Married At First Sight bride Carina Mirabile has revealed the truth behind the relationship which has blossomed between co-stars Jamie Marinos and Eliot Donovan since the show wrapped.
The digital marketing manager, 31, broke her silence on the pair on Thursday after Jamie, 28, and Eliot, 35, sent tongues wagging when they shared a bed before Daily Mail Australia’s exclusive reunion party over the weekend.
While the reality TV stars have continued to fan the flames of romance rumours, Carina told Chattr the pair are ‘just good mates’ but believes they would make ‘a good match’ if they did start dating.
‘I think they’re just good mates, I think [Jamie’s] still, you know, going through the motions of her and Dave’s relationship and probably just needs to keep dissecting that and probably grow from that,’ she said.
‘I think [Jamie and Eliot] suit each other. The only thing is, they’re in different states, so they’ve got to sort that out. But I think they look absolutely incredible together. They would make a good match.’
Nevertheless, Jamie appears to be smitten with Eliot following her split with TV husband Dave Hand.
The reality star was seen with a giant smile plastered across her face as she chatted to the former groom, who was initially paired with Veronica Cloherty, just a few days after the pair were discovered in bed together.
More recently, Eliot has shared six TikToks filmed at the Ovolo Hotel in Woolloomooloo, confirming they spent Saturday night together.
Fellow MAFS brides Awhina Rutene and Beth Kelly also appeared in several of the cheeky videos.
But the clip which really wound up the rumour mill is a stitch with Jamie’s ex Dave, who had posted an innocent video of himself drinking a bottle of coconut water.
‘Jamie loves coconut water,’ one MAFS fan had commented on Dave’s TikTok, inspiring a comedic response video from Jamie and Eliot.
Seemingly confirming the pair spent the night together, Jamie and Eliot filmed themselves cosied up in the hotel bed together wearing matching bathrobes and sunglasses.
They each raised a bottle of coconut water in a cheers motion and captioned the video: ‘Drinking coconut water alone is good… Drinking it together is even better.’
‘Can confirm she does love @cocobella,’ Eliot captioned the post.
In another humorous clip, Jamie, Beth, and Awhina held middle fingers up ‘to our ex-husbands and wives’, from the hotel room bathtub.
The three single ladies perched together in the bathtub, with Eliot popping his head up from inside the tub at the end of the video.
Eliot also tried his hand at a drag persona called ‘Smelliota’ as the foursome got glammed up together for the reunion party.
Jamie broke her silence on speculation about their relationship as she appeared on Nine’s Today Show on Tuesday.
When asked if she was ‘on’ with former groom Eliot by Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo, Jamie let out a nervous giggle.
She then informed the breakfast show hosts she hadn’t seen the Queensland-based business-owner since the reunion dinner, which was held on Sunday night.
Jamie went on to reveal the pair developed a close friendship during filming which has since carried into real life, before hinting at romance on the horizon.
‘I mean, it’s not the worst thing that could happen,’ she said.
Karl, 50, let out an ‘oh yeah’ at the flirty response and had a little dance at the prospect of another post-MAFS couple swap.
‘I mean, he’s only human guys,’ Jamie quipped, as the presenters let out a chuckle.
However, Sarah, 39, then turned the heat on Jamie, asking if something could blossom between the unlikely duo.
Of course, in typical Jamie fashion, she turned to humour to dodge the question.
‘We would make the funniest TikToks!’ she said, adding they would ‘break the internet’.