{"id":287711,"date":"2026-02-17T04:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T04:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/287711\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T04:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T04:12:10","slug":"brook-cromptons-spurned-mafs-groom-chris-neild-breaks-his-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/287711\/","title":{"rendered":"Brook Crompton\u2019s spurned MAFS groom Chris Neild breaks his silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  alt=\"Chris Neild was married to Brook Crompton on the popular reality TV show Married at First Sight. Photo \/ Married at First Sight Australia\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Chris Neild was married to Brook Crompton on the popular reality TV show Married at First Sight. Photo \/ Married at First Sight Australia<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">Nield said he and Crompton had actually got along well by the third day of their honeymoon, despite appearances, and he had thought they were one of the strongest matches before her early departure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">He understood why she had returned to her ex despite their \u201cconnection based on similarities and personality\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cShe was going back to something familiar because she was worried about this new experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">He has no contact with his former TV wife out of respect for her new engagement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt\u2019d be strange to let that relationship or friendship be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">The couple had tension on the show after Crompton was shown her onscreen husband\u2019s audition tapes where he expressed his distaste for fat people.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Chris Neild says he has no hard feelings towards Brook Crompton. Photo \/ Married at First Sight Australia\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Chris Neild says he has no hard feelings towards Brook Crompton. Photo \/ Married at First Sight Australia<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe were both very particular people. And I think the environment just got to us multiple times,\u201d he said, remarking that his own personality didn\u2019t suit the nature of the experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIf one of us felt s***, the other one would jump on board and feel s*** as well. So like she obviously left the first weekend &#8230; little things, but everything just compiled and made her sort of just wanna get outta there and go back home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">However, other cast members had speculated the Queensland model had been flying home to spend time with her ex during production of the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">Her partner Harry told Woman\u2019s Day the relationship with Nield was \u201cjust acting\u201d, claiming Crompton \u201chasn\u2019t spoken about him or anything like that\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Neild was married to Brook Crompton on the popular reality TV show Married at First Sight. 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