Married At First Sight’s Eliot Donovan reveals truth about relationship with Jamie Marinos: ‘Watching the show made me feel for her’

And on Tuesday, the 35-year-old Gold Coast groom finally lifted the lid about their unlikely friendship.

‘Jamie is an absolute babe and I would be very, very lucky to be in a romantic relationship with her but at this point in time, we are just friends. I would say we are very close friends,’ he told 9Entertainment.

‘I’m not in any kind of position to be navigating a romantic relationship but I wouldn’t rule anything out and I am absolutely loving going on this journey with Jamie by my side.’

Eliot spoke highly of his friendship with Jamie and revealed his and Jamie’s friendship has grown since meeting during filming last year.

‘We were sort of friends during the show but we were never really close,’ he said.

Eliot said it was when MAFS began airing they each started to understand each other as they watched their respective marriages play out on television.

‘Watching the show made me feel for Jamie,’ Eliot said. ‘We actually didn’t have each other’s number, [Jamie] reached out to one of the other cast members and got my number.’ 

‘She kind of said the same thing to me. She really empathised with my situation in the experiment and we just struck up this friendship that was really natural.’

It comes just days after the couple teased their engagement news while attending Australian Fashion Week. 

The couple exclusively spoke to Daily Mail Australia about their relationship while attending the annual fashion event at Sydney’s Carriageworks last week. 

Jamie, 28, revealed she had actually gotten married at the location, wedding her TV husband Dave Hand at the beginning of the season.

Upon returning to the venue with Eliot, who was initially paired with Lauren Hall and then Veronica Cloherty on the show, the resident season 12 funny-girl that it brought back memories of her nuptials – leaving a certain thought lingering in her head. 

‘I was hoping Eliot might propose,’ she joked, which prompted fits of giggles from the pair. 

But the TV groom was more than happy to play along with the jest. 

‘This will get some clicks,’ he joked as he took a knee, reenacting an engagement on the Carriageways’ railway tracks. 

Eliot quipped he was pulling a ‘Jacqui and Clint’, alluding to Jacqui Burfoot and Clint Rice’s engagement at a reunion viewing party last month.  

The pair then put out rumours they had moved in together, saying they were ‘taking things slow’ despite the media frenzy around their relationship. 

However, it has been reported Eliot and Jamie are sharing an Airbnb together while they visit Sydney for Australian Fashion Week. 

Queenslander Eliot created a video in which he showed off the luxury digs and then appeared to be ‘surprised’ to find he was not alone in the apartment, discovering Jamie using the bathroom mirror.

Jamie also shared a video to her own stories where Eliot pretended to ‘discover’ her in the kitchen.

The blonde bombshell has previously said she and Eliot had simply clicked after their time on the Channel Nine series.

She said Eliot had provided support in the weeks following her split with Dave.

‘We only started hanging around each other since we both left our marriages, just over a month ago,’ she said.

‘He’s always been a very good friend to me, but he’s been a really amazing support system.’

While admitting the pair had become close, Jamie stopped short of hard launching any romantic entanglement with Eliot.

‘I understand everyone wants an answer but we’re in the real world now, so it’s not like we’re going to be official or announce something tomorrow,’ she added.

Jamie and Eliot certainly looked every inch the loved-up couple as they packed on the PDA for all to see at Warner Bros. Movie World last month.

Eliot spent most of the day with an arm around Jamie’s shoulders, holding her hand or gently touching her back.

Jamie and Eliot also seemed unable to keep their hands off each other at Daily Mail Australia’s recent reunion dinner.