He went on Married At First Sight looking to meet the love of his life.
But now jilted husband Ryan Gallagher says he feels like a ‘dipstick’ after his wife Davina Rankin’s clandestine affair with Dean Wells was exposed on Tuesday.
Speaking on the Today show, the 29-year-old tradesman confessed he went into the experiment with his ‘heart wide open’ only to be left feeling ‘like an idiot’.
Devastated: Jilted husband Ryan Gallagher says he feels like a ‘dipstick’ after his wife Davina Rankin’s clandestine affair with Dean Wells was exposed on Tuesday’s Married At First Sight
Tuesday’s episode saw Ryan and Davina getting matching tattoos – but not long afterwards, Davina met up with Dean and they agreed to start an affair.
Ryan told Today co-hosts Karl Stefanovic and Georgie Gardner that he found the program ‘hard to watch’.
‘I feel like an idiot because I didn’t know what was going on,’ he said. ‘To get a tattoo with someone who is doing that – I sort of feel like a bit of a dipstick’.
‘I feel like an idiot’: Speaking on the Today show, the 29-year-old tradesman confessed he went into the experiment with his ‘heart wide open’ only to be left feeling ‘like an idiot’
Shocked: Speaking on the Today show the 29-year-old tradie said he went into the experiment with his ‘heart wide open’ only to be left feeling ‘like an idiot’
Ryan admitted that he was hoping Davina would join him on his MAFS journey and eventually settle down and build a family together.
‘Sort of not going to end up doing that,’ he said. ‘It’s not the best outcome’.
A clearly upset Ryan revealed he was trying to ‘palm off the emotions with humour’, adding that he has been ‘hitting the gym’ as a way to deal with his heartbreak.
huge mistake: Tuesday night’s episode featured Ryan and Davina getting matching tattoos, but not long after getting inked Davina met up with Dean where they agreed to conduct a secret romance
Georgie attempted to console Ryan, telling him there were ‘plenty more fish in the sea’.
But Ryan appeared unmoved, telling her there were ‘wasn’t fish in the sea before (he) went on the show’.
Married At First Sight continues Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel Nine
Secret affair: On Tuesday night’s episode Davina and Dean agreed they would start a secret romance after getting flirty during their meet-up