MAFS USA's Will and Brittany have unprotected sex tonight just 72 hours after meeting on E4 show despite Panorama outcry

The UK version of MAFS is under intense scrutiny
Natasha Rigler

MAFS USA newlyweds Will and Brittany admit to having unprotected sex in tonight’s show – despite only meeting 72 hour earlier.

The couple, who are complete strangers, said “I do” in the first episode of the new series on Monday night.

In tonight’s episode, they jet off on honeymoon to Panama with the other brides and grooms taking part in the show.

MAFS USA Will Brittany on a yacht
MAFS USA’s Will and Brittany admit to unprotected sex in tonight’s show (Credit: Channel 4)

While lying in bed the following morning, Brittany and Will reveal they’ve had unprotected sex.

The scenes will air amid MAFS UK coming under increased scrutiny following Monday night’s Panorama: The Dark Side of Married At First Sight.

In the BBC documentary, two brides from the show alleged they were ‘raped’ by their on-screen husbands.

A third, 2023 participant Shona Manderson, says her partner “crossed a boundary’ during their time in the experiment.

All three grooms deny the claims against them. Channel 4’s chief executive Pryia Dogra today said she is “deeply sorry” to the three women who appeared in Panorama.

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MAFS USA’s Brittany and Will have ‘unprotected sex’

Brittany and Will are one of five couples taking part in the current series of MAFS USA, airing on E4 in the UK.

The series, season 19, was filmed last year and aired Stateside in October 2025.

Viewers immediately branded the partnership between Brittany and Will “awkward” following their wedding. This was not helped by Will disagreeing with his new wife’s father on religion.

However, in tonight’s episode – a mere 72 hours later for viewers – they admit they have already slept together. It’s then revealed they didn’t use any protection.

Brittany and Will are filmed waking up in bed together. Brittany tells her husband: “Im still just like, processing how I’m feeling. The night was good, it just didn’t end very well.”

Alone, she then tells the cameras: “Last night we got closer, we got intimate. I think we both had a moment like, ‘Oh crap, did we take all of the necessary precautions that we were supposed to’. Which kind of worried me a little bit.

“It became a thing when his reaction was like, ‘I see this is worrying you. Maybe we shouldn’t do this again’.”

Brittany said “things became weird after that”.

A bride and groom in an image from The Dark Side of Married at First Sight
The scenes will still air despite the BBC’s damning Panorama documentary this week (Credit: BBC)

MAFS fans brand Brittany ‘super weird’

Back in the bed, Brittany complains to new husband Will that he had told her “maybe we shouldn’t do this”. She explains: “That’s not what I wanted to hear from my husband.”

Brittany hinted that she’d hoped Will wouldn’t have minded taking the risk of an unplanned pregnancy.

But fans in the States who have already seen the episode were shocked at her attitude.

Writing on Reddit, one wrote: “I think Brittany and Will’s fight was a failed test. He was just trying to be supportive and it irritated her because now she thinks he doesn’t want to be intimate with her if she can get pregnant.”

Another added: “Expecting the man you have known for 72 hours to be excited about a surprise pregnancy is super weird. And honestly, you don’t know enough about this man to know if he should be your baby daddy.”

A third chimed in: “Completely agree!”

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MAFS USA continues at 8pm, weeknights, on E4