Dr. Jessica Griffin Throws Some Shade After Leaving 'Married at First Sight'
What came about to Dr. Jessica Griffin on 'Married at First Sight'? The psychologist wrote a lengthy Instagram submit about her departure.
When Married at First Sight returned for a 9th season on June 12, fanatics were stunned to peer that psychologist Dr. Jessica Griffin used to be now not a relationship skilled on the show.
The Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics made headlines in 2018 when it was once printed that she had started relationship one of the cast participants from Season 6. Did their courting motive Jessica to lose her job? Scroll down for an update on the couple.
What took place to Dr. Jessica?
An afternoon prior to the Season Nine premiere, the blonde beauty — who additionally worked at the Lifetime series Seven Year Switch — showed in a lengthy Instagram post that she would not be returning to Married at First Sight. Though Jessica hinted at her reasons for leaving the network, she did not proportion any specifics.
"Working on these shows was challenging, intellectually stimulating, and a lot of fun — until it wasn’t," she wrote.
"For many different reasons which I’m not at liberty to discuss, it’s time for me to go in another direction in endeavors that allow me to use the breadth of my credentials and the depth of my heart," she persisted. "Work that allows me to use my voice — where I don’t feel silenced. Work that hires me for my credentials & then allows me to actually use them."
Jessica ended her commentary by means of pronouncing, "I wish the franchise the best & hold a soft spot for my MAFS family. Yet, I know in my heart this was the right decision."
Dr. Jessica met her fiancé on Married at First Sight.
In her message to enthusiasts, Jessica made it transparent that her departure has nothing to do with her engagement to Jonathan Francetic, who initially tied the knot with stranger Molly Duff on Season 6 of MAFS.
"Ironically, in the course of helping people find love, I met my future husband," she wrote, emphasizing that the duo didn't get in combination until eight months after filming ended. By that time, Jonathan and Molly had determined to get a divorce.
When the pair began a romantic dating, "I went immediately to the production company and offered to step down," Jessica defined. "Instead, I was put on three subsequent cycles of shows/spinoffs."
Jessica and Jonathan publicly revealed that they have been a couple in August 2018 and got engaged all over a travel to the Grand Canyon in April 2019. "For the first time in my history of knowing him, Jon was at a loss for words and a total adorable mess on his knee," Jessica, who has three youngsters from a prior relationship, shared on Instagram. It’s definitely been a crazy experience for the duo.
Who replaced Dr. Jessica on Married at First Sight?
Marriage and couples therapist, Dr. Viviana Coles, joins Pastor Cal Roberson and sociologist and sexologist Dr. Pepper Schwartz on Season 9. The Houston-based mother-of-two stated her position on the collection "is to help these couples create lasting bonds based on physical and emotional intimacy."
Watch new episodes of Married at First Sight each Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. ET on Lifetime.
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