{"id":513719,"date":"2026-03-02T10:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/513719\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:58:12","slug":"mafs-2026-australia-exclusive-mel-and-luke-reveal-if-their-wedding-day-doomed-the-entire-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/513719\/","title":{"rendered":"MAFS 2026 Australia Exclusive: Mel and Luke reveal if their wedding day doomed the entire relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

EXCLUSIVE: \ufeffMel and Luke<\/a>‘s problems began before they even met on their wedding day and they were never able to recover.<\/p>\n

Now, the pair have chosen to leave the experiment after failing to find a romantic connection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Want the official inside scoop on MAFS, unfiltered and unseen? Watch After The Dinner Party here.<\/a><\/p>\n

In an exclusive video, which you can watch above, they revealed whether things could have been different if their wedding day went off without a hitch \u2013 with two very different opinions.<\/p>\n

Mel was left standing alone at the end of the aisle after Luke forgot the rings and was late to the ceremony.\ufeff<\/p>\n

“I’ve thought about whether if the wedding day was nicer, the relationship would have been nicer, but it wasn’t nice for like six or seven weeks,” Luke said.<\/p>\n

“We’re living together in this apartment and I’m still not really getting much, so maybe in the short term, but I would have thought in the long term it shouldn’t have made too much of a difference.”<\/p>\n

EXCLUSIVE: Julia hits back against co-star claims after split from Grayson<\/a><\/p>\n

\"EMBARGOLuke said he could only try so much in his relationship to Mel. (Nine)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mel said she thought it was a “big factor” in the trajectory of their relationship.\ufeff<\/p>\n

“I think when you’re single for so long everyone laughs at the fact that you’re single; obviously I laugh along as well most of the time, but on my wedding day I was like ‘this is the one day that was really meant to be about me, and I feel like everybody’s laughing at me again’,” she said.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: \ufeffEvery brutal decision from the MAFS 2026 Commitment Ceremonies<\/a><\/p>\n

\"EMBARGO(Nine)<\/p>\n

Luke believed Mel was just never into him, and she admitted the lack of romantic attraction was tough.<\/p>\n

\ufeff”I’ve never been in a situation where I started dating someone without a spark initially and I found that really difficult,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Once I realised that romantic attraction wasn’t developing for me, I just thought, ‘oh gosh, I can’t be here anymore because if I was to try and be romantic with Luke, that’s leading somebody on and I didn’t want to do that’,” she said.<\/p>\n

In Pictures<\/p>\n

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Mel and Luke’s Wedding Album<\/p>\n

The bride cannot get past her groom’s huge mistake.<\/p>\n

View Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n

The experience taught Mel she had “really high standards”, but she was okay with that.\ufeff<\/p>\n

“I’m not willing to lower my standards because I would rather be single and happy rather than being in a relationship and unhappy.”<\/p>\n

\ufeffWant more exclusives? Catch Luke, Mel and Scott’s extended audition tapes right here: \ufeff<\/p>\n

\ufeffWant the official inside scoop on MAFS, unfiltered and unseen? Watch After The Dinner Party here<\/a>. Episodes stream weekly, immediately following the explosive Married at First Sight Dinner Party episode on Channel 9 and 9Now.<\/p>\n

FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE<\/a>: Stay across all the latest news from your favourite shows via our WhatsApp channel. No comments, no algorithm and nobody can see your private details.<\/p>\n

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