Alissa and David explain why they chose to have sex on MAFS despite their Christian faith

Alyssa Fay and David Momoh come across as one of the more solid couples on Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2026, and a lot of that probably comes down to values: both of them come from Christian families, with David in particular proudly having parents who are both pastors.

So, it’s fair to say he struck gold in being matched with wife Alissa Fay, who also grew up in a Christian community, and continues to identify as a Christian. So what does that mean for whether or not Alissa and David had sex while living together on the show?

“I’m not about the whole ‘wait before marriage’ thing,” Alyssa tells Chattr when asked about the doctrine of not engaging in sex before marriage. “I feel like in today’s day and age, you know, if it’s right, it’s right… it’s just [about] if it’s the right person and it feels right,” she said. “We have other traditional values, for sure. But no, that’s not [one of them]”.

David responds to the rumours he’d be abstaining from sex throughout the experiment

Also speaking to Chattr, David says rumours that he’d be abstaining from sex throughout the experiment, as communicated by Brook at the ‘Red Flag, Green Flag’ challenge weren’t true, clarifying that at Bucks Night, he said he would not be having sex until “after the wedding night,” adding that the whole thing was “clearly miscommunicated or misheard.”

David does say, though, that he believes in getting to know the person rather than jumping into bed straight away. “Ultimately, my faith is a personal thing between me and God, and everyone’s on their own personal journey… I think everyone comes down to how you relate with God,” he said. “None of us are perfect. I’m not perfect.”

Alissa confirms to Chattr that she and David had sex about three weeks into the experiment, and that given the intensity of the show, the time felt closer to three months. “[We] just feel very connected,” she says. “Obviously, everything is very fast-tracked in the experiment, you live together, and you are given challenges, and you get to know each other at a deeper level very early on in the experiment.”

Expressing similar sentiments, David says: “I think I felt like a very strong draw, and it felt like it was right.. we had gotten to know each other emotionally and mentally by that point,” he stresses. “I feel like things just led in the right direction and happened at the right time.”

Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.