Chris reveals 'secret pact' to quit MAFS Australia with Brook before she blindsided him

1 April 2026, 12:37

Brook Crompton's dramatic walkout came as a shock to Chris Nield, who had originally planned to quit MAFS Australia alongside his TV wife.

Married At First Sight Australia's Chris Nield has revealed that he and his wife Brook Crompton had a 'secret plan' to quit the show together before she blindsided him in a last-minute decision.

At the latest commitment ceremony, the sassy model, 27, walked out of the experiment with no explanation after she was confronted by the experts over her 'vicious' behaviour towards the other brides.

The criticism came after she brutally laid into Alissa and Stella at the previous dinner party, branding them 'fake people' in 'fake relationships' as she spent 'hours' lashing out at both women.

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Her husband Chris, 31, who was savagely dumped by Brook just days before the gathering, simply sat in silence with his head in his hands as he watched the explosive drama unfold.

And while he might have stayed quiet during the heated arguments between the girls, he has now spoken out about yet another shocking moment in which his TV wife 'betrayed' him on camera.

Speaking of the ex-couple's plan to quit MAFS Australia hand-in-hand, he told the Daily Mail: "“We’d already decided. We told them in the morning that we were done. We were leaving."

"I had booked a flight before Brook that weekend. We woke up and said, ‘This isn’t for us. We’re getting out of here.'"

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However, things unfortunately didn't go Chris's way after Brook decided to leave him high-and-dry during the tense exchange with Mel Schilling, John Aiken, and Alessandra Rampolla.

She suddenly switched on their original plan and decided to leave right there and then, without Chris – and without telling him.

Leaving him heartbroken as she pretended to go to the toilet, then disappeared off-camera for good, he said: "As soon as they said she’d left, I knew what they were doing.

"I stood up and said, 'We’re not f***ing doing this.' I wasn’t going to let her be framed as abandoning me."

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The former footie player only realised that Brook had bailed on him as producers uncovered what she had done, and he was hellbent they weren't making him look as though she'd deserted him.

"They don’t want you just going, 'Okay, we’re done.' That’s not how it works," he said, as he explained the producers didn't want them to leave together.

He also claimed MAFS Australia execs weren't keen on them exiting calmly either, and wanted to make the whole occurrence to look more dramatic for TV.

Chris wasn't even aware Brook was returning to the second dinner party after she jetted back home to the Gold Coast just days before.

"She was told not to tell anybody," he added. "I had no idea she was there."

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