Every messy detail of the Hannah, Orson and Ryan drama in the year since MAFS UK 2024

One of the most confounding aspects of MAFS UK 2024 was the relationship drama between Hannah Norburn and Orson Nurse. And Richelle. And Stephen. And Ryan. And Sionainn. Really, it went beyond the limits of a love triangle. It was more of a love hexagon. In the year and a half since filming for MAFS UK 2024 wrapped, the drama carried on. Richelle and Orson still appear to have beef. Here’s every messy events of Hannah and Orson’s relationship drama since they filmed MAFS UK 2024.

Hannah and Orson didn’t last long

Hannah and Orson did explore their relationship. According to Hannah, the MAFS producers asked if they wanted to return to the experiment as a couple. The crew even filmed them going on a date. However, Hannah and Orson turned down this opportunity. Hannah explained: “Orson & I decided jumping back into that stressful environment after all that had happened just wasn’t the right thing for either of us to do.”

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“If I had joined the experiment with Hannah,” Orson told The Sun last month, “I would have not joined back with the same mindset of what I started with. And that’s the reason why I did not go back.”

He continued: “I didn’t love Hannah. Yes, we shared a kiss so there was a connection. There was something, but for me, it wasn’t enough to be like, ‘let’s explore this amongst everyone’. And we had a conversation. And I was like, ‘Look, if you do see me that way, let’s do this outside. I don’t mind. Because that’s what I came for’. It doesn’t have to be publicised.”

It appears Hannah and Orson’s romantic relationship didn’t last long after MAFS. By the time the reunion was filmed in November, they clearly weren’t a couple. It was rumoured in November that Orson was dating the sister of a former Big Brother contestant instead.

No, Hannah didn’t get into a relationship with Ryan

She and Ryan seemed to get quite close while filming the couples’ retreat for MAFS. Well, Hannah got close to his feet, anyway. She was accused of flirting with him by giving him a foot massage. Her defence was that she was just admiring his nice Ugg slippers.

The duo were spotted at festivals over the summer of 2024, and even rocked up to the reunion together.

Hannah then announced they weren’t dating. She wrote on Instagram: “Me & Ryan built a really lovely friendship when we both got out of the experiment and that is all it has ever been! We have never dated and we have never been in a relationship.

“All the other cast built friendships (boys and girls) and were chatting, meeting up, enjoying a little WhatsApp group that we were left out of and as always it was more than ok for everybody else to get friendly – but of course not for me!”

Hannah’s Insta story

Hannah is still friends with Ryan’s wife Sionainn in the present day – they went out with the MAFS UK 2025 groom Ashley this week.

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Orson and Richelle are still feuding, a whole year on

Erm, in June 2025, Richelle released a short book entitled Martyred at First Sight: The Reality of Reality TV. She repeatedly accused of Orson of being “fake” and of going on the show to further his acting career.

Orson has denied these claims, and insisted he went on MAFS to find a partner. He says he has not read Richelle’s book, and does not want to. He told The Sun: ” I have not even read this book. In my head, I’m like, ‘why am I going to go and put myself through this torment again?’ I didn’t care if the book had lies. I didn’t care if the book had truth. I didn’t care what the book entailed. Because for me, I know what I experienced. So, I don’t need to hear it from another person’s point of view.”

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Featured images via Channel 4.