PHOTO FINISH?
The bride-ranking challenge creates unexpected trouble for the newlyweds
Cute couple Caitlin McConville and Shannon Adams had an instant connection on their wedding day, then an “amazing” honeymoon. But could one of Married At First Sight’s most notorious challenges turn out to be the beginning of the end for them?
Brisbane makeup artist and nightclub host Caitlin, 27, came into the relationship experiment after two years of no intimacy.
“Don’t get me wrong, I’m human – some days were much harder than others,” she confides. “But I made the decision to only give those parts of myself to someone
I could trust, who valued who I was as a person and saw me as more than just a sexual drive-through.”
She and Melbourne personal trainer Shannon, 30, found they had plenty in common on their honeymoon.
“We listened to meditation before bed and talked about our own personal development journeys,” she says.
This week, in Confessions Week, Shannon is set the photo-ranking task, where he has to rank pictures of the brides in order of attractiveness.
“I did let Shannon know I didn’t mind where he placed me in the challenge,” Caitlin explains. “After all, attraction can grow as you get to know someone and we’d just met!”
But there’s a problem. “Some of the comments he made during and after that task were definitely concerning for me,” she adds.
Can Caitlin find a way to deal with the remarks that bothered her? And if she thought those were concerning, how is she going to deal with what
Shannon says next?!
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