Married At First Sight groom Luke Fourniotis reveals how he REALLY felt after his spouse Melissa admitted she is extra drawn to his co-star

Married At First Sight bride Melissa Akbay left her husband Luke Fourniotis stunned during Tuesday night’s bombshell episode, after she confessed to him that she thought his co-star was more attractive.

Melissa, 28, and Luke, 30, were participating in a photo challenge, where she had to rank all the grooms on the show in order of how attractive she found them.

Before taking part, Melissa told the producers that MAFS was a ‘truthful experiment’ and said she would not lie to her husband.

In a shock move, Melissa then stunned Luke after she ranked him second to fellow groom Grayson McIvor – for a very surprising reason.

‘If someone was to describe who would suit me based on physicality, it would probably be him,’ Mel told Luke.

‘And then you. I think you are attractive, you take care of yourself, have a good physique, but I want to be true to myself. So I will put you a close second to Grayson.’ 

Married At First Sight bride Melissa Akbay left her husband Luke Fourniotis stunned during Tuesday night’s bombshell episode, after she confessed to him that she thought his co-star was more attractive. Both pictured 

In a shock move, Melissa stunned Luke after she ranked him second to fellow groom Grayson McIvor (pictured) 

A heartbroken Luke told producers it was difficult to process Mel’s shock decision.

‘That just knocks me down further, to be honest. Right now I feel massively under-confident,’ he said. 

He later told Daily Mail that he was shocked by Mel’s actions as it weakened their relationship.

‘Being the only groom not ranked first wasn’t easy,’ he said. 

‘If you’re in a relationship, you want to make the other person feel secure. Ranking someone first is such an easy way to do that.’

Luke admitted that even if Mel privately felt he wasn’t her number one, the public rejection stung.

‘Even if you think I’m second or third, it doesn’t hurt to put me first,’ he said. ‘It just makes someone feel liked, feel secure. That didn’t happen.’

But Luke insists the ranking itself wasn’t the biggest blow.

‘The main thing was she didn’t even let me in as a friend,’ he said. 

‘This experiment would have been so much more enjoyable for both of us if we could have just been friends.’

He later told Daily Mail that he was shocked by Mel’s actions as it weakened their relationship

‘Being the only groom not ranked first wasn’t easy,’ he said. ‘If you’re in a relationship, you want to make the other person feel secure’ 

He said their conversations rarely went beyond surface-level, leaving him feeling constantly shut down.

‘Whenever I tried to make conversation, I wasn’t getting much back,’ he said. 

‘If you can’t talk about basic things, you’re not getting to know each other on a personal level.’

When photos emerged last August showing Luke and Melissa living strikingly separate lives just one week into moving in together, it raised eyebrows.

At the time, it seemed like a minor wobble.

Now, as behind-the-scenes details finally come to light, those images read like a warning.

Insiders say the marriage was already unravelling long before dinner parties, commitment ceremonies or explosive confrontations even aired.

And the reason, sources claim, was simple: Luke put in the effort — Mel didn’t. 

‘That wasn’t a rough patch,’ one source told Daily Mail. 

‘That was a marriage where one person had already checked out.’