Married At First Sight UK’s Jess Potter has revealed being sent death threats by fans of the Channel 4 show, after episodes of her wedding and honeymoon with Pjay Finch aired.
The pair met each other for the first time at the altar before saying their vows, and while they bonded over Harry Potter, things started to go downhill after Jess wasn’t impressed by Pjay’s job as a stripper.
On their big day, Pjay was grilled by his new mother-in-law, shortly before Jess herself stormed off and threatened to not go on her honeymoon at the revelation.
While on honeymoon, things took a worse turn as Jess awkwardly rejected Pjay’s offer of a massage, and later told the camera that she doesn’t feel the ‘romantic spark,’ and is instead feeling ‘a friend vibe’.
Taking to Instagram, Jess has revealed she has since been sent death threats and is shocked at the reaction from viewers to scenes that were filmed six months ago.
In a video shared to her followers, she said: ‘Can people stop sending me death threats because I’ve literally done f**k all wrong in this situation.
‘You were not at my wedding. Let’s remember it’s edited so not everything you see is what happened. There’s a lot more context to it.
‘I never disrespected anyone, I never did anything out of order.’
She added: ‘We actually had an amazing day, danced to Chaka Khan and got p***ed on white wine out of a jug.’
At their wedding, Jess’ mum was labelled ‘rude’ by fans, as she asked Pjay: ‘Where the f**k do you want to be in five years’ time and how are you going to get there?
‘Sort your bloody life out so you can look after my daughter because we’ll fall out,’ she added before Pjay full explained his job and how he was able to earn good money.
He added: ‘Stripping is just a now job, I’m ready to make changes,’ and told the pair he’d possibly look to go back into events management.
Fans quickly backed Pjay, and called out Jess’ mum for being ‘rude’ and towards her new son-in-law just for being a stripper, but Jess – and her mum – did start to come around moments later after Pjay gave a heartfelt explanation.
The bride told him: ‘I just jumped to conclusions and sometimes that’s what I do.’
In yesterday’s episode, while Jess admitted only feeling a ‘friend vibe’, Pjay vowed to quit stripping for her.
‘How am I going to build my life with someone with someone I don’t even bloody see?’ she asked him, adding: ‘And another thing I would say is, because I want kids in the future, I want to be with someone who can look after me during that time.’
‘My whole life I’ve had to try and explain what I do and it had affected past relationships, but I’d love it to work with Jess,’ Pjay admitted to the camera.
‘I’ll do what it takes,’ he then vowed. ‘If that’s a case of quitting stripping, I’ll make it happen.’
But it seems as though Jess isn’t actually too sure of her new man just yet – and the thought of him quitting his job is a lot.
‘I feel really bad,’ she cringes. ‘I do maybe think that he likes me more, but I’m not a horrible person.’
‘I am not at that level yet,’ she continued. ‘We are friends at the moment and hopefully, we can build on that, but I am not going to promise anything.’
But will the pair’s romance blossom after they return from honeymoon?
Married At First Sight UK continues tonight at 9pm on E4.
