Alert – Awhina, look away! Adrian Araouzou is caught flirting up storm with former Married At First Sight bride after sliding in her DMs during filming

Married At First Sight’s Adrian Araouzou has been snapped getting cosy with former bride Bronte Schofield after he was called out for liking her sizzling bikini snaps on Instagram.

The 36-year-old Sydney-based sportswear brand owner was seen spending time with Bronte, 29, at the Cottesloe Beach Club in Perth, despite still being matched with Awhina Rutene on the show.

Adrian, dressed in a breezy white button-up shirt and light beige trousers paired with crisp white sneakers, was all smiles as he stood alongside Bronte.

Bronte, who was infamously paired with Harrison Boon in 2023, flaunted her toned figure in a cream crochet halter top and high-waisted baggy jeans.

She accessorised with black sandals, a black backpack, and glowy, bronzed makeup.

Although fellow grooms Paul Antoine, Tony Mojanovski, and Eliot Donovan were also in attendance, Adrian and Bronte appeared to separate from the group and shared flirty banter at a side table.

Married At First Sight’s Adrian Araouzou has been snapped getting cosy with former bride Bronte Schofield (both pictured) after he was called out for liking her sizzling bikini snaps on Instagram

The 36-year-old was seen spending time with Bronte, 29, at the Cottesloe Beach Club in Perth, despite still being matched with Awhina Rutene on the show

During filming, Adrian was pulled aside and confronted over his online activity—specifically, liking Bronte’s racy Instagram content.

But he brushed off the backlash, telling producers: ‘She’s hot. She’s more my type, so of course I’m going to like her photos.’

A source close to production told Daily Mail : ‘It was a total betrayal of the experiment. Adrian wasn’t here for the right reasons.’

This isn’t the first time his connection with Bronte raised eyebrows.

Insiders claim Adrian was caught sending her late-night messages behind Awhina’s back—only for Bronte to reveal it to the group during a fiery off-camera confrontation.

With his relationship with Awhina already on rocky ground, it seems Adrian may be lining up a new reality romance before the experiment even ends.

Meanwhile, speaking to Daily Mail , Awhina, 30, admitted that the Final Task only served to expose pre-existing issues between the couple.

‘We’d been living in this fake bubble. Nothing real was being addressed,’ Awhina said.

Adrian, dressed in a breezy white button-up shirt and light beige trousers paired with crisp white sneakers, was all smiles as he stood alongside Bronte

Adrian appeared anything but impressed when onlookers snapped a photo of them chatting

‘I didn’t want constant conflict, but when the task forced us to reflect it made me realise we both had doubts about our relationship.

‘Adrian couldn’t handle being called out – he always saw me expressing feelings as an attack and his default was to retaliate by tearing down my character.

‘No apology. No accountability.’

Awhina entered Wednesday’s dinner party visibly upset, and said Adrian failed to support her emotionally, even at her lowest point.

‘I came into this looking for a life partner, but in that moment he wasn’t even showing up as a friend,’ she said.

The aged care worker added that Adrian’s actions throughout the entire series had taken a toll on her mental and physical health. 

‘I was physically unwell, overwhelmed, and he showed zero self-awareness,’ she said.

‘I truly felt like he was actively trying to hurt me – that’s his fighting style.’

Married At First Sight bride Awhina Rutene (pictured) has slammed her TV groom Adrian Araouzou following the series’ controversial Final Task

Speaking to Daily Mail , Awhina candidly revealed that the Final Task only served to expose pre-existing issues between the couple

Despite what viewers saw on screen, Awhina said there were moments behind the scenes where she considered walking out of the experiment early.

‘After friends and family week, I was ready to pack up and go,’ she revealed.

‘Then when he left and went on a date with Sierra [Swepstone], I was done.’

Awhina said she convinced herself to stay in the experiment as she didn’t want to get ‘torn apart’ by fans.   

‘I was scared,’ Awhina explained.

‘I watched what happened to Eliot when he didn’t show up to a dinner party – he got torn apart on national TV. I didn’t want that.’ 

Awhina added she is still waiting for an apology from Adrian – even after the cameras stopped rolling.

‘There’s never been a real apology. Even now, I get messages from him saying, ‘You’re the reason I look like this on TV,’ Awhina claimed.

‘It’s always someone else’s fault — the edit, production, me. Never him.’

She said that the situation may have been different if Adrian could own up to his actions.

‘I truly felt like he was actively trying to hurt me – that’s his fighting style,’ she said 

‘It would be really beautiful if Adrian could just say, ‘Hey, I saw some really disturbing behaviour from myself and I’m sorry.’ But that’s never happened,’ she said.

In a shocking twist, Awhina revealed that unlike the other couples, she and Adrian were never separated before Final Vows – breaking tradition in the experiment.

‘We were supposed to spend time apart to reflect. But we never did,’ Awhina said.

‘Adrian was around me constantly — even during behind-the-scenes filming. I never had a moment to be alone with my thoughts.’

She added that she felt suffocated by Adrian’s behaviour. 

‘He’d be in my ear saying, ‘I’ve got nothing but good things to say about us,’ pushing his reality onto me. I couldn’t even breathe,’ she said.

Awhina said that the one saving grace amid the chaos was fellow bride Jamie Marinos, who quickly became Awhina’s closest friend in the experiment.

‘Jamie has been my rock. She checks in on me — not for airtime or clout, but because she genuinely cares,’ Awhina said.

When asked if she had any final messages for Adrian, Awhina’s response was more than telling

‘Nothing,’ she replied bluntly. ‘There’s nothing more to say’

‘What you see on screen, those tears — they’re real. Our bodies literally rejected the pain. We went through something deeply traumatic.’

With Final Vows just around the corner, Awhina all but confirmed that her relationship with Adrian is over.

‘There were so many wishy-washy conversations throughout the experiment. I just wanted him to stop hiding behind ‘God’s plan’ and speak the truth,’ she said.

‘He didn’t even show up as a friend.

When asked if she had any final messages for Adrian, Awhina’s response was more than telling. 

‘Nothing,’ she replied bluntly. 

‘There’s nothing more to say.’ 

Married At First Sight will return on Sunday at 7.00pm on Channel Nine and 9Now.