Zoe Clifton and Jenna Robinson took off their wedding rings, but not for the reason you may think (Picture: E4)
Married At First Sight UK has had its fair share of failed matches, but the success stories don’t come much better than Zoe Clifton and Jenna Robinson.
The couple met on the 2022 series of MAFS – they may have been strangers on their wedding day, but the connection between them was instant.
Of course, they also faced a few obstacles – a clash in lifestyles as Zoe was a meat lover while Jenna was a proud vegan. Then there was the distance between Stafford-based Zoe, 30, and Jenna, 33, whose zero-waste store was based in Blackpool. The biggest dilemma was their opposing views on having children. However, none of that stopped them from saying ‘I do’ for a second time in their vow renewals at the end of the experiment.
When they left the E4 show and went back to their normal lives things seemed to get even easier for them.
‘The problems we had in the experiment just weren’t an issue when we were back in the real world,’ shared Zoe.
Their issues seeming bigger than they were may have a little something to do with producer involvement and the need for storylines.
Zoe and Jenna are very happy in the real world (Picture: Instagram / Zoe Clifton)
While participating in the experiment Zoe noticed the impact their presence was having on the relationship and asked for the team to stop asking the couple questions about veganism.
‘It was causing problems, so I had a quiet word with production and asked them to stop it. They did respect it and we weren’t asked about it again,’ she revealed.
Despite their fairytale start to life in the real world, the pair decided to take their wedding rings off.
‘We took our wedding rings off about six months into our relationship. They now live on our bedside tables,’ disclosed Jenna.
Zoe had a quiet word with producers (Picture: Instagram / Jenna Robinson)
‘Between us, we decided that we just wanted to be a normal couple and date. The process definitely sped things up for us and gave us a good start but we wanted to date.’
‘Although we had this mad start to our relationship, which is a cool story we do just feel like any other couple,’ Zoe sweetly added.
The wedding ceremonies on MAFS are not legally binding, and so earlier this year Zoe proposed to Jenna, and they plan to do it for real soon.
This time they’d like to spend more time with friends and family, without the stresses of trying to get to know a perfect stranger.
They do want to keep one thing the same though: ‘We’d like to get married on our original wedding date,’ shared Jenna.
Jenna and Zoe would like to get legally married in the future (Picture: Instagram / Jenna Robinson)
They may be able to use the date, but they’d struggle to use the same venue.
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Source:: Metro
