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 Googleboxers 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 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.”
The birth of Lyon came after a difficult time for the couple, with Matty opening up in November 2023 about a miscarriage they endured in 2022.
Speaking on his parenting podcast, The Dads and The Docs, Matty revealed the toll the tragedy took on the family
“When she found out the news, she took it really hard,” he said of Sarah.
“I was obviously very upset myself, but I felt like at that moment I needed to be a rock and say that everything is going to be alright – ‘We’ve already got a son, it happens to more people, this person had a miscarriage…’
“I tried to say these things and go into solution mode, into why it’s not that bad and why everything is going to be alright – and Sarah didn’t want to hear that.”
“I tried to seem unaffected because I knew she was so affected,” he explained.
“I don’t think that helped being this calm, almost ‘it’s-not-impacting-me’ sort of person. Actually, it just made her feel worse.”
Matty went on to acknowledge that he “definitely stuffed it up”.
Instead of reacting the way he did, the reality star said he should have told his wife, “’Hey, this is s***and I know it’s s*** and that‘s okay, I’m here to help you’, and leave it at that and not go into solutions mode”.
“They just need to vent and to feel pretty s***** and cry, and they’re not looking for a solution, and you gotta be supportive unconditionally and just listen.”
“I definitely would have handled that differently and not tried to be this pillar of strength that I really didn’t need to be.”
Is Sarah Marie returning to Gogglebox?
With baby Lyon described as a “blessing” for the heartbroken couple, Sarah Marie spent some time away from Gogglebox in 2023 to fully be present for her children.
She returned alongside her husband 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.”
She 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.”
She divulged more about her return to the couch in an interview with News.com.au.
“I said to my husband, I’ve had my maternity leave time. I’ve been able to focus on the little guy and be a mum to two kids and adjust, and I’m just ready this year to get back into everything and focus,” the star said. “And Lyon is at a different age now where I can actually be on the show.”
In the same interview, she revealed what she’d missed most about Gogglebox.
“Doing something where it was a set time together as a family is probably what I missed the most – being involved and included in the commentary together,” she said.
“I might be walking past carrying Lyon on the sidelines, and I see or hear something, and I’m like, ‘Oh, I want to say something so bad, but I can’t right now.’”
Want your own fairytale romance? Start your love journey for FREE today with eHarmony.
