{"id":285695,"date":"2026-02-11T12:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/285695\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:05:16","slug":"married-at-first-sight-bride-melissa-akbay-spotted-looking-lonely-and-downcast-as-her-marriage-continues-to-go-downhill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/285695\/","title":{"rendered":"Married At First Sight bride Melissa Akbay spotted looking lonely and downcast as her marriage continues to go downhill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Married At First Sight star Melissa Akbay has been spotted looking downcast in Sydney<\/a> as her reality TV<\/a> marriage continues to crumble.<\/p>\n

After just one week into the Nine reality juggernaut, Melissa, 28, has already drawn the ‘villain’ tag from many viewers over her treatment of groom Luke Fourniotis, 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The communications specialist, 28, was spotted during filming cutting a very forlorn figure as she did a spot of solo shopping.<\/p>\n

Melissa cut a casual figure for the outing, stepping out in a loose-fitting pink cardigan that she wore over a white T-shirt.<\/p>\n

She finished her look with a pair of wide-leg blue jeans<\/a> with a flared hem and a pair of light pink sneakers.<\/p>\n

Melissa accessorised with a black and white canvas bag that she slung over her shoulder and a pair of large black headphones over her ears.<\/p>\n

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Married At First Sight star Melissa Akbay has been spotted looking downcast in Sydney as her reality TV marriage with Luke\u00a0Fourniotis continues to crumble<\/p>\n

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The communications specialist, 28, was spotted during filming cutting a very forlorn figure as she did a spot of solo shopping<\/p>\n

The reality star was seen tucking into a small bag of chips as she strolled the streets with her groom nowhere to be seen.<\/p>\n

She also popped into a local supermarket for an armful of groceries, most likely to be eaten alone in her Sydney apartment.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Things got off to a very rocky start for Melissa and Luke with the groom arriving late to their wedding after he forgot the rings.<\/p>\n

He also gave Melissa the ‘ick’ from the outset, chewing gum while his bride recited her vows.<\/p>\n

Their Louth Island honeymoon did little to warm her heart either, with the bride forcing Luke to sleep on the couch.<\/p>\n

She also expressed a distinct lack of interest in her betrothed to the other brides at the first dinner party on Monday night.<\/p>\n

If that wasn’t enough, she also crushed Luke even further during Tuesday’s photo ranking challenge, where she placed him second behind Grayson McIvor.<\/p>\n

‘If someone was to describe who would suit me based on physicality, it would probably be him,’ Melissa told Luke.<\/p>\n

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Melissa cut a casual figure for the outing, stepping out in a loose-fitting pink cardigan that she wore over a white T-shirt<\/p>\n

\"She <\/p>\n

She finished her look with a pair of blue jeans with a flared hem and a pair of light pink sneakers<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The reality star was also seen tucking in to a small bag of chips as she strolled the streets\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"She <\/p>\n

She also popped into a local supermarket to grab an armful of groceries which she will most likely be eating alone in her Sydney apartment<\/p>\n

‘And then you. I think you are attractive, you take care of yourself, have a good physique, but I want to be true to myself. So I will put you a close second to Grayson.’<\/p>\n

A heartbroken Luke told producers it was difficult to process Mel’s shock decision.<\/p>\n

‘That just knocks me down further, to be honest. Right now I feel massively under-confident,’ he said.<\/p>\n

He later told Daily Mail that he was shocked by Mel’s actions as they weakened the relationship.<\/p>\n

‘Being the only groom not ranked first wasn’t easy,’ he said.<\/p>\n

‘If you’re in a relationship, you want to make the other person feel secure. Ranking someone first is such an easy way to do that.’<\/p>\n

Luke admitted that even if Melissa privately felt he wasn’t her number one, the public rejection stung.<\/p>\n

‘Even if you think I’m second or third, it doesn’t hurt to put me first,’ he said. ‘It just makes someone feel liked, feel secure. That didn’t happen.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

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After just one week in to the Nine reality juggernaut Melissa, 28, has already drawn the ‘villain’ tag from many viewers over her treatment of groom Luke Fourniotis, 30<\/p>\n

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After displaying a distinct lack of interest in her groom, Melissa crushed Luke even further on Tuesday night after placing him second in a photo ranking challenge\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Luke insists the ranking itself wasn’t the biggest blow.<\/p>\n

‘The main thing was she didn’t even let me in as a friend,’ he said.<\/p>\n

‘This experiment would have been so much more enjoyable for both of us if we could have just been friends.’<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a teaser for Wednesday night’s episode reveals that the frostiness between Melissa and Luke will only get colder.<\/p>\n

Melissa is seen sitting down with Luke, telling her embattled groom that there was a pressing issue she wanted to broach with him.<\/p>\n

The narration revealed that the source of Mel’s unease was social media comments about her posted by Luke’s sisters.<\/p>\n

After packing his bags to stay at a ‘mate’s place’ on Tuesday night, it looks as though the relationship is about to hit breaking point.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Married At First Sight continues Wednesday at 7:30pm on Nine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Married At First Sight star Melissa Akbay has been spotted looking downcast in Sydney as her reality TV…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2039,146,85,46,61218,6653,25436,411,12516],"class_list":["post-285695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-dailymail","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-married-at-first-sight-australia","tag-reality-tv","tag-sydney","tag-tv","tag-tvshowbiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}