. How can you claim to care about someone and think that that is perfectly okay? To me, that's worse than an abuser being in denial about how they make their partner feel. Denial at least implies that they are aware this is bad and need to have some form cognitive dissonance to justify their behavior. He just straight up has no sense of empathy whatsoever. I really really hope she got away from him.

[@JESUS-IS-RAD]

Yeah. It's crazy you could like somebody who treats you and your own kids like trash, ever. Let alone all the time. And says what's wrong with me trying to brainwash you? Lol.

[@eatatjoe]

He’s…like, the stereotype of a 1950’s dad.

[@Szriko]

I mean, you know who commits 80% of the crime in the U.S., right? This is why we shouldn't go importing foreign elements like that.

[@edgelordofhosts]

He didn't want a wife. He wanted someone he could make a victim that he has power over. There's zero love there.

[@sparkflames_ao]

The thing people must remember is that european women are very loyal to their men, especially brits (I'm a british woman myself). It's not that we accept abuse to ourselves and our kids but more so the fact that we're extremely loyal and give our all for our partner and family. It becomes a weakness at points to the point that our partners and children notice it and can take advantage of that. We're a sucker for being really soft on our forward families. That's just my opinion and experience, though in my hometown.

[@gnowra]

Uk wife swap hits different because American wife swap is like “we found a vegan family and made them swap with family who eats squirrels” where as British wife swap is like “we found a family with an abusive dad…”

[@mug8865]

As an American you guys are welcome to keep Brian for as long as you'd like.

[@rinoz47]

Maybe we can agree to meet half way. In the ocean.

[@problematicprincess6270]

Oh we don't want him either though.

[@CimyrRazely]

@@rinoz47I think this is a fair compromise. Tell him he won a free cruise and shove him off in a dinghy.

[@asarishepard8171]

Yeah they can keep him

[@someguy1865]

​@@rinoz47or Bermuda

[@mimismithson5372]

This lady needs to divorce Brian. She is almost unaware she’s in an abusive household

[@Mannymoose84]

I'll say it would be abusive when she is threatened verbally beaten physically give her family threats follow you around everywhere ask what was said on the phone when you responded a certain way constantly or say when you are some where sitting looking straight ahead then accused of checking some one out or constantly bringing up your ex past relationship or your family on a Daily Basis then I'll consider it Abusive or say why did you smile when you were ordering food just because the Cashier was a Girl or say Why were you singing a song y do you like it and not in lm curious cute way more like who are you thinking about why do you like it then you can say Abusive

[@generichuman2044]

​​@@Mannymoose84 ordering someone around like they are your personal assistant, constantly getting into screaming matches and using harsh punishments for minor things is abusive. That poor woman wasn't even her own person anymore under his control

[@vajayhey]

@@Mannymoose84Brian calling his spouse stupid and useless is abusive. The horror you’ve described also sounds abusive, but none of it means Brian wasn’t also.

[@Mannymoose84]

@@vajayhey 👍

[@The_Official_Goblin]

The fact that the tv show painted brain as a changed man after all the fucking abuse we witnessed...then to immediatly cut to the wife who is enabler for her kids disrespect saying that she left the saint of a guy that was getting just walked all over in the relationship, and as soon as he started bonding with the kids and started to stand up for himself she left him. Her kids are going to have a terrible role model in life

[@L33tSkE3t]

Smoking in the house with little kids around is just scummy and disgusting… Edit: Oh great, he curses in front of the little kids too, saying they look like “F**king idiots”. What an abusive prick, those poor kids are clearly uncomfortable with him and the way he treats them.

[@Mr.Inman14]

My dad basically did the same thing growing up.

[@zionnichols7710]

I agree he's a pos but u sound weird as if cussing infront of kids in general make u an abusive asshole

[@SpicyRikers]

@@Mr.Inman14 Yep, my whole family did it, was normal growing up to just walk into a room and be unable to open my eyes the whole duration.

[@InspirationalSpaceship]

The mother shouldn’t have brought him around her kids. It’s her fault

[@amicableenmity9820]

@@InspirationalSpaceship It seems to me she was abused as a child herself, and so she married a man who acted like her abuser. It's tragic really but she should have thought about the kids before herself. I hope she woke up. Also it's not excusing Brian, he's a manchild.

[@PunkNPetty]

Brian’s the step dad you’d fight because he deserves it and Paul’s the step dad you’d fight to teach him how.

[@annjohnson4061]

KZbin comment of the year.🤣

[@The_Official_Goblin]

Brain is the guy you call a friend to bury his body, Paul is the guy you call to help bury Brain

[@gabriellegunvik4377]

@@The_Official_Goblin ah what a dream that would be to see

[@KingOfGaymes]

A military dad? Oh no An AMERICAN military dad? OH GOD AN AMERICAN MILITARY DAD IN THE UK? OH GOD PLEASE NO

[@coletrainhetrick]

Even me a conservative realizes how clearly bad this is.

[@nowintroducinghertome]

Edit y'all like that huh? Funny as fk. Got that shyt from momma,born in texas. ✋🏻💀 Damn an American driving on the wrong side of the road 😂😂😂😂

[@sherinawilliams1167]

That's why he's in the U.K. because American women wouldn't go for that shit.

[@whirrlygg9321]

@@sherinawilliams1167 anymore*

[@edenlewis2538]

@@sherinawilliams1167I was thinking the same thing

[@Irrelevantspace]

Hold on. So she left Paul because he actively tried to be apart of her kids lives?? Why the hell did she come on this show if she didn’t want a “better version” of Paul? If she was satisfied with him getting bullied by her kids, being a push over to her, why come on the show? He tried to teach them life lessons like earning money for chores and respecting other folks and their passions.

[@Lady_Amelia-Eloise]

Probably thought he wasn’t “masculine” enough

[@NeonPlanes]

She wanted the clout and this was basically her saying "hey any hunky men out there, come save me from this pathetic white man"

[@beepbeeplettuce5890]

For the money obviously they get like 50 grand at least in the US version

[@Randyplaysguitars]

She did him a favor

[@teethgrinder83]

I've a feeling they rushed that relationship too quickly-obviously I don't know but I got the vibe that she moved in with him too early on in a relationship especially when there's teenage kids on the go as well so I suspect that even if they hadn't gone on the show they would still have split up

[@ragsaceattorney8228]

Military dad later in life will be like “Why won’t my kids talk to me?”

[@dude988]

I just choked on some chocolate because my father is ex-military and I have gone no contact with him. 😂

[@chicameowr]

My dad exactly, not military but abusive. Now in his 80s he wonders why it's been literally decades I have not had a relationship with him.

[@bookaltd]

​@@dude988 likewise

[@steveanton763]

No he'll blame whatever the new wokeism is.

[@shannonceleste5557]

Hell no. He doesn't give aaf about those kids. Maybe ? his bio kid but there's no reason to expect that based on what we saw

[@KorokHaze93]

Paul really just out here tryna dance his way through his best life. Poeple should leave Paul tf alone.

[@sarahhollister150]

If Brian acts like that in front of cameras imagine how he acts when no one is around

[@ManuDunno]

Oh, he definitely has punched the kids and Karen before, for sure.

[@AmarisFrede]

@@ManuDunno To be honest, he doesn't need to actually do that. The way he yells and stands is so threatening, that it shuts them up and makes them comply before he has to do something others will actually have to acknowledge.

[@idontknow2469]

​@AmarisFrede maybe they react that way because he's harmed them before and they're trying to avoid it happening again

[@Guapo_Oppai]

@@AmarisFredeIf the abuse was just on a verbal level, the kids would never stop trying to argue back because they’d know that yelling is the worst thing that will happen. I really do believe that those children were in physical danger because the yelling and “exercises” were seen as just a warning before he really got out of hand

[@kirstenmueller16]

@@Guapo_OppaiI don’t think that’s necessary true. My step dad was very similar to Brian in the way he yelled & came across threatening. My step dad was a cop & would tower over you while pointing at you & screaming in your face. Or he’d throw stuff like cups. He never hit us but you felt in his words & his body language that he wanted to. I didn’t argue & hid in my room away from him most of my childhood. Developed mental problems from it. Sometimes verbal abuse is just as bad as physical abuse. Some would even say it’s worse.

[@elilloyd7900]

Exercise as a punishment is actually EXTREMELY bad for a childs mental health. It can put a mindest in the kid as something as just working to to stay healthy as a punishment, making mental health/ general life worse

[@itsdabees]

I got beaten so I'd take exercise any day of the week

[@elilloyd7900]

@@itsdabees no I totally understand that, I understand what it's like, but ofc some parents use exercise as a punishment, I hope you're doing better now

[@craigwapples4200]

23:04 yet he couldn’t do it for 3 seconds 😂

[@beewest5704]

​@@itsdabeesIts still abusive & leaves the same or even worse emotional scars then being beaten. If you tell ppl your dad beat you will get sympathy & understanding then telling them my dad made me exercise.

[@minumeyli]

@@itsdabees i had both, you don't want EITHER

[@msjkramey]

Ugh, I'm a former smoker, but something I would never do is just smoke inside. You need one place that is even slightly free from that smell. Apparently when my mom was little, my grandparents used to smoke in the basement in these two armchairs while watching TV, and there were black circles above each one. That got them to switch to smoking outside Also, if you have kids, definitely don't smoke inside. Aside from the obvious health risks, I've seen so many kids get bullied for smelling like smoke when they come to school. It's not fair to them

[@emperial4421]

Dudes a narcissist at it’s finest

[@frextion5867]

its narcissistic for the kid to care that badly about how they smell, its not my fault im addicted to 3 packs a day (all this is a joke lmao)

[@kingconcerto5860]

"I've seen so many kids get bullied for smelling like smoke when they come to school" I guarantee this is not true. I 1000% promise you have not "seen so many kids get bullied" for "smelling like smoke", lmfao.

[@FranchescoGutierrez-b5f]

So if you had a blizzard outside during the apocalypse you wouldn't light one up inside?

[@franquil85conn]

​@kingconcerto5860 Imy parents smoked in the house/car and I was most definitely bullied for smelling like smoke. What are you even talking about

[@badgerinafez]

23:49 can confirm the chocolate orange segsations they're eating are absolutely worth the altercation, I'd throw hands for a box in a heartbeat

[@endymallorn]

The fear in that little girl whenever Brian lays a hand on her makes my blood run cold. I don’t want to know what he does to them in private. I do feel like Paul & Karen would have been happier together though.

[@khaightlynn]

Agree. Watching this with my partner, we were talking about how much more they could have learned if the husband's swapped instead. Give those poor kids a break from brian and give them a soft dad, but there might be hands thrown if those british teens yelled back at him. I hope she left him.

[@RJ-pu4tz]

Paul should never have allowed that woman and her kids to move in to his house, after only 6mo. She was clearly using him and saw him as a pushover

[@laurab6418]

He is a pushover….the kids have absolutely no respect for him and he doesn’t seem to address that with his girlfriend

[@RJ-pu4tz]

@@laurab6418 that's because they've probably saw their mother go through countless boyfriends that she has used, so they likely knew they wouldn't be sticking around long. She's a racist as well. She should try looking after her kids and focusing on them

[@laurab6418]

@@RJ-pu4tz Well at least she left the poor guy. I hope he found someone who actually respects him and treats him right

[@RJ-pu4tz]

@@laurab6418 very true. I hope so too

[@tangaz5819]

Oh shit, its his house😮. That makes the whole situation more disgusting.

[@luridftwgaming8983]

Brian is an actual psychopath. Don’t worry when the step kids are older and out of the house and he’s there alone with his rules he’ll get what’s coming. Sit in that living room smoking your cigarettes alone with no more control over anyone. I wonder how he’s doing today.

[@Cjai8518]

Well the step kids are now in their 30's and 20's, so hopefully they went no contact with that a$$hole.

[@Cjai8518]

@@eva_unit_01 I hate him even more every time he opens his stupid mouth.

[@luridftwgaming8983]

@@Cjai8518 I hope the wife left him too.

[@dolar6162]

I really hope kids were able to get away from him and not feel guilty abt leaving him, they deserve way better

[@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock]

So do I. Anybody know what happened to him?

[@blackhole1229]

Paul was the only one who improved because of this, doesnt have to deal with either of them anymore

[@bloodycrocs]

Brian seems abusive in every aspect. No respect for his wife and mother of his children.

[@bloodycrocs]

@@Falconer22 lol i didn't know until you replied that i spelled his name incorrectly! sorry 'bout that 😗

[@Othaur]

Brian is worst person I have ever seen on these shows.A controlling, abusive petty little dictator in the house. God, I hope his wife left him.

[@xianbc]

Probably a good thing for Paul that she left, those kids were monsters. Maybe Paul and Karen should have gotten together.

[@raimarulightning]

For real. She basically acted like he was a host for her and her kids to suck dry.

[@DrArthurCGarp]

Yeah Paul seemed like a chill dude. He was just trying to be a good friend to those kids and they bullied him.

[@balakays550]

thank the lord lol that was never going to work out. i bet paul is looking back on that part of his life like dam that was traumatic

[@user-Tod-The-Toadster]

16:27 Paul-"I can move so you can sit but I'm not sitting in the middle" Kid-"Fuck you" Rent a wife-"So Paul is being a fucking child"

[@jameer7565]

Disgusting bringing up slavery and his heritage when asked to do ONE thing.

[@mephistopheles4910]

But keep in mind, he treated his wife like a slave and it was considered fine.

[@TonyMichaels166]

@@mephistopheles4910careful. You’re not supposed to point things like that out.

[@NeonPlanes]

He was the first one... He is patient zero for what is happening in America today

[@NeonPlanes]

​​@@mephistopheles4910But she's white ha-ha-ha she couldn't possibly be considered a slave. Black people in America were the only slaves ever on the face of the earth of all time. Didn't you know that?

[@jameer7565]

​@@NeonPlanes Nah I'm black, I'm not a Klan Kid like you despite my comment, go back to 4chan. We don't condone that behavior on average.

[@myliza700]

As someone who was raised by a man in the military it cracks me up every time they try to use that as an excuse. Because there’s strict and there’s … ✨abuse✨

[@jamesdulany2176]

When Brian asked for proof, I wish she would have called the cameraman over to play the footage.

[@SpiritBox01]

She didn't even need to do that. I know that bathroom still stank of smoke. My dad used to smoke and the smell lingers, even when you open windows

[@eyesoffreedom8378]

This is how the passport bros act with women in the US and it doesn’t fly so they leave to find a woman that takes all the BS. He’s just that.

[@PerryGyalTyngz]

My thoughts exactly

[@jaythomas468]

“Passport bros?” Not sure what that means, lol.

[@destinybrown4087]

@@jaythomas468it’s people typically men who go to different countries to find more submissive women to meet and marry

[@artbygilik]

He obviously married her because she’s willing to put up with his awful behaviour and is scared to speak up. He’s scary, how he screamed at them, I wouldn’t doubt he’s capable of escalating to physical punishment.

[@jameer7565]

The drinking, smoking, military stepdad makes you do pushups as punishment? Sounds like a dark stand-up routine.

[@Specialistkay]

Honestly, physical exercise as punishment is wonderful. Much better than physical abuse, people consider punishment. It teaches the kids that mistakes in life often cost alot of painful tedious work to fix. What better way to show that than through painful tedious exercises?

[@leigha2814]

​@@Specialistkay ah, yes, give people a complex around physical activity. Absolutely wonderful. So healthy and not abusive. Maybe yall should learn how to not have your egos bruised by children. And don't let step parents punish kids.

[@MayaLarsen-y3r]

The Military dad is a hypocritical sociopath, it is just common sence that you disapline children when they are disrspectful and out of line .

[@jameer7565]

No, because everyone has their limits of what's physically comfortable you could easily cross the line. Psychologically with a child it could possibly condition your brain into thinking exercise = bad. There's a reason why people who obsessively lose or gain weight to punish themselves are considered sick. If you enforce it to yourself sure, but you can't magically guess if a kid is just having exercise soreness or is genuinely distraught.​@@Specialistkay

[@jameer7565]

​Also, you can teach someone that without making them experience physical pain? Chores are fine, taking games and toys, grounding, why does it have to be physical? It says a lot about a man that would willingly hurt a kid no matter the lesson. Like it sounds like you've been hurt by life and you're trying to dispel it onto a kid, that's not a lesson that's revenge. When is the last time you messed up and it caused physical pain? Like you have common sense assuming you're an adult most pain you ever feel is completely out of your control.

[@Ericasentertainments]

As someone who actually was in the military, Brian acts like the one guy who failed out of boot camp… i’m definitely questioning his background 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@notronsivart]

I hate to tell you, but that kid did NOT say "Dancin's for girls" he said a different G word.

[@MinecraftGod69420]

Gay

[@eoinm5758]

Gheeeeyyyys

[@ValkyrieCain123]

Yeah those kids are very much the typical British kids that find guys who do anything outside of the usual "lad" culture as homosexual and mock it. I'm not sure if that's changed much in school these days but a decade ago when I was in school, it was very common for feminine guys to be openly mocked for liking things not typically seen as for men. Sadly, it was (is?) very common for stuff like that and being called "gay" was an insult so I think those kids are just a product of that time. (Just explaining that for anyone who isn't in the UK)

[@teethgrinder83]

​@@ValkyrieCain123yeah it was like that when I was in Academy here in Scotland in the mid-late 90s too. My partner's son is 15 and he's never spoken like that around me or talked about others speaking like that so maybe it has settled down somewhat compared to just how prevalent it used to be. Saying that there's always going to be little shits who are just.....shits lol

[@kylesteele3936]

Those kids were so ghetto wannabes. Big fake gold rings and chains, total jerks. Brian is such a scumbag!

[@eccehomo4152]

As a person from the UK, 6 sugars is excessive even to us. Even then, a can of coke has the equivalent of 12 sugars so while it's not great, it still isn't really comparable to coke etc

[@Ta12dankdiscoveries]

psh whatever

[@eccehomo4152]

@@Ta12dankdiscoveries whatever psh

[@MrKazukstan]

I would have been slapped if I ever asked for 6 sugars as a kid 😂😂

[@imgkaizer]

​@@MrKazukstanIf I put nore than 3 sugar on mine its very likely my mom will just straight up punch me.

[@annamossity8879]

I don’t understand why that kid couldn’t make his own damn tea!

[@bextacticalgrandma2545]

I remember reading a book about domestic abuse where the author said many people finally decided to leave their partners after being away from them on vacation or something, because they finally had a break in the constant psychological assault that is living with an abuser and realized what life could be like without them. That sounds like what Karen said. These shows make me sad in how they televise abuse and then don't name it that or seemingly offer support to its victims, so I'm glad that at the least Karen got the opportunity she did.

[@domm5715]

was karen with slim-shady? or the military guy? cuz i think its pretty obvios that slim's spouse was abusive to him. thats prolly why she left right after, cuz he got a lil bitt of confidence back and stood up for himself, and boom she is gone looking for a "perfect" stepdad?? even 10 yr olds kno that isnt a realist ask of your partner,

[@skyegoddess697]

Him cursing sounds "sharp" cause he's doing it AT the woman IN FRONT of the kids

[@problematicprincess6270]

Can I ask you a question about the episode? Did you get the vibe brian SAs the daughter? It's tiny things like her twitching/being jumpy when he touches or goes near her and the fear in her eyes when he says "come here"

[@jameer7565]

@@problematicprincess6270 It seems more like general fear of someone twice your size constantly screaming at what you do. Its hard to say without asking her, which I wouldnt recommend trying.

[@cassandrashelton3690]

I think it's most shocking that he's cussing out and screaming at a woman he doesn't even know!! And in front of not his kids! It's insanity. He's an abuse pos.

[@skyegoddess697]

@problematicprincess6270 I wouldn't be able to tell if that's the type of abuse she's experienced at the hands of him based on those clips. But from my personal experience with growing up in an abusive household, it just seems like she's afraid of someone who just physically and verbally abuses her (painful exercise punishments, cussing, yelling, ect.) She's just afraid and defenseless ☹️

[@khaightlynn]

Yes definitely it's because it's *at* the women _in front of the kids_ on purpose why it feels so gross. I think the American accent has a lot to do with it and him being the only American. It's much sharper because it's *at* someone or something, like daggers meant to hurt them. To the british cursing is just a part of speech and is taken a lot less seriously, rather than a gut punch on purpose. When Sharon curses back at him it just doesn't hit the same. Being yelled *at* is really shitty, and being forced to bend to someone's whim and have to try to guess what the right answer is in order to be on his side to prove a ridiculous point about a wet floor, etc is straight up psychological abuse

[@elainagilbert7663]

Interestingly, they swapped the biological mothers so that these children would be left with two adults who aren't their parents.

[@Helga-fe5xl]

That's dodgy

[@Sh12pen]

And for one household it worked so much better

[@killgoretrout877]

if they did it permanently it would work better

[@jen9214]

It’s called WIFE Swap.

[@jen9214]

It’s called WIFE Swap.

[@gorebunny6038]

11:44 He keeps cutting himself off but he’s saying “They try with him but he’ll arg- ah shi- you haven’t seen yet, but normally he’d argue with ‘em like kids. You know like kids, like the tv, they’d argue over it.”

[@James84800]

Wish the two dads could have swapped places, Paul needed easier going kids and his kids needed to know how good they had it when they had military Brian pushing them around.

[@fallouthirteen]

Oh man, like when the one kid was like "I'll stay in if you physical make me", Brian would have probably taken him up on that.

[@berrymint6384]

TRAUMATIZING is NEVER "helping" if you can not think straight then stay quiet!

[@foderis8777]

​@@berrymint6384okay then what do you recommend when somebody is a brat

[@Rebecca-re5ph]

I'm glad they broke up. I bet Paul had an easier life not having deal with those terrible kids anymore, who I'm 100% sure were the way they were because of their mother.

[@Xuromikuromi]

​@foderis8777 You can discipline people without abusing them. Kids are people too, if you go to jail for hitting an adult, why is it okay because a kid is a "brat"? There are consequences in real life that are much more statistically helpful than violence.

[@femdivinemind7777]

The fact the mother saw no wrong in how brian treated her kids is WILD

[@naturallynae352]

Finally, I mean I understand she’s also being abused but I could never just sit and let my kids be abused like that, ESPECIALLY when there not even his kids. Ik she’s his first victim though 😢 Glad she left him.

[@basedbane787]

​@@naturallynae352she's not a victim she chose him brought him home kept him and chose to have his kid. You're not a victim if you choose it and keep it

[@hoodieboi2343]

@@basedbane787the thing about abusers is that usually they’re good at sneaking into your life, and once they’re in, that’s when it gets really bad, and usually it’s difficult to just leave an abuser for a multitude of reasons

[@basedbane787]

@@hoodieboi2343 not even remotely true. People aren't totally nice then start hitting you when after the wedding. Foolish women ignore the red flags then cry victim. 80% of women leaving battered women's shelters are picked up by the men they claimed they were "escaping"

[@Uneclipsed]

Ooooh Brian has me ACTIVATED. When he put his hands on his step kid, I was ready for a fight. If it were me, he’d be reported as going out for cigarettes and never coming back.

[@pastlesandfish]

"Ballroom dancing's for gays. A normal man would just go to the gym." What a great attitude to cultivate in your kid.

[@Kallah_DaughterOfYAHUAH]

I PRAY that woman escaped that situation. I PRAY she woke up.

[@HUYI1]

That Brian was a POS and that is putting it tamley... I can't stand these type of men and I would never ever date one, I would run to the hills!😢😡😡

[@domm5715]

i saw another comment saying he beat her several times, then choked her out, so they split, she has the kids

[@localboys7449]

@@domm5715my goodness 😢😢

[@nicoleackerman205]

Hopefully they did this is pretty old.

[@sapaulgoogdmen9542]

I had a “military” stepdad that never was in the military. It sucked so much. At one point he found a candy wrapper behind my dresser and he decided that I was hiding it so he yelled at me for fifteen minutes about how I’m selfish and don’t care about anyone else. Because he thought I hid a candy wrapper behind the dresser and couldn’t fathom a 10 year old putting a wrapper down and not noticing it’s not there later… He would get home from his first job at 3:30pm when me and my sister would’ve been home for maybe 10-15 minutes then he’d patrol the house looking for something to be mad about. Like he’d be upset we didn’t immediately do the dishes when we got home. We eventually learned to just pretend we weren’t home or in the bathroom. I’d literally not move anything and hide in my closet until 4pm when he’d leave for his second job to avoid him finding something to be upset about and yelling at me. One time I didn’t close the fridge completely and he woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me to go do it. Needless to say this episode of wife swap makes me want to fight the producers for letting this man do this stuff, encouraging him, and using it for entertainment. Those kids are constantly on edge and probably don’t like being home.

[@beewest5704]

Hope you found healing & living your best life.

[@moneyboyok]

Had a similar experience but wasn't as bad as this. I'm sorry you went through this and wishing you the best.

[@Ra-zh7ng]

Wow my dad was like this too lol wtf

[@lizb8850]

I hope you’re healed from this trauma

[@candacestamper6769]

My dad was in the military. His dad was, too. Neither of them treat(ed) children like soldiers. Because we were children. My papa even let my sister and I play hair salon on him. (Pretty much combing his hair into awful 'dos.) We need more men like my dad and papa.

[@mikesemie5028]

Shit I’m gonna be saying “if the floor has water on it, is it considered wet?” To random people for the foreseeable future

[@mikesemie5028]

Kinda got that “where is my super suit” cadence

[@C.V317]

“Do you want to make that Big Mac a meal, or do you just want the burger?” “If the floor has water on it, is it considered wet?! I’ll have just the burger, thanks.” It’s the new “does the pope shit in the woods.”

[@j.monica8794]

It needs to be a t shirt 🤣

[@Shelbkip]

I really hope that the military guy is alone for the rest of his life. He doesn't deserve to have a family with the way he treats them.

[@belowaveragechap5894]

The Williams family are from Rochdale, the rest of the UK need subtitles for that accent as well so I wouldn't worry too much.

[@lazarus8447]

So it's not just us who can't understand a damn word they say?

[@Kaltagstar96]

@@lazarus8447 In fairness, I'm from the North of England (same part of the country that Rochdale is in) and even I'm like "Anyone want to translate that?" when they were speaking.

[@brianhuynh1989]

As an American, there are accents in the US that I can’t understand.

[@restlesscow2137]

I didn't find it too bad, but some accents are way to thick to get every word

[@FrenkTheJoy]

I'm not from the UK but even I was like "Oh Rochdale, of course they're unintelligible."

[@AhegaoMachine666]

You would have to be both high and drunk to think you could yell in my or my children's faces like that and think you're gonna wake up the next day.

[@cassandrashelton3690]

oOoOOoO girl he better try that shit with my kids!! I cannot stand looking at him🤬🤬

[@catmobile_vrooomx2]

he probably is high and drunk 😒

[@itsdabees]

I'm sure a guy with the username aheagomachine666 is an ultimate badass

[@norinori6414]

You'll be happy to know Karen and Byran divorced.

[@theresonlyonequeenbee]

My father was exactly like Brian. His way and no give. Mentally abusive. Ive not spoken to that man in over 11 years.

[@ashleyt11686]

Totally unrelated, but this morning my daughter showed me this show called "Hoochie Daddies" and it follows stud women in a house for a prize. I instantly thought, " I have to tell Chris" lol

[@QuigleTheGnome]

I’m interacting with this for engagement because this will be amazing

[@megand12345]

Oh my god I'm so here for this chris please chris

[@khaightlynn]

You had me at hoochie daddies

[@BkD3T]

Nooooooo please! No one else should witness that atrocity lol. As a lesbian we DO NOT CONDONE that show lmao

[@soclose2her]

@@BkD3T I came to say this but you beat me to it lmaooo! Another lesbian here co-signing that Chris does not need to watch that plotless low budget Tom-foolery… But it would be funny as hell if he did 😂😂😂😂

[@KenJustice_uk]

I want it to be known, from us brits, 6 is not a usual amount of sugar to have in a tea. Proper people have it with zero, some like one, two is sweet. Tea doesn't need 6 sugars- this means you don't like tea.

[@Kaltagstar96]

I was going to say, at the point of 6 sugars, do you even taste anything else but sugar?

[@AZodiacCancer]

As someone from Mid-South United States, we don't like tea unless it's sweet.

[@KenJustice_uk]

@@Kaltagstar96 I think at 6 the spoon stands up on its own

[@KenJustice_uk]

@@AZodiacCancer I think it’s a different drink. Generally a lot of tea we drink in the uk is like “English breakfast tea”. There is a few popular ones over here and people who support different brands - good ones like Yorkshire tea and bad ones like Typhoo. Generally we take it hot, with milk and 1-2 sugars. 6 sugars would be mostly water, milk and sugar. Mostly sweet milk 😂

[@ashj0]

I'm American but even I make a bigger cup with three bags, three sugars and milk or cream. It's probably able to hold about 16 oz. Or if it's cold sweet tea, then I like it dark and strong. I can't handle when the tea is weak and people just pour sugar in it. It doesn't even taste like tea anymore.

[@ArleyBabcock]

As someone who was * actually * in the military, I say this isn’t military behavior, it’s just piece of shit behavior.

[@coffinnote7353]

As a Brit, for the record, British people mumbling is also hard for other Brits to decipher so you're not alone, I promise

[@stimihendrix3404]

scousers make it near impossible ngl

[@coffinnote7353]

@@stimihendrix3404 Couldn't agree more. Also the Jordie accent

[@Clarachk]

I am not sure many realize how MANY “English” accents there really are

[@Alan_GA]

A Mancunian, Liverpudlian, Yorkshire mumbling can be hard to understand. Though I've got no problem understanding the classic Mancunian accent

[@mephistopheles4910]

Brian is the type of guy that claims to not date black woman because they're too argumentative and combative. I really do hope that his wife divorced him and took the kids far away from him.

[@problematicprincess6270]

Can I ask you a question about the episode? Did you get the vibe brian SAs the daughter? It's tiny things like her twitching/being jumpy when he touches or goes near her and the fear in her eyes when he says "come here" I just can't shake that feeling

[@jameer7565]

This. Because they just see through your tragic hero bs since they live it too. I had a friend just like this. I really think there are black men and women that prey on people outside their race for sympathy to defend bad behavior "oh I'm hood I don't do this and that" "I'm black we don't this and that.' Like bro be open to open to growth and healing.

[@yungchum2073]

@@problematicprincess6270 Got that vibe too.

[@MaeMills310]

I got the same vibes

[@problematicprincess6270]

@@MaeMills310 definitely. I can just tell he does more than just yell or hit to abuse her... he's too comfortable putting his hands the girl. I don't understand how the mum could feel ok leaving her kids In the same house as that monster. I noticed that when he touched her he went for her chest area but she moved away fast and he went for her shoulders instead. I noticed he rubbed her shoulders a bit. It was different from how a parent would place their hands on their child to turn them around. I hope the mum left him and that the kids grew into well adjusted adults but... I doubt it. :(

[@tryingmyluck]

Days late but for those wondering, it does indeed seem that Karen & Brian aren’t together anymore. I’m hoping the split came soon after this aired. This wasn’t from an official article or anything but a little searching shows he’s back in America and there’s no mention of him on her social media. She and the kids with public socials show they still live in the UK.

[@desmonddavis4193]

The hate black men get is ridiculous

[@MrRedskins94]

​@@desmonddavis4193 What?

[@Alan_GA]

​@@desmonddavis4193 what are you on about. This dude from his actions is a POS. His race is irrelevant & yes I'm also black.

[@kaitlyndavis6074]

He literally strangled her?​@@desmonddavis4193

[@andreeaungureanu4294]

@@desmonddavis4193I don’t think the skin color was the problem

[@chronowolf4734]

The fact that one couple split uo and it's not the one with the very abusive husband is tragic.

[@genericwhitefemale6752]

Damn, if this is what he shows on television, imagine what he's doing behind closed doors. That was absolutely abuse. The only person that ended up with a happy ending in this was Paul. I hope he's out living his ballroom dancing dreams.

[@KhanaHatake]

"If that was me, I'd cry. I'd cry." Me too, Chris. Keep it real.

[@lixthewitch6718]

Paul needs a hug. A real hug.

[@moecoble1246]

Brian literally reminds me of my moms bf/common law husband she was with from the time I was like 9 to 16 …it was soooo much this man dictated & enforced & put fear into my sister, my mom & I, but yet did nothing but eat, sleep, spend his disability check, not help with bills, emotionally, verbally & physically abuse my family & control everything but contributed absolutely nothing …..oh that’s right, except fear 🙄😂 If Karen doesn’t leave it’s not going to change later

[@argleblargle8083]

That's just pure strait abuse. I hope he gets a visit from whatever the UK version of CPS is.

[@lowripe]

Omd, It’s called the same here 💀

[@alexrobbins4891]

It's called social services

[@argleblargle8083]

@@lowripe well considering ive received two different answers you can see why i'd stay on the safe side and just say "UK version of CPS". 🤣

[@NerdSmuggler]

That dude needs to be monitored privately. He will end up in prison 100%. He is ONE of the reasons why everyone chooses bear.

[@danielponder690]

hopefully deported back the US, he's probably avoiding something in the US by being in England...

[@jam2727]

He won't. And he won't because there's thousands of him living the same exact way and act all shocked when his kids distance themselves from him when he's older. Or they continue the cycle. They never admit they're wrong and they never face real consequences (unless he goes far enough to be outright illegal) since anything he does is considered discipline. - From a past black military kid in the US

[@daniellewillis2767]

Choosing bear is stupid. Feeding him TO the bear would be smart.

[@SpringAmbiance]

Laws in the uk are so laced, even if he kills one of them, he’ll be out in 8 years.

[@mrplayfulshade]

You can outrun a human, you cannot outrun a bear.

[@shawn-3561]

I can promise you, 6 sugars is not a normal amount of sugar in tea. Any more than 2 is a symptom of something.

[@jazzygirl4140]

😂

[@DreamKat]

Its not sugar in tea, its tea in sugar..

[@oluwatobiogundele218]

😂😂😂 I have 3/4 but that’s cause I’ve got a sweet tooth

[@Stretchlessbeauty]

​@@oluwatobiogundele218😂😂😂 get checked please...!+

[@regulardegular5]

ayy ur reaching 4 is solid mate

[@12345trashboat]

Call a spade a spade, Brian isn't a "military dad", he is a domestic abuser.

[@jessica_1994]

"substitute teacher a*** took me tf out LMFAO

[@blakekrull5612]

I hope Sharon realizes at some point her kids are little demons

[@GothBunny6669]

She should leave. She deserves better.

[@amberlytheharpyqueen]

By staying with him and bowing to his abuse she is teaching her daughters that's ok for a guy to treat you. And he is teaching the sons how to be just like him.

[@bec7080]

​@@amberlytheharpyqueenthat's what got most of the people I know to leave an abusive relationship finally. It's really hard for a multitude of reasons but that usually is why people leave. To help the kids

[@sp33ctrum]

I googled it, they separated shortly after the episode aired

[@xxkori123xx]

I had a cop step dad growing up who was very strict on us and I thought it was the worst. He wasn't even a tenth of what Brian is like. I owe my step dad an apology.

[@noahkarpinski1824]

On the other hand, ACAB

[@asarishepard8171]

My step dad was a marine but he was a teddy bear compared to Brian. He used to help me with my homework even

[@rachelk4805]

It's not a competition. Your feelings about your personal experiences are valid, whatever they are. If you have a good relationship with him now, that's really wonderful.

[@emidal05]

You don’t owe him an apology just because it could’ve been worse

[@s.s.gummybear]

Those kids would no longer have a step dad if I had to deal with Brian

[@problematicprincess6270]

Can I ask you a question about the episode? Did you get the vibe brian SAs the daughter? It's tiny things like her twitching/being jumpy when he touches or goes near her and the fear in her eyes when he says "come here" I just can't shake that feeling

[@Benjiizus]

@@problematicprincess6270 I wouldn't go that far. I think he just beats the shit out of everyone else

[@NathanInTheBath]

“Rochdale Slim Shady” is a comment I never thought i’d hear an American say and I love it 😂

[@mike_0213]

Yeah Bryan and his wife and kids have a GREAT family. Not seeing, talking, eating, playing games not together is the perfect way to keep your marriage together. Be like Andy from The Office, "You sure that ear-ring in not in the gay ear?" LOL This shit can not be real, what kind of nut job and a fluff brush for a piece of crap throw rug? At least we got a great new line to use: "That is a face of a smacked ass!!" fantastic line! @27:53 WTF is up with his damn hair man??

[@dannimays7325]

i feel like the swears feel sharper because he's the only guy in the show where we can understand all his sentences lol

[@khaightlynn]

I think it's the American accent. When the swapped wife curses back at him her fbombs don't hit the same, they're just a part of speech. His are actual bombs meant to injure, and even some were bleeped when he was yelling in anger (if that wasn't chris' doing) and british cussing is just talking.

[@dude988]

Does it count as bilingual when I can understand both languages? 😂

[@DarkwingSnark]

Brian was very triggering to watch. Surprisingly not in my usual way that my PTSD gets me, making me feel like a child again as my step-dad violently yelled in my face and put hands on me until I bruised. It made me angry watching, seeing him treat the kids that way. Using them as a 'I told you so', when anyone with eyes can see they won't argue because they're being peacekeepers. Also walking in the house and searching for something to be upset about? Brr. Taking it out on those he considers weaker than him? Somebody made him feel small once, probably in the military, and he's been demanding control ever since. I want his wife to leave him so bad. As for the other family... I feel like Sharon and Paul weren't going to work out. Though it feels telling that she breaks up with him for trying to set boundaries with the kids. God, you'd think she would see Paul as an improvement after the week with Brian. Especially after he takes a bit more control and Paul shows he's dedicated to being a good parent to the kids and less of a doormat. But hey, I hope it worked out for them after the split-- break up was probably good for them.

[@birdsofabone5127]

Yeah, me too on the Brian front. I had a step dad just like that, and worse. I hope those kids are doing ok now. This was hard to watch.

[@birdsofabone5127]

@heathershawfamily I'm ok now! I'm safe! Thank you so much.

[@Gia_Anise]

I think the American psycho ended up getting charged with DV and she left

[@Halalgainz34]

Hopefully

[@domm5715]

really? that would be the best thing for everyone, did you read that somewhere, or you just hoping?

[@dajay2k]

Source please

[@DeTAYL.]

@@dajay2kI saw the same thing on Reddit. Apparently both couples separated. In the case of the American, it seems he’s back in the States according to his FB

[@dajay2k]

@@DeTAYL. respect

[@andiward7068]

A childless man interested in a single mother of multiple children rarely has the best intentions.

[@drewventura7]

“Substitute teacher ass” is OBSURD!!! 😂🤣🤣

[@Bones08_02]

That shit was fucking spot on lmaoooooo

[@HealthyFitFree]

Brian reminds me of my mother. She was very controlling and always screaming and looking for something to complain about. There's a reason I don't talk to her anymore.

[@brokefrogproductions]

POS Brian holding flowers reminds me of Ike Turner (Laurence Fishburne) buying Tina (Angela Bassett) a post-beatdown gift in What's Love Got To Do With It.

[@adriantillman8203]

"black men are scared of their own color" while she dates a white man is the most hilarious obliviousness

[@jinxtheunluckypony]

High key, both families were abusive. The SECOND Paul didn’t act like a punching bag he got dumped.

[@IhavenoHP]

Brian would end up shedding tears if he treated those kids like that in front of another father