MAFS RECAP: Bombshell texts between Jono and Ellie finally revealed as he is caught cheating behind Lauren’s back – and the one message which hurt her the most
Tensions came to a head during Monday night’s episode of Married At First Sight when Lauren Dunn finally confronted her husband Jonathan McCullough about texting fellow bride Ellie Dix.
Lauren’s heart broke when she found out her groom was secretly messaging Ellie, who had split with Ben Walters earlier in the experiment, behind her back.
The pair even exchanged text messages while Lauren was in the hospital for a medical procedure.
In the dramatic episode, Lauren, 32, demanded to see Jono’s iPhone but discovered he had messaged bride Ellie, 32, more than a hundred times after she left the experiment.
“You contacted her. These don’t just relay information that happened the night before, this is more than that. My stomach dropped,” an irate Lauren told Jono.
Tensions came to a head during Monday night’s episode of Married At First Sight when Lauren Dunn (left) finally confronted husband Jonathan McCullough (right) about texting fellow bride Ellie Dix
Jono, 40, eventually admitted to texting Ellie but tried to play down their relationship as platonic.
“It’s humiliating, there are a lot of messages, it’s constant. And there’s no, “How’s Lauren?” like not once was my name literally not mentioned. Why wouldn’t you mention your wife once out of a hundred messages?’
Jono told Lauren that he could no longer remember the contents of the messages he exchanged with Ellie, which upset Lauren even more.
“Maybe, I don’t know, I don’t remember the messages I sent over seven weeks ago,” he said.
Lauren then became enraged by the personal nature of the texts exchanged and questioned why Jono felt so comfortable discussing his upcoming 40th birthday with Ellie.
In the dramatic episode, Lauren, 32, demanded to see Jono’s iPhone but discovered he had messaged bride Ellie (pictured) more than a hundred times after she left the experiment.
‘I would describe the relationship between Jono and Ellie as inappropriate. Did he tell her I was in the hospital for surgery? What a piece of shit,” an irate Lauren later said to the camera.
Unfortunately, their confrontation was not resolved, as Jono abruptly ended the discussion by leaving to buy food.
The saga played out on screen after Daily Mail Australia reported that the experiment would be rocked by a scandal involving Ellie and Jono.
Ellie and Jono will reportedly announce their relationship during the show’s reunion.
Their clandestine affair is said to have started with the secret text messages exchanged during the filming of the show, after Ellie ended things with partner Ben.
Jono, 40, finally admitted to secretly texting Ellie but tried to downplay their relationship as platonic
Ellie and Jono will reportedly announce their relationship during the show’s reunion