Married At First Sight star Emma Rathbone says the hit Channel 4 show has ruined her life.
The 38-year-old, who appeared on the dating show's very first series in 2015, is now a divorcee who fears she will be single and childless forever.
Emma tied the knot with 39-year-old James Ord-Hume, as the pair first laid eyes on one another when Emma walked down the aisle.
The show sees desperate daters agree to wed a total stranger picked by experts.
Now, as the show gets its sixth season underway, Emma and James are navigating their way through a divorce - something they didn't plan for when signing up to the series.
And from the twelve couples have been matched over four years – all the marriages have ended in divorce, including Emma's.
But it seems as though Emma is now having to regain her reputation following her ill-fated stint on the show, admitting that most men are put off at her once being on it.
She told Main Online : "A lot of men have been put off when they find out. There's definitely a stigma there and some have refused to meet me after they've found out."
She went on: "Sometimes I feel I can't win. If I am open about it, some men don't give me a chance, but keeping it secret until further down the line can be damaging too."
"I had no idea about the long-term effects. When you are taking part, you are not thinking about ten years down the line."
Emma's brief relationship with husband James lasted a mere eight-and-a-half months from their very publicised wedding day.
Now, five years later, Emma is hoping to turn her luck around as she's thinking about the near future with kids and a partner in the back of her mind.
The hopeless romantic actually registered with a fertility clinic "just in case", as she even revealed plans to use a sperm donor.
She added: "It wasn't my life goal to be single and childless at 38. The older you become, you kind of feel like you're being left on the shelf.
"This wasn't in the plan, but I am where I am and I am trying to make the best of it."
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