Harry finally admitted to kissing Melinda in 'Perfect Match' season two. Here's a timeline of the drama.

• Warning: Major spoilers for "Perfect Match" season two.
• Harry Jowsey was in hot water with Jessica Vestal after being accused of kissing Melinda Berry.
• Harry admitted to kissing Melinda on his podcast, days after the show's finale. 

Harry Jowsey finally admitted to kissing Melinda Berry behind his partner's back on "Perfect Match" season two, days after Netflix exposed him in the finale.

Harry was obsessed with Jessica Vestal on the show, and the pair became one of the season's more consistent couples.

But in episode eight, Harry was at a party without Jessica and flirted with Melinda. Harry offered to carry Melinda twice in the episode, and the second time, Harry allegedly kissed her.

The "kiss" apparently happened off-camera, leading to an argument between Melinda, who was adamant it happened, and Harry, who said it didn't.

The next day, Melinda told Jessica that she and Harry kissed, causing a big fight between the three.

The scandal became one of the season's biggest controversies, especially because audiences didn't see what happened.

On Tuesday, Harry admitted he lied about the kiss in the latest episode of his podcast, "Boyfriend Material with Harry Jowsey."

"Yes, I did kiss Melinda. Yes, I lied about it. Yes, I gaslit. Yes, I manipulated everyone," he said. "It's not the respectable thing to do."

Fans were initially hoping to find out the truth during the cast reunion in the season two finale, but Harry never confirmed what happened.

However, Harry did apologize to Jessica, at which point the show cut to clips from the party that seemed to indicate he and Melinda deliberately tried to kiss out of shot.

In one clip, Harry asked the production crew if they caught the kiss on camera.

Here's a breakdown of the kissing drama between Melinda, Harry, and Jessica.

'Perfect Match' season two, episode eight: Melinda and Holly say the kiss happened off-screen

The kissing scandal began in episode eight after the couples were split up and sent to separate parties. The boys' party was ambushed by a group of girls who tried to tempt them away from their original partners.

The kiss was never shown in the show, but there were some potential witnesses.

Holly Scarfone and Justin Assada were talking next to where the kiss was thought to have happened.

Holly was the first person to claim Harry and Melinda kissed.

Justin said: "Woah, what's going on there? huh"

Holly replied: "Boys' day. They kissed."

The camera then pivoted to Stevan Ditter, who seemed to be looking in Harry and Melinda's direction.

Stevan and Justin both said they didn't see anything, but they could have been trying to defend their friend.

Viewers then saw Melinda and Harry, and Harry talking about his great relationship with Jessica.

Melinda mentioned the kiss, but Harry denied it, laughed without looking directly at her, and walked away.

When they rejoined the group, Harry said Melinda made up the kiss for the fame.

"No one saw it," he told the rest of the group. "That was fake news. I did not kiss her. Where's the video evidence?"

'Perfect Match' season two, episode eight: Harry doesn't mention the kiss when he first sees Jessica

After the original couples returned to the house later in the episode, Jessica found Harry crying in his bed.

Harry told Jessica he hadn't been the best example for her or her daughter Autumn.

Harry said he was too playful during the boys' party and carried Melinda to the toilet at one point in the day. Harry never mentioned a kiss and instead accused Melinda of lying.

Jessica and Harry had a brief argument because she didn't initially believe him, she eventually forgave him.

'Perfect Match' season two, episode eight-nine: Jessica tells Melinda off for telling everyone about the alleged kiss

Episode eight ended with the female contestants from the "boys' party" arriving at the house to give them an opportunity to steal the men.

All the women congregate around a table to reveal if any of the men cheated during the boys' day out. Melinda immediately told Jessica that she and Harry kissed three times the day before.

"He just kissed me," Melinda said. "And then does it again, so I kissed him back."

Harry and Dom Gabriel walked past at this point, so Jessica asked Harry to comment on Melinda's story. Harry again denied kissing Melinda, and said that no one saw anything.

Melinda then turned to Brittan Byrd to back her up. Brittan said Melinda's makeup was on his nose.

Jessica began questioning Melinda's motives for kissing Harry and not telling her this information privately.

The pair argued before Jessica said she wanted both sides of the story before deciding whether to stay with Harry.

Harry walked away and complained about the situation to Dom. Harry told Dom that Melinda set up the conversation about the kiss and said Melinda was the one who tried to initiate a kiss, but he turned away.

'Perfect Match' season two, episode nine: Melinda says Harry also said he wanted to have sex with her

Jessica spent most of episode nine asking contestants for advice about the situation.

It wasn't the first time Harry, who has dating track record, had his loyalty questioned.

Alara Taneri, Stevan, Dom, and Bryton Constantin all defended Harry to Jessica.

Jessica asked Harry for his side of the story, and he denied the kiss but added another element to the story.

"I did look at her stomach, and I said, 'It'd look good if you were pregnant.' But it was not in that sense," Harry said.

When Melinda spoke to Jessica privately later in the episode, Melinda said Harry wanted to have sex with her.

"He was like, 'I'm 30 years old. I'm ready for some babies.' He goes, 'You ready for some babies? I'll put a baby in you,'" Melinda said. "He goes, 'They'll come out handsome and tall and athletic.'"

'Perfect Match' season two, episode nine: Jessica confronts Harry

Harry and Jessica sat down again at the end of the episode to discuss the kissing incident.

Harry said he had been vomiting all evening because of the stress of the situation and apologized for the incident. But Jessica wasn't convinced Harry was telling the truth.

The episode ended with Harry asking for Jessica to match with him.

June 14-17, 2024: Harry and Melinda joke about the kissing drama on social media

Ahead of the season two finale, Harry and Melinda appeared to joke about the kissing scandal on social media.

In one of Melinda's two TikTok posts about the kiss, she captioned the video: "All I know is the truth #theperfectmatch #perfectmatch #Netflix all will be revealed."

Meanwhile, Harry shared an Instagram reel of him wearing a T-shirt that said "I ❤️ gaslighting" while reading a book titled "gaslighting."

June 18, 2024: Harry says he was told to create drama during the boys' day

Harry seemed to suggest that he lied about the "kiss" in an episode of his podcast, "Boyfriend Material with Harry Jowsey," which aired on June 18.

Harry said he was a "gaslighting king" during episodes seven to nine of "Perfect Match." Harry hadn't addressed the kiss directly at this point, but said he would talk more about the situation next week.

"I just want to let you guys know it's a lot worse than you think, so buckle up," he said.

Later in the episode, Dom appeared as a guest and said he didn't agree with Harry's "gaslighting" and "lying" during the kissing drama. But Dom said Harry's actions wouldn't have been as serious in the real world.

These comments seem to indicate that Harry kissed Melinda and lied about it.

Harry also said there were "no hard feelings" between him and Melinda, implying they've made up.

Harry added there was no excuse for his behavior, and listed multiple reasons for his actions.

Harry said he wasn't in the right headspace when filming "Perfect Match," and he was drinking a lot before and during the boys' day outing.

"There was no limit on that alcohol," Harry said. "I was so fucking drunk that I don't remember leaving that place. I don't remember the second half of that night. All I remember is like the shit that went down and then being back at the house with food poisoning."

In an episode of "Boyfriend Material" that aired on June 11, Harry said he didn't remember much of the show because he was always drunk.

Later in the episode on June 18, Harry said that someone in the "Perfect Match" production team told the contestants to create drama to make the series more interesting.

"There was someone on the team that came up to both the girls and the guys and said, 'Hey, if you guys don't do anything or create any drama, we don't have a fucking show,'" Harry said.

Representatives for "Perfect Match" did not immediately respond to a comment request from Business Insider outside business hours.

In "Perfect Match" season two, episodes eight and nine, Harry looked very sick and told Jessica he vomited because he was worried about their relationship.

On his podcast, Harry said he just had food poisoning from undercooked salmon that he made.

"It looked like I was vomiting, crying, and freaking the fuck out from Jess," Harry said. "But, in that moment, I was just violently ill."

Harry said he should have spoken to Jess after the boys' party and taken accountability, but at the time, he was blackout drunk, sick from food poisoning, and had a victim mentality.

"I was only thinking about myself," Harry said. "Looking back at that, there's a lot of shit I would have done different."

Perfect Match season two finale: The show suggests Harry deliberately kissed Melinda off-camera

The beginning of the season two finale returned to the conversation between Jessica and Harry, where she told him she didn't know whether to trust him.

Though she believed Harry wanted to change, Jessica said she didn't want to settle for a man who makes her question the truth, so she doesn't match him. Both Harry and Jess then leave.

At the end of the finale, the cast, excluding Justin, reunited to discuss their relationships and vote for a winner.

Before the vote, host Nick Lachey gave the cast a chance to speak about their journey. Harry took the opportunity to say he was disappointed with his behavior on the show but grateful for the experience and for his relationship with Jess.

"Obviously, I'm disappointed in the whole situation, and I made some silly decisions, and I embarrassed myself and wasn't honest with someone that I really cared about," Harry said.

The show then cut to numerous clips from the party in episode eight. There was a clip of Harry telling Melinda he wanted to get her pregnant, followed by clips of Melinda and Harry whispering about doing something off-camera.

Melinda said, "No Cameras. Go ahead, no one's looking," while a camera is pointed at a tree.

In the next clip, Melinda and Harry can be seen on-screen again, and Melinda said, "Treacherous kiss. I wanted to just dog your face out."

Harry replied, "Oh yeah, I wanna fuck you."

Later, Harry told Chris Hahn that he'd done "something really bad" but refused to say what on camera.

In the final clip, Harry asked the production crew, "Did you guys get footage of me and Melinda kissing or not? I didn't mean to do it."

These clips suggested that the kiss happened, but Harry and Melinda tried to do it off camera.

The show then cut back to Harry's speech, where he said it is important for men to own up to their "fuck-up," but he still didn't admit to the kiss.

When it was Jessica's turn to speak, she seemed to believe Harry but was not ready to date him again.

"I think Harry is a good man. I think he wants to do better," Jessica said. "But is he the kind of man that I want to lead my life right now? No, but I don't regret it."

June 21, 2024: Melinda celebrates Netflix sharing the footage about the kiss

Melinda didn't wait long after the finale episode aired to celebrate that Netflix revealed that the kiss did happen.

She shared a TikTok joking about Netflix sharing the proof on the same day.

June 22, 2024: Jessica and Holly react to the kissing scandal

A day after the finale episode aired, Jessica appeared to address the scandal on Instagram, writing that it was a "difficult experience to relive."

"I am taking this time to practice some humility, learn how I can be better, and continue to hold my head high," Jessica wrote in the caption of the post before telling fans not to send hate to any of her castmates.

Jessica was not the only contestant to share her reaction to the finale.

Micah Lussier, a contestant who appeared to still be friends with Jessica, shared a clip on TikTok of her shocked reaction to the scene in the "Perfect Match" finale, where the producers revealed that Harry kissed Melinda off-camera.

Holly, the first person to see the kiss, commented on that post: "The way he threatened to leave the show if the producers put it in 😂and they still did."

A representative for Harry did not immediately respond to a comment request from BI.

June 25, 2024: Harry finally owns up to the kiss

In the latest episode of "Boyfriend Material," which aired on June 25, Harry admitted that he kissed Melinda on "Perfect Match" and lied about it to the whole cast.

Harry said it was "weird" that none of the cameramen caught the kiss on tape.

"How is there 50 cameras there, and no one spotted us," Harry said.

Harry said he manipulated and gaslit the rest of the cast and later apologized to Jessica, Melinda, the audience, and his castmates.

"No one deserved to be a part of the fucking hurricane Harry that was going down on perfect match, but we're taking accountability. We're growing from this," he said.

Harry said that he was "so drunk" that he didn't understand what happened that day, but he did remember the kiss.

"There's absolutely no excuse for my behavior on the show and especially the things that I said. I was drunk, but there's no excuse, and it should have never happened," Harry said. "I do really want to own up and take full responsibility not only for Melinda, Jess, myself, but to you guys because I did you guys a disservice."

Harry also pointed out that he repeatedly lied kisses on reality shows, including "Too Hot To Handle" and "Dancing With The Stars," so fans should not trust him in the future.