In this episode of The Karamo Show (Season 2), host Karamo mediates a heated conversation between Ed and his wife Christina about suspicions of infidelity. Ed describes a “girlfriend” who was actually a friend’s partner he was joking with, and reveals that he spends time at a work friend’s house to avoid loneliness. Christina expresses a desire to believe Ed but is unsettled by messages that their son has seen, which the boy repeatedly brings up to embarrass his mother. The couple discusses how the conflict has affected their intimacy, noting periods of makeup sex after Ed fell ill and was cared for by Christina. A central tension revolves around trust: Christina wants Karamo to unlock both of their phones to find out if Christina is involved with a former roommate or cousin and to recover lost wedding photos from a MySpace account destroyed in a house fire. Ed claims he has nothing to hide and seeks peace of mind. Karamo points out inconsistencies, references possible childhood trauma influencing their emotional responses, and emphasizes the couple’s stated goal of closure and healing. The episode ends with Karamo urging the unlocking of the phones and a reminder to subscribe to the show.
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So what about the woman who called herself your girlfriend?
She was just like a thing, like to joke around. Well, not joke, me and a buddy, and so I was trying to hook him up and then it turned into all kinds of, I don't know, sexual junk talk.
So you say you're always hanging with your friend Bud?
Yeah.
Is this your best friend?
No, he was just a work friend. I don't have enough emotion to have a good friend like that, I guess.
Got it. So he's just a work friend that you sometimes go out with?
No, I just go to his house and hang out just to have someone to talk to other than sitting at home doing nothing.
Christina, do you believe him?
I want to, I wanna believe him.
Okay, so let's go on to this. How did that make you feel knowing that your son saw these messages between you and another woman?
I don't know.
Your what? Talk to me.
Just started spitting off stuff just for attention and that was kind of crazy.
So you feel like he was reading your messages for attention?
Yes, it's 100% what it was.
Okay, so how often does your son bring up these messages?
Anytime he can, he'll throw it in her face.
So anytime your son can, he'll bring up your messages?
Yes, he still does today.
What type of attention do you think he's seeking? All, any kind.
Any kind of attention?
Mm-hmm. So you agree, you think that he's just bringing it up?
I do agree. He was a premature baby, so we really coddled him a lot. And him and his dad were very close friends. They're little buddies. And when this all happened, obviously the relationship suffered from that.
How's this situation affected your intimacy? Are you two still sleeping together?
Oh yeah.
Oh yeah.
More.
More?
Yeah.
Hold on. 'Cause the math ain't mathin' right there. The math is not right. The math ain't mathin'. So you get cheating allegations.
See, what happened was that happened and then we fell back deeply in love. That's what happened.
So hold on. So let me find that out. So y'all have arguments about the cheating and then it leads to makeup sex. Is that what I'm putting together?
I don't know. She kind of took care of me for like a week while I was pretty sick. And I don't know, we just started to connect more. And that's how it happened.
So you think you getting sick and her nursing you is what made y'all have more sex?
Oh no, no, no. That's what started her getting more into me and then— The connection. Well, when you're with each other and then I don't know how else to explain it.
For the record, are you hiding anything from Christina?
No.
Nothing at all?
No.
She knows everything about what's happening between you all?
Yeah.
Christina, do you feel like he's hiding stuff from you?
Today, no.
Today, no. So if you don't feel like he's hiding anything from you, why do you want me to unlock his phone?
I just, it's peace of mind.
Peace of mind. Do you think Christina's hiding anything from you? 'Cause you want me to unlock her phone too.
I didn't, I don't know. We didn't have a lot of sex. I don't know.
Well, let me tell you exactly what you told my phone investigator. You said, "Ed told us that he wants to find out 3 things specifically. He wants to know if Christina's being intimate with your former roommate, you wanna know if Christina's being intimate with your cousin, and you also wanna know about Christina's MySpace account.
That's for pictures for the family. That's for wedding pictures only. We didn't have no, 'cause they lost in a fire. That's for only for that.
These are the things he asked for.
The MySpace thing is for our wedding pictures. We lost all of our pictures in our house fire.
So you just wanna know if the account is still active?
Yes, we were trying to recover 'em so we can get our photos back.
Okay, and so number 3, you also wanna know, is she cheating? So what will you do if you discover that she's been unfaithful?
She's all I know, so I don't know.
She's all you know?
Yeah, first time I've been loved ever.
This is the first time you've been what?
Loved ever.
Loved.
My parents and all.
Okay. The thing is, is that I do understand that there's probably childhood trauma here. I do get that. But there's a lot of things that just don't add up to me. And I'm a man that, y'all as well, right? See, this is what I love about my family here is I'm just listening to how both of you are talking And I'm like, okay, you're saying this happened, but I'm okay with this. And then this happened, but we're fine. And I see the emotion, which I do believe is raw. I don't believe it's fake, but I'm not sure if the emotion is placed in the right, I feel like it's misplaced. Like I just don't understand. And then even with you, you've told my phone investigators and my producers certain things that you're questioning. And right now sitting in front of your wife, you're like, mm, I don't know.
Like which one?
Like everything I just listed, the 3 things you said you wanna know. And then you as well. You're saying, well, I trust him now.
I don't feel like he's doing anything right now. I just wanted to know if that actually happened back in September, October. That's why we're here. We're here for closure. We're here to heal as a family.
Got it, okay. Well, I think now it's time to unlock these phones. Do you love The Karamo Show? Yes. Well, we're back for season 2. So make sure to subscribe to The Karamo Show.
