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The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys airs on Bravo on Mondays at 9/8c. Episodes available next day on Peacock.
Although Jesse McBee and Alli Ventresca are now happily married with a daughter, their journey to walking down the aisle was filled with roadblocks. Jesse spoke about his hesitations during the above preview for Season 2, Episode 8 of The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys (airing Monday, August 18).
“I feel like I’m living a double life. Trying to keep this image that [my family members] all have of not only me, but like of us,” Jesse admits to his then-fianceé Alli.
He explains that he feels burdened by the pressures of their long-term relationship that dates back to being high school sweethearts.
“It just feels like everybody thinks that we have the perfect relationship. That we’ve never had problems. That I’m some perfect guy. I mean, it’s just not the case,” he adds. “And I hate that they even say that, because it just adds this unneeded pressure.”
The emotional confession brings Jesse to tears, while Alli appears stunned and remains quiet.
Alli Ventresca asks Jesse McBee if he wants to call off their wedding
Jesse admits to Alli in the Episode 8 preview that he “felt wrong” if he didn’t share his feelings, as difficult as it is for her to hear. Alli begins crying at her fiancé’s words during her confessional interview.
“It’s just—it feels like we’ve been through a lot together, and I don’t get to see that side of him, so. Just kind of proves that we’re at this different place in our lives and our relationship,” she shares, and later adds, “It’s actually scary, you know? I don’t know what’s happening.”
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After a big sigh, Jesse tells Alli: “I just don’t want to let anybody down. Especially don’t want to let you down.”
She finally responds, telling him she wishes he’d come to her about “these kinds of things” earlier. But then she asks a bombshell question.
“Do you think that postponing the wedding is something you’d want to do? That you need to do?” she asks at the end of the preview.
A look back at Jesse McBee and Alli Ventresca’s issues during their engagement
While fans watched Jesse decide he was ready to pop the question to Alli during Season 1 of The McBee Dynasty, they also may recall this isn’t the first time Jesse has considered calling off his nuptials.
In Season 2, Episode 3, the couple argued about their living situation, as Alli lived in their new city house, while Jesse primarily lived in the country to be near the farm. If they couldn’t agree on a long-term solution, Jesse agreed that was a “dealbreaker.”
“As much as I hate to say this, if we’re not gonna be able to live together, I don’t see how we don’t at least postpone the wedding if not cancel it overall,” he confessed during Episode 4.
The couple has also argued about the details of the wedding itself. When Jesse was choosing between a bow tie or regular tie for the wedding ceremony in Episode 4, he admitted he’d prefer to wear a bolo tie.
“Alli definitely has a fancier vision for this wedding than I probably would have,” Jesse said in a confessional. “I’ve been able to sneak in a few things. We get to wear cowboy hats, thank God.”
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Jesse even admitted to “kind of freaking out” about the big day while on a party bus with his brothers in Nashville in Episode 7.
“I don’t know, it’s just a lot, man,” he shared with the group. “I think it’s just like the finality of it all, you know what I mean?”
He later added more about his doubts in a confessional: “This wedding’s really weighing on me. There’s a lot of stress.”
Jesse’s not the only McBee brother going through relationship problems. Steven McBee Jr. opened up about the “huge void” in his life after his breakup with Calah Jackson.
