Which Married at First Sight S1 Couples Are Still Together? A Surprising Answer
If you’re a fan of watching strangers get married, you might be wondering which Married at First Sight couples are still together from every season. The Lifetime TV show was created in July 2014 on FYI. The premise derives from the Danish TV show Gift Ved Første Blik. The first season took place in New York City and New Jersey and showed off three couples, who like the show describes, are married when they first meet each other.
The couples then spend time together on their honeymoon and spend eight weeks together living a family lifestyle. After eight weeks, they get to decide whether they want to divorce or stay together on Decision Day. There are several experts on the show that examine the couples’ compatibility with each other. For season 17, experts Pastor Cal and Dr. Pepper and are reunited in the host city of Denver, Colorado, along with Dr. Pia, who joins the show as a full-time expert.
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Talking to E! News, Dr. Pepper Schwartz revealed the tedious process of making the couples. Hundreds of people apply to the show and the experts go to churches, bars, dating apps or anywhere that people meet to “make the prospective pool as big as people.” There’s more steps to the vetting process including a meet-and-greet, several interview sessions and psychological and background checks. The final step is a home visit from Dr. Pepper.
“My hope was that we would be able to support these people and help them grow into better versions of themselves by bringing out skills to the process, by matching them through science and maybe this really could work and it could work even beyond helping these people grow and get more information about themselves, but to give them skills. And to augment what we hoped was already thought was a good match according to our scientific tools. And the more we went on, the more I believed in it because I could see people listen and learn and it was fascinating and wonderful. She continued, “It worked out beyond my wildest fantasies.”
Pastor Cal told the site about his views on marriage on the show. “I’ve learned and tell couples now that marriage doesn’t work—people work. And quite often, we want the marriage to work,” he said. “Sometimes we want to blame the marriage and say the marriage is not working, but it’s you. You’re not working. You’re not doing the things that are necessary. You’re not communicating and not being vulnerable. You got to be kind. You got to be honest. And you’re gonna have to put in the time and don’t give up too quickly.” Since its premiere, the show’s overall success rate in long-term marriages is less than 20 percent. So which Married at First Sight S1 couples are still together and if they aren’t, what happened to them? Read on.
Which Married at First Sight season 1 couples are still together?
Here’s where every couple from MAFS season 1 is.
Are Jamie Otis & Doug Hehner still together?
Status: Married.
Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner from season 1 are Married At First Sight‘s longest-lasting couples. They celebrated their 10th anniversary in August 2023. “When @doughehner and I got married as complete strangers on #MAFS we had no idea how to be a healthy couple. I mean, why else would we trust experts to match us & then legally say “i do” without even knowing each others first names,” she wrote on Instagram for their anniversary.
“We didn’t know how to be good partners or what would help us be happy together, BUT we committed WHOLE HEARTEDLY to each other..blindly kinda crazy, I know! I think we all get lost in the fairytale of “love.” We want butterflies, and weak knees, and constant passion….but that isn’t a long-lasting love. A long-lasting love is folding the laundry together. Cooking & having dinner together every night. It’s sitting down together to talk and really listening to each other.”
Are Cortney Hendrix and Jason Carrion still together?
Status: Divorced.
Cortney Hendrix and Jason Carrion definitely had chemistry during the show and they chose to stay together on Decision Day. Their marriage lasted five years but in a shock to fans, they announced their split in 2019. “In February 2019, Jason and I filed for divorce after the court of Kings County New York acknowledged at least a six-month separation,” Cortney wrote on Instagram.
“We asked for privacy this entire time because we are trying to figure it all out. At one point, we thought we were going to divorce in order to date and start all over the right way. … We have decided together to move on in different paths, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have love for each other. He will always have a special place in my heart and life. We do love you all and appreciate the support that you have shown us from the beginning.”
They each have happy endings, though. Cortney is now married to Sherm, with whom she tied the knot in a Peaky Blinders-themed ceremony in October 2020. They welcomed a son the following year. Jason, meanwhile, married Roxanne, in January 2020.
Are Monet Bell and Vaughn Copeland still together?
Status: Divorced.
Monet and Vaughn hit it off so well after their marriage that they, ahem, consummated it that night. But while sparks flew initially, their relationship was the first in Married at First Sight history to end and they split on Decision Day. In 2016, Vaughn welcomed a son with his girlfriend Jenny Farber, Screen Rant reported in 2021.
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