{"id":1351,"date":"2026-03-08T22:59:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T22:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2026-03-08T22:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T22:59:02","slug":"mafs-bec-zacharia-has-a-secret-meeting-with-luke-fourniotis-before-he-quit-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/?p=1351","title":{"rendered":"MAFS’ Bec Zacharia has a secret meeting with Luke Fourniotis before he quit the show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Married at First Sight couple Luke Fourniotis and Mel Akbay finally put an end to their strained relationship last month.<\/p>\n

And now pictures have emerged that the 30-year-old groom had a ‘secret’ meeting with another bride before quitting the show.<\/p>\n

The farmer was seen out about with\u00a0Bec Zacharia whose pairing with groom Danny Hewitt has proved to be a stormy match all season.<\/p>\n

Bec and Luke looked friendly as they stopped by Camy’s Chicken shop in Green Square, not far from the Married At First Sight hotel.<\/p>\n

Luke, dressed in a T-shirt and white shorts, looked perfectly at home with the controversial bride.<\/p>\n

Bec was seen grinning widely as she shared a joke with Luke, who she once called ‘cute’ on MAFS.<\/p>\n

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The 35-year-old account manager dressed casually for her outing in a white knit sleeveless top, blue jeans and sandals.<\/p>\n

Wearing her hair tied back, Bec accessorised with a pair of attractive cream drop earrings.<\/p>\n

At one point, the pair were seen carrying on a deep conversation as they waited for their order.<\/p>\n

According to a MAFS insider, Luke and Mel had struck a close friendship with Bec and Danny while filming the show.<\/p>\n

The bond reportedly caused issues for producers who had warned the foursome that couples were not supposed to hang out together, without a camera present.<\/p>\n

This is because the show’s creators don’t like to miss any potential drama.<\/p>\n

It comes after Mel and Luke called\u00a0time on their relationship, with the pair admitting it was an amicable split.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘I couldn’t have foreseen how hard this experiment would be,’ Mel told Luke.<\/p>\n

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‘I am really happy I met Luke, I hope we can stay friends, but I have decided to Leave,’ she added.<\/p>\n

Luke agreed they could continue to see each other – just not romantically.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Daily Mail shortly after filming ended, Luke\u00a0reflected on the toll his relationship had taken on him.<\/span><\/p>\n

When asked whether he believed he had been paired with the right person, he did not hesitate.<\/p>\n

‘I feel like the life just got sucked out of me by the match I was with,’ he confessed.<\/p>\n

In a previous interview, Luke admitted the experiment had left him feeling like ‘an absolute shadow of myself’.<\/p>\n

‘I lost my confidence and I just really didn’t like it,’ he said at the time.<\/p>\n

Despite the public rejection, he had chosen to stay, explaining: ‘It didn’t feel right to leave the show without even giving the experts a chance.’<\/p>\n

‘I didn’t want to leave with animosity towards Mel. I didn’t want everyone to look back at the experience and think it was just horrible.’<\/p>\n

He also confessed hearing Mel’s comments in front of the group made him feel ‘even more vulnerable’ and ‘almost embarrassed’.<\/p>\n

At the time, Luke remained hopeful they could strip their relationship back to basics.<\/p>\n

‘Forget about intimacy, forget about romance,’ he said.<\/p>\n

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