‘Married At First Sight’ Couple Split After He’s Found On Tinder

'Married At First Sight' Couple Split After He's Found On Tinder

Married At First Sight

by Lauren Smith |
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Have you been watching controversial Channel 4 show Married At First Sight? The programme, which used experts to match people using DNA, IQ and personality tests, who would then marry without meeting each other, has suffered its first wedding casualty after it emerged Jason Knowles and Kate Stewart have split.

The pair wed on the TV show - but three weeks later split, and the MailOnline have spoken to the couple about why their marriage came to an end so swiftly. Financier Jason Knowles, who was matched with personal trainer Kate Stewart, was discovered on Tinder, and pictures also emerged of him kissing another woman on social media.

Last night the episode aired which showed that the couple had split after just three weeks, after Kate saw him on Tinder. Despite a promising start on the show, the pair, who wed in a small civil ceremony and honeymooned in Ireland, grew apart due to busy work schedules, and the fact that Knowles didn't turn up to a couples therapy session.

Jason told the MailOnline: "It was probably more from my side than hers that it didn't work...it's not that I didn't want to give it a go but I just definitely wasn't feeling the feelings you should feel at the start of the relationship. I made a decision after the honeymoon to end things"

He also revealed the pair had not consumated their marriage, which means it can be annuled.

Kate said she didn't want to talk to the press about the programme, as she would only want to talk about the "positives" from the experience.

Two of Kate's friends described Knowles as the "Pound Stretcher Calvin Harris" and "Budget Benedict Cumberbatch" on Twitter last night, when the programme aired.

Out of 1,500 who applied to be on the show, just two couples made it down the aisle, with another couple pulling out before their big day. It's a happier story for Emma Rathbone and James Ord-Hume who also appeared on the show - they are still together after five months.

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