MAFS’ Bailey breaks silence on ex Rebecca’s new girlfriend as he admits ‘it was a total shock to me’
MARRIED At First Sight groom Bailey has broken his silence after his ex-wife Rebecca revealed she is in a relationship with a woman.
The former couple were one of the strongest pairings in the most recent series of the E4 show.
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MAFS Rebecca has gone public with her new girlfriendCredit: Instagram
Rebecca and ex Bailey tied the knot on Married At First SightCredit: E4
Despite sticking together through the final vows, the pair split within a month of filming wrapping, with Becca claiming Bailey ‘fumbled’ the relationship.
This week, she announced her new same sex relationship with Liverpool footballer Lily Woodham, which took fans and Bailey by complete surprise.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Bailey admitted he did not see it coming.
“I had no idea, zero. I didn’t know,” he says. “I mean, yeah, total shock to me.”
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In a series of loved-up social media posts, Becca explained how a girl came into her life when she “least expected it.”
She said: “You’ll question everything you’ve ever known about yourself.”
And added: “It’s important you don’t try and fight it, let love in.”
Her new partner couldn’t be further removed from the strapping alpha hunk she said she wanted on MAFS.
And Becca insists she wasn’t using the show for fame.
She told an online follower: “I didn’t have doubts or curiosity about my sexuality. I think it’s obvious I was all in with Bailey. Of course I wouldn’t waste someone’s time.
“Bailey and I ended in July. I didn’t actively seek a relationship with a woman afterwards. It just happened this way.”
Bailey said that Bec never showed an interest in women during their time together, though her flirty behaviour with co-star Leah did lead to a heated argument and was a big talking point among viewers.
“Obviously, I raised a few concerns around Leah’s flirting during the show and I was always kind of reassured that it didn’t really matter because Bec doesn’t fancy women, so yeah, it was definitely news to me,” says Bailey.
“I look back now, it’s almost like there was some sort of, maybe a little bit of chemistry or something that was just a bit more…”
The father-of-one adds that he’d never been jealous of a partner’s connection with another woman before, but the Leah incident was new ground for him.
He explains: “I raised it at one of the dinner parties and I said, ‘look, it’s gone past just like jokey mates and some of the stuff that’s said is definitely flirty and it didn’t sit right with me’.
Becca is smitten with footballer Lily WoodhamCredit: Instagram
The couple shared a kiss in a photoboothCredit: Instagram
“To be fair, we all had a talk about it before the dinner party. We had almost, not a falling out, but a little bit of an argument between me, Bec and Leah when I was saying it didn’t sit right with me.”
Bailey and Becca no longer speak and don’t follow each other on social media, so he found out about her relationship through a torrent of messages from friends.
He says: “I was not expecting it at all. I almost thought maybe it was a bit of like a joke at first, but obviously it’s serious, and like they look happy, so I’ve got no bad feelings towards it.
“It just made me think back of other times, and you start thinking, ‘oh, maybe there was something there.”
He laughs: “If it was Leah, I’ll tell you what, I don’t think I would have been too surprised.”
As for Bailey, he’s still very much single and looking for the “right one”.
Bec accused Bailey of ‘fumbling’ their relationship after the showCredit: Instagram / @bec.fen
