The Ultimatum: Queer Loveseason 2 saw Britney Thompson and Marita Prodger work through their trial marriages in a supportive, harmonious way, and while their outcomes at the end of the season differed,they spoke to Screen Rant about their experience in the experiment. While Britney,who gave an ultimatum to AJ Blount, was coming into the show knowing what she wanted, Marita wasn’t.
Marita’s partner prior to the experiment, Ashley Johnson, struggled to show her affection in the way she’d hoped from a partner, whichleft her uncertain about moving their relationship forward. Despite both knowing that they were looking for different things, and despite the fact that Marita nearly wound up in a trial marriage with AJ,Britney and Marita were great for each other.
Providing each other security, they both entered their trial marriage open and hopeful they’d come out of the experiment with clarity to move forward. While that looked different for each of them, Marita and Britney were both able to find peace after their time onThe Ultimatum: Queer Loveseason 2.They spoke to Screen Rant together about their time on the show.
Screen Rant: Coming into the show, you obviously both covered what you were looking for on screen, but what made you choose to go intoThe Ultimatumspecifically?
Britney: Yeah, I guess for myself, what made me choose to go on such a crazy thing is a little bit of being a little loco, of course, yeah, a little bit of loco to choose something like this. But no, I think it’s just honestly love. I think just figuring out what’s being a long-term relationship, you kind of get to a point where, okay, what are we doing now? And what makes you choose it is just wanting to know what the future holds, and a very concentrated, quick, pressure cooker of a way to do it.
Marita: Yeah, I would say choosing to go on The Ultimatum, it was kind of going to be the deal breaker between me and Ashley. And I feel like that’s something we needed, because at the end of the day, I really did think that we could get engaged at the end of it. I thought it would be us at the end of it, but just seeing that lack of growth on her side, and then also being with Britney and learning all about this compassionate, beautiful love that I do deserve, just really put me in this mindset of like, okay, you know what? I can set myself free. I can go find that partner that’s really going to make my soul shine.
Britney & Marita Were Paired Up By Default
Their Dynamic Was Shockingly Positive After Not Choosing Each Other
Although the pair wound up with one of the healthiest dynamics of the series, Britney and Marita didn’t choose each other to be trial marriage partners organically. After Marita chose Britney’s original partner, AJ,she was left without a trial marriage partner until the end of The Choice ceremony. With Britney the only other woman not chosen, they wound up an unlikely pair.
Screen Rant: Incredible. That’s such healthy thing to learn throughout the process. Now, you two had a really interesting dynamic. Obviously, you wound up with each other by default. How did that make each of you feel when you were in that moment during The Choice?
Marita: Yeah, so I remember we were sitting next to each other, and I tapped her on the shoulder, and I was like, you and I, like, we’re going to be here. But like, you have to think about it. Like, Britney and I only had one conversation before we were actually paired together and living together for three weeks, and it was actually so beautiful and magical the way that it all ended up. I think it was a blessing in disguise, but obviously, I was a little nervous at first because I was so into AJ at that time, and I didn’t know what she thought about that, so I’ll let you take it from there, Britney.
Britney: Yeah. Honestly, I was extremely nervous. My heart, I remember feeling like my pulse through my entire body, and I was trying to keep calm, keep my composure at the choice because I’m like, what the heck? I wasn’t chosen. Now, I’m going to be with someone that I didn’t get the opportunity to know fully, and coming into the choice, you’re already, like, mentally preparing for, like, either one of the people that were your top two, so I think just getting caught off guard and then having to live with someone that you haven’t had the opportunity, only about 10 to 15 minutes, that one conversation, that’s how long it was, so I think I was just a little nervous, to be honest. I was nervous, oh, and I felt not only just nervous living with someone I didn’t get to know because I wasn’t too, like, that wasn’t, like, the biggest stressor. I think the main thing was, like, am I going to get what I need out of this?
Because, again, I brought AJ here, like, I’m like, okay, I’m going to get to date and live with somebody. She’s going to date and live with somebody, and we’ll see how this works out, and then she got who she picked, and in my brain, I’m like, oh, she got who she picked. Oh, my gosh, like, she’s going to run out, like, all the things for her, and then for me, I wasn’t sure, but it turned out to be extremely wonderful. I literally got everything I needed out of our trial marriage. Like, it worked out great. It was just the initial, you know, 18 to 48 hours, like, after was, like, whatever. We were great.
Screen Rant: My next question was going to be what was the easiest part of the trial marriage, but it seems like everything. What was the most difficult part of the trial marriage for you guys, if anything?
Britney: Actually, I don’t think anything [laughs].
Marita: Honestly, like, everything was so perfect [laughs]. We had the same, like, work schedule. We worked out together. The cooking was amazing. ’ll never forget. No, like, everything was so perfect, so blissful, and, like, even if I was having a hard day at work or if I was stressed, like, Britney just always brought the energy that I needed to make me cheerful and just, like, bring me up, and I think that’s so important in a partnership, in a marriage, and I felt like just seeing the way that she would make me feel against how my every day was with Ashley, it was like, okay, wow, like, there’s actually more love and light to what I could surround myself with, and it was Britney.
AJ & Britney Are Engaged
The Pair Solidified Their Relationship
Screen Rant: That’s amazing [laughs]Britney, we saw you and AJ get engaged at the end of the show. Where do you stand now?
Britney: Okay, I don’t know what to say. I would love to share that. Finally, I can talk about it! Yes, me and AJ are happily engaged still. Yeah, we’re just happy together. We’re still thriving.
Screen Rant: That’s so exciting, I’m so happy for you guys. Marita, we obviously saw you have a very difficult end to your relationship, but you seem to be in such a good place, so where do you stand now?
Marita: Yeah, no, absolutely. That was a really, really hard time in my life just to leave that experience, but I think leaving that experience was the most powerful part because I was finally able to set myself free, and I was finally able to go find that energy that’s within me again, and be happy. Be me. Go out into the world with my huge personality and just let myself shine without having to dim my light or try to cater to someone who wasn’t at my energy, so I think right now, I’m so happy. I’ve literally never been the happiest, healthiest version of myself. I’m getting back into music, which is really exciting, and I feel like everything happens for a reason. Britney, AJ, and I try to see each other as many times as possible as we can. We love each other, so yeah, it’s just like this experience really just was life-changing for me, and I wouldn’t change anything about it.
