Married At First Sight’s Jake Edwards reveals how he plans to reconcile with ‘bride from hell’ Beck Zemek
Married At First Sight’s Jake Edwards is on a mission to break down the walls put up by his ‘wife’ Beck Zemek on Married At First Sight.
The charity owner, 32, told Today Extra on Tuesday he wanted to ‘start again’ with Beck, who was labelled the ‘bride from hell’ last week after she erupted at him for turning on a light while she was sleeping.
Jake told hosts Sylvia Jeffreys and David Campbell he’d found ‘common ground’ with his partner since their blow-up and hopes they can move forward.
Speaking up: Married At First Sight’s Jake Edwards (right), 32, told Today show hosts Allison Langdon (centre) and David Campbell (left) on Tuesday he was on a mission to break down the walls on his on-screen ‘wife’ Rebecca Zemek
‘I think you would’ve seen last night we turned a bit of a page and we start finding some common ground,’ he said, referring to the progress they made on Monday’s episode.
‘I guess, first, it’s just breaking down that wall with Beck and then starting again,’ Jake added.
‘We start realising the one thing we have in common is our drive and ambition in life with work and career, and I guess that’s a really good starting point for us to move forward.
‘Beck is a lovely person. She just comes across quite abrupt. I do work very hard to bring down those walls, and eventually we do get there.’
Why they haven’t hit it off? Jake, who was once a rising AFL star playing for the Carlton Football Club, added he believed Rebecca’s walls were up due to having previously dated a footballer – and painting him with the same brush
‘I think early on Bec probably identified that I was her past because she’s dated a footballer in the past and her walls went straight up… So it’s probably easier for her to get defensive and criticise rather than get to know me on a deeper level,’ Jake said of Rebecca (right)
Jake, who was once a rising AFL star for the Carlton Football Club, said Beck’s walls were up because she previously dated a footballer and was painting him with the same brush.
‘I think early on Beck probably identified that I was her past because she’s dated a footballer in the past and her walls went straight up. So it’s probably easier for her to get defensive and criticise rather than get to know me on a deeper level,’ he said.
Jake’s comments come after Rebecca erupted at him for turning a light on for 20 seconds while she was asleep during an episode that aired last week.
In a scene which saw one viewer describe her as ‘Godzilla’, Beck raged: ‘Why would you turn the light on while I was sleeping?’
Jake, clearly shocked by the accusation, replied: ‘All I did was turn the hallway light on for 20 seconds to get some clothes out.’
His ‘wife’ bitterly responded: ‘I just feel that’s pretty disrespectful, considering there’s probably a bathroom light you could have used.’
Married At First Sight continues Tuesday at 7.30pm on Nine
Fuming: Jakes comments come after Rebecca erupted at him for turning a light on for 20 seconds while she was asleep after they moved in together on the show last week