After almost three months, Married At First Sight UK came to a dramatic ending this week as the final couples decided to stay together or move on.
During the Final Reunion Ceremony fans of the Channel 4 show were left ‘sobbing’ as the ‘heartbreaking’ finale saw Kieran and Kristina’s story come to a close.
Joining experts Paul C Brunson, Mel Schilling and Charlene Douglas on the sofa for one last time, the former couple tearfully reflected on their marriage.
After watching their key moments back, Kristina said: ‘You could see in our faces when we were crying how much it meant for us.’
Kieran added: ‘We both came into this experiment for the right reasons and I’m forever sorry that it hasn’t worked. I never meant to hurt you.’
It was revealed Kieran moved on from their marriage with another woman shortly after they left the E4 show.
Addressing his relationship, Kristina told the experts: ‘I didn’t take it well. To hear so casually that he had been dating someone made me think, “what did it mean to him?” because it meant to absolute world to me.’
Paul asked: ‘How are you not together?’
‘Kieran didn’t want me,’ Christina bluntly replied.
Breaking down in tears Kieran explained: ‘One of the reasons was because of how much Christina replies on a partner.
‘I’ve been there before and it’s a trigger. I haven’t got the mental capacity to console you because sometimes I don’t even have it for myself.’
Kristina said: ‘Before I came in here I bought two tickets to a festival because I thought I would have as husband to go with.
‘Our chapter might have ended but it doesn’t mean that our story has ended,’ Christina added as Kieran agreed to go with her as a friend.
‘I am sad that things didn’t turn out differently but I have made a connection with a beautiful soul and made a lifelong friendship,’ he said.
Sharing their thoughts on X, fans of the show said their ‘hearts were breaking’ and the breakdown of their relationship was one of the ‘worst things to happen on the show.’
They shared: ‘Kieran and Kristina genuinely break my heart, they were always meant to be in each others lives’; ‘One Last time to cry with Kristina and Kieran’; ‘Kristina & Kieran’s’ breakup is the most sad for me. I felt quite invested in them’;
‘I cried watching Kieran and Kristina’; ‘Kristina and Kieran not working out is the worst thing to of happened on this show’; ‘I’m not crying I’m not crying… I’m sobbing. I just hurt for Kristina’; ‘My heart is broke for Kristina it really is’; ‘Kieran and Kristina are the best couple to never make it.’
After investing her heart and soul in the dating experiment, Kristina couldn’t hide her pain, sobbing as she was forced to confront the issue head on.
Kieran was accused of being dishonest after he told Kristina their relationship wouldn’t work over his commitment fears – before he started seeing someone new.
A TV source told MailOnline: ‘The cast were stunned after discovering Kieran had moved on so soon after filming for him and Kristina finished.
‘Kieran had expressed how difficult committing to a new relationship was going to for him after he was betrayed by an ex-girlfriend but he met someone new shortly after his marriage ended.
‘He was very emotional seeing Kristina handle the fact he was seeing a new woman given he still cares about her feelings.
‘With Kieran’s hysterical tears and Kristina doing her best to remain strong, the reunion episode was incredibly tough for the former couple to film.’
An insider added: ‘Kieran’s romance following his marriage to Kristina ended before the reunion episode was filmed.’
Kieran’s new romance came after he and Kristina opted to leave the Channel 4 dating experiment after failing to make their marriage work.
The Geordie mechanic had expressed difficulties over coping with Kristina’s Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, which is a mood disorder that causes severe emotional, cognitive, and physical symptoms in the run-up to menstruation.
He also said a hurtful betrayal in a past relationship, where his ex-girlfriend slept with his best friend, caused him to struggle with commitment and Kristina even reminded him of his former partner.