When Final Test Week rolls around for Married at First Sight’s (MAFS) Alissa, her relationship with David is already in dire straits. Unsurprisingly, adding a dose of jealousy [in the form of a group date with an alternative match] only makes things spiral further.
“It was really bad timing,” Alissa, 33, tells TV WEEK. “I was not in a good headspace with my relationship with David. We were living separately. We were both unhappy.”
David views the experience as Alissa entertaining her date, while she insists it was nothing more than harmless banter – and she regards his reaction as the real red flag.
“My match has a bit more of a bubbly personality than David, which was refreshing,” the social media manager explains. “I just went out and had a great time. I was unhinged – it was exactly what I needed. I’d been quiet for too long.”
For Alissa, who works in the media industry, the situation has only heightened her concerns about how David would handle life together outside the experiment.
“If he can’t handle me sitting at a table talking to other people… I am at events all the time, I’m at long lunches with businessmen all the time… How is he going to be with me in the real world?” she questions, sadly.