Married At First Sight bride Beth Kelly dramatically ended her relationship with groom Teejay Halkias just days before the couple were due to face one another at Final Vows.
During Sunday night’s emotional episode, the hair salon manager, 28, from the Gold Coast made the heartbreaking decision to walk away from the experiment after weeks of feeling rejected by her TV husband.
Beth blindsided viewers and Teejay alike by calling it quits as the pair packed up their belongings at the eleventh hour, following an emotional fallout at the final dinner party.
Breaking down in tears, Beth confessed: ‘That conversation [at the Dinner Party] has made me feel so s**t.
‘It’s obvious that he doesn’t want me and he doesn’t want this relationship, and I can’t go to Final Vows and stand in front of someone that I’ve had feelings for, confess that I wanted a future with them, for them to tell me that again.’
Visibly upset, she added: ‘I don’t see a future with you. I’m not gonna put my energy into it. I’m not wasting my time anymore. Oh God, I’m so sick of crying.’
The brunette beauty, who wore minimal makeup and a simple white tank top as she sobbed during the emotional scene, reflected on how far they had fallen from the promising start of their relationship.
‘I genuinely thought that we would walk out of this experiment together,’ she said. ‘I thought we were perfectly matched, and now from going from that to where we are… it’s so sad that it didn’t work out.’
Beth’s shock decision came just days after she sat down with Daily Mail Australia to reveal the real reason behind her choice to quit the experiment early.
Beth admitted she reached breaking point after Teejay, a business development manager from Melbourne, repeatedly made it clear he wasn’t invested in their relationship.
‘My reason for leaving was purely because Teejay wrote ‘leave.’ He was obviously completely checked out,’ Beth said last week.
‘I don’t think you can tell a person you don’t wanna be with them any more than that.’
The fiery brunette admitted she initially tried to salvage their relationship but eventually realised she was ‘chasing someone who didn’t want to be here and didn’t want me.’
Beth’s exit followed a tense final dinner party where she and Teejay put on a united front, walking in together despite their fractured bond.
However, Beth now admits that decision was purely for optics.
‘I feel like this might be the end for you guys,’ she told producers before filming, later revealing she had insisted they arrive together so neither of them had to face the group alone.
‘I actually said to him, we started this experiment together, I want to end it together.’
‘It made me feel worse’
The breaking point in their relationship came after the controversial partner-swap date week, when both Beth and Teejay were sent on dates with other people in a bid to test their connections.
Beth confessed that participating in the challenge only amplified her heartache.
‘To be honest, going made me feel worse,’ she admitted. ‘I definitely wasn’t attracted to [my date]… I felt like I played off that I had a better time than I did because truthfully, I was just thinking about TJ the entire time.’
The Melbourne-based bride said she hoped the experiment would encourage Teejay to appreciate what they had – but instead, she was left crushed.
‘I thought maybe he’d feel the same way about me as I did with my date… that he’d realise we had great banter, great chemistry. But he said it did nothing for him. That was sad.’
Adding fuel to the fire, Beth revealed she was blindsided when fans noticed Teejay had struck up a flirty connection with intruder bride Tara Lee.
Eagle-eyed viewers spotted that Teejay had followed Tara on Instagram and liked a series of her racy photos – despite previously chastising Beth for agreeing to the date week twist.
‘He actually had a bit of a go at me behind closed doors about going on the date,’ she revealed. ‘He said it was confusing, that I was going to look stupid, and it made me really upset.’
‘Then I found out that he had a great time on his date. He told me something different and he’s then followed her and liked her pictures. So to me, it’s just a bit hypocritical.’
While Beth confessed she felt deeply hurt and humiliated by how her marriage crumbled, she maintained she had no regrets about signing up for the reality experiment.
‘I walked away with such beautiful people in my life,’ she said. ‘I don’t regret doing the show. I just wish I didn’t come out of it single.’
As for her relationship with Teejay today, Beth revealed there’s currently no communication between the pair.