Their Married At First Sight co-stars and many viewers insisted there are some serious “red flags” that should make Tori Adams pack her bags and run, but she and ‘husband’ Jack Dunkley insisted they are in it for the long haul. And surprisingly, the intense scrutiny they face just brings them closer together.
Now, it appears the two are closer than ever following the experiment, as the couple celebrate the first anniversary together. From future baby plans, moving in together and even engagement rumours – this is what Tori and Jack’s life looks like after the show.
What do you want to know?
Who are Jack Dunkley and Tori Adams?
In 2024, MAFS fans were introduced to Jack Dunkley, a 34-year-old personal trainer, who described himself as an alpha male. His introduction on the show was memorable to say the least, after the groom shared with the experts – and viewers at home – that he’s very sexually active, dominant and passionate. He also called himself a mix between Tarzan and Christian Grey before opening up about his more vulnerable side when producers asked if he thinks people would assume he’s a “f–k boy.”
“I’m gonna say short answer yes, probably. But I’ve been 20, I’ve been 22, I’ve been 24. I definitely had a lot of fun, but I’m 34 now and I’m looking for a wife and a best friend,” he said. “I’m sitting on the couch on a Saturday night lonely, watching movies by myself.”
Although he went on to ruffle feathers after he followed this up by saying he’s usually attracted to “submissive” women.
Enter Tori, a 27-year-old Business Development Manager who also described herself as dominant.
“I’m very strong, stern, to the point. I’m absolutely a control freak – and I think going into this process where I have no control will be interesting,” she told producers at the beginning of the season. “If something is not going how I would like it to go, it looks like me being a bit of a bulldog I think – harsh, insensitive, aggressive. It’s not nice.”
As for why she’s on MAFS in the first place? “I don’t need a person, I don’t need a partner. But I want a person,” she revealed. “I struggle finding a partner because I am so independent.”
The couple were matched up by the love experts, with Alessandra Rampolla claiming “both Jack and Tori are highly sexually driven individuals. Not everybody places sexuality so high up on their priorities list but for them it’s really important. I have high hopes of them gelling in that aspect.”
And boy, was it a memorable match. Although the couple dealt with their fair share of drama throughout the season, they did go on to become one of the few pairs that made it to the final vows and beyond – much to the surprise of Aussie fans who were vocal throughout the season about their dislike of the controversial couple.
Are Jack and Tori still together?
Yes! It may come as unexpected news to audiences of the show, but the controversial pair are one of the few remaining couples still together from the 2024 season. Now celebrating a year together, the pair frequently give fans updates on life after the show and in January 2025, Tori sat down with WHO to share her secret to proving haters wrong.
“We’ve never put on a facade,” she explains. “Obviously, what we’ve shown on TV was what they wanted you to see. But behind that 7:30 time slot, Monday to Thursday, we were a functioning couple that laughed, had fun, mucked around, bantered, and had those deep conversations. We were just two people that were actively working on getting to know each other and forming a really strong bond.”
Now living on the Gold Coast with her beau, Tori admits that the couple, who dominated headlines throughout the season, now enjoy “a very humble life.”
“We go to the gym, go to work, come home, do those life admin jobs…it’s not crazy but we enjoy each other’s company,” she explains, adding that her partner has been instrumental to her health journey.
“I knew that I wanted to be fit and healthy and I needed to educate myself on how to correctly do that,” the former MAFS Bride who keeps fans up to date on her progress via Instagram explains. “Jack kind of put me on this journey. I’ve always led a very fit and healthy lifestyle, but having his support, his knowledge and his expertise to back me and help me in those times when I’m not feeling the most motivated or I’m getting a little bit down, he’s always there to uplift me and support me through it.”
In late 2024, Jack revealed that the pair were looking forward to raising a family together in the future, sharing on his Instagram stories that his ideal timeline was two years since the pair were “happy building a life we want to lead at the moment” – a sentiment echoed by Tori.
“I’m absolutely not pregnant and I’m absolutely not engaged,” she laughs. “But look, there’s plenty of time for that, so I’m sure the time will arise, but no Jack and I just enjoying life at the moment, together.”
Jack and Tori’s final vows, explained
Although fans expected to see the couple breeze through the final episode of the experiment, Jack’s departing speech wasn’t exactly clear when it first aired in 2024.
For Tori, her final vows saw her admit she was falling in love with Jack and ready to move away from her family and join her husband in Queensland, while her beau started his speech off with an apology.
“I’m concerned that our biggest connecting factor might have been the brutal environment of the experiment where our loyal personalities bonded over having each other’s back and picking each other up when need be, like teammates, not lovers,” he explained. “I’m sorry to say I didn’t commit myself to this process for a platonic relationship nor a teammate…we’re not in love. So how can I commit to you and ask you to uproot and move your life to the Gold Coast?”
“Before I leave today, I want to thank you. Thank you for carving out an amazing journey with me and I’m sorry. Sorry for the times I let you down. I’m sorry for if whatever reason, I haven’t lived up to the expectations of the amazing guy you deserve to share your life with.”
Although the speech began with negatives, Jack pivoted to a happy ending, admitting; “I am absolutely head over heels for you.”
“I need to do what is best for me and ultimately best for you. I deserve an equal. Moving forward with you is a massive risk and it’s a risk I’m 100% ready to take…Tori I am absolutely head over heels for you.”
Tori, like most of Australia, was stunned and a little confused. Despite Jack’s list of negatives, it seemed he *did* want to continue the relationship, and Tori was ready to take the “nice” things from the speech and keep on moving ahead.
Shortly before the final episode aired, the couple sat down with WHO and it was clear they were already smitten with each other, but were over the negative storylines dominating their season.
“The main players that you see on MAFS each night are poking and prodding at our relationship to get screen time,” Jack told WHO as he and Tori joined us on the phone. “Meanwhile, they’re ignoring their own marriages and while we just grow closer and stronger, their relationships are starting to crack and fall apart.”
“The person that I spent time with during the experiment was someone who was very respectful and supportive of me,” Tori added. “I felt very comfortable with him from early on. Jack was my rock throughout that whole experience. He always came to the party when I needed it and he’d lift me up.”
While Tori may not agree with everything that comes out of Jack’s mouth, she wouldn’t change him.
“He is literally everything I asked for,” she explained. “I wanted someone who could allow me to be myself and be a bit independent but at the same time would take on that role and be a man. That’s exactly what I got.”
While their seeming lack of sexual chemistry was a sticking point for the experts and many fans, Jack told us that abstaining from the act allowed them to build a much stronger foundation that will set them up for success.
“A relationship should not only be built of lust and sex and I think people forgot you’ve really only just met the person you’re with,” he said. “But having Tori stick with me through it and stay by my side… I’m so grateful for the challenges because I’ve ended up with a beautiful and strong woman who is my best friend and a really great lover.”
What we know about Jack Dunkley’s ex-girlfriend
As the participants of the new season geared up for their very first dinner party, the drama ramped up after they discovered a gossip article claiming Jack was in a relationship prior to entering the experiment and left his partner to appear on the show.
“I turned my phone on in the morning and it was blowing up,” Jack explained. “This girl’s just obviously made a deal of it – she wants her three seconds of fame… I don’t know what she’s chasing. Basically, the nuts and bolts of it were that I entered into a very casual, respectful relationship early on in the year. It wasn’t serious, it was never long term for me and it’s a shame it’s gone like this.”
The article, however, disputes a few key details in the “casual” relationship, insisting the relationship was serious enough for the couple to meet each other’s parents and that instead of revealing his MAFS-related plans, Jack told his then-partner he was planning to move to America for a short time.
By the time the first official dinner party rolled around, the rumours and discussions about Jack and his previous relationship were at an all-time high, but Jack was unbothered, telling Tim “it’s very insignificant” before describing his ex as “crazy.”
“Blame the woman and call her crazy, we’ve heard that before,” Mel Schilling who was watching the footage alongside the other MAFS experts chimed in.
As the meal drew to a close, Jayden took one for the team after admitting the environment was “boring” as people were playing it “safe,” asking Jack directly to address the “elephant in the room.”
“I’ve got a disgruntled ex basically,” Jack told everyone before his fellow MAFS participants questioned him about his relationship, lies and reasons for joining the show.
“It’s all out of context,” he added. “It was a very casual but exclusive relationship…She fell a little bit harder for me and a little bit quicker.”
“She’s thrown me under the bus,” he claimed before drawing attention to her “colourful past” and inability to read the writing on the wall that their relationship was over.
But he confirmed at the dinner party that he did try and end it “about six or seven weeks ago,” long before he knew he was participating in the experiment – an excuse quickly disputed by the MAFS experts who revealed he was “well into the experiment process” by then.
While many of the contestants don’t believe Jack’s story – his partner, Tori did. “I’m absolutely happy,” she tells those around her. “I don’t trust easily but I think at some point there is an element of trusting… It’s fine honestly and does not need to be a conversation moving forward.”
“I don’t care what he was doing before he was here,” she later tells the cameras. “To be honest it’s no one else’s business.”
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