MAFS Australia bride breaks silence after secret text message scandal

Married at First Sight Australia 2024 Spoilers follow for scenes that have not yet been shown in the UK on E4.

Australian Married At First Sight star Lauren Dunn has broken her silence following a shocking text message scandal involving Jono McCullough and Ellie Dix.

Lauren and Jono were in a relationship during the current run of the reality show, but quickly discovered they weren’t right for each other.

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In scenes not yet aired in the UK, Lauren learned during an engagement ceremony that Jono had messaged Ellie privately. Lauren told the Daily Mail that the situation initially brought back painful past memories.

“It just brought back memories of things that had happened in the past, so I was very emotional about that,” she recalls. “What alarmed me the most was that I was not mentioned even once (in the messages). »

Lauren also admitted that she didn’t think she and Jono would have lasted as a couple regardless, saying: “I don’t think things would have been better if it hadn’t come out, because we were talking about a couple of weekends that we had, and it had been consistently good for us, and that’s just not going to last in the real world.”

Despite the shock of the development, Lauren said she felt happy for Jono and Ellie, acknowledging that they were far more compatible than the matches provided by the experts during the experiment.

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“I couldn’t be happier for Jono. He and I were forced to be together, we didn’t choose each other and we gave it everything we had,” she said.

“I honestly couldn’t be happier that they found love, because Jono and I weren’t in love.

“It was tough because we would have a really good week, a really crappy week, and that would take us to the first point,” she added.

“(But) we didn’t have that (connection) and they’re great together. I couldn’t (cheer for them) harder, to be honest.”

Married at First Sight in the UK is broadcast on E4 in the UK. Married at First Sight in Australia broadcast on Nine Network in Australia and E4 in the UK.

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