The Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 Final Vows between Adrian Araouzou and Awhina Rutene was a bit confusing, after the couple decided not to be together… before immediately changed their minds. Awhina has since come out and slammed Adrian in an interview with Chattr, but is there any chance they’ll get back together in the future?
Adrian tells Chattr he doesn’t see a way forward with Awhina at this stage, due to the “damage” she’s caused. The pair haven’t spoken for a couple of weeks, a stark change from their “almost daily” contact up until very recently.
“For me it’s a bit confusing and it’s a bit upsetting, now she’s coming out and saying that I was the one, I was the reason she put on weight, I was the reason she stayed, I was this, I was that. We all watched the Final Vows, I didn’t force us to stay, it was her,” Adrian explains.
“I’m like, you’re saying all these things and you wanted to leave from halfway, but I was there to believe that we had true feelings for each other. So like, did you lead me on to believe that there was something and you pressured me the whole time?
“I truly fell for her towards the end. Yes, up until halfway we had our rocky stages… but [now] I’m like, were you faking the whole way? Because I had real feelings for you.”

The couple did break up before the MAFS reunion and went in single, but have remained friends ever since. However, it seems like that has changed, after Awhina made statements about Adrian’s true intentions.
“We remained friends the whole time. It was only up until the last couple of weeks where [I’ve seen] all the stuff she’s saying about me and all the things that she’s like backtracking and it’s obviously upsetting to see,” Adrian adds.
When Chattr asked Adrian if we might see the couple give it another go, he was adamant that they were over.
“No, not after the damage that has been done from what she has done to me,” he says. “Cleo [has come] out and [is] saying all these things… doing the most to try and make my character look bad. Like it wasn’t enough the show [has] done that, but now you’re doing it and I just don’t agree with it.
“The fact that she’s coming out and speaking more and more and she just uses me for clout and views and clicks, I’m like to Awhina, stop your sister. My family stays out of your business, your family should stay out of my business. And I just don’t agree with that, and I feel like Awhina has sort of allowed that. So that’s why my relationship with Awhina on my side has ended.”

What did Awhina say to Sierah behind Adrian’s back?
At the upcoming MAFS reunion, Sierah Swepstone reveals that Awhina was saying “nasty” things about Adrian behind his back.
“She was calling me dumb, she was saying my business sucks — this was like week four of the experiment — and for me that was upsetting, like I cared for you,” Adrian recalls.
“She just assumed [my business] wasn’t doing well, and said all this nasty stuff behind my back.
“If you’re saying that to Sierah, someone that you weren’t even close to, I can only imagine who else you were talking to behind my back, like saying personal stuff, and that is hurting to hear.”
The MAFS reunion trailer shows Sierah dropping the bombshell after things get heated between her and Awhina. It’s going to be interesting to see this play out on screen!
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sunday at 7pm and Monday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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