Um, this 2025 groom was ‘still dating’ his reality TV ex when he got married on MAFS UK?!

We were introduced to the MAFS UK intruder brides and grooms this week and Reiss was reportedly still dating his reality TV ex when he got married. However, he denies this and says he was 100% single when he signed up for the dating show.

Reiss was in a relationship with TOWIE’s Dani Imbert from early 2023 until May 2024, but a source told the Daily Mail they had rekindled things and were secretly dating again in March 2025. According to them, he told her he was going travelling and they’d reconnect when he got back and go official again.

The source said: “Dani had been dating Reiss from early 2023 until May 2024, when they briefly split because she feared he was more interested in fame than their relationship. Despite the split, they continued seeing each other in secret and were still together in March 2025, when, without Dani knowing, he began filming Married At First Sight UK.”

“Reiss told Dani he was going travelling and promised they would reconnect and become official again. Dani now feels hurt and betrayed; they had been in a long-term relationship, and Reiss had led her to believe they had a future together. In reality, he was filming a dating show and would go on to marry another woman.”

Channel 4 told The Tab Reiss and Dani had an on and off relationship and were close, but split last year, long before Married at First Sight started filming. They insisted Reiss was single at the time that he signed up to the show.

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“Dani is a great girl but it didn’t work out for us romantically. I will always think a lot of her and wish her the best, but when I signed up for Married at First Sight I was single and ready for commitment,” Reiss said, via Channel 4.

However, Dani claimed he did tell her he was going travelling in an August interview with Closer, saying: “I mean, he told me he was going travelling, but yeah, he’s married, which is great. I’m happy for him. I’m not going to be tuning in.”

This seems messy.

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