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Seren Morris

MAFS UK: Who is Whitney Hughes? Fans unimpressed with her reaction to Duka Cav

Whitney Hughes’ reaction to new husband Duka Cav got viewers talking.

(Picture: Channel 4/E4)

Married at First Sight UK is back – and one contestant has already stolen the show.

Whitney Hughes’ reaction to her partner Duka Cav got viewers talking, and left many people unimpressed.

The first episode captured Whitney’s initial reaction to new husband Duka – which took place during their wedding ceremony – and it’s safe to say she was disappointed.

She said: “I wanted a man who’s a man that’s towering over me, like massive, like a brick house. Compared to a house, maybe he’s a shed. But she added: “But there’s no patches in his beard, so I’m not going to knock his beard.”

Whitney added: “I’m in between maybe saying the vows, or maybe just like run. This is the worst thing I’ve ever done in my f**king life.”

Who is Whitney Hughes?

Whitney Hughes, the biggest character of MAFS UK so far, is a 31-year-old PA from St Albans. Her mum died in a car accident two years ago, at the age of 55, inspiring Whitney to become a road safety campaigner.

She says that her mum was her best friend, and she’s proud that her strict upbringing made her “the strong and independent woman she now is”.

Described as “fun, confident and sexy”, Whitney isn’t “short of male attention” but hasn’t found someone who “can tick all the boxes”.

However, as she has “such high expectations for her potential partner and worries she’ll never actually let anyone in”, she is worried she will end up single at 50, with only her dogs for company.

Whitney has dated men on a superficial level but has never found anyone “good enough” to take home to her family.

But she’s ready to give someone a chance, and says she believes that putting the responsibility of finding her partner into the experts’ hands might be her only solution.

However, Whitney was not impressed with the experts’ choice for her.

Who is Duka Cav?

Duka has been partnered with Whitney in MAFS UK season 7. (Channel 4/E4)

Duka Cav is a 31-year-old recruitment HR coordinator from Birmingham. He moved to the UK aged 10 after his family fled the former Yugoslavia to escape conflict.

Duka “finds it difficult to let people in and puts up his guard when people start to get close emotionally” due to his struggles growing up.

While he says he’s a “man about town” and says “women fall at his feet”, he admits he goes for “superficial” girls and “gets bored of them easily”.

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