This year’s Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 has been a bit incestuous, with so many contestants having known each other prior to the experiment. Turns out there’s ANOTHER connection, with Dave Hand previously dating Sierah Swepstone. At this point, it has to be deliberate!
Jamie Marinos spilled the tea during an interview on Perth’s Robbie and Carly, accidentally exposing her husband live on-air.
After being asked about her history with Teejay Halkias — who she’d slept with in the past — she couldn’t keep her mouth shut.
“There are obviously so many things that get filmed on the show that don’t make it to air. Most of our filming never makes it to air. Considering Dave, Beth [Kelly], myself and Teejay were able to continue forward with no issue, it was the least kind of problematic situation to arise, so there wasn’t much point in including it [on the show],” Jamie said.
“Plus, at that point, I think we were like the 17th couple that knew each other.”
When Carly asked Jamie about any other unseen romances that took place off-screen, the bride dropped the bombshell.
“I’m not gonna say,” she teased, before admitting: “Dave may have been on a date with Sierah six years ago.”
“Dave had told me prior to [the first Dinner Party], because Sierah had been leaked [as a participant]. I was like, I don’t care if you’ve had sex with her upon entry, like I’m cool. And then Sierah came up to me immediately at the first cocktail party and told me but it was just so funny because it’s like how small is the MAFS world?”
MAFS’ Awhina weighs in on Dave and Sierah’s relationship
Chattr talked to Jamie’s bestie Awhina Rutene about the whole Sierah and Dave scandal, and she said it honestly wasn’t a big deal.
“Dave and I were really close in the experiment, so yes, I did know that [they had a history]. I was so confused, I’m like, is this normal? Does every experiment have so many connections?” Awhina said.
“I didn’t watch reality TV like MAFS before so I’m like, is this a normal thing? How do they have five different people with connections?”
However, she said there “was never any drama” with their past dating history, which is probably why it wasn’t a juicy storyline.
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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