Love is Blind UK host Matt's marriage to wife Emma almost ended 'over Scientology'

Love is Blind UK hosts, Matt and Emma Willis, have been married since 2008. He took a trip to a fairground once, but ended up leaving with a new religion that almost ended his marriage.

Matt and Emma Willis are the new hosts of the Netflix dating show, but they’ve had a fair few tests during their marriage. One time, the Love is Blind UK host briefly joined the Church of Scientology.

Matt Willis’ fairground trip took a turn when he met the Church of Scientology

Matt Willis was walking down London’s Tottenham Court Road when he was approached by a stranger asking him some simple questions about the Church of Scientology.

Having just left a treatment facility for addiction, they spoke to him of a fulfilled life without drugs, promise of a higher power and the opportunity to meet like-minded new people.

The following week, he followed up an invitation to attend the Scientology headquarters. “Every single day I went there. I bought different books and did different courses. I was in,” Matt told The Mirror.

OH NO: Emma Willis thought Matt was splitting with her

Matt soon became fully invested in the religion, spending time at their London headquarters and joining in their practices, but it wasn’t long before he became skeptical about their intentions.

He had undergone a Scientology process called auditing which seeks to locate areas of spiritual distress using an E-meter that detects harmful energy in the body, before leaders said they could help him.

Willis was told that, if he embarked on a simple course, he’d feel like a different person.

“I was an idiot who got hoodwinked by some guy with a fairground trick,” Matt said of the experience.

Matt has since alleged members of the Church of Scientology attempted to “split up” his marriage, which he briefly joined. He almost split up with Emma based on their advice – but realized things felt off.

He claimed the Scientologists warned him there was someone in his life that was “actually draining him,” and was told the “negative force” was usually the person closest to you, which in Matt’s case, was Emma.

Matt felt as though he had no family or friends because the only people close to him were the family and friends of the Church of Scientology, who did not want him to leave.

Matt eventually managed to cut ties by keeping away from the headquarters completely and refusing to pick up his phone when he was called every day for a month.