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All too often have viewers watched a match be perfect on paper, only to fail in real life but we hope this isn’t true for Married At First Sight Australia 2025 pairing Katie and Tim.
Viewers couldn’t help but adore Katie, a 37-year-old CEO from Queensland who is putting her heart on the line in MAFS. We sympathised with Katie when she began to cry while trying on wedding dresses, feeling she had to “trap a stranger” into marriage than find love naturally.
“It wasn’t supposed to happen this way, right? You’re meant to fall in love and then do it, but nobody will fall in love with me,” she told the Channel Nine crew. “I feel like a fraud.”
Katie has been matched with 38-year-old Primary School Teacher from Victoria, Tim. This self-proclaimed “nice guy” was close to proposing to his girlfriend before the relationship suddenly ended.
Just when viewers held all hope for Katie and Tim during the wedding, Channel Nine queued the dramatic music and the ball dropped – Tim wasn’t happy with his pairing.
“I just haven’t got that initial spark,” he told the camera, before pulling aside the producer. “What the f***. It’s just totally not what I wanted.
“I normally go for short, petite, blonde or brunette. Katie’s nothing what I normally go for… I’m a bit embarrassed that I’ve come here now. I don’t want to be here.”
“I feel like I’ve wasted my time.”
Sensing his hesitation, Katie attempted to diffuse the awkwardness with a hug and conversation during the photoshoot which only had the opposite effect.
This reservation continued to the wedding reception. Katie attempted to gauge his feelings about their pairing, but unfortunately, Tim did not confess his true feelings. However, he did share his feelings away from the camera after the wedding.
“Last night for me was horrible, Tim and I agreed to sleep in different rooms. He knocked on my door and wanted to chat. He just said ‘there’s no spark, I wasn’t feeling a spark all day’,” she told the camera.
“I feel really humiliated.”
Despite her conflicted feelings, Katie and Tim agreed to go on the honeymoon. However, the spark unfortunately hasn’t ignited for the former.
Katie, optimistic the relationship experts has found a paper-perfect match, didn’t want to give up. But when the very first dinner party for 2025 came around, her fellow participants were ready to defend her. Yet Tim’s own recollection shocked everyone.
“I feel like I’ve been the one making most of the effort,” Tim said.
A few minutes later, the camera flipped to a private conversation with Tony. During it, Tim expressed: “How can you work on it with someone who doesn’t want to get to know you? Who has not once said, ‘I’m here for love’ – she hasn’t even asked me ‘do you want kids?’”
After some harsh questioning from his fellow brides and grooms, and some serious deflecting, Tim walked out of the dinner party, leaving Katie confused.
Her confusion unfortunately did end there as the production crew confirmed Tim would not be moving in with Katie, and he has flown back to Melbourne.
Despite the rejection, Katie has decided to remain in the experiment. She watched Tim’s audition tape in the hopes of gaining clarity as to why he has left her. However, all she found were “lies” as Tim told the interviewer he would work on the relationship if the sparks weren’t immediate.
“I always say pretty face is number one, because everyone ‘s bodies and looks, and women have kids – that all changes. But a pretty face is forever. Just a natural person. I’m not Brad Pitt so I’m not expecting Miranda Kerr,” he said in the video.
Heartbroken, Katie ripped off her wedding band. As for whether or not Tim will make an appearance before the first commitment ceremony remains unknown…
Married At First Sight Australia screens 7pm Sunday to Wednesday on Three and streams on ThreeNow.
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