Married at First Sight Australia’s Eliot Donovan, known for his controversial stint on the show, has spoken out about his failed on-screen marriage to Lauren Hall.
The 35-year-old TV star defended his decision to leave the marriage and criticised the show’s editing in a candid interview with Daily Mail Australia.
He stated: “Absolutely no regrets. I said I would do it and I did it. I wouldn’t be able to look at myself in the mirror if I’m there saying, ‘look, if she’s not right for me, if these things don’t line up, then I’m gonna leave’ and then I stick around and go against my word. That’s not the sort of person I am.”
Despite facing significant backlash from viewers over his list of non-negotiables, Eliot remains unfazed by the criticism. He admitted: “Online, you’d think I’m about to be crucified! But in person? Completely different. People come up to me ten times a day asking for selfies!
“Guys will come up and be like, ‘Oh, can I get a selfie for my girlfriend? ‘ And I’m like, ‘yeah, for your girlfriend, no worries!”’
Eliot also claimed that the show’s editing painted him in a worse light than was accurate, insisting that the full story wasn’t shown on screen.
“It’s so frustrating. It’s so funny with the way that they can like cherry-pick parts of my personality and then not show other parts where, you know… And people will say you said those things.
“It can make it completely different if you’re doing it in a way that sounds harsh and aggressive, obviously it’s going to come out a lot worse,” reports the Mirror.
The TV star continued: “If you’re saying it in defence of something or in a way where you are saying, look, I don’t think it’s fair or this or that, and you add context to it, then I think it communicates completely differently.”
Eliot, who made headlines by leaving the MAFS experiment within 48 hours of meeting his bride, expressed no regrets about his actions during the interview.
He also touched upon the rocky start to his marriage with Lauren, highlighting their differing stances on starting a family as a significant issue.