Married At First Sight’s Martha Kalifatidis shares devastating family news: ‘I have no words to describe the sadness and heartache’

Martha Kalifatidis has lost her beloved grandfather. 

In an Instagram post on Tuesday, the Married At First Sight star shared several images of her beloved papou along with a moving caption. 

‘Last week my beautiful papou passed away. I have no words to describe the sadness and heartache instead I want to share a story’ the 35-year-old wrote. 

‘A few weeks ago Telstra sent someone out to fix the Wifi at my grandparents house. Papou had just been to the market and brought home pizza’ she continued. 

‘He offered the technician pizza “don’t be shy, you need to eat”. 

The man politely declined so papou went to his garden and potted a small chilli plant so the man could take home because he mentioned he liked chilli.

‘Anyways that was him. So generous. He treated this stranger like an old friend. He spread kindness everywhere he went. If you knew him, you adored him.

‘The most loving, caring, sweet, romantic, funny, and (sometimes brutally) honest man. He did everything for us. He taught us to live life to the fullest.

‘I miss you already. Love you forever my beautiful papouli. Here are some of my favourite photos of him living his best life’ she concluded. 

In an Instagram post on Tuesday, the Married At First Sight star shared several images of her beloved papou (pictured) along with a moving caption

‘Last week my beautiful papou passed away. I have no words to describe the sadness and heartache’ the 35-year-old wrote

‘I miss you already. Love you forever my beautiful papouli. Here are some of my favourite photos of him living his best life’ she said 

Martha welcomed her first child Lucius in February with fiancé Michael Brunelli, 34. 

Speaking on the KICBUMP podcast, Martha opened up about the darker side of her pregnancy, detailing her severe battle with debilitating pregnancy sickness hyperemesis gravidarum (HG).

‘HG, it’s no laughing matter. When you’re in the midst of it, you are so sick that you’d give anything to escape it. It’s so hard to revisit those moments,’ Martha said.

‘I remember being so sick, thinking “I will never forget this, this is the lowest point of my life”.

‘This pregnancy, it was the lowest, it was dark, it was depressing,’ she revealed. 

Martha welcomed her first child Lucius in February with fiancé Michael Brunelli. All pictured