Married At First Sight Australia bride Natalie reveals she’s dating a woman

Her relationship failed spectacularly on this year’s MAFS, but things are looking up for bride Natalie, who has revealed she’s now dating a woman.

Married At First Sight bride Natalie Parham has revealed she’s now dating a woman following her failed stint on the reality show.

The Victorian-based physiotherapist, who was paired with Collins Christian on the latest season of the dating series, told Channel 9 she was seeing someone she’d known for years.

“We’ve known each other for years,” Natalie told the network.

“We met when she was married and I was in a long-term relationship.”

Natalie didn’t divulge any further details about her love interest, only saying the person was “special”.

Natalie was paired with Collins on the latest season of MAFS.

The Aussie bride said she’s now dating a woman.

It comes after Natalie opted to leave early on in the experiment after questioning her TV husband’s authenticity.

While they appeared to hit it off during their wedding day, Natalie told the MAFS experts during the first commitment ceremony she began to feel doubts during their honeymoon, thanks to a lack of intimacy and communication from Collins.

“It was the lack of emotional connection,” Natalie said at the time regarding her decision to leave.

“I just wanted someone whose barriers were down and would be happy to let me into their life.

“Yes, we needed a bit more of a slow burn, but you’re on the experiment, you can’t have walls up.

“I feel like he was very focused on how he looked on camera and not so much building that connection and that’s why I didn’t trust him.”

Natalie and Collins left early on in the show.

Collins, an executive assistant from NSW, was quickly accused by viewers of “acting” for cameras – raising eyebrows for his eccentric behaviour.

He later poured cold water over these claims, telling the Kyle and Jackie O Show in February he was “not a planted actor”.

“Let me get that straight, I’m not an actor, I’m not anything. I’m well aware I do come across a bit…,” he began.

“I’ve taken a beating [on social media]. Coming across as fake, dismissive, not there for the right reasons.

“It’s crazy because there’s no training wheels when you go onto this, you’ve never done media before, and then you go straight into it with cameras.”

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