by Married At First Sight doesn’t have a good track record with its matches. The 2024 series got off to an explosive start, perhaps at the expense of its pairings.
In a shocking twist, Alex and Holly reunited romantically as the E4 dating show hit after they both left the show in a big way. News of their reunion comes when the last couples standing chose to stick or turn on the screen in the vow renewal ceremony.
As marriages are no longer legally binding in the UK series, partner in the family team at Seddons Catherine Hancock explains what this means. She told Yahoo: “Both of the couple can walk away from their relationship without going to court and easily return to their lives as they were. They won’t have to go through the divorce process.”
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In real life, she explained: “When you’re married, if you want to end the marriage you have to file for a divorce (and you can’t start those proceedings until you’ve been married a year) or the to annul a marriage.
“You can apply for an annulment at any time after the marriage but there are very specific grounds. The most likely for those on the register is that the marriage was not consummated.”
So what happened to the couples?
Lacey and Nathan ‘split’
With a renewed sense of emotion Lacey and Nathan declared their love for each other – “to the stars and back”. The story tells a different story behind the scenes as, according to reports, the couple has parted ways after testing their relationship in the outside world. The Sun reported that Lacey and Nathan’s romance was “refined”.
On screen the newlyweds got off to a great start when Nathan wooed twin sister Lacey Paige for his new bride, saying: “Wow.” But after that the groom to tell his bride she looked “nice” – when she said she wanted to hear how “beautiful” or “stunning” she looked. We were all blushing.
Communication is clearly the main issue for the couple at the start of their journey but Nathan confided in Lacey about her attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and how it affects their relationship, which sparked a change. Lacey was realizing that her twin Paige also has ADHD and she has been a pillar of support for him throughout the process.
Closer to each other, the two said they loved each other as cameras rolled out for the set. The home stays went well, with Lacey’s mother and sister sanctioning the game. This was especially poignant as Lacey’s mum cried when Nathan said she was a terrible cook when she tried to feed him the vegetarian chicken fajitas.
When the reunion was filmed, Lacey and Nathan were still together but weeks later it has been revealed that they have decided to call time on their romance. Social media tells the story of them being together, showing pictures of them looking loved up on the show, but there are no photos of them together outside of MAFS UK.
Yahoo has reached out to Married At First Sight executives as well as reps for Lacey and Nathan.
Amy and Luke’s marriage is over
Amy and Luke had a very different story on Married At First Sight. They come to the end of the road in the refreshing scenes that took place this week, which sparked a huge conversation online about Amy’s choice of words in her speech.
In dramatic scenes Amy declared their marriage “done, dead, gone” in a brutal vow renewal ceremony, dashing Luke’s hopes that the couple would be able to consummate their relationship in the outside world.
The contestants, who were introduced late in the show, had a rocky journey – even though they really liked each other. Amy said that “honesty” was the most important thing to her on their wedding day but Lúcás found himself telling white lies to make sure he didn’t upset Amy.
There was a nightmare during the house stay – which led to Lúkás insulting Amy’s bedroom and her more natural look in a throwback photo. The worst moment however saw the groom tell the bride’s friends that he was a “single man” and take her ring from him. For Luke’s sake, Amy had told her friends that he had been a butler in the past and that he was feeling dead.
There were also plenty of fun moments in their relationship, like when Luke couldn’t stop licking (yes licking) Amy’s sausage dog, despite his protests. Otherwise, you would be left wondering why they would have stayed on the show for so long?
Polly and Adam break up
Adam relaxed while refreshing Polly and didn’t even share his thoughts on the show.
At the wedding the barber had told his wife’s best friend Alfie that he usually dated “unreal brunettes”, immediately raising concerns about their marriage ever having a chance of working. Friendship experts on the show convinced him to be less shallow and give his romance a chance to blossom.
Despite the efforts, the couple’s main problem seemed to be their differing views on relationships and PDA. Adam felt there was a chance that their relationship could work when he claimed to have seen a “quieter” side of Polly during her homestay but it was not meant to be. In the experiment, surrounded by the other couples, they met.
The final dinner party ended their relationship as Polly called Adam a “narcissist” in front of the group. Polly confronted Adam when they reunited in the vow renewal but he had had enough and refused to share the words he had written. The reunion was fireworks as Adam drank Polly’s red wine after an explosive confrontation.
Sacha and Ross split
After Sacha walked out and cried her eyes out, she chose to stay with her husband Ross. They were together as long as the two reunion episodes were filmed. The sticking point was passing but Ross texted Sacha saying he would move to be with her but would spend the weekend in Manchester to be with his daughter Blue.
Their split happened off-screen. The couple made no secret of their flaming rows, which inevitably led to their breakup. Ross didn’t even try to keep it a secret as he posted about his new girlfriend on Instagram while the set played on screen. Now her Instagram even includes her name: Magdalena. The result of this was that the split was reported before the reunion episodes that played out this week.
Before the final four, everyone else had split during the Married At First Sight process.
Married At First Sight concludes with the final reunion episode on E4 at 9pm on Thursday.
