Dr. Stacii Says OWN’s ‘Put A Ring On It: Cheathab’…
Who’s the villain when everybody’s been caught creeping? That’s the query being requested by Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson on OWN’s Put A Ring On It: Cheathab.
The new relationship collection that premiered Friday, July 31, at 9 p.m. ET/PT before settling into its common Friday time slot at 8 p.m. ET/PT starting Aug. 14, follows three {couples} whose relationships have all been rocked by infidelity and places them to the check to see if marriage is the final word objective.
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Will Packer Warns Fans: “It’s Messy, It’s Drama.”
BOSSIP’s very own Lauryn Bass attended the Atlanta premiere of Put A Ring On It: Cheathab at Morehouse College’s Bank of America Auditorium, where media, influencers, and company gathered for an advance screening of the first episode adopted by a live Q&A with relationship knowledgeable Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson, hosted by Kenya Cabine.
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The Atlanta premiere also drew a star-studded crowd of entertainers, tv personalities and influencers, including:
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Will Packer — Executive producer of Put A Ring On It: Cheathab and Atlanta Falcons co-owner (appeared via prerecorded welcome message)
Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson — Relationship knowledgeable and host of the night’s post-screening Q&A
Monyetta Shaw-Carter — Television persona and entrepreneur
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe — Married to Medicine star
Nicci Gilbert — Brownstone singer, producer and tv persona
Funky Dineva — Media persona and commentator
Ernestine Johnson Morrison — Spoken phrase artist, actress and writer
Kiana Dancie — Comedian, actress and radio persona
Lori Hanford — The Later Daters solid member
Mike Jackson — HGTV’s Married to Real Estate
Michael Anthony — Television persona and influencer
AND MORE!
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Before the lights dimmed, government producer and Atlanta Falcons co-owner Will Packer appeared in a prerecorded message to welcome the viewers.
“Put A Ring On It: Cheathab. It’s new, and it’s a whole nother world,” Packer said. “It’s messy. It’s drama. I apologize in advance.”
The warning drew laughs from the viewers, but after watching the first episode, it grew to become clear the collection provides more than actuality TV chaos.
Dr. Stacii Says There Are No Villains
During the post-screening viewers dialogue, Dr. Stacii explained why this model of Put A Ring On It feels different from almost every infidelity collection viewers have seen before.
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“What I love is that the women in this show are also cheaters,” she told the viewers. “It levels the playing field and stops the watchers from looking for the villain because they both are.”
Rather than focusing on blame, she said the collection facilities accountability and whether or not both companions are keen to do the work required to rebuild trust.
She also shared that a lot of the therapeutic audiences will witness occurred during hours of conversations that never made the ultimate edit.
“We have hours of talks that you don’t see,” she said. “We spent hours building trust, and we talked about everything, which is the only way I can help.”
Although she admitted there may be lots of humor throughout the method, she believes the one-on-one teaching periods are where the show’s greatest breakthroughs occur.
“It’s a lot of laughter, but once we get into the one-on-one, it’s groundbreaking what OWN is doing,” she said. “I really dropped some gems. I’m proud of the work I was able to do.”
When requested what stunned her most over the course of the season, Dr. Stacii said she admired every couple’s willingness to take part in such a weak social experiment.
“I honor every couple on this show,” she said. “I think they are equal. It takes a lot to do this. I honor their journey.”
She did, however, admit one participant’s actions caught her off guard.
“I was shocked that Josh didn’t stand up for his relationship with Mi-Mi,” she said. “I was devastated with his behavior.”
When requested what advice she would give {couples} making an attempt to keep healthy relationships, Dr. Stacii stored her reply simple.
“Be courageous. Be honest. Tell the truth, and don’t feel like you’re protecting someone by not telling the truth.”
Dr. Stacii Explains Why Cheathab Levels The Playing Field
Following the premiere, Bass caught up with Dr. Stacii for an exclusive dialog, where she expanded on why the show’s premise stood out to her.
“You’ve never really seen two people cheating in one relationship,” she said. “It’s usually we villainize either the man or the woman, but in this relationship, in all of our couples, everyone is a cheater.”
According to Dr. Stacii, eradicating the plain victim-versus-villain dynamic permits {couples} to confront what induced both companions to betray the connection.
“You’re not spending a lot of time pointing the finger at the other person,” she said. “So we can really get some real work done to really see what happened in this relationship to make both people feel like they needed to make such a horrible choice.”
She added that while infidelity is painful, she doesn’t consider one mistake ought to completely outline somebody’s character.
“A horrible choice doesn’t make them a bad person,” she said. “But a horrible choice to betray the commitment that they once had.”
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