In a jaw-dropping exclusive chat with the Mirror, Married at First Sight UK star Reiss Boyce is spilling the tea on a hidden moment from his whirlwind wedding that left E4 viewers scratching their heads. The 33-year-old Essex hunk, paired with Edinburgh beauty Leisha Lightbody by the show’s matchmaking pros, is finally setting the record straight about their rocky ride – and trust us, the edit didn’t do it justice.
As fans eagerly await the couple’s final vows, Reiss opens up about the ups and downs that have kept everyone hooked. But rewind to their wedding day: on screen, it looked like a total mismatch, with awkward vibes galore. According to Reiss, though, that’s far from the full picture. “There were definitely stages where I wasn’t happy with the edit,” he confessed. “They sort of cut bits out and you can be perceived as the bad guy, but that’s not exactly how things went down. Some things can be twisted a little bit.”
The real bombshell? That hilariously cringeworthy vow slip-up from Leisha. Picture this: standing at the altar, Leisha accidentally reads out the stage direction “pause” instead of actually taking a breath. The bride and guests burst into laughter, but Reiss? On TV, he comes across as stone-cold serious, shaking his head like he’s not impressed. But hold up – Reiss swears he was cracking up too! “When me and Leisha got married and she was saying her vows – she said the word ‘pause’. I actually laughed; I found it funny,” he explained. “But the edit cut that bit out and you just see me shaking my head and just looking in a bit of a huff and a puff. But that’s not actually how it went down.”
Reiss fears this made him look like a total buzzkill. “If I was watching someone else do that when his missus has just said ‘pause’ out loud instead of just looking at the word, I would look at him and think ‘That means he’s quite boring, he’s not up for a laugh,'” he added. And it gets deeper: he claims the early episodes painted him as totally uninterested in the marriage, but in reality, he was all in from the start. “They tried to paint me like I wasn’t into it at all,” Reiss revealed, insisting his genuine enthusiasm got lost in the cut.
But life after MAFS? Reiss is swapping reality TV drama for some cheeky stage fun. The star is diving into the world of adult pantomime with a guest spot in Sinderella, a saucy spin on the classic fairy tale written and directed by Big Brother icon Simon Gross. Expect naughty twists, killer tunes like “Dancing Queen,” “Electric Dreams,” “It’s Raining Men,” and “Never Going To Give You Up.” The show kicks off at Scala London on December 19, with Reiss stealing the spotlight on December 21 and 22. Talk about a plot twist!
This untold wedding tale proves that what you see on screen isn’t always the full story – and Reiss is ready to flip the script. Stay tuned for more MAFS revelations!