Married At First Sight stars Natalie Parham and Ash Galati break silence on romance rumours

Two Married At First Sight participants spark ‘wife-swap’ rumours after they were seen looking cosy after leaving the show.

The past participants on Married At First Sight Australia are no strangers to recoupling after filming wraps – and it appears some brides and grooms on this season of the dating program are following suit.

Weeks after we learnt that Ellie Dix and Jono McCullough are now in a relationship after failing to make things work with their spouses on the show, rumour has it Natalie Parham and Ash Galati – who were paired with Collins Christian and Madeleine Maxwell, respectively – are now dating.

Ash Galati speaks out on dating rumours.

Ash is believed to be dating Natalie Parham from the show.

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The duo sparked romance rumours last month after they were seen at the Melbourne Fashion Festival together looking very cosy.

A TikTok video of the pair taken from the event showed them laughing and seemingly joking about psychics. Awkward given Ash’s “wife” on the show is a psychic medium.

Natalie and Ash’s flirty display caught on camera at the Melbourne Fashion Festival. Picture: TikTok/mafs.bachie.reality

However, in a new interview with Yahoo Lifestyle’s Behind the Edit podcast, Ash is setting the record straight about his supposed new-found romance with Natalie.

“Nat is a very, very beautiful person. I wish her all the best in life, but we’re just friends,” he said. “But yeah, I hope she finds love and she absolutely deserves it.”

Ash was married to psychic medium Madeleine Maxwell.

Natalie was paired with Collins Christian on the show.

Natalie also denied they were in a relationship, maintaining that “there’s nothing behind the scenes”.

“We are friends. He’s an interesting guy and seems very down to earth,” she told the outlet.

“I met him the first time at the reunion and enjoyed getting to chat to him about his turbulent MAFS experience. Then I hadn’t seen him until the show started airing and [there was] certainly a friendly vibe. Hopefully, I will catch him at the next event we are both invited to.”

Elsewhere on the podcast, Ash admitted he had his eye on another bride Cassandra Allen, who left the experiment on Sunday night after she and husband Tristan Black decided they were no more than just friends.

“In hindsight, she would’ve been a good match,” Ash said. “She’s as authentic as what you see on TV in real life, she’s really good.”