What started on this year’s Married At First Sight as a match made in heaven has quickly gone up in flames. Yes, we’re talking about Sandy and Dan’s relationship.
Despite getting on extremely well during their wedding, honeymoon and first few weeks of the MAFS experiment (unlike drama-fuelled couples Bronte & Harrison and Shannon & Caitlin), it looks like Sandy and Dan might call it quits.
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After a tough week where Dan bluntly admitted that he wasn’t sexually attracted to Sandy and felt like she didn’t fit into his active lifestyle, Sandy still tried to make the relationship work. But thanks to the infamous “butt dial” (Rupert accidentally pocket-dialled his bride Evelyn while out on a boys night), Sandy now knows Dan has lied to her and disrespected her.
If you’re not up to date, here’s a quick recap: When Evelyn answered Rupert’s butt dial, she overheard Dan saying that “he was too good for this experiment and too good for” Sandy. And when Rupert came home, he drunkenly told Evelyn that Dan had shown everyone pictures of his exes, bragging about how hot they were.
Evelyn shared all of this information with Sandy, who revealed that she didn’t even know Dan had gone out drinking because he told her he was visiting his daughter.
During the MAFS dinner party, Evelyn gave Dan a chance to tell the truth to everyone but he was adamant he didn’t say “anything bad” while out with the boys. He also said, “There’s nothing that I’ve said to anyone else that I haven’t said to Sandy.”
Eventually though, after copping a ton of backlash from other contestants, Dan apologised to Sandy but the Married At First Sight experts John Aiken, Alessandra Rampolla and Mel Schilling didn’t think he was being entirely genuine. Neither did Evelyn.
“I feel like you’re kind of manipulating her… You’re very intelligent at deflecting the situation,” Evelyn told Dan (what a queen).
But Sandy seemed to buy Dan’s apology, which begs the question: Are Sandy and Dan still together?
So far, Sandy and Dan do still follow each other on Instagram but that doesn’t really indicate whether or not they’re still together as both of their accounts are currently run by MAFS producers…
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Plus, according to The Daily Mail, Dan is currently dating Samantha Symes – an influencer who attended Sandy and Dan’s MAFS wedding in a low-cut orange dress.
Dan was recently spotted repeatedly kissing Samantha while they were out at dinner with friends. He was also spotted kissing Samantha on a different occasion, while the two were at the beach together.
And in a now-deleted post, Samantha shared a photo of Dan kissing her cheek while she sat on his lap on Instagram.
So with that in mind, it looks like Sandy and Dan are not together and have separated. We can’t help but wonder how long they stayed in the Married At First Sight experiment though…
Will Sandy and Dan both leave the show this Sunday during the commitment ceremony? Or will they somehow make it to the end? If so, does that mean they split after the filming for MAFS ended??? Only time will tell!
Married At First Sight airs on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays on 9 and 9Now.
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