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Married at First Sight bride was left 'mortified' | Married at First Sight bride was left 'mortified' |
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Polly Sellman and Adam Nightingale were paired up on the reality TV show | Polly Sellman and Adam Nightingale were paired up on the reality TV show |
Married at First Sight bride Polly Sellman says she has learned how to better solve conflict after her time on the Channel 4 reality show, admitting she is “ashamed” of herself. | Married at First Sight bride Polly Sellman says she has learned how to better solve conflict after her time on the Channel 4 reality show, admitting she is “ashamed” of herself. |
Ms Sellman, who lives in Maidstone, told BBC Radio Kent she was “mortified” watching the show back, having been at the centre of heated arguments with other contestants. | Ms Sellman, who lives in Maidstone, told BBC Radio Kent she was “mortified” watching the show back, having been at the centre of heated arguments with other contestants. |
The show is a social experiment where single people marry total strangers, meeting for the first time at the altar. The weddings are not legally binding. | The show is a social experiment where single people marry total strangers, meeting for the first time at the altar. The weddings are not legally binding. |
When Ms Sellman's groom, Adam Nightingale, said she wasn’t his type, the bride gained sympathy with viewers, but that disappeared as the show progressed and she said she has received abuse online. | When Ms Sellman's groom, Adam Nightingale, said she wasn’t his type, the bride gained sympathy with viewers, but that disappeared as the show progressed and she said she has received abuse online. |
Polly Sellman says she has learned from her time on the show how to handle conflict | Polly Sellman says she has learned from her time on the show how to handle conflict |
Now she admits she could have handled conflict on the show in a different way. | Now she admits she could have handled conflict on the show in a different way. |
“Watching it back, I have been absolutely mortified, I cannot deny that,” she said. | “Watching it back, I have been absolutely mortified, I cannot deny that,” she said. |
“I can’t sit here and say I don’t think I did anything wrong. | “I can’t sit here and say I don’t think I did anything wrong. |
“It was awful. I do not condone that behaviour.” | “It was awful. I do not condone that behaviour.” |
Nevertheless she praised the show’s staff, production and welfare support and said the experience “from start to finish was just amazing”. | Nevertheless she praised the show’s staff, production and welfare support and said the experience “from start to finish was just amazing”. |
Married At First Sight bride Polly Sellman from Maidstone chats with Allison Ferns. | |
She added: “I definitely have learned that there are ways of going about things to solve conflict and I know that me being like a dog with a bone isn’t the best way to go about things.” | She added: “I definitely have learned that there are ways of going about things to solve conflict and I know that me being like a dog with a bone isn’t the best way to go about things.” |
With series nine of the show still running, the careers advisor could not say how things would turn out for her and Mr Nightingale. | With series nine of the show still running, the careers advisor could not say how things would turn out for her and Mr Nightingale. |
But she did confirm she would not be leaving Kent to move to his Midlands' home in Nottingham, as "there’s no sea,” she said. | But she did confirm she would not be leaving Kent to move to his Midlands' home in Nottingham, as "there’s no sea,” she said. |
“There’s no coastline. I have to be near a body of water, " she added. | “There’s no coastline. I have to be near a body of water, " she added. |
"I am a water baby.” | "I am a water baby.” |
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