Married At First Sight season eight is almost over and, just when we thought we’d seen everything, the reality show just had to throw another curve ball at us.
Most fans collectively booed when Melissa chose to stay with Bryce Ruthven in the couple’s final vows and, now, the head scratches just keep on coming as we learn the couples have gone and got matching tattoos.
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Last night’s MAFS reunion dinner party was nothing less than chaotic; from Belinda and Patrick’s matching outfits, Bec calling out Jake for kissing Booka and the revelation that Jason broke up with Alana over text, we’d like to offer kudos to the producers for fitting so much drama into one episode.
But, despite all these classic MAFS bombshells, viewers were oh-so-distracted by one tiny detail; or, should we say, two tiny details.
As Bryce and Melissa sipped on their wine, fans couldn’t help but notice the couple’s kite tattoos…. matching kite tattoos.
Yeah, so it turns out Bryce and Melissa spent their MAFS paycheques on some ink on their wrists. The small tattoos are simply a cross enclosed in a diamond with two bits of string hanging out the end.
Needless to say, fans were a bit concerned about the um… permanency of the decision on Melissa’s behalf.
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Posting a side-by-side of the tattoos to her So Dramatic! podcast Instagram account, host Megan Pustetto wrote “Does Melissa know they’re permanent?”
Fans flooded her comments section with similar concerns.
Others were on the optimistic side, with one user writing: “Shouldn’t be too hard to cover or laser off.”
Some cracked some jokes about the whole thing, adding “If only the kite could fly Bryce away.”
And others saw the situation in a more serious light: “She (Melissa) is 100% being emotionally abused and manipulated and the media need to start referring to it as such.”
Despite multiple sources claiming that Bryce had a “secret girlfriend” while filming MAFS, Melissa stayed as loyal as ever to the radio announcer throughout the experiment.
But, although the couple chose to stay together initially, it seemed like Bryce had no intention of remaining with Melissa, an insider telling New Idea that Bryce went on MAFS purely to boost his radio career.
Even if this was the intention, it certainly does seem that the pair are still together and have been since leaving the show. Though, Melissa has confessed that she hasn’t had the best time since wrapping up filming.
Remember when Bryce confessed that Melissa wasn’t his type, said he prefers blue eyes and ranked her fourth out of all the brides? Yeah well Melissa dished to New Idea that watching those moments back have been a real struggle.
“It is hard to watch back. I get very triggered,” the 31-year-old told us, adding she “cringes” at herself as well.
And yet, the 31-year-old also explained that she wouldn’t change her reaction in the moment.
“I wouldn’t change the way I handled Bryce’s comments because I was 100% me at the time.”
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