Their blossoming romance ruffled feathers on Tuesday’s episode of Married At First Sight.
But new couple Troy Delmege and Carly Bowyer looked carefree and smitten as they embarked on a road trip to the countryside on Wednesday.
The beaming lovebirds looked to be on cloud nine as they posed for a snap shared to troy’s Instagram account.
The picture of happiness: MAFS’ Troy Delmege and Carly Bowyer looked carefree and smitten as they embarked on a road trip to the countryside on Wednesday
‘Roaming the countryside,’ he captioned adding heart emojis.
They both wore designer shades and looked overjoyed while posing against a green countryside backdrop.
It comes after they confirmed their relationship at the MAFS dinner party this week, leaving Troy’s ex-wife Ashley Irvin furious.
The goofy groom and his new lady love said ‘everything happens for a reason’ and told TheFix why they chose not to tell Ashley of their union before the party.
‘That’s bulls**t!’ It comes after they confirmed their relationship at the MAFS dinner party this week, leaving Troy’s ex-wife Ashley Irvin furious
Taking to Instagram with loved-up photos together, Carly wrote: ‘You can’t help who you fall for.. Who knew what I was looking for was right under my nose this whole time.’
Troy, similarly captioned a snap, ‘Here we are… everything did happen for a reason’, and changed his Instagram bio to display Carly’s initials and a love-heart emoji.
Troy, who told Ashley he ‘loved’ her during their eight weeks in the social experiment, said: ‘I knew Ash was going to need a lot of healing time. I thought it best to wait as long as possible before she did find out about me and Carly, so it was like a bandaid that had to be ripped off.
‘Everything happens for a reason’: The pair made their relationship Instagram official this week and explained why they kept their romance hidden from Ashley
‘It had to come off at the reunion. It was tough. Obviously there was some pain and some reaction and I thought that was the best way to do it. Not to antagonise her. To just get it over quickly,’ he added.
Carly, who clashed with Ashley at the reunion, told the publication: ‘Our intention was always to be low key and to be respectful of Ashley and Justin (Carly’s ‘ex-husband’), but we got a bit blindsided by a couple in the group who started to speak on behalf of Ashley without even knowing the situation. It sort of made it hard to have direct communication with Ashley.’
When asked who they thought was genuinely happy about their new pairing, they mentioned Alycia, Jo, Dean, Tracey, and Sean.
‘I thought it best to wait as long as possible before she did find out about me and Carly’: Troy told the publication he believed debuting his relationship with Carly to Ashley was best to be ‘like a bandaid that had to be ripped off’ without prior warning
Troy’s serious about Carly! The goofy groom changed his Instagram bio after the episode to include Carly’s initials surrounded by love-heart emojis. Carly did not amend her bio.
They told their co-stars they had caught up in Melbourne when Troy was in town after the vow renewals on a strictly friends-only catch up.
However, it wasn’t long until Troy insisted he put the moves on Carly, saying ‘it was nice not to be rejected for a change.’
‘Our intention was always to be low key and to be respectful of Ashley’: Carly, who clashed with Ashley at the reunion, told the publication she didn’t intend to hurt the blonde flight attendant with the news, but found it difficult to explain herself at the dinner party
‘I knew Ash was going to need a lot of healing time’: Troy, who told Ashley he ‘loved’ her during their eight weeks in the social experiment, said he expected Ashley to be upset at first
They told the publication their relationship is still going strong and are set to move in together in Melbourne by the end of this month.
Carly said things would be different between the pair after watching him on screen with Ashley, joking that she’d keep him away from the kitchen or reflective surfaces and would ban push-ups before breakfast.
Ashley was left both shocked and furious when she found out that former ‘husband,’ Troy, had started a new relationship with her friend, Carly.
‘It was nice not to be rejected for a change’: They told their co-stars they had caught up in Melbourne when Troy was in town and shortly after Troy put the moves on Carly
She refused to talk to Carly outside about the new romance, and said she couldn’t believe that Carly didn’t tell her about her new relationship with Troy.
‘At the end of the day, the last thing that Troy and I wanted to do was hurt you,’ Carly told Ashley.
‘So where was my text of respect? We were mates, were we not? I would never do that to you,’ Ashley said.
Carly then hit back, asking if Ash ever had feelings for Troy.
Hurt: Ashley refused to talk to Carly (seen) outside about the new romance, and said she couldn’t believe that Carly didn’t tell her about her new relationship with Troy
Happy: Troy and Carly flaunted their new romance at the dinner party
Ashley said she did, because she decided to stay with Troy throughout the whole experiment.
‘I call bulls**t. I call bulls**t on that,’ Carly said.
‘This is so ridiculous, Ashley. I’ve been so upset,’ she added, with Ashley firing up.
‘You seem real upset on his lap, making out with your tongue down his throat,’ Ashley said.
Not mincing her words! ‘You seem real upset on his lap, making out with your tongue down his throat,’ Ashley said
Carly then decided to storm off, telling Ash she was ‘immature’ and needed to ‘grow up.’
Carly then erupted into tears, with Troy calling Ash ‘brutal.’
Troy had dumped Ash at their vow renewal ceremony earlier on the show this week.
New love: Troy had dumped Ash at their vow renewal ceremony earlier on the show this week. He and Carly then debuted their romance at the dinner party
He and Carly then debuted their romance at the dinner party, leaving the stars of the show shocked.
Fans took to Twitter to slam Carly and Troy’s cringeworthy PDA at the start of the show, after he said she has a ‘talented tongue’ and that ‘her mouth is in great condition.’
‘Bleach my eyeballs!,’ one fan wrote.
‘Bleach my eyeballs’: Fans took to Twitter to slam Carly and Troy’s cringeworthy PDA at the start of the show, after he said she has a ‘talented tongue’ and that ‘her mouth is in great condition’