Married at First Sight Australia has aired this season's third dinner party, serving up plenty of drama for ex-couple Eliot Donovan and Lauren Hall.
Not only did tonight's Channel 4 episode see Awhina Rutene and Billy Belcher confront Sierah Swepstone over her secret dinner with fleeing groom Adrian Araouzou, but the night also reached a turning point when Eliot and Lauren came face to face.
After Eliot cut their experiment short after only three days, both he and Lauren were given the chance to tie the knot again with two new participants. Tonight, they introduced new partners Veronica Cloherty and Clint Rice to the rest of the group.
Lauren was up first, telling everyone she had a new husband in Clint.
"I never want to say the word 'Eliot' again," she said but had to think again when Eliot walked in with Veronica.
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At the table, the conversation boiled down to both of them re-entering the experiment and if Eliot felt any guilt over his treatment of Lauren.
"I've done her a favour," Eliot said, insisting he'd said from the beginning he'd leave if he didn't click with his partner.
When Lauren proceeded to call him out on his behaviour, Eliot deflected.
"Stop denying everything that you said," Lauren said calmly.
Looking back on a conversation they had on their honeymoon, Eliot claimed they both decided they weren't a match.
"You had about five margaritas, so you may not remember," he told Lauren, leaving everyone speechless — including his new partner Veronica.
"He's obviously shown me a side of him I wasn't expecting," Veronica told producers.
She later branded his margarita comment "disgusting", adding: "How dare you shame her?"
"You did just now, about the drinks," she told him. "I watched you do it."
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"It's such a cheap shot," she said in a solo interview later on. "It doesn't sit well with me. I don't like it."
Elsewhere, Adrian faced backlash for leaving the experiment after he was excluded from a publicity promo. After walking out on Awhina, he had dinner with Sierah and co-star Tony Mojanovski.
"I'm here for the right reasons, unlike yourself," Billy told Eliot. Retaliating, Eliot disclosed that Billy had suggested they "swap wives" when he was upset at Sierah.
Married at First Sight UK airs on E4 in the UK. Married at First Sight Australia airs on Nine Network in Australia and E4 in the UK.
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