MAFS UK groom almost 'quit' show because of manipulative cast members: 'Everyone is coming for you'

Married At First Sight UK is back in full swing and contestants are dealing with different challenges at different stages in their relationship. Amidst all of this, groom Thomas Kriaras has revealed that everything is not as beautiful between the contestants as it seems.

This comes as he felt like ‘everyone is coming for you’ as he found many of his cast mates ‘manipulative and competitive.’

MAFS UK’s Thomas Kriaras reveals why he wanted to ‘quit’ the show

According to The Sun, Thomas found being on a reality TV show in a toxic environment so overwhelming that he almost walked out of the show in the initial weeks. The 37-year-old went on to reveal that he was ‘shocked’ by how some of his fellow cast mates reacted. He said:

There definitely were points where I wanted to quit, I just thought 'This is not for me.' I couldn't cope with manipulation coming from other cast members.

I am not going to name names, but there was a pressure from other cast members to push you out because they didn’t want to be the first one’s out.

Thomas clarified that he wasn’t talking about his partner Rosaline - who has been his ‘rock’ - and his close friends Luke Worley and Jay Howard. He added:

They would use what you said in confidence to them against you by bringing it up on camera at a later point. It made you realise that some people are your friends and some people are there for the TV.

I think some people just couldn’t help the competitive aspect. I was just trying to focus on my relationship with Ros, but I was so surprised by how some people were trying to get between others.

It hurt me to see that. You really feel exposed at times, like everyone is coming for you.

Despite everything, he claimed he doesn’t hate anybody and said:

I do think everyone in there was a kind soul, deep down, it's just that some of them clearly couldn't help but get caught up in a competitive mindset.

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The Sun: I’m on Married At First Sight but I secretly wanted to QUIT because of manipulative and competitive castmates