I was on Married at First Sight – I used the show’s burner phone to find love FIVE MINUTES after leaving series
MARRIED at First Sight aims to help hopefuls find love, and it did work for one contestant, but only after she left the experiment.
Jess Potter was paired with Dreamboys dancer Pjay Finch on last year’s show.
Despite an initial physical attraction, the duo did not end up happily ever after.
Both left the E4 dating show single, however, Jess did find true romance with gas engineer TJ O’Reilly not long after exiting the programme.
The star has revealed that she used a burner phone that E4 gave her on the show to download a dating app, and then just a week of swiping later, she found love in the form of her partner TJ.
“Before going on the show, Tinder wouldn’t work on my phone for some reason so I couldn’t meet people through there,” she told OK! Magazine.
“However, when I signed up to MAFS, the producers gave me a burner phone to use. When I was in a taxi on my way home after quitting the show, I downloaded Tinder and used the number associated with my burner phone to create an account.”
Wasting no time getting back into the dating scene, she told the publication: “A week after downloading the app I met my boyfriend, TJ.
“On our first date, I told him about everything that’d happened because I needed to set the expectations of what was to come because my season hadn’t aired yet. There was no point in going on a second date with someone who didn’t like the idea of me being on TV.”
Fortunately for the dental hygienist, TJ was not bothered by her stint on the show, with her revealing that within two weeks, they had moved in together.
Once the show aired, TJ became a victim of trolling, as did Jess.
Jess said: “While MAFS was on TV, TJ wasn’t interested in watching it, but that didn’t stop him from getting trolled.
“Even though he had nothing to do with the series, people would send him messages about how I was coming across on TV. It was a huge struggle for us as we were only two months into our relationship, but it made us so much stronger.”
The couple has been together for a year with them “living the dream” according to Jess.
She also divulged: “There’s definitely marriage on the cards for us. My mum is so bad at keeping secrets that she’s told me that it’s all in hand. The cogs are in motion, and even his mum is onto his case about it too.”
She praised the show for helping her find love, even if it was not in the format expected for the TV programme.
She ended: “I may not have found love on the show, but the show helped me find love. Without MAFS, I wouldn’t have had the burner phone to create a dating profile, which means I wouldn’t have been able to meet TJ. It just proves that everything happens for a reason.”
Seasons 1 to 7 of Married at First Sight are available on Channel 4.