In a jaw-dropping twist, Married At First Sight (MAFS) has roped in businessman Reiss Boyce, the ex-boyfriend of TOWIE star Dani Imbert, for its latest season on E4. This bombshell comes hot on the heels of Dani stealing the spotlight during Love Island’s explosive finale, where she was revealed as the mystery woman who snogged two villa lads at a glitzy celebrity bash. Now, her name is set to be dragged into the drama of MAFS as her former flame steps into the spotlight.
Reiss Boyce, Dani’s on-again, off-again partner since summer 2023, has handed his love life over to MAFS matchmakers Paul C. Brunson, Melanie Schilling, and Charlene Douglas. The trio will pair him with a stranger to meet for the first time at the altar, in true MAFS fashion. Dani and Reiss’s romance had its share of ups and downs, with Dani previously admitting to The Sun that they were an item before she briefly dated her TOWIE co-star Roman Hackett. “We knew each other before the whole me and Roman situation,” Dani shared. “I called it off with him because I started seeing Roman, but then things happened off-camera that stopped me and Roman from speaking again, and I went back to Reiss.”
However, Dani called it quits with Reiss for good in early 2024, choosing to embrace single life. Little did she know her past would resurface in such a dramatic way, with Reiss now stepping into the MAFS experiment.
Dani’s name dominated headlines after the Love Island finale, where she was outed as the mystery woman who locked lips with not one, but two villa stars—Tommy Bradley and Ben Holbrough—at a star-studded St. Moritz party. The revelation left host Maya Jama and the Aftersun audience stunned, with Ben’s ex, Andrada Pop, spilling the tea: “It was the same girl!”
Tommy, who left the villa with Lucy Quinn, admitted to acting “disrespectfully” by kissing Dani behind Lucy’s back. “I messed up,” he confessed, holding his head in his hands. Meanwhile, Ben also fessed up to the smooch, which ended his relationship with Andrada, who made it clear she had no interest in staying friends.
An eyewitness told The Sun, “Dani spent ages chatting to Ben at the event, and they shared a snog. But later, when the free bar was in full swing, she ended up kissing Tommy too. As far as she was concerned, they were both single—and so is she!” Dani’s representative declined to comment on the scandal.
Breaking her social media silence, Dani took to Instagram with a cheeky clapback, lip-syncing to a song with the lyrics, “God forbid a girl’s trying to have fun.” She doubled down in her caption, writing, “No but honestly GOD FORBID a girls tryna have fun.” The TOWIE star’s carefree attitude has only added fuel to the fire, cementing her as the center of this juicy reality TV crossover.
With Reiss now entering the MAFS arena, fans are buzzing with anticipation. Will he find true love at the altar, or will his past with Dani cast a shadow over his journey? And how will Dani react to her ex’s bold move into the world of televised romance? One thing’s for sure—this tangled web of TOWIE, Love Island, and Married At First Sight drama is far from over.