The MAFS UK 2025 cast’s wildest hidden talents, from fire-eating to cheese rolling

Every MAFS UK season comes with its fair share of chaos, arguments, and unexpected career histories. But this year’s cast have really outdone themselves. From cheese-rolling champions to fire-eaters, these ones seem to have got up to a LOT. Here are six MAFS UK 2025 cast members whose hidden talents are genuinely quite mad.

Anita is a fire-eating grandmother

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She might not have lasted long on the show, but Anita left an impression. She’s a mother, grandmother, dancer, Ibiza regular, and yes — a fire-eater who’s taken helicopter flying lessons. Basically, she’s done more in her spare time than most of us have done in our entire lives.

Divarni is Netflix’s most determined man

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Musician, poet, actor, and all-round media enthusiast, Divarni has been working his way towards TV fame for years. Before MAFS UK, he’d already appeared on Dinner Date, done background acting in Queen Charlotte, Wicked, Bridgerton, and turned up in more music videos than we can count. It’s safe to say this isn’t his first rodeo, or his first reality show.

Abi is a bodybuilder in her spare time

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Intruder bride Abi might seem like the calm, animal-loving type, but she used to compete in female bodybuilding competitions. Photos from her competition days are genuinely hard to believe — she looks completely different. If nothing else, she’s proved that commitment and discipline definitely aren’t her issues.

Julia-Ruth is a singer, dancer and everything inbetween

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Julia-Ruth’s background is actually crazy. She’s a professional dancer, has appeared in a soap opera, performed with 50 Cent, and even joined Leigh-Anne from Little Mix on stage at Reading and Leeds this summer. It’s impressive — though maybe not the most natural preparation for marrying a stranger on E4.

Leo is a cheese-rolling pro

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Leo’s hidden talents are almost too strange to be real. He’s a cheese-rolling champion, has won hot dog–eating contests, and can juggle fire and nunchucks. He’s also worked on farms, in steel factories, behind bars, and once got chased by a wombat. It sounds like a list generated by a random life experience generator, but apparently it’s all true.

Dean – where to begin

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Dean’s not exactly shy about his rapping, but it turns out there’s even more going on behind the mic. He used to work as an entertainer at Butlin’s, Haven and on cruise ships, doing everything from running gameshows to dressing as Father Christmas. He’s also acted in pantomimes and now charges £37 on Cameo for personalised videos. We can only hope the price includes a freestyle.

Bonus: Steven’s got football skills

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And finally, Steven Springett, who once played football professionally, though it’s been a while. He captained Ebbsfleet United’s youth team before an injury ended his career at 19. He’s since swapped the pitch for the group experiment, and it’s fair to say he’s already made himself a main character — whether he meant to or not.

Maybe more hidden talents will emerge from the MAFS UK 2025 cast: Who knows.

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