DESPITE quite a few heated arguments, it seemed like Erica Roberts and Jordan Gayle were one of the few success stories from last year’s series of Married At First Sight. However, by February, the MAFS couple, who met at the altar on their wedding day, confirmed they'd split up . Erica wrote on Instagram: “This hasn't been an easy decision for us both as we really wanted to make our relationship work.
“I truly wish him all the best and there is no bad blood between us." But now, in an exclusive interview with The Sun, as the new series of MAFS returns, Erica reveals it wasn’t quite as amicable as she first made out. In fact, she dumped him after constant rows and it was an event on his 27th birthday that became the final straw for her.
READ MORE TV FEATURES “It was a long time coming,” she tells us. “ I just completely started losing myself, trying to look after him. “I feel like I very much took that role in the relationship.
“He needed a lot from me and I think he really put a lot of pressure on me to be his sole support system. “And that's too much for one person. Most read in Reality “I want to be your partner and your lover, not your therapist and your mum.
It just got too much for me.” She continues: “I felt like I was giving masculine energy and I just never want to feel like that. “I feel like I'm at the stage now where I've always had to look after myself and that is just how I am.
I don't ask people for help. “But it would be nice to be.