By now, even casual Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 fans know that Jacqui Burfoot and Clint Rice struck up a relationship after the show.
The couple made their first MAFS appearance in the trailer for the Reunion, which airs on April 6, but viewers have yet to see them spill the deets about how they got together.
Of course, in true Jacqui style, rather than waiting for it to play out on screen, the former Miss Yacht International contestant went rogue and dished on how her relationship with Clint started in a radio interview.
How did MAFS’ Jacqui and Clint start dating?
Jacqui joined the Fifi, Fev & Nick radio show for an interview the morning after her and Ryan Donnelly‘s Final Vows aired.
She gushed about her relationship with Clint and told the hosts that their meet-cute story “does come out at the Reunion.”
“If you speak to Clint, he will explain that out of the group, I was the most normal girl who had a life and was down to earth, [that] doesn’t take herself too seriously and loves having a laugh,” she continued.
Jacqui then clarified that they only started hanging out romantically after Final Vows were filmed.
“He reached out to me and wanted to get to know me and after Final Vows, he did invite me down to Tassie to spend some time with him.”
Jacqui added that she was initially nervous about their 14-year age gap but said after meeting him, “it doesn’t really affect us at all.”
MAFS stars found out about Jacqui and Clint’s relationship at the Reunion
As per The Daily Mail, the romance left Ryan “blindsided” at the reunion, with the groom having “no idea’ that Jacqui and Clint had started dating.
“Ryan had no idea. He heard rumours, but seeing it unfold like this left him feeling betrayed,” an insider told Daily Mail. “He considered Clint a mate—now he feels like they both lied to his face.”
However Clint hit back at those rumours in an interview with Chattr, saying he never had a friendship with Ryan and said that he broke the news to him personally.
“We didn’t want to be smug about it or throw it in anyone’s face. We wanted to handle things respectfully,” Clint said. “Ryan tried to spin it as though we were mates – but we weren’t. We didn’t know each other before the show, and we won’t know each other after.”
Are Jacqui Burfoot and Clint Rice still together?
The news of the romance was first teased when Jacqui uploaded a cryptic Instagram update in early December 2024, alluding to a “new chapter”. Days later, she was spotted in Tasmania looking cosy with Clint at a wildlife park.
The Daily Mail reported that Jacqui has quit her job, packed up her Sydney life, and moved to Clint’s luxury estate in Tasmania, with another insider saying the two have a “natural chemistry”.
Jacqui has also been liking photos and videos of Clint’s dogs on his dogs’ Instagram page and in a video on the page, her gold bracelet is seen in the shot with the pups.
Towards the end of the season, Jacqui consistently included Clint in her Instagram stories and spoke favourablely of him and their relationship. So, it appears that Jacqui and Clint are absolutely still together.
Jacqui confirms there’s no bad blood with Lauren Hall: “I love her”
Clint was originally married to Lauren Hall in the experiment, and the pair decided to leave the show as friends. However, many of the cast (and the experts) speculated Clint had feelings for Lauren but didn’t act on them, something he has since denied.
“We were done. We wanted out. But then we got a call from Nine, warning us that if we left early, they would make us the most hated couple on Australian TV,” Clint said. “Looking back, we should have just walked. They stitched us up anyway.”
Meanwhile, Jacqui has been going continuously rogue on her business Instagram page answering fan questions about the show and spilling all sorts of the tea.
In one Instagram AMA, Jacqui confirmed there’s no bad blood between her and Lauren, but didn’t mention her relationship with Clint. She said she still speaks to Lauren, saying the two have “lots in common” and that she had just gotten off the phone with her.
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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