Married at First Sight is off to a strong start with couples already at odds on their honeymoons but viewers were devastated to see their favourite couple argue.
The couple quickly became a fan favourite as Nathanial Valentino accepted Ella Morgan Clark when she came out as trans to him on their wedding day.
Ella, 29, had been so nervous but the pair quickly hit it off and seemed to have good chemistry, noted by their wedding photographer.
By the end of the second episode of the new season, fans were declaring them their ‘otp’ and hoping they could go the distance.
However, the tone quickly shifted as the pair went on their honeymoon in sunny Mexico to get to know each other better.
They went cave-diving in a more adventurous outing, holding hands as they walked towards their destination.
Ella and Nathanial butted heads on their honeymoon (Picture: Channel 4)
They were unable to move on from their tense conversation (Picture: Channel 4)
Ella joked about being gassy, saying she was nervous and the 36-year-old told the camera he was ‘getting to know her’ but she ‘wasn’t as pretty as the outside’.
Nathanial said he felt she was a ‘showoff’ around others and was ‘here for entertainment’ which he wasn’t too happy with.
They seemed to have fun cave diving but the events marketing manager then shook his head at the camera before sitting down together for a chat.
Ella admitted there was ‘no sexual chemistry’, which there was on the wedding day – she told him that she felt they were more like friends.
Ella was confused as to why Nathanial was pulling back (Picture: Channel 4/Rex)
Nathanial appeared to click with Ella on their wedding day (Picture: Matt Monfredi/Channel 4)
Nathanial tried to explain that he had to get to know her first before he could tell how he feels but things got a little more heated.
‘I can only be authentic to myself,’ he said as the clinic consultant doubled down and asked him to clarify if he was attracted to her.
‘I don’t want to do something that’s going to lead to you a place I can’t fulfil,’ he argued, saying that she was moving at a faster pace than he could.
Back in their hotel room, the pair were at odds over their relationship styles but Nathanial admitted he was ‘less attracted’ to certain personality traits.
His wife hit back saying ‘when the cameras come out it’s all this acting’, with both saying the other was being fake during filming.
Their conversation devolved into a shouting match (Picture: Channel 4)
They couldn’t rectify the relationship before the honeymoon ended (Picture: Channel 4)
As voices raised, he ended up storming away from Ella to end the argument as she shouted that he was ‘a prick’.
The drama in Mexico continued as she came to apologise but this resulted in a further shouting match and Nathanial called out a ‘lie’ she had apparently been telling him.
He dismissed her and revealed that she was ‘a stripper’, which Ella said had been in ‘the past’ but was worried that was why he was holding back.
In a final hope to iron out their argument, she invited her husband to dinner for their final night of the honeymoon but Nathanial decided not to show.
‘Is there a resolution? I’m not sure – I’m gutted,’ he said.