Although they sparked an instant attraction on their wedding day and couldn’t keep their hands off each other on their honeymoon, things quickly took a turn for Married At First Sight UK couple Shona Manderson and Brad Skelly.
Brad was accused of “controlling” behaviour and faced a telling off from the experts for the way he spoke to Shona after telling her to “shut up” at one of the dinner parties. Things only went from bad to worse, with them both being asked to leave the experiment.
Shona’s now broken her silence following her exit, telling her Instagram followers that she’s “stronger than before”. Oh, and she also had some strong words for her on-screen husband too.
“I applied for MAFS for love but unfortunately the person I was matched with was there to promote himself as a meditation guide, he love bombed me and ultimately I was sent home for his horrible behaviour,” she wrote.
“In the experiment I was completely blindsided by ‘I love you’. All his sh*tty behaviour but followed by ‘but I love you’. Even going as far as lying to people when we were sent home saying we chose to leave the experiment because we found ‘love’ in each other.
“The experiment wasn’t to blame he was the same person on the outside and when we finally went our separate ways he told me he never loved me, it was just a TV show, it was lust and he never had any emotional attachment to me whatsoever. That’s when I finally woke the hell up.
“It made me look within and question why I put up with this behaviour, why being loved was so important to me and finally why did I lose myself so much in that relationship. I realised deep down I needed to love myself more.”
Shona also hinted that she’d moved on with someone new as she added, “I did just that, I filled myself up with self love and when I was ready fate kicked in and I met the kindest soul who loves me just the way I am and it’s what I deserve. 💗✨ I’m so happy writing this and sharing my happy ending with you.”
Ending the post with a cheeky dig at Brad, she said, “Ultimately I thank you Bradley for sending me on the biggest self love journey because look at me now. 💗 Enjoy f--king the Universe babes.”
heat caught up with Brad for a chat about his MAFS experience earlier this month and we had to asked if he had any regrets, especially about how public he was about his and Shona's intimate moments.
We asked Brad, "Some of the grooms questioned how you spoke so openly about your sex life with Shona – would you do that differently next time or is it just a case of you’re an open book?"
In classic Brad style he was more than open about the situation, "No, not at all," he admitted, "I've definitely learned lessons from you know, the experiment and more. So people's boundaries and respects, maybe me discussing things like that with the boys, I would have maybe just thought it was a casual thing whereas it was disrespectful to Shona and I completely accept that."
"I very much accept responsibility for my actions throughout life," Brad went on.
"And I would never want to make anybody feel, you know, any negative emotion towards me. But it's always important to understand that the experiment's very like high pressured emotions, emotions are high, it's not a natural environment to be in. And I feel like, what is shown right now is obviously a lot of my worst bits being amplified for television."