Valérie*, an ex-partner of Jérémy, a candidate from the eighth season of Married at First Sight, has decided to come out of silence, to tell the hell she says she lived through during their relationship. In the columns of Voici.frshe describes a man who could “twist” at any time.
The story seemed beautiful on the surface.. 82% compatible, Jeremy and Marie, one of the couples from the eighth season of Married at first sightbegan their romance in front of millions of viewers. After a wedding in Gibraltar in front of their loved ones in an idyllic setting, before flying to Morocco for their honeymoon, Relations between the two candidates have deterioratedbecause of Jeremy’s behavior, which Marie couldn’t stand. While the season is now over, Valérie*, one of Jeremy’s ex-partners, confided at length in Voici.fr on their relationship, pointing out the candidate’s behavior Married at first sight.
Voici.fr: How did you meet Jérémy?
I met him on Tinder in November 2022, we first started chatting on social media for a month, then we met at my place. I’m not used to having a man I don’t know come to my place, but he pushed me to trust him.
How long did your relationship last?
I didn’t want to call our relationship a couple, but we dated for about a year. He’s from Pau, but he lives in Bordeaux. I’m a few kilometers away, so I would go back and forth to spend weekends with him. I have very big responsibilities, my family is in the import-export of cognac and wine, he was immediately interested.
When did Jeremy’s behavior start to change?
He was normal for the first two weeks, then it got worse. He could be very nice, then suddenly go crazy. For example, we could be on the phone, and he would tell me a work anecdote, very angry. If I had the misfortune to laugh to lighten the mood, he would insult me, hang up on me, and then call me back. I felt that he was someone special, but I couldn’t figure out why. That’s why I never wanted to use the word ‘couple’ on our relationship. It’s something that really bothered him, actually.
Did you know he was going to be on Married at First Sight?
You have to know something very important, he played the comedy with Marie. He had warned me that he had applied because his goal was to get publicity on TV. He knew very well that he would play the ideal son-in-law at the beginning, and that he would refuse to stay married afterwards. He had explained everything to me in detail. He had told me: ‘You accept it or not, but I do it because my career has to take off, so that I can be known for something other than being employed in a marble factory.‘.
How did you make this decision?
I told him : ‘Be careful, because with all the harm you have done to me, what you are about to do to this poor woman will become known.‘. I had warned him that I would intervene if necessary. When I saw him again, he told me that he had divorced, that he was the darling of the production, that he had told the production: ‘what is this girl you picked for me?‘.
Have you watched the show?
At one point, I forced myself to watch. Besides, when he asks Marie to be his secretary, and he gets upset by her reaction, I can tell you that at that moment he restrained himself from losing his temper, because he was being filmed.
“What he did to me, he did with Mary, over a much shorter period.”
Did you recognize on air any attitudes he may have had towards you?
What he did to me, he did to Marie, over a much shorter period. I experienced scenes like Marie did, when she found herself thrown out in the middle of the night. I once had a box of sushi fall on my head because it had expired, I was tripped up in front of everyone at a music festival, men had to intervene. I never responded to what he did to me. I fled conflict. As soon as I opposed him, he would twist, his gaze would change. One day, I started crying, he didn’t even look at me, and he said to me: ‘Listen, stop right now, crocodile tears with me, it doesn’t work.‘. I threw up at times. It was also terrible psychological manipulation. He asked me to trust him, to tell him what was wrong. But when I confided, I made the atmosphere heavier, so I took it all in the face.
Is Jeremy’s entourage aware of his actions?
Absolutely not, and that’s the tragedy. His big sister doesn’t know what I experienced with him, because he won’t say anything about it. He’s someone who will never question himself.
Have you been able to speak with Marie, who has definitely cut ties with Jérémy?
[Très émue] I took my courage in both hands and sent her a message a few days ago, in which I told her that she did well to cut ties with him, that I was in therapy because of him today and that I had lived through hell with him. She thanked me for my message and told me that she hoped I was doing better now. It touched me a lot.
Do you still have contact with Jeremy?
None. He’s someone who completely traumatized me. I changed my number. The last time I spoke to him was in February. We apologized to each other. I meant it, but he was just afraid that I would talk to the press once the show aired.
*First name has been changed
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