Strangers Who Got Married On Controversial TV Show 'Married At First Sight' Divorce

This couple has officially striped Kim k off the crown, married for only a few weeks. 

Jason Knowles and Kate Stewart, got married as complete strangers for a channel 4 series, married at first sight, a social experiment to see if strangers can get married and be happy. But last night it was revealed that they have divorced only after three weeks of marriage. 

 The divorce came after the groom signed up to a dating site, Tinder. 

The couple were put together by programme makers after being subjected to a barrage of personality tests that were meant to find matches most likely to result in lasting marriages.

Fitness instructor Miss Stewart, 31, wore a white dress with lace sleeves for their small civil ceremony in February before they jetted off to Ireland for a honeymoon.

However, the trip had to be cut short after three days so financial adviser Mr Knowles, 34, could return to work.

He revealed last night the couple never consummated the relationship and said: ‘It’s a very personal question but I’ll be straight with you, nothing happened.’

While it is not possible to get a divorce within a year of marriage, if the union is not consummated, it can be annulled at any point after the wedding.

During their time together, the couple lived in a house in Bethnal Green, East London, that was provided by Channel 4, while also keeping their own separate properties in London. 

Things went sour for the pair after their honeymoon. Their anti-social working hours meant they rarely saw each other and when they booked an appointment with Jo Coker, the programme’s relationship therapist, to work through their problems, Mr Knowles failed to turn up. 

Then, when a friend of Miss Stewart showed her that her new husband was registered on the Tinder dating app, it spurred her to call off the relationship.

 She had a rant at me. At the end of the conversation she said: 'By the way, you swiped right on one of my friends and I'm leaving'

He says he was caught out when his bride’s friend noticed his picture on Tinder. ‘It was probably more from my side than hers that it didn’t work,’ he said. ‘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.

‘One of my good friends said: “Jason, are you back in the dating scene?” I said it was a bit too soon but he suggested I should re-download Tinder.

‘I handed my phone over to his girlfriend who was happily swiping left and right and having a laugh about it. Anyway, the next morning I woke up and packed my bags because I already knew I was going to leave. 

‘We sat in the lounge but Kate wouldn’t let me talk. She had a rant at me. At the end of the conversation she said: “By the way, you swiped right on one of my friends and I’m leaving” at which point she saw my bag at the door and said, “Apparently you are too”.’

It will be a disappointment for programme makers who now have only one couple still married out of the 1,500 people who applied to take part in the experiment. This initial intake was whittled down to three couples through genetic, psychological and physical tests.

It was claimed these couples left would have a greater chance than average to have a successful marriage. 

 Jason kissing a mystery woman. 

Only this couple has survived the experiment so far. Emma rathbone and James Ord-Hume. They say they won't get divorced because the experiment works for them. 


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