TOWIE’s Dani Imbert has been left “humiliated” by her ex after the MAFS groom was claimed to have dumped her to “marry a stranger for fame.”
Many E4 viewers were left doing a double take when Reiss Boyce entered the matchmaking experiment as one of six intruder contestants.
Towie’s Dani Imbert has been left ‘hurt’ and ‘humiliated’ after witnessing her ex on MAFS[/caption]
Reiss has entered the E4 series as an intruder groom[/caption]
He has been accused of ‘using her to marry a stranger for fame’[/caption]
The 33-year-old previously enjoyed a brush with fame thanks to his romance with ITVBe beauty Dani, 27.
Dani dated Reiss on and off since summer 2023 after a fling with her Towie castmate Roman Hackett.
The pair were smitten with each other before abruptly calling things off – with the “real” reason for their break-up subsequently coming to attention on MAFS.
Now, after Reiss has married 31-year-old Leisha on the reality series, it has been claimed the painter and decorator told Dani she was “the One” – and that he was heading on holiday rather than filming for the programme.
MailOnline claims Reiss told the beauty they would rekindle their romance after he had gone travelling – with scenes showing him getting hitched now leaving her “hurt.”
A source told the publication: “Dani had been dating Reiss from early 2023 until May 2024, when they briefly split because she feared he was more interested in fame than their relationship.
“Despite the split, they continued seeing each other in secret and were still together in March 2025, when, without Dani knowing, he began filming Married At First Sight UK.
“Reiss told Dani he was going travelling and promised they would reconnect and become official again.
“Dani now feels hurt and betrayed; they had been in a long-term relationship, and Reiss had led her to believe they had a future together.
“In reality, he was filming a dating show and would go on to marry another woman.”
On a recent episode of MAFS, he said the relationship came to an end “because the bickering became too much.”
He also said: “When a girl leaves you, you feel abandoned and lost.”
A source told us of the relationship timeline and said: “Reiss and Dani have had an on/off relationship and were close for a while.
“They had split up last year, way before Married at First Sight started, and he was single at the time he signed up to the show.”
Mafs couples that have stood the test of time
Loved-up Tayah Victoria and Adam Aveling of series six fame had the first Mafs baby.
The pair couldn’t keep their hands off each other on the programme and quickly found their feet in the outside world, moving into Adam’s Doncaster home.
Just 18 months after meeting, the couple welcomed their daughter Beau.
Season five couple Michelle Walder and Owen Jenkins also managed to make their marriage work away from the cameras and had their first child in December.
Teacher Michelle, 29, has no regrets about taking part in the experiment. She told us: “I just feel very lucky and thankful that it has worked out – and excited for everything to come.”
Michelle and Owen were both sick of dating apps when they applied in 2019.
Owen recalled: “I had been out for some drinks with a friend after work.
“While he was out for a cigarette I was scrolling on Instagram waiting for him to come back in.
“The MAFS advert was the last thing I saw, and I joked, ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if I signed up?’
“A few beers later when I was back at home I sent in the application, and the rest is history.”
Another couple to make Mafs UK history is Zoe Clifton and Jenna Robinson.
Despite a slight rocky start, where they clashed over Jenna’s vegan lifestyle, the show’s first same sex pairing are still going strong.
They even have a successful podcast together called Life With a Pod.
Jenna shed light on being involved in the show earlier this year when she told us: “We’re not legally married, and I never felt like we were. I definitely feel the process makes you take the relationship a lot more seriously and having the help of the experts… if you can survive that process it sets a firm foundation for a long-lasting relationship.”
Reiss then told The Sun: “Dani is a great girl but it didn’t work out for us romantically.
“I will always think a lot of her and wish her the best, but when I signed up for Married at First Sight I was single and ready for commitment.”
DANI’S TAKE
Dani previously confessed that she and Reiss had known each other for a while and were an item before she started seeing Towie co-star Roman.
She told The Sun: “I am seeing someone else now to be completely honest.
“We knew each other before the whole me and Roman situation, we were kind of seeing each other.
“I called it off with him because I started seeing Roman – then this whole stuff happened off camera since we’ve been filming that stopped me and Roman from speaking again and then I started seeing the boy that I started seeing before.”
MAFS JOURNEY
Meanwhile Reiss told the MAFS experts ahead of entering the series how he was hoping to ditch his “pretty boy” image and persona and prove he can settle down.
His said his ideal bride is “someone blonde, petite with an element of glamour.”
Yet it appeared he had instant doubts as his bride couldn’t stop screaming at the altar.
Fans were then quick to flag their smooch as “the most awkward kiss ever.”
Reiss also struggled as Leisha and her bridesmaid fired a series of questions at him.
During their wedding reception, Leisha asked her new husband: “What’s your exes been like?”
Reiss explained that his ex girlfriends have been “all different”, saying he focuses on a “connection.”
Leisha asked: “Do you get a lot of attention?,” to which he replied: “No, not really.”
Speaking to the camera away from her husband, Leisha said: “I’m so happy with how things are going with me and Reiss.
“It’s in my nature to ask these questions, so I’m just going to keep asking them and I truly want to get to know him to his core.”
Looking uncomfortable, Reiss was then quizzed by the bridesmaid, who asked: “So how many exes have you had?”
Reiss said he’s not one for dating apps and has been longing to be in a relationship.
He said: “Four exes, luckily I’ve never actually dated a psychos.”
They then asked if jealousy on his behalf had caused the relationships to end, which he insisted was not the case.
But the interrogation didn’t stop there. The bridesmaid then asked if he would like kids and Reiss replied: “100% yeah.”
This prompted Leisha to then press him on what he would call his child.
Reiss quickly replied: “Frankie,” which Leisha agreed was a good name.
Speaking in her confessional, Leisha said: “Him telling me he wants kids is a massive turn on for me, I’m ovulating.”
While Reiss felt very differently, saying the the camera: “It started off as a grilling, there’s a lot to take in.”
Reiss is said to have told Dani he was travelling – when in fact he was filming for MAFS[/caption]
Dani found fame on TOWIE[/caption]
The painter and decorator appeared to have the ick with bride Leisha[/caption]
