Married At First Sight’s Ben accused of cheating on wife Stephanie with 20-year-old the whole time he was filming the show
Ben revealed he and Stephanie are set to divorce after marrying on the Channel 4 show
MARRIED At First Sight's Ben Jardine has been accused of cheating on estranged wife Stephanie with a 20-year-old the entire time he was filming the show - and Steph only found out about their split from a radio interview.
The millionaire property developer, 36, announced the pair were set to divorce last night after tying the knot on the Channel 4 programme.
While Ben said in his interview that he'd already moved on, now 20-year-old Lucy has claimed she was dating Ben the entire time he was filming the show and knew nothing about his TV filming until she saw the ads for it.
She wrote on Instagram: "He was cheating on Steph with me follow my accounts for the photos.
"He broke my heart tbh I’m 20 years old he should of known better I thought an older man would be mature but obviously he’s proven there all the same.
"I never knew till the adverts came out he’s admitted it already." (sic)
Lucy says she never knew about Stephanie and claims Ben has now blocked her.
She said: "If I knew he was with her I never would of given him the time of day... [it's] about a man using young ladies and women for he’s own publicity he wants the publicity he has it.
"I wish I was never in this situation but why does he get to be happy after hurting me...Wouldn’t wish this feelin on my worst enemy... I’m a 20 year old who has never been in this situation and humiliated on the TV.
"All my family knew and saying to me, 'is that not your guy on telly.'" (sic)
It comes after The Sun Online revealed the pair were a happy couple just FOUR days ago.
Now Stephanie's friend has revealed she only found out about the split from Ben's radio interview.
Her pal Sara May, who also appeared on Married At First Sight, commented on an Instagram picture of hers that Stephanie found out about the split after reading about Ben's radio interview online.
She commented: "So we all found out via this article just now too. Even Steph. What a tw*t".
After his radio interview, Ben later met former Apprentice star Luisa Zissman on a night out and she couldn't resist quizzing him about their marriage.
She asked him: "Was she a bit psycho?" and Ben replied: "She was a bit suffocating".
Ben is obviously very much a single man now as he was spotted flirting with Lizzie Cundy, 47, after she interviewed him on her radio show.
A source told : "They were all over one another. They seemed like they were genuinely into each other.
"She was stroking his arm and everything.
'He was very flirty through the whole interview and kept winking at her. He gave her a big kiss as soon as they met.
"He's definitely looking for a new girl already. They even went for drinks after the show."
Ben hinted he's already moved on when he spoke to Lizzie and her co-host Stephen Leng on their FuBar Radio show.
He said: "I've had a kiss and a cuddle. At the end of the day, it's about respect for that lady. When I was with her I gave 100 per cent and she gave 110 per cent back because she wanted to work on it."
Talking about the split, he said: "Stephanie and I are still friends but I couldn’t give her what she wanted and what she needed, and time is of the essence. And why waste someone’s time if it’s not there?"
He added: "It killed me. After the end of the show we were giving it a go, but as my mum said, you don’t know someone until you've lived with them."
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Ben explained: "It broke my heart to do what I had to do, I couldn’t give someone so lovely and so nice what she wanted. She was gutted to be totally honest and she still wanted to try, but it ain't there, kiddo.
"I was thinking, 'How can you love me?' You can’t play with affairs of the heart can you."
The split means the final episode of the series saw every couple featured going their separate ways.
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