Polarising Married At First Sight Australia duo Bryce Ruthven and Melissa Rawson were never meant to go the distance after meeting and marrying on the show in 2021.
But after welcoming twins, legally tying the knot in 2023 and now finally going on a proper honeymoon, they say their TV and real-life relationships are like "chalk and cheese".
"There is no comparison between them," shares Melissa, 35, looking relaxed and tanned after 10 days of islandhopping around Thailand's Koh Samui and Phuket.
"We had a choice about everything this time." When they applied for MAFS, both singles requested producers send them on a tropical destination for their honeymoon, but instead, they were sent to freezing-cold conditions on an isolated farming property in Oberon, New South Wales, two hours from Sydney.
"They were testing us," believes Bryce, 35. "We were one of the couples being set up to implode, starting with this very uncomfortable honeymoon."
Scrambling for highlights from her six-day trip with then-stranger Bryce, Melissa says it was a "dull" holiday.
This story is from the June 8, 2024 edition of Woman’s Day Magazine New Zealand.
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