It has emerged that Married at First Sight‘s Amanda Micallef quit the controversial experiment to reunite with an ex partner right before filming started last year.
WATCH: MAFS’ Amanda initially QUIT the show to reunite with her ex
In an unearthed clip shared to Instagram in July 2019, Amanda, 34, told her followers she left producers “gutted” when she pulled out of the show to give her relationship another shot.
“I decided to give it another crack,” Amanda said at the time.
“I actually did get in, I got accepted very early on, but I withdrew my application cause I’ve decided to work things out with my ex and give it another crack,” Amanda explained.
“The producer was a little gutted as they loved my application, they loved me… they decided pretty early on in the process that they wanted me and that was flattering and shattering at the same time.”
The strength coach went on to explain said she withdrew her application because people around her encouraged her to “go for it” with her ex.
But I have a lot of supportive people around me that have basically said, “if you love this girl, go for it, make it work.” The show is always going to be there if it doesn’t work out.’
She said the decision to quit MAFS was ‘bittersweet,’ but she was ‘happy’ with her choice.
While it is unclear what happened next between Amanda and her ex, she is on this season of MAFS, so we are guessing things didn’t go their way.
Amanda ‘married’ bartender Tash Herz, 31, on the show on Monday. However, the weddings were filmed in September last year.
Married At First Sight‘s first same-sex wedding since marriage equality was legalised in Australia should’ve been cause for celebration.
But the honeymoon was over before it had the chance to get off the ground for Tash Herz and Amanda Micallef, who wed on the seventh season of the hit reality show.
Speaking to a local publication bartender Tash had revealed that she found Amanda “quite controlling”, and said they were “so incompatible” – and after watching the honeymoon play out, we understand why she made this assessment.
The pair had a beautiful wedding, and the chemistry appeared to be off the charts, with both the gorgeous gals looking totally into each other.
But by the time the sun came up the next morning, Tash was having doubts, feeling as though she’d been swept up in the romance of the nuptials.
“[Amanda’s] funny and she makes me laugh, but there’s no spark. I’m not feeling it,” she admitted, looking devastated.
“I feel guilty because I want it to be there so bad. It’s really hard.”
Meanwhile, Amanda’s feelings were quickly going from adoring to annoyed, as she was left solo by the pool for three hours waiting for Tash to show up!
“I needed a bit of time by myself,” explained Tash, who’d been meditating in the hotel room and trying to come to terms with her shifting emotions.
“I was acting a certain way at the wedding but now I’m not attracted to her… I wish I could just flick a switch. I don’t know what to do, because I don’t want to hurt her.”
Of course, Amanda was already hurt, saying she could feel the. shift in Tash’s energy.
“Where’s the small signs of intimacy here and there? We’re on our honeymoon for f–k’s sake,” the strength coach raged.
Over dinner that night, Tash came clean about where her head was at.
But rather than taking what the 31-year-old had to say on board, Amanda was thrown into a complete tailspin, and ended up sobbing, swearing… and sleeping in a separate room.
“I thought we had chemistry! For you to tell me this early on this is how you’re feeling, how the f–k do you expect me to feel?” she cried angrily, asking if Tash had felt it on their wedding day – which she says she did.
“Well how the f–k do you not feel it today?” thee 34-year-old demanded.
More red flags came up the next day, when Amanda felt that one night apart was enough and asked to move back into the shared hotel room.
“I just don’t feel comfortable sleeping in a bed together yet,” said Tash honestly.
“I’m happy to sleep on the couch… but you don’t even want me there, that’s what it feels like,” Amanda muttered, seemingly struggling to respect her TV wife’s boundaries.
And if she was trying to guilt Tash into agreeing, it looks like it almost worked, with the raven-haired beauty admitting she was “feeling pressure”.
“It would make me feel uncomfortable and I’m not going to put myself in a situation where I feel uncomfortable,” she explained.
“I’m trying to be true to myself and honest and not do something that makes me uncomfortable.”
The pair’s first fight hardly comes as a surprise, after Tash was spotted enjoying a steamy romp with a gorgeous blonde earlier in the week.
The woman in question, Madison Hewitt, is her new girlfriend, reveals a source. Pictures of the loved-up couple embracing each other in the ocean, make it clear that the reality star has moved on from her TV marriage since the show stopped filming.
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