Hot mess Lauren has been paired with disciplined Jonathan on Married At First Sight Australia 2024. These two might be the perfect pair to balance each other out or cause complete chaos.
Constantly dragged back by red flags, Lauren admits she struggles to break old habits.
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“Love a red flag. If I see a red flag, I literally come running at it,” she said.
The 32-year-old from Perth has asked the MAFS relationship experts for a calm, funny, level-headed man to balance her out. They found just that in 39-year-old health business owner Jonathan.
Jonathan follows a strict daily health and exercise routine which, in the past, has hindered his relationships. After cutting himself off from the dating world, Jonathan admits marriage now “weighs” on him more with 40 approaching.
There were a few hiccups for Lauren ahead of her walk down the aisle. From oversleeping and a last-minute fake tan application, Lauren left her accommodation 30 minutes late. But the real trouble began when the limousine got stuck in the driveway of her accommodation, followed by an emergency stop to pluck wildflowers off the side of the road after forgetting her bouquet…
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“I’m really stress out about how late I am. That’s not the first impression I wanted to make,” she said.
After arriving to the wedding ceremony an hour late, the pair cracked jokes and hit it off throughout the wedding reception. However, Jonathan’s stepsister, Steph wasn’t so confident Lauren was the woman for him – horrified by his wife’s behaviour.
“It was obvious that there was a physically attraction because they couldn’t keep their hands off each other,” Steph told the crew. “I think Lauren is very flirty and I think when you add a few drinks into the mix… if it was out at a club, we all know what might happen.”
However, the attraction fizzled out the next morning when Lauren described waking up next to Jonathan like “waking up from a one-night stand.”
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The pair continued to work on their relationship throughout the experiment. However, the feeling that Jonathan didn’t have enough fire for her didn’t disappear, especially when fellow participant Jack told Jono: “Can you muzzle your woman?”
The “disrespectful” sentence was uttered at one of the most explosive dinner parties of the season after Jonathan claimed Jack said, “if we get to couple swap week and we haven’t slept together, you guys can sleep with [Tori]’.” Lauren then dug for answers and questioned Jack’s attraction to his wife.
While Lauren was rattled by the line, what bothered her more was that Jonathan didn’t come to her defence.
“He really did hang me out to dry,” she told the relationship experts during the following commitment ceremony. “In that moment you chose your friendship with Jack.”
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Over time, the pair mended what was broken during this dinner party with the help of the challenges and experts. But after discovering Jono was texting Ellie, who had exited mid-experiment, their relationship came crumbling down.
Their breakup, however, came as no surprise to MAFS fans as paparrazzi photos were obtained by Woman’s Day showing Jonathan and Ellie getting cuddly and kissing by the beach.
In one of the most savage final vows ever, Jonathan and Lauren called it quits.
“Although you completely wasted my time in terms of finding a romantic partner you taught me that I should always trust my gut,” Lauren said. “Jono, I don’t see a future with you and no its not me it’s you.”
Jono revealed to the camera crew he was over “apologising for things I haven’t even done.”
As for when he will begin looking for the next special someone? “I’ll take a bit of time and start looking for someone,” he said.
And then came the MAFS reunion episode, aka the dinner party from hell where Jonathan and Ellie made a grand entrance walking hand-in-hand.
While Lauren tried to say hello to Ellie, Jono’s new misses turned away. All eyes were on Lauren, except Jono and Ellie who didn’t have a care in the world as they frequently kissed and flaunting that they were “so happy.”
“I’m so happy I feel like I’ve won Married At First Sight,” Ellie told her former participants before telling the dinner party, “Lauren had said so many times she said on the couch that she has no feelings for Jono –“
To which Lauren fired up: “So that gave you the right to message him the whole time?”
According to Jono, Lauren couldn’t be “hurt” by his new relationship because she doesn’t “give a s— about [him]” while his former MAFS bride tearing up – which he thought was “hilarious.”
“She’s f—— putting it on,” Jono whispered to Ellie. “This is her plan for everyone to feel sorry for her.”
While viewers saw a side to Jonathan and Ellie we haven’t seen before, it was Ellie’s explosion that truly left everyone lost for words.
“I left the experiment on week five you f—— b—-. Are you serious?” she said.
Bring on the couch session with the relationship experts!
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