Sarah Marie and Matty Fahd quickly became fan favourites on Gogglebox, alongside their good friend Jad Nehmetallah.
The couple, who have graced our screens since 2016 are the picture of relationship goals.
While they’re now partners in crime, truth be told, their relationship didn’t start with ‘love at first sight’ – at least on Sarah’s end!
If anything, their endearing story proves the power of perseverance and ‘never saying never’.
Scroll on to see how their love blossomed.
How did Sarah Marie Fahd and Matty Fahd meet?
Speaking to fellow Googleboxer’s Adam and Symon on their podcast, Matty recounted his movie-like pursuit of Sarah Marie.
Having met outside a club in Sydney’s Kings Cross, Matty slid into Sarah’s DM’s with “Hi” (smooth).
Accordingly, Sarah Marie replied, “You’re a man of many words.”
“I tried for a very long time,” Matty admitted.
Eventually, Sarah agreed to dinner – but then canceled due to nervousness.
Alas, they rebooked. Chatting until “three or four in the morning”, Matty recounted that he went in for a kiss, which Sarah denied, explaining she doesn’t kiss on first dates.
After their date, Matty was thrown another curveball, where his now-wife shared that she was disappointed he didn’t try to pick up the phone and call her more.
Nevertheless, he kept persisting, inviting her to a New Year’s Eve party, which she turned down.
Reaching out again days later, he was met with the news that Sarah was in a relationship with another man.
Matty told Adam and Symon that he responded, “Unless you go on to marry this bloke, I’m going to be persistent.”
That, he was.
In a series of movie-like events, it turned out his female pal’s ex was the guy. Reaching out to Sarah to give it his last shot, he was met with apprehension. Two weeks later, Sarah was the one to reach out – with the same “two letters he first messaged her, “Hi” he messaged her with.
Their second date took place on Valentine’s Day when they shared their first kiss and, as they say, the rest is history!
Are Sarah Marie and Matty Fahd married?
The couple married in 2018, and Matty shared that the celebrant retold this very story. Representing this struggle, he also revealed that Drake’s Started From The Bottom was one of their wedding songs!
In an Instagram post to mark their seventh wedding anniversary in January 2025, Sarah said they have shared eleven wonderful years together as a couple.
“Happy anniversary to my darling husband. From traveling the world to becoming parents to our two beautiful boys, life with you has been nothing short of an adventure,” she wrote.
Reflecting upon their marriage in an interview with New Idea shortly after, Sarah-Marie spoke of the “understanding” the couple shared with one another.
“When you’re with each other for so many years your relationship goes through many stages, especially when you have young kids,” she explained.
“Neither of us is ever in a situation where we feel we don’t get it. We are on the same page with a lot of stuff. An argument for us is never bad.”
“We are a really good support system with each other. It’s all about how you are in the long term and how you change together. I would consider us a strong unit, I think we are very lucky with each other,” she added.
Do Sarah-Marie and Matty from Gogglebox have any children?
Shortly after tying the knot, Sarah-Marie and Matty welcomed their first child, their adorable son Malik, in November 2019.
The couple welcomed their second child together in 2023, a son named Lyon Sainte Fahd.
“My baby boy, you have completed us. We waited for you, we dreamt of you. Malik, your big brother has been calling your name,” Sarah wrote on Instagram at the time.
“We will love you unconditionally. We will love you until the end of time. Thank you for blessing us.”
In the few months following his birth, the family only became more smitten with the new family member. It was easy to see Malik was in love with his new baby brother.
In a video shared to Instagram, Malik held on tightly to Lyon.
“Our new favourite way to start the day. Malik gets so happy to see his baby brother Lyon in the morning and I love seeing them together like this,” Sarah captioned the heart-warming video.
“Please tell me this brotherly love lasts?”
While baby number three isn’t completely off the cards for the couple, the proud parents also don’t have any immediate plans to grow their family in the future.
“I’m so sure my in-laws would love another three,” Sarah-Marie laughed.
“[But] at the moment no, I don’t think so….but then Malik’s about to start school and I have moments where I’m like do I? Never say never but I’d be very surprised if a third [kid] came along this year,” Sarah-Marie shared with us ahead of the 2025 Gogglebox season launch.
She also added described Gogglebox as her family’s “own home video show.”
“It’s just so nostalgic to look back on,” she reflected on watching past seasons.
“It’s so lovely and certainly a unique digital family photo album.”
Is Sarah-Marie returning to Gogglebox?
After taking a step back from Gogglebox in 2023 after her son Lyon’s birth, it was confirmed that Sarah-Marie would be returning to the couch alongside her husband Matty and ‘Uncle Jad’ in 2025.
In an exclusive interview with New Idea, Sarah-Marie revealed that she was “so happy to be coming back.”
“I stepped away originally because it was too hard to juggle [with motherhood], but returning was never off the table for me and everything is aligning for me now. I’m so excited to be back on the couch.”
While they may not be able to contribute as much as their family members, we are sure little Malik and Lyon will also make an appearance!
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