Married At First Sight alum Cameron Merchant has had a terrifying encounter right in his own home.
WATCH: Cam Merchant’s terrifying encounter with a spider
Taking to his Instagram stories on Monday night, the former cricketer shared footage of a Huntsman spider lurking in his bathroom, writing “because this is the last thing I need before going to bed… #breathe”.
The reality star then posted a series of videos of the spider… and, for arachnophobes, they became increasingly sinister as they went on.
Zooming in on the spider moving its legs, Cam asked “What’s it doing? Is he licking his fangs?” before panning the camera to the mirror to show his face of distress.
The hashtags #dinnertime and #pleasenotus also accompanied the footage.
The next clip showed Cam and his wife Jules Robinson in bed, as the former wrote: “I’ll protect you @julesrobinson82.”
“Honey, it’s OK, we’ll be safe tonight,” Cam told his sleeping wife. “I’ll take the first shift, you take the second one.”
Clearly not as disturbed by the lurking arachnid, Jules told her husband to shush, and the stories ended there… so we can only assume the spider won the battle.
Cam and Jules originally met on season six of Married At First Sight. After wedding on-screen, the couple defied the reality TV odds and are still together, with a son named Ollie.
Despite moving on from their reality TV days, Cam is forever thankful for the circumstances which brought him and Jules together.
“We always say we’re so grateful for how Jules and I met,” the star told our sister publication WHO in 2021.
“It has been a magical journey and we certainly look forward to showing Ollie how his parents met one day, that’s something that no one’s ever going to take away from us.”
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