Married At First Sight star Ryan Gallagher enjoys father-son time following rumoured split with Olympian Emily Seebohm

By JIMMY BRIGGS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 03:35 BST, 17 April 2025 | Updated: 03:35 BST, 17 April 2025

Married At First Sight star Ryan Gallagher recently enjoyed some quality father-son time with his one-year-old boy Sampson, following his rumoured split with Olympian Emily Seebohm.

The 36-year-old reality TV star took to social media on Thursday to post a sweet selfie with his toddler.

In the image, Ryan is seen beaming as he cradles the son he shares with Emily during an outing in a leafy park.

He captioned the photo with some precious words: ‘Dad’s little best mate’. 

The post comes amid growing rumours that Ryan and Emily, 32, have gone their separate ways. 

The couple, who announced their engagement in early 2023 after meeting while filming The Challenge Australia, have recently unfollowed each other on Instagram. 

Married At First Sight star Ryan Gallagher recently enjoyed some quality father-son time with his one-year-old son Sampson, following his rumoured split with Olympian Emily Seebohm

Ryan, who starred in the 2018 season of Married At First Sight, has also seemingly removed Emily from his feed.

Emily’s last appearance on Ryan’s grid, at the time of publishing, was more than two years ago.

The post was a screenshot of the pair’s appearance on The Challenge Australia.

Even more telling, Ryan had also apparently removed a snapshot showing he and Emily with their son Sampson.

The photo captured the couple nestled together on a hospital bed, with their peacefully slumbering baby cradled in his father’s embrace. 

Meanwhile, Ryan’s most recent appearance on Emily’s feed came over the Christmas season when she shared a photo that showed her, Ryan and Sampson happily posing with Santa Claus. 

The Olympic swimmer also sparked rumours of a split in her most recent Instagram photo. 

The image showed Emily and Sampson enjoying a mum-and-son day out at Gold Coast theme park Dreamworld.

The post comes amid growing rumours that Ryan and Emily Seebohm have gone their separate ways 

The couple, who announced their engagement in early 2023 after meeting during filming The Challenge Australia, have recently unfollowed each other on Instagram 

However, eagle-eyed followers were quick to point out that Emily was not wearing her engagement ring in the photo.

‘Where’s Ryan?’ one follower asked to which another replied: ‘That’s true. I hope they are okay.’

Emily also shared a clip from last month that showed her happily playing with Sampson. 

Her ring was also absent in this clip, further fuelling rumours of a split between the couple.   

Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Ryan and Emily for comment.

They became engaged in December 2022, a mere four months after their initial meeting while filming The Challenge Australia, and went public in March 2023.

Ryan rose to fame on season five of MAFS when he was paired with controversial series ‘villain’ Davina Rankin.

Davina was portrayed in the series as having an affair with Dean Wells, who was paired with Tracey Jewell.

She bore the brunt of ire from MAFS viewers while Ryan engendered sympathy, becoming an instant fan favourite.

Emily, who made her Olympic debut at the age of 16 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, failed to qualify for Paris in the 100m and 200m backstroke.

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Married At First Sight star Ryan Gallagher enjoys father-son time following rumoured split with Olympian Emily Seebohm

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