Maddi Reese didn’t legally marry Joe Bradley in Las Vegas, however that didn’t cease him from calling her his “spouse” on Southern Hospitality — with or with out her approval.
“That Vegas marriage ceremony wasn’t actual, and I feel Joe thinks it was,” Maddi confessed through the Thursday, February 20, episode of the Bravo collection.
Maddi revealed that Joe can’t cease calling her his “spouse” now that they’re again in Charleston, which didn’t seem to take a seat properly along with her. “The marriage was for enjoyable. I don’t suppose it was severe,” she mentioned. “Trip’s over, however perhaps not for Joe.”
Joe and Maddi, who started relationship in April 2024, had a pretend ceremony with their mates whereas in Las Vegas that summer time. The nuptials have been featured on Southern Hospitality earlier this season — and got here as a complete shock to Maddi.
On the newest episode, the group mirrored on the Sin Metropolis marriage ceremony and revealed that Joe was taking it far more critically than his bride. Emmy Sharrett claimed that Joe obtained “pissed” at Maddi on their pretend marriage ceremony night time as a result of she stayed out with the ladies.
“He’s like, ‘You’ve simply been down their playing and left me alone on our marriage ceremony night time,’” Emmy recalled to her boyfriend, Will Kulp.
Joe admitted that he was “able to go residence” with Maddi after the ceremony and have a “romantic night time in our honeymoon suite.” When his plans have been thwarted, he didn’t react properly.
“I get laid most different nights, how do I not get laid on our precise marriage ceremony night time?” he quipped. Maddi identified, “It’s not our precise marriage ceremony night time!”
Later within the episode, Maddi informed her Republic Backyard & Lounge boss Leva Bonaparte concerning the “dedication ceremony” calling it “hilarious.”
Joe, in the meantime, confided in pal Bradley Carter at a hotdog occasion that he’s on a “one-year plan” and he wished to “suggest fairly quickly.”
On the time, the couple had been relationship 4 months, however Joe mentioned it felt like they’d been collectively for a 12 months. “If she goes on the highway [to DJ] and I’m not along with her I like the sensation of being engaged,” Joe confessed.
Maddi, for her half, had a heart-to-heart along with her mom concerning the fake nuptials and Joe’s depth about their relationship.
“I don’t suppose we’re able to get actually married. We don’t even dwell with one another. I simply suppose my No. 1 precedence is my profession to me proper now,” Maddi shared, noting, “As a lot as I really like Joe, my independence is crucial factor to me.”
When Maddi tried to share her emotions with Joe, it didn’t go as deliberate. After telling Maddi, “You’re my spouse” she revealed that she was trying into shopping for a home as an funding.
“At what level will we transfer in collectively?” Joe requested. She replied, “I simply hate this stress proper now. All the things is so nice. We’re on this honeymoon part.”
Joe claimed, “I’m not pressuring you,” however informed her their present residing state of affairs “isn’t going to final endlessly” and he was annoyed having to consistently drive to her place and her not returning the favor.
Maddi revealed that she was frightened about transferring in too quickly due to her final relationship with Trevor Stokes, which ended badly. She even identified that Joe was the one who “gave me a tough time” over the selection to dwell with Trevor.
“Now you’re sitting right here placing me in the identical state of affairs,” she defined, reminding him that he “ripped [her] aside” when she lived with Trevor.
Joe fired again that she had “no future with that man” and obtained upset that she was evaluating their relationship to her previous romance.
“I really feel like I simply obtained out of residing with a boyfriend and watching the turmoil and the hell to get out of that. I’m so scared that’s going to occur to me once more,” Maddi confessed. “I don’t even wish to threat that. It’s virtually too quick for me.”
Southern Hospitality airs on Bravo Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.