Ex On The Beach Exploration: Will Arisce Convince Mike To Have An Open Relationship?

Ex on the Beach may center on the art of circling back with former flames, nevertheless it was a love triangle that had the residence hung up on the Season 5 premiere. Right now, as exes continue to storm the cast’s summer getaway home, the question is: Will Arisce, David and Mike find harmony as occasionally intersecting free agents, or will two strike a stronger spark that leaves the third out in the cold?


On the premiere episode of the dating show’s latest season, former cast members from The Challenge, Big Brother, Love Island and more gathered in paradise with a sole goal in mind: Determine whether to revisit relationships with exes who'd scorned them, or move on and seek dates or hookups with other partners. For someone like Da’Vonne, that meant determining whether to seek a more adventurous side right after a past that included a conversative nine-year relationship, while an individual like Ray sought to find a girlfriend that was cool with his penchant for friendships with other ladies.


Things were a little bit more complex for Arisce, though, whose ex Mike arrived with some secret baggage: He’d been flirting with Arisce’s fellow single David for two years. And as Mike and Arisce sat down to group through their past, which centered on whether their relationship was meant to be open (Arisce’s idea) or closed (Mike’s idea), David noticed himself getting jealous…especially any time Mike and Arisce began making out.


“[Mike] is the opening guy I’ve been attracted to,” David mentioned. “I’m confused by this. One of the initial things I found about Mike is that his energy is just so attractive.”


And any time David finally confronted Mike about the push and pull, the two began making out, leading Mike to admit he was “intrigued” by David. Still, Arisce’s ex couldn’t help however have reservations about the fact that David had only just come out as pansexual and didn’t seem to know what he wanted, or from whom.


“I don’t know where that’s going,” Mike mentioned. “I did not expect to have both him and Arisce. Having to navigate the two of those at the same time is going to be hard, although it’s certainly something that I’m interested in exploring.”


So what do you think: Will Arisce convince Mike to reexplore an open relationship, or will Mike persuade Arisce to lock things down as an exclusive couple? Could David drive the couple apart fully by sweeping Mike off his feet? Hang tight for more from Ex on the Beach, airing Thursdays on MTV!