I’m a MAFS relationship expert – we use a special ‘360 method’ to match couples
A MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT expert has revealed the exact process he uses to match couples on the show.
The latest season of the Channel 4 reality show is packed with drama, from Eve and Charlie’s dramatic early departures to Adam’s cruel comments about his wife Polly’s appearance.
4
4
4
The explosive rows on the show have left many viewers questioning whether the matchmakers have done their job properly, and earlier in this series Caspar, 34, shocked viewers by questioning why he was matched with Emma, 31 .
“I don’t understand how the process brought me to Emma. We are so different on so many levels.
“I don’t understand it and I don’t understand it and it’s really frustrating because this is my life you’re messing with.”
However, matchmaking guru Paul C. Brunson, 49, who appears on the show alongside Mel Schilling and Charlene Douglas, quickly shot back that the experts had tested their compatibility on so many levels, claiming the pair shared the same bonding style. .
And now Paul, who has been happily married for 23 years, has revealed exactly how the experts come to the decision to mate.
Speaking on his We Need To Talk podcast, the dating coach revealed that in 2019, when MAFS had a very different format, three of the four couples matched on the show stayed together and all had children five years later. .
“This is now considered to have the highest success rate of any dating show in the world, with a 75% success rate,” he said.
“But how many people saw that?”
He then went on to say that 15 years ago, he and his wife created a matchmaking method called the “360 Analysis,” which he now uses on MAFS.
Paul explained that many of the people who came to him looking for love weren’t sure what their values were, so the expert interviewed their friends and family to find out what they needed in a partner.
“We would talk to their parents, we would talk to colleagues, we would talk to ex-lovers, children,” he said.
By talking to a wide variety of people who have had both positive and negative experiences with a person, Paul was able to build a profile of who exactly the person was, rather than who they told them they were.
“That’s brilliant,” said relationship expert Julie Gottman, who was a guest on Paul’s podcast.
Crazy couples that have stood the test of time
Series six’s beloved Tayah Victoria and Adam Aveling had the first Mafs baby.
The pair couldn’t keep their hands off each other during the program and soon found their feet in the outside world and moved into Adam’s house in Doncaster.
Just 18 months after meeting, the couple welcomed their daughter Beau.
Season five couple Michelle Walder and Owen Jenkins also managed to make their marriage work off-camera and had their first child in December.
Teacher Michelle, 29, has no regrets about taking part in the experiment. She told us: “I feel very lucky and grateful that it worked out – and I’m excited about everything that’s to come.”
Michelle and Owen were both fed up with dating apps when they applied for jobs in 2019.
Owen recalled: ‘I had gone out for a drink with a friend after work.
“While he was out for a cigarette, I was scrolling through Instagram, waiting for him to come back in.
“The MAFS ad was the last thing I saw and I joked, ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if I signed up?’
“A few beers later, back home, I submitted the application, and the rest is history.”
Another couple who have made Mafs UK history are Zoe Clifton and Jenna Robinson.
Despite a somewhat rocky start that saw them clash over Jenna’s vegan lifestyle, the show’s first same-sex pairing is still going strong.
They even have a successful podcast together called Life With a Pod.
Jenna shed light on her involvement with the show earlier this year when she told us, “We are not legally married, and I never felt like we were. I definitely feel like the process makes you take the relationship a lot more seriously and the help from the experts… if you can survive that process, it sets a solid foundation for a long-term relationship.”
‘Because when people only represent themselves, they are lying in the first place.
“That’s normal because we all want to present ourselves in the best light,” she continued.
“But people who are around us and observe us can afford to be more honest because our egos were not at stake.”
Paul added that he and his wife were offered a reality TV series after their lives but turned it down because their drama-free marriage is “boring.”
“What I’ve discovered about couples who are happy and stable is that, for the most part, they’re boring,” he said.
Fabulous pays for your exclusive stories. Just email fabulousdigital@the-sun.co.uk and put EXCLUSIVE in the subject line.
4
