The Most Successful “Married At First Sight” Couple Never Met On The Show
The reality television show Married At First Sight (MAFS) is famous for its explosive dinner parties and spectacular relationship failures. So, when a success story emerges from its chaos, we take notice. Perhaps the show’s greatest contribution to romance is what happens after the credits roll.
Liam Cooper, the first openly bisexual man on the Australian series, has announced his engagement to Samuel Levi from the New Zealand version of the show.
A proposal without the cameras.
Cooper, who appeared on season eight in 2021, shared the news of the proposal on Instagram. He wrote, “A day I’ll never forget. I asked my best friend, my soulmate, my forever, to marry me.”
His new fiancé, who starred on MAFS NZ in 2019, posted from a romantic spa getaway, adding, “Still pinching myself. On 20.08.25, my best friend asked me to be his forever.”
Levi acknowledged that they have kept their relationship private for some time. “We’ve loved keeping our love offline,” he shared, “but this is too special not to share. A real wedding to come for both of us.”
So the experiment was a success after all…
After their respective on-screen marriages ended, Cooper and Levi found each other in 2021. It proves the show’s formula for lasting love might just be to endure a televised sham marriage, gain some new followers, and then find someone from a different season. A flawless strategy.
Levi summed up the irony perfectly. “Who would have thought a show like Married At First Sight would have brought us and this love story together?”
While we congratulate the happy couple, we also hear that the producers are set to include a gay couple in the 2026 Australian season. It only took them over a decade and an accidental off-screen engagement to realise it might be a good idea. Progress.
