Wait, what? MAFS Australia’s Lauren Hall dated a 2024 groom

Rumour has it, Lauren has already dated a MAFS groom

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by Eden-Olivia Lord |
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The latest series of Married At First Sight Australia has only just started airing in the UK and so much drama has already gone on.

The first MAFS Australia bombshell was Eliot Donovan being controversial AF, then we were shook when Carina Mirabile revealed she'd previously dated her hubby and now it's come to light that Lauren Hall has also dated a MAFS Australia groom.

Not her husband though, nope, Lauren reportedly dated MAFS Australia 2024 groom Jono McCullough before either of them appeared on the dating show.

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lauren dated a mafs 2024 groom ©E4

Can't remember Jono?

During last year's series of MAFS Australia, Jono was paired with Lauren Dunn and despite a rocky relationship, they stay together until the the final commitment ceremony where they decided to call it quits.

However in a shock plot twist, it then came to light that Jono had recoupled with his co-star Ellie Dix (after she split from hubby Ben Walters) and fun fact - they're still together.

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jono and lauren opted 'leave' during the final commitment ceremony ©E4

Before that recoupling though, and even before MAFS 2024, Jono apparently dated 2025 bride Lauren for three months but according to Daily Mail Australia, they called it quits after they realised they were 'too different'.

A source told the publication, 'Production were hoping to quietly sweep it under the rug, but word got around that she was appearing on the show and they knew each other.'

Apparently all photo evidence of the MAFS stars has been removed from socials too.

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eliot already has a few issues with his marriage ©E4

The shocking news comes after UK fans watched Lauren marry her 'controversial' hubby Eliot who told producers (and the other grooms) that if he didn't feel that instant spark when he first saw his wife, then he'd quit the experiment.

Luckily he did feel that spark on their wedding day but less than 24 hours, Eliot aired his doubts to producers.

'There was definitely things on my non negotiables that don't line up. I did say I wanted someone that was younger than me, that was a non negotiable. Probably someone under 30,' he said.

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we can already tell this will be an interesting marriage ©E4

'I'm not into luxury luggage and super fancy restaurants or anything like that. Those sort of things are little differences that I sort of think, can have a meaningful impact. In some ways you could say there's some superficiality there.

'I don't want to use the term red flag, but I want someone that's not really a career person,' he added.

We can already tell where this marriage is going and we highly doubt they'll be making it work outside the experiment.

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Eden-Olivia is the deputy editor of heatworld and she’s worked in showbiz since 2016. She loves watching MAFS UK and AU and one of her favourite contestants of all time is the iconic Collins Christian.

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