MARRIED At First Sight UK bridge Leigh has hit out at show bosses after her wife slept in another room on the pair’s wedding night.
The TV bride is paired up with Leah on the E4 programme but their union has been far from smooth-sailing.
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Things got off to that much of a bad start that on their wedding night, Leah even slept in a completely different hotel room.
She insisted she had been banished to a “dungeon” on the show after it appeared Leigh had asked for her to leave their shared room.
But now, Leigh has fired back and insisted it was show bosses’ decision for them to spend the night apart.
Speaking on her Instagram, Leigh said: “I didn’t send Leah to another room.
“It was productions choice to have Leah go into another room.
“And although me and Leah joked and said she was in a dungeon, she was still in the hotel, she was in another room.
“She wasn’t in a basement.
“But yeah it wasn’t actually my decision where she slept.”
Leigh is a 30-year-old NHS clinical coder from Romford.
The two women got off to a rocky start when Leigh confessed Leah wasn’t her usual type after they said ‘I do’.
She admitted: “I’m a bit apprehensive, she’s not what I normally go for, I think I’ve made a mistake.”
And Leah was confused, saying: “I don’t know if she fancies me or not.”
Mafs couples that have stood the test of time
Loved-up Tayah Victoria and Adam Aveling of series six fame had the first Mafs baby.
The pair couldn’t keep their hands off each other on the programme and quickly found their feet in the outside world, moving into Adam’s Doncaster home.
Just 18 months after meeting, the couple welcomed their daughter Beau.
Season five couple Michelle Walder and Owen Jenkins also managed to make their marriage work away from the cameras and had their first child in December.
Teacher Michelle, 29, has no regrets about taking part in the experiment. She told us: “I just feel very lucky and thankful that it has worked out – and excited for everything to come.”
Michelle and Owen were both sick of dating apps when they applied in 2019.
Owen recalled: “I had been out for some drinks with a friend after work.
“While he was out for a cigarette I was scrolling on Instagram waiting for him to come back in.
“The MAFS advert was the last thing I saw, and I joked, ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if I signed up?’
“A few beers later when I was back at home I sent in the application, and the rest is history.”
Another couple to make Mafs UK history is Zoe Clifton and Jenna Robinson.
Despite a slight rocky start, where they clashed over Jenna’s vegan lifestyle, the show’s first same sex pairing are still going strong.
They even have a successful podcast together called Life With a Pod.
Jenna shed light on being involved in the show earlier this year when she told us: “We’re not legally married, and I never felt like we were. I definitely feel the process makes you take the relationship a lot more seriously and having the help of the experts… if you can survive that process it sets a firm foundation for a long-lasting relationship.”
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