Married At First Sight UK appears to be headed for crisis as another bride has ‘quit’ the dating show before the end of their honeymoon.
Tuesday night’s episode saw Richelle reach breaking point and dramatically declare that she was ‘done here,’ with the sneak peak for Wednesday’s episode revealing her new husband Orson was at the first dinner party alone.
The 48-year-old investment company worker looks to be the second to bow out of the experiment just a few days after saying I do.
Earlier this week, fellow participant Charlie seemingly confirmed she’d split from her wife Eve following their disastrous honeymoon.
And the show has come under fire for the experts questionable matchmaking, including ignoring crucial preferences such as whether their partner would have children.
Now, in the latest blow, last nights tense scenes saw another relationship begin to fall apart.
On the last day of their honeymoon, Richelle had asked to spend time apart and the new couple hadn’t seen each other all day.
The bride didn’t take well to the ‘sob story’ that her husband had been cheated on five years ago and thought he still wasn’t over it.
The pairing reunited in the evening and tried to see eye to eye, but the conversation quickly went downhill.
Orson, 41, explained: ‘Being on this honeymoon I feel like I’ve learned stuff about you.
‘The most important think I’ve learned about you is that you love your space and that’s why I try my end-ever best to make sure you get plenty of it. Is there anything that pops out to you that’s maybe important that we’ve missed?’
Richelle responded with: ‘Um yeah, I mean there’s loads. You don’t generally ask too many questions.’
She added: ‘I know so much about you and I feel you don’t even know half about me.’
‘This is true,’ admitted Orson, who went on to ask the make or break question: ‘So how do you feel about me?’
Tense scenes saw Richelle admit: ‘It’s very hard for me to be able to decipher this early on how I truly feel and my concern is that I’ll never fully let down my guard or relax.’
The businesswoman got emotional and walked away from her groom without warning, leaving him sat alone.
In a confessional, she said: ‘I just want to withdraw. Press the eject button. I think I’m done here guys.’
Things went from bad to worse when the end of the episode saw a sneak peak of all of the couple’s meeting for the first time at a dinner party.
Another bride asked Orson, who turned up alone, ‘What’s happened? Where’s Richelle?’ to which he replied: ‘Well, she left’.
Following another dramatic episode, fans took to X to brand the new season as ‘chaos,’ writing:
‘This season of #MAFSUK is CHAOS! Why did one guy say he was looking forward to marriage for a s***! Another said his wife is fat! Another can’t even compliment his wife! Goodness me.’
‘Richelle clearly has no idea the impact trauma has on people. A complete lack of empathy to listen to Orson and what he has been through. The “experts” have paired most of three for pure drama!! #MAFSUK.’
‘It’s so tone deaf to tell someone who has been cheated on to “get over it” she’s just so cold! #MAFSUK.’
‘I’m sick of this, it’s like a humiliation ritual every year. They keep matching ppl who clearly were never going to fancy their partner, leaving the rejected feeling crap and the rejecter as the ‘bad guy’ #MAFSUK.’
‘#MAFSUK you gotta question these so-called experts. You’re matching a single mother and you don’t ask the question to her potential match… do you want kids… surely it’s the MOST important question!!’
Richelle and Orson are the second couple to call it ‘quits’ following the shocking scenes that saw Eve and Charlie struggle with their marriage.
The two women appeared to be a match made in heaven, as viewers branded them their early favourites.
Within hours of meeting Charlie, 30, even made the shocking declaration that she might already be in love with her new wife, 31.
But after jetting off to Mexico things quickly soured as Eve declared she ‘needed space’ and opted to sleep in the spare room, despite the couple admitting starting off strong and admitting having sex together on the trip.
Taking to Instagram Charlie shared a cryptic post about ‘every cloud having a silver lining’ alongside a snap of her sat alone during the lavish honeymoon.
Writing: ‘On the plus side, Mexico was beautiful, every cloud and all that’.
MailOnline have contacted Charlie’s reps for comment.
Within 24 hours of tying the knot, the couple admitted to the cameras that they’d already had sex a ‘few times’ in a bid to spice up their romance.
She said: ‘Me and Eve have had sex – a few times!’
Charlie added: ‘It was just so natural and… yeah, clearly I’m speechless!’
During a bedroom conversation, the pair later admitted they felt their connection was ‘natural’ as they discussed how their romance had gotten off to a good start.
However, just hours after the surprising sex confession, the romance between them both appeared to grow cold as Eve admitted that she felt she needed space from Charlie.
She revealed how she felt Charlie was ‘full on’ as they teetered on the edge of a major row.
Charlie’s fears for their marriage soon bubbled up as she burst into tears and Eve appeared to abandon her after admitting she had a ‘sticky feeling’ about their romance.
With the marriage on the rocks, Eve opted to spend the night away from Charlie and slept in the spare room despite their romance starting positive.
The two women come back together for a showdown and Charlie revealed she felt ‘rejected’ by Eve following their closeness.
They later clashed again as Eve chose to spend another night away from her wife amid her growing confused feelings.
Elsewhere, viewers have been left divided over Polly and Adam’s romance after their disastrous honeymoon – with many accusing him of leading her on.
The couple consummated their marriage on their wedding night but after Adam showed her no physical intimacy during their honeymoon she started to become insecure.
Adam told her that he was a ‘slow burner’ when it came to relationships but did later admit she wasn’t his ‘type’.
On the honeymoon Holly asked him: ‘So we went into it on the wedding night, and now it hasn’t happened all week.
‘It would obviously just be nice for me to hear from you, like your head is kind of at the moment.’
Adam replied: ‘There’s nothing on your part. It’s I know it’s a bad thing, but it’s not you, it’s me. I feel like it can change.
‘I do like you and I’ve got to know you I’ve realised how amazing you are and how good of a person you are.’
Polly replied close to tears: ‘That was really sweet. I just haven’t heard such a positive praise from someone or a partner for so long.
‘The fact that you are after such a short space of time, it’s huge.’
And viewers were left divided over their future as some said they were a bad match while others thought he was leading Polly on.