His Married At First Sight UK relationship with Lacey Martin may not have worked out, but just a few weeks after he came face-to-face with his ex at the reunion, MAFS UK 2024 groom Nathan Campbell has gone public with Love Island’s Abi Moores.
It was first reported that the reality TV stars had begun dating last week after Abi teased her new relationship by sharing pictures of herself cosying up to a mystery man on social media. Fans quickly worked out it was Nathan from his tattoos and now the pair have made their red carpet debut at the launch party for BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend.
Nathan and Abi also spoke out about their romance for the first time at the showbiz bash and he took the opportunity to respond to reports that his ex Lacey had claimed their relationship was a ‘showmance’.
ICYMI, a friend of Lacey’s revealed, ‘Lacey can’t believe after Nathan making out she was the fame hungry one he’s now seeing a girl from Love Island. She feels like this is what he always wanted and that’s fame. He spoke about wanting to be a model and be in a boy band and do I’m A Celeb.’
They told The Sun, ‘She thinks the whole thing is for publicity and proves her point that it wasn’t a one way street he wanted a showmance too. This just got edited out.’
Speaking to the publication, Nathan responded, ‘After the experiment, I was down for quite a while and I was never actively looking for someone. So it's only by pure chance that I met Abi at a charity event.’
He continued, ‘We have a mutual friend called Reuben [Collins] who played cupid. I've been really private about it, I haven't wanted anyone to know.
‘I would never use anyone for clout. It's not what I'm about. I just like nice people and by chance I met Abi.’
Gushing about her new man, Abi said, ‘I feel like Nathan is like, when you manifest but by accident, I'm really into manifestation, but the best manifestations come from when you're not really trying.
‘Me and my mum said, that I want a kind person and that's what I'm looking for, he literally is... he is so lovely and he's very face value. He's what you see, is what you get.’
The Love Island 2023 star added, ‘We met four weeks ago, a bit over a month. We are exclusively dating. For my birthday in April, I'd like to go on holiday. We're thinking about going away.’
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Nathan Katnoria is heat and Closer online’s Senior Digital Writer. He’s been a Married At First Sight UK fan ever since the show was rebooted on E4 and has spent the past few years writing about the wild on and off screen antics of the cast.