They were one of our favourite couples on Married at First Sight (MAFS) 2025, but it sadly wasn’t meant to be for Jamie Marinos and Dave Hand, who ended the experiment as friends.
While Jamie had fallen for the groom, Dave struggled to reciprocate her feelings. Although they finished Final Vows committing to each other, things fizzled in the outside world with Jamie initiating a breakup due to Dave’s lack of effort in the relationship.
While they appeared to end things on amicable terms during the MAFS Reunion episodes, Jamie has since revealed that the pair are sadly no longer on speaking terms.
MAFS’ Jamie reveals where she and Dave stand: ‘Doesn’t deserve to have access to me’
“We aren’t on speaking terms,” Jamie said in a recent interview with Triple M. “Unfortunately this is something that, you know, I tried so hard to maintain a friendship and that was what was always pushed to me, like ‘I really care about our bond, and our friendship’ but at the same time, Dave put me through a lot on the experiment and watching it back is really difficult.
“[You] can’t excuse certain behaviours, but at the same time, I can understand why someone might not have been in the best headspace, people make mistakes, however, unfortunately, I don’t think he’ll ever truly understand what he put me through,” she continued.
“Dave doesn’t deserve to have access to me, I’m sorry.”
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Jamie on whether she’s dating Eliot
After the MAFS cast gathered for a reunion weekend in Sydney, rumours flew something may have happened between Jamie and Eliot Donovan after the two appeared to be looking cosy at the Daily Mail MAFS reunion dinner.
“I can confirm Eliot and I are friends, and I like to say flanter, flirty banter,” Jamie said. “We moved Eliot into our room, we had two beds in our room, we were actually Charlie’s Angels that weekend, Eliot’s Angels.”
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Jamie didn’t say a firm no when asked if she did hook up with Eliot. “You’ll just have to wait and find out if we do a hard launch on TikTok anytime soon,” she teased.
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