First comes marriage andthencomes love for the couples onMarried at First Sight.
So what happens behind the scenes?
This social experiment has hopeful singles undergo a lengthycasting processto help them find lasting love (viaYouTube).
But just how rigorous is the selection of the romantics who are willing to marry a stranger?
Who better to get the inside scoop from than a former cast member?
The couple then also appeared onMarried Life (viaYouTube).
Well, the show’s sexologist makes that happen.
“She straight up asked,” Cortney Hendrix explained.
“‘What are you attracted to?
The professionals leave nothing to the imagination in the looks department.
They presented Hendrix with a packet full of photos of different men 100 to be exact.
“And we had to go through and rate the people based on physical looks only …
I feel like it was a scale from one to five,” she dished.
The experts got something right, because the blushing bride wasveryattracted to her new groom.
From their flirtyphoto shoot, to thewedding nightand sultryhoneymoonthat followed, there was some major vibing happening.
(Theshow has changed over the years, and now they are down to three experts.)
You may be wondering why she didn’t meet with the fourth. "
I actually panicked and didn’t let her in!”
After these in-depths interviews, Hendrix got some soul-searching homework to do in the form of another questionnaire.
This was one was lengthy, to say the least.
“It took me six hours!
“It was pretty general questions of why do you suck at dating,” she said.
“It was also the prenup.”
However, this agreementstilldid not guarantee that Hendrix would be matched.
Catch Cortney and all previous seasons of Married At First Sight on Lifetime.
Plus, new episodes of season 12 are now airing Wednesdays at 8 p.m. EST.
