Jacqui wants the full package, a go-getting man who will take the lead, so the relationship experts have matched her with Ryan, a modern man with a warrior mentality, on Married At First Sight Australia 2025.
Ryan is a 36-year-old project manager from NSW, hoping to find someone as good-looking as he is. Meanwhile, Jacqui is a 29-year-old consultant also from NSW and describes herself as “having the beauty and the brains.”
With Jacqui and Ryan – the most turbulent relationship of the 2025 season – completing final vows, we look at their MAFS journey and their final decision. Continue scrolling to read.
Aside from Jacqui having some reservations after her husband hadn’t shaved his face for their nuptials, nor was he taking the lead, she had a change of heart when Ryan showed some vulnerability during his speech.
While Jacqui admittedly has high standards for her romantic partner, Ryan forgot the number one rule when it comes to the Photo Ranking challenge: rank your wife first, but instead Jacqui’s photo was placed third in the line up.
“I probably would have put you two (talking about Sierah) as equally attractive or maybe her as more attractive if she wasn’t quite so tall,” he said. “Sierah to me has a much more attractive face, she has dark hair and that’s what absolutely slays me.”
Wanting to enrage her husband, Jacqui didn’t hold back when Ryan asked about her ex, listing his height, hair colour and “godlike body.”
“I think she’s definitely got some growing to do in terms of considering where I’m coming from and considering my feelings,” Ryan told the crew.
Ryan’s hygiene habits are also proving worrisome for Jacqui as her new husband wears shoes on the couch and bed! But alas, the pair decided to remain in the experiment together following the first commitment ceremony.
With a new week comes new obstacles, and the Intimacy Challenge certainly rocked the pair as Jacqui asks her new husband to compliment her more.
“I don’t need compliments in order to feel happy, okay? Because I’ve done a lot of work on myself,” he said. “You haven’t put any of your standards aside. I am interested in balance. You haven’t been with a man like me before, and it’s really challenging you. But I’m not gonna change.”
Jacqui asked her new husband to admit he was wrong for placing her third in the Photo Ranking Challenge and compliment her, which he simply responded: “Cause that would be a lie.”
Ryan’s next comments shock viewers and participants alike as he told Alessandra Rampolla and the group his wife has “crazy eyes” – the same statement Jake said during the Photo Ranking challenge which sparked outrage among the group. But it was groom’s next comment that came back to bite him.
“She gives awesome h***,” he laughed, while Billie audibly gasped. “It kept getting better, every round.”
And like little messengers, the grooms all raced home to give their wives all the details!
Ryan and Jacqui’s relationship has been an emotional rollercoaster the entire experiment, yet they’ve managed to write ‘stay’ every commitment ceremony so far.
But we have a feeling Homestay Week might have finally opened each others eyes – particularly Jacqui who broke into tears with the producers after walking into Ryan’s home.
“I just think he’s been alone here for seven years, and he isn’t even aware of how lonely he is,” she said. “It really reminds me of the elderly, cause a lot of elderly live in homes where their alone for seven, ten, fifteen years. It was so sweet of him to be so confident and happy to bring me in. I just feel bad for Ryan.”
Ryan, however, didn’t reciprocate this as he proudly showed off his figurines and sword. And as expected, a huge fight broke out between Jacqui and Ryan’s friends as the bride detailed the negatives of their relationship – later telling Ryan this experience was “traumatic.”
Jacqui and Ryan spent to following nights apart, walking into the dinner party solo. But what Jacqui didn’t expect, was that her husband would be glowing despite walking in alone.
The pair dove into their Homestay Week, the letter during Couple Swap and the many other issues as the group asked countless questions – the relationship experts noting Ryan’s change in confidence.
After the groups interrogation, the pair wandered off to discuss their relationship in private but it seems Ryan has closed off all avenues as he said, “I can’t salvage it.”
“You don’t like me for who I am, and that’s fine,” he calmly told Jacqui mere moments after she said, “why don’t you want to be someone great?”
Unfortunately, Jacqui still saw potential in their relationship as she wrote ‘stay’ in the last commitment ceremony, and even admitted she has loved him since the beginning in the following episode! And so the rollercoaster ride continues…
Ryan remained confident in his decision to end his relationship with Jacqui, until he went on a date with another compatible match as part of the final MAFS test. Despite his denial, the green eyed monster called jealousy appeared when he discovered Jacqui too went on the date.
“He’s a very jealous type,” Jacqui told the producers.
Meanwhile, Jacqui’s date seemed to go exceptionally well as she asked for his number and revealed she would be out of the experiment in a few days! Although she left out this detail when initially retelling how her date went, Jacqui was excited to try once more.
But somewhere between this miraculous change of heart and final vows, they both changed their mind!
Ryan giggled all throughout his final vows as he detailed what he liked, including her “gorgeous hair, even when its a tangled mess in the morning” and their “sexy time.” But he too decided that they weren’t “strong enough to continue” the marriage.
Jacqui’s vows, however, were very different as she warned producers she had some “iconic lines.” Some of these lines included “I’m not a rehabilitation centre”, “you planned a gang attack on me”, and “in a world of red flags, you are the red carpet.”
“Your complete lack of self reflection, apologies, pride and ego are the reason we couldn’t deal with our key issues in this relationship. I was also open and willing to listen and fix. It’s not me, your pride is the problem.”
“As a man, you’re not perfect. It’s not the 1920s anymore. I don’t want to be the wife to a man, I want to be a wife to a husband.”
“Ryan, while I love it when your big biceps pick me up and hug me, dip me, and throw me in the pool – they’ll never be the reason I get pregnant,” she concluded.
As expected, their relationship came to a fiery end. But the network took the opportunity to tease Jacqui’s new relationship with former participant Clint, overlayed with a long speech from Ryan about her future partner.
“I feel sorry for the next man who comes along… because unless he makes $10 million a year or whatever else her twisted mind dreams up, she’s going to take you and she’s going to mould you, the same way she tried to do with me,” he said.
Are Jacqui and Ryan still together in the real world?
Mid-experiment, Jacqui teased her current relationship status in an Instagram story, we could help but read the spoiler.
Its common knowledge that Nine will take control of the participants Instagram accounts. However, in February, Jacqui made an additional account where she commented on her “misleading” storyline. Jacqui also listed the type of man she wants for a romantic partner and her future, before revealing she was “currently in a relationship.”
“I am currently in a relationship with a person who was exactly what I asked for – someone kind, considerate, a great man, and intelligent. Sometimes miracles happen because today I am in fact in happy and in a loving long term relationship!”
Jacqui was spotted with 2025 participant, Clint, who was matched with Lauren before leaving mid-experiment, in March. With Woman’s Day releasing images of the pair holding hands and kissing as they enjoyed a coffee together in Tasmania’s Launceston.
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