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ariel: "our family, our kids" ned: "my marriage, my children"

Let this be a lesson: People who talk about how much they love something, to the point they sound like a record on repeat, are probably putting on a front.

I think this calls for an obligatory “you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.” -Jordan Peterson

As a man that’s been cheated on, it hurts. Feels like you did something wrong and had no chance to fix that mistake you didn’t even know you made

Wife and I have been married for 12 years. It's been rad. My advice is find someone who shares your values. Those values will form the foundation of everything you build.

I think Ned was more obsessed with the idea of having a picture perfect life instead of actually caring to nurture it. Once he realized his family was a paycheck he stopped caring about morality.

No need to lose faith in all men. I’ve been faithfully married to my wife for 18 years. Don’t let one bad apple whether male or female ruin your perception of marriage.

After experiencing my parents getting a divorce because my dad cheated, I will tell you that a cheater does NOT care about his family. Adultery is the most heartbreaking thing, and although I’m a fan of second chances, it should never be given a second chance. It will happen again.

The strangest thing is that Ned and Alex didn't even try to hide it, expressing love out in public. They either didn't care or are just plain stupid.

The producer needs to be held partially accountable because she was cheating on her fiancé too.

From someone who's been married a while (14y) and has a happy marriage - You tend to SHOW your love for your spouse, not really talk about it. When you are happy and secure in the relationship you don't feel the need to broadcast it. You just live it.

He destroyed his life for nothing. Loosing his family and his job is just so senseless. That girl must have met Ariel so many types. How can you be so ruthless.

My parents and I went to the wedding of a family friend last week. They did the whole "all married couples to the dance floor, please" thing. By the end of it, my parents were the final couple on the dance floor. Come January, they will have been married 30 years. It hasn't been absolute bliss for 30 years, but they've fought for it and for each other and our family. My dad turned down promotions because it would mean less time with his sons. My mom has been a homemaker more of the marriage than not because of health issues. Marriage isn't a "social construct" it's a choice. It's a vow. "In sickness and in health" isn't until it no longer becomes convenient. "For richer or for poorer" isn't until it becomes too hard. My parents have absolutely gone to bed with huge arguments, but they've always known the other loves them unconditionally. My dad has taught me what it is to be a good husband and father, and I can only hope I'm half the one he has been to my mom.

Guys who overly publicly love on their wives are trying to convince you and themselves that they actually love them. Words don't mean shit. Social Media is a LIE. Love is active. It is always moving and working. It is not about saying I love you. It's about living it.

My husband is in the military and it’s so sad how much cheating goes on in our community. Someone my husband works with once told him “I don’t think I trust you because you DON’T cheat on your wife”. That’s how common and normalized it is.

I had a similar situation happen to me. We were married for over 10 years with 3 kids, and he had an affair with a coworker. We separated when I found out that the affair had continued on (when he had told me it hadn’t). Then he got her pregnant and didn’t tell me or our kids. A couple of months after our divorce was finalized, he married her…and again, did not tell our kids. Our kids hate the woman too btw. Since we’ve been separated, he’s tried to hook up with me several times…even since they’ve been married. I told him *I* don’t sleep with married men. Emphasis on the I. If someone is willing to break up their family to get with you, of course they’d be willing to do the same to you. People are way too willing to let the devil into their hearts, man. Prayers to this guy’s wife and kids, because the kids are the ones who really suffer.

I used to watch the Try Guys before 2020 and Ned was one of the guys I liked most. I also really liked Alex. I feel horrible for Ariel, their sons, and Alex's fiance (who she's been with for 10 years). This is quite sad.

Hookup culture is the worst thing to happen to this generation

Wife and I dated in high school. Was together for 5 ½ years before we got married. 18 years married, 23 ½ years together. We do not base our relationship off of celebrities. We base it off our faith.

my biggest fear is getting cheated on because of trauma and trust issues. i couldn't imagine or fathom the pain that ariel is going through.

The biggest thing I've ever wanted out of life was a family of my own. Then you got assholes like this that have that and they willing to just throw it away. Boggles my mind

But literally no one, not even people who are close to married couples knows what truly goes on behind closed doors. You just don’t. You cannot be so surprised. Especially about “celebrities”.

This is actually wild to me. Ned was the Try Guy I actually enjoyed, he genuinely seemed to care for his family and I found it refreshing. Truly can’t stand the group anymore but it’s still so sad to hear this! I only wish the best for Ariel and the kids. A cheating spouse is devastating.

My wife and I have been together for 18 years, and I’ve never been happier. I promise you not all of us are like this. Most of us are like me, we just feel lucky that somebody loved us, even though I don’t understand what she sees in me, it is my honor to make her smile every day. She is my sweetheart, and I love her. I don’t understand guys like this, and I never will. But I promise you I am far from alone, most guys are good.

Some people underestimate what cheating like this actually means. It's not just a broken trust, which is bad enough. It's exposing your spouse to potential health issues like STDs that they never would have had to worry about from their own monogamous behavior. For a celebrity it's exposing your entire family to the public eye in the worst way. It's the example you set for your children. Your sons might be led to think this behavior is normal for a man and your daughters may be led to believe this is the best they can hope for so they'd better just prepare for it. It's levels of awful that can't fully be described.

I honestly was so disgusted by this, I used to watch them and the fact that his whole thing was “I love my wife” and then destroyed his family and made his wife look like a fool in front of the whole world is 🤢and he didn’t even try to hide it! Like kissing in a club?? Really?? Have some shame at least.

I will never cheat on my husband. This may sound naive, but I firmly believe that if you love your partner you won't even be tempted to cheat because there's no chance of you being attracted to another person.

I've been married to my wife for nearly 20 years. We dated for two years before we got married. She was my first girlfriend and she's the only girl I've ever been with. She's been with me for the entire 21+ years I've been in the Army. Nearly half of that time has been spent apart because of job requirements. For the last three plus years we've had to live apart because of our careers. In all of that time, we've stayed faithful to each other and our love for one another has never faded. It takes committment to make a marriage work, and if we can keep our marriage strong and not cheat on each other despite spending so much time apart, then there is no reason why anyone else can't do that either. I have no sympathy for these weak minded men, because they can do better, they just don't want to.

cheating on your spouse is in NO way trying to be a good spouse and failing, quite the opposite, it's actually trying to be a bad spouse AND trying to be successful at ending your marriage. what trying looks like is someone who is struggling in their marriage, but sticks with it and does NOT cheat. trying and failing looks like a marriage that fails despite being faithful and putting forth an honest effort above and beyond simply not cheating.

I’m taking a class on successful marriages and families at BYU, and that lack of commitment is a pitfall we’ve talked about a lot. Marriage is a daily choice to improve yourself for another person. It’s super damaging to every part of society if we keep having these weak marriages. We need the family back as our societal unit!!

Engagement seems like the weirdest time to cheat. Cheating is vile no matter when, but when you’re engaged normally you’re just so excited to marry your fiancé and so head over heels for them, you’re looking forward to the rest of your life and wanting to do whatever you can to build a strong foundation. How do people end up cheating during that stage? If you realize you want something different, it’s your last chance to call it quits and you should do that instead of just marrying the person anyway and sneaking around. Make it make sense

We need to put more blame on alex as well. Seriously. Tired of Ned getting all the blame.

There’s evidence that Ned and Alex have been together at least a year, and there’s evidence Ned was a serial cheater. More and more (pictures, statements from former coworkers) is coming out every day on Reddit and Twitter. I feel like this story isn’t over yet.

As a dude who married his Highschool gf, I will never understand men like this. I’ve never had the impulse to seek another woman aside from my wife.

Remember when marriage used to be one person for life? Now it’s one person at a time.

Honestly I’ve only seen ur shorts and sometimes I agree, other times I disagree, but now watching a video of yours I can really relate to your opinions even more. Even though youre conservative and I’m not, your sensible and have good core values. You express your opinions passionately while still being open minded, level headed, and not jumping on the hate bandwagon. Cool stuff.

Everyone, if your married, be good to your spouse. If you’re not, but you’re dating, be good to your partners.

this is what happens when you put your marriage and relationships in the limelight. you're not committed to your spouse or significant other, you're committed to external validation.

I seen first-hand what infidelity does. As my step father cheated on my mother with a family friend... all that happened while my mother was in the hospital fighting for her life. My mother has since passed away years later but I can never forget the pain I saw on her face from time to time and it affected me as well having to see it. So yeah definitely have no respect or sympathy for cheaters. Hopefully Karma makes rounds to both of them.

The look of utter contempt Brett has while watching the producer talk about being engaged made my day. I couldn't have expressed my own feelings any better.

I find commitment alot more fulfilling and fun honestly. To be able to be yourself around that special someone is the best. Everything "else" is just an amazing bonus.

I remember when the comments were all: "Ned and Ariel make me believe in love" and "If anything happens to Ned and Ariel...it's proof love is dead"

Honestly, I can 100% relate.. I am a stay at home mom recently married with a one-year-old and My Husband, decided to cheat on me with a coworker for about a month behind my back before I found out about it.. not only that whenever I have the proof in my hand, he’s still lied to me about it whenever I asked him if he would ever cheat on me and he kept saying no no I would never do that to you. Like I said, I’ve only been married a year, but goddamn it is so difficult to fully love myself, because I no longer feel special but it’s even more difficult whenever you know that he makes the money in the house and there’s always the possibility of it happening again, because once again, they are coworkers . It’s hard to trust anybody anymore

As a man i find this whole cheating issue disgusting, was married 'got cheated on' 10 years later got a girlfriend 'got cheated on' i completely gave up on woman at that point. Been single for 16 years and sticking with it.

I think we have to remember that no matter how much you “love” these people on tv or KZfaq, you don’t know them at all, you don’t know what kind of person they are deep down. Just to learn who a person you’re dating can take years and that’s asking the rite questions and bringing walls down to do so, these entertainers are as much of a mask as a cartoon character is for the animators.

When someone goes so ham to be the best husband or wife… there usually compensating for something terrible they do.

If he had any humility, he wouldn’t call it a consensual workplace relationship. He’d say “i cheated on my wife.” “I had an inexcusable extramarital affair and betrayed my vows to my wife.”

My husband and I have been together since HS, going on 17 years. We regularly verbalize our appreciation for what the other brings to the table. If you get lost in your own heads pace and don't reflect on the importance of your spouse in your life, you will lose your way and the relationship will suffer. Once you decide to be together for life, it is never only about you.

But supposedly the Try Guys knew about this whole behind the scenes relationship, but failed to address it sooner and once it was out, saved their brand by publicly stating that Ned was no longer accepted. They were going to continue as if nothing had changed if it had not been made public and could now damage their reputation severely. This is less about morals but brand protection 🤔

Wow. From the man who made his career on loving his wife. How upsetting.

Its so refreshing, and almost unbelievable to see/hear someone as beautiful, and on the level as yourself, actually come out, (let alone broadcast) and say what's REALLY wrong-- with both men and {women respectively} The lack of commitment. wish you the best

I'm kind of obsessed with your channel now, and you are so intelligent and articulate with your thoughts! A breath of fresh air on YT

2 things, no fault divorce killed marriage. The other, I'm still in shock that that dude could pull not one, but 2 girls that are pretty fine.

ive never cheated on a woman and i never would, i lived my whole life by definition of loyalty in friendships and relationships. i would do anything in my power to the people who are really in my corner. i dont have a lot of real friends.....if i wouldnt take a bullet for you we arent real friends. if its been years and we were close friends for along time but than life happened and you randomly contacted me because you really need someone to talk to or need something i will do whats in my power to do it. i never can understand how someone can get married and than cheat.

Ned & Ariel were the first "online couple" that I loved I commented under their Videos (14 and naive) " they make me believe in true love" ...well that didnt go over well

This was the first time I had a physical reaction to celebrity news... my stomach turned. I've watched the Try Guys for years, and thought "Ned and Ariel" often felt kind of forced, but overall it gave me hope for love. This is WAY more devastating than I think a lot of people realize on the surface. So, so many people are crushed by this: the guys themselves, all their friends, spouses, families, the whole staff, god knows how many other creators out there that are friends with them, fans, and even future generations... such as Ned's kids. They will be able to see *everything* as they grow up and get curious. Also, f$#@ Alex. That gross homewrecking hag actually said in a video recently "I dedicate this to Ned... because you have a hot wife." 🤢

How not to cheat on your spouse: Step 1 - do not engage in social activities of the opposite sex where your spouse is not present. Step 2 - do not spend time alone with someone other than your spouse. Step 3 - Run like Joseph of Egypt when temptations catches you unawares and then make sure you stay far away at all costs.

He had it pretty good. One of the co-founders of a successful company, a home owner, a happy father, had friends and a loving wife (from what I can tell). I guess it just got to him and he decided to make it too good.

"That's why I have such a hard time trusting men." Uh....what about the woman who ruined her 10.5 year relationship?

I think why this hit me so hard was cause this happened to me. My mom cheated on my dad with some drug addict and a whole bunch of other shit and expects her children to still want to talk to her

Why are most people just talking about Ned and just extremely briefly mention the woman who had a 10 year relationship???

I do not condone the behaviour of Ned, Adam or any of the men mentioned... but I don't understand why the mistresses are not receiving the same hate. Okay, the men made the vows and etc, but the women has participated willingly and happily in the whole thing, after all you need two consensual parts to have an affair. 🤦‍♂

I'll never understand why people choose a good time over a good life. Sex will never offer more than a momentary fraction of what a solid relationship can.

I don’t think the problem is “hookup culture” and that marriage and monogamy is the answer to everyone’s relationship, even the opposite. Maybe now that people see that relationships can come in different shapes but still is frowned upon, they try to stick to the get married have kids trope and fail miserably and cheat instead of being honest and communicating. It’s funny how people ask couples that are in a polygamous relationship if they are not afraid of jealousy and cheating,when in my opinion, it couldn’t be further from the truth. And honestly, I think the biggest motive for people to get married these days is so shallow. I get it, you want the perfect wedding and the perfect family portrait, but you have to earn it ( men and women), don’t think your problems will go away once you put that ring on the finger.

A small amendment to “don’t trust men”: don’t trust famous people

Jacko Wilink said it best ‘don’t give these people a pedestal they don’t deserve’

Great commentary. Your comments speak for many of us. Thank you

Yeah, it's guys like THIS that makes it harder for men who actually want to be faithful and loyal. I've got my opinions on Adam Levine's whole cheating scandal, but my heart goes out to their wives and kids.

Thank You all you guys who already have everything and then screw it up for the genuine guys that are really out here. No wonder women are untrusting and disgusted. Many of us guys are just as disgusted.

When I married my wife, I considered my decision to be between myself, my love, and my God.

I’m a committed person. My ex wasn’t. LOL if I don’t laugh I cry

I am so glad you did not paint ALL men in a bad way, I am not famous or influential in any way. I however was left by my wife of 13 years and she literally packed two bags and moved a continent away for a man she had an eight month internet affair with. I became a single father two primary school children and broke (we had a business together, her lawyers killed that) and well I am ranting now but suffuse it to say she simply walked away from what we (Our community of friends) thought was a great relationship. Since that time I now have severe commitment issues and don't feel I can commit to another woman ever again. Sorry if this seems a little off topic but I needed to say your video hit home hard ( in a positive way) Commitment today seems like it's as disposable as toilet paper.

Omg I’m so happy your talking about this girl! Love your content, really opening my eyes in general that it’s okay to remove myself from being so liberal.

The absolute insanity of even breaking that barrier and cheating on someone is just mind-boggling to me. I can understand temptation, 100%, but it'd be like running away from something in a dream I just could not begin to even do it. Now add in being somewhat famous and doing it with someone within your work circle. Again, insane.

My husband and I are in a very good relationship. We don't keep secrets and have 1 bank account. Secrets destroy everything.

Yes! Declaring love for someone all the time and pretending you have the most perfect relationship in public and on social media IS A MASSIVE RED FLAG!! I have seen this time and time again. The most private and quiet couples are usually the happiest. People who are insecure about relationships need that very public attention towards their relationship.

My parents love each other for 35 years. They fight and they complain about each other. They also watch travel shows every night since they spent their 35 years travelling. It's not that hard to stay faithful.

Well, at least the guy she's engaged to doesn't have to worry about divorce anymore.

To me, this falls under the “happy couples don’t need to post all over social media about how happy they are” trend. It’s usually the couples that post the overly lovey dove stuff are the ones with the biggest issues. Generally, the truly happy couples don’t post much about their relationship, as they just want to make their significant other happy.

Cheaters are ALWAYS sorry.....when they get caught. Bret is absolutely right. Relationships should ALWAYS matter.

What's the outcome for the producer? Does she keep her job without fallout?

I would fall apart if anything ever happened to my husband..I don't get how people just throw away such meaningful relationships for a random hook up/what they think is a good time. And I'm not talking about people in abusive, unhealthy or destructive relationships either. Just the people that get bored?

I’ve been watching your videos for a while and this video popped up suggested to me tonight and let me just say, i about shit my pants when my tik tok popped up in the video 🤣

The old adage is as true as ever: "Don't judge people by the virtue they proclaim, judge them by their actions."

Personally I feel sorry for the fiance who wasted 10 years with a person who decides to cheat on him after he proposes. I really don't blame guys who are wary of marriage these days... 😒

the try guys try infidelity

hearing someone else acknowledge alexandria as the mistress is SO refreshing. like yuh miss girly you aren’t a victim and u definitely need to be held accountable for your actions.

Dalton Conley has an essay on the topic of disintegrating social connections and especially how global interconnectedness has devalued deep relationships. He wrote the paper in 2009 and focused on how things like MySpace and Facebook had contributed to these issues and I'm honestly shocked that we could have let it get this far that we look at relationships based on their convenience and profitability.

Ok Ned got fired, what about the home wrecker, did she get fired too? If she still has a job on the show, then it shows how she is going unscathed because she a young female.

Why did this ruin my entire early teen years? I stopped watching them the last few years as well, but they always held a fondness in my heart. This is genuinely so heartbreaking for Ariel. At this point, celebrities might as well be doing the “don’t let them see you next move” trend from tiktok because every new story is more mind blowing and unexpected than the last.

I watched the try guys every now and then to see how they were doing, not as much since they kinda geared more towards a particular audience that I know I had no knowledge in being in but I had respect for them for doing what they wanted to do with their brand, so hearing about Ned absolutely dropped my jaw. I hope that most everyone (but ned and alexandria) are alright and having to battle this kind of thing that not alot of people saw coming has got to be hard. I hope they get to clear things up when they put out their podcast on Oct. 6th.

4:43 It makes my walls go a bit higher too, and I'm a straight dude 😂

word of advice for any new parent never go woke

Happy to admit: I've never heard of Ned.

3:44 THANK YOU for bringing this up! It was so frustrating to hear the lament of the incels out there decrying the fact that "the guy" got fired and "the girl" did not. You're EXACTLY right! Even if she had a morality clause in her employment contract, the fact that the nature of her violation of said clause made it really tricky. And they'd have to think long and hard about firing her on that basis. Even Ned was likely not "fired." I'd bet he willingly parted left. I'm sure even he knew that he couldn't stick around. The stain on their brand alone would've put a big hurt on their business. He was probably bought out. There are provisions in their LLC operating agreement that would've spelled this procedure out. As for her, she'll likely not want to stick around either. And again, the fellas don't want a lawsuit on their hands so they won't flat-out "fire" her unless they're assured by their attorneys that it won't blow up in their faces. With her, I'm guessing they're negotiating some severance agreement to cover their asses when they cut her loose. But again, thank you for spelling it out. It would've taken just a smidgen of critical thinking for the other folks to come up with that themselves. Man, I hate myopic takes.

I was waiting for this video!!

I just... I don't even know what to say... I feel so awful for how much pain Ariel must be feeling right now, and I hope their kids aren't effected in any way by this! As much as I had loved Ned and that he was my favorite of the Try Guys, I'm proud of the other Try Guys for cutting ties with him. This situation is not okay and there need to be consequences.

The Try Guys try to be faithful to the Try Wives

We need more people like that social media manager.