This year on Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025, fans were convinced Jamie Marinos and Dave Hand were the real deal… until he promptly switched gears and decided he “didn’t hate the girl”, and went pretty cold. He’s made some comments about his ex since getting his social media back, and an insider tells Chattr they haven’t been received well.
ICYMI, Jamie has been heavily linked with Eliot Donovan, but she was intimate with Dave on the show and also slept with Teejay Halkias years ago. In an Instagram Q&A, Dave addressed Jamie’s new relationship with Eliot and threw in some shady comments.
“Honestly I don’t have any thoughts on it. I don’t care. But I highly doubt she’s going to sleep with three cast members from this year’s season, I think it’s just a TikTok, Instagram thing whatever they’re doing. But good luck to them,” Dave declared.
It’s quite a loaded statement, and an insider says Jamie wasn’t pleased when she heard about Dave’s “awful” comments.
“Jamie was in Queensland for an appearance when she saw that , she was really upset,” the source spills. “She didn’t appreciate the shame — if she wanted to sleep with everyone on MAFS, that’s her prerogative, not that she necessarily would.”
“Dave didn’t want to be in the relationship, so they both left, they’re both at peace. So if she finds someone else or is moving on with someone else, why not let her?”
The insider adds that the MAFS bride felt the comment was “very disappointing”, because even though the pair are no longer in contact, there had been mutual “respect” between them.
“They hadn’t spoken about each other, and so for that comment to be made on such a public [platform] was really disappointing,” the source says.
Where do Jamie and Dave stand after MAFS?
Even though Jamie and Dave broke up prior to the MAFS reunion, the exes stayed in touch while the show first started airing.
“They were in contact for most of the show airing, and then once Jamie and Dave started to fall apart, they switched to no contact and haven’t spoken since,” our source claims.
During the reunion, Jamie lifted a lid on Dave’s behaviour, saying: “He just can never be honest with how he’s feeling, ever. It’s just so frustrating because it’s like I had to initiate the breakup, I had to initiate the conversation like he’s not into me.
“He strung me along… and he’s done it to me twice. It’s just really sad because it was real for me and he just couldn’t figure out how to tell me.”
It doesn’t look like there will be a fairytale ending for these two after all, and that’s probably for the best.
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