They seemed like they’d be the dark horse couple of Married At First Sight 2020 but alas Aleks Markovic and Ivan Sarakula parted ways shortly after their reality TV experience. However, the former MAFS bride has made a rare comment about her on-screen ex.
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In an Instagram Q&A, it didn’t take long for one fan to ask the Perth-born real estate agent if she and Ivan would ever reconcile.
“Ivan and I are two completely different people,” Aleks, 28, responded.
“We are civil and he will always be someone I respect for giving me his time in the experiment. I wish him all the very best in life forever and always.”
Unlike many former contestants, Aleks didn’t discourage everyone from applying for the controversial relationship experiment.
However the 28-year-old, who was pushed to apply by her hairdresser, did say that only certain types of people should think about submitting an application.
“If you are strong and resilient to people making up stories about you and are open to people not liking you then definitely go for it,” she replied to a fan asking if she’d recommend MAFS to anyone.
“But I will say it’s not easy. Not just the backlash of the audience forming opinions but of the production team pushing and probing you to try to do/say something you don’t want to.”
Aleks revealed that she and Ivan broke up in February 2020 due to differences in “values, wants, need and lifestyles.”
“My MAFS journey was one that I will never forget. I learnt so much about myself and what I truly want and need for myself and in a partner. I do not doubt that my soulmate is out there somewhere,” she penned on Instagram shortly after the finale aired.
Aleks elaborated on the break up in another Instagram Q&A, explaining she and Ivan had their fair share of arguments.
“Our lifestyle was just so different. We were just fighting a lot it was becoming toxic… So he dumped me,” she revealed.
“I’m ready to settle down and have kids and I just think our lifestyles wouldn’t match up with raising kids together. I need my values to match up with a man. I need them to be similar to me on how they want to raise kids,” she said, adding they’re “much better off as friends”.
They may not be back together as boyfriend and girlfriend but Ivan did share some rather cheeky photos and videos with his fans in honour of Aleks’ recent birthday.
“Happy birthday to the ex-wifey,” he captioned a snap of the pair of them smiling at the camera, which Aleks re-posted to her own Instagram Stories.
Ivan then shared a video of himself and his reality TV partner in a corridor, Aleks lying on the ground, captioning it: “Make sure you don’t end up like this. Pace your drinks and have fun,” followed by a winking cheeky emoji.
“Babe we’re getting McDonalds because you can’t stand straight! It’s 3.30pm,” Ivan can be heard saying as Aleks smiles from the floor.
In the third and final post, Ivan shared a cheeky video of Aleks twerking against his car.
At least we’ll always have the memories!
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