The brutal moment Married At First Sight’s Bryce breaks his wife Melissa’s heart

Bryce Ruthven and Melissa ‘Liss’ Rawson were the first strangers to walk down the aisle on this year’s season of Married At First Sight. 

But despite hitting it off at their wedding, their newlywed bliss quickly vanished after Bryce admitted Melissa isn’t his type.

During Wednesday’s episode, Bryce and Melissa, both 31, were tasked with the daunting assignment of opening the honesty box. 

That was quick: Despite Bryce Ruthven and Melissa Rawson hitting it off at their wedding, their newlywed bliss quickly vanished. Pictured together

Laying down on the floor of their cabin with a platter of fruit nearby, Bryce asked Melissa: ‘What were your first impressions when you first laid eyes on me?’  

Melissa said that she was instantly attracted to Bryce, and even turned to her grandparents with excitement.

‘When I took off my veil, I turned to my nan and poppy and said, “He’s hot.” It was your eyes and smile that really got me off-guard… so pretty,’ she said. 

Confession: During Wednesday’s episode, Bryce and Melissa, both 31, were tasked with the daunting assignment of opening the honesty box

‘What were your first impressions when you first laid eyes on me?’ the radio host asked. Melissa said that she was instantly attracted to him

Melissa then turned to Bryce and asked: ‘Am I your usual type?’

After taking a moment to think, Bryce responded: ‘It’s a tough question. I’ll be completely honest. Not 100 per cent. 

‘I’ve always gone for the blonde hair, blue eyes, tanned kind of girl, and someone that’s, like, usually taller.’

Next question: Melissa then turned to Bryce and asked: ‘Am I your usual type?’ After taking a moment to think, Bryce responded: ‘I’ll be completely honest. Not 100 per cent’

‘I’ve always gone for the blonde hair, blue eyes, tanned kind of girl, and someone that’s, like, usually taller,’ he said 

Bryce then confessed to his bride that he probably wouldn’t go up to her in a bar and buy her a drink.

A heartbroken Melissa began to cry, wiping tears away from her eyes.

‘But definitely when I first saw you, I was like… “You’re not my type, you have got blonde hair. She’s not ugly,”‘ he continued.

Devastated: Bryce then confessed to his bride that he probably wouldn’t go up to her in a bar and buy her a drink

Upsetting: Bryce’s candid admission left his bride speechless, and she later told a producer: ‘I don’t want to be that emotional girl but, it’s not a nice feeling 

Bryce’s candid admission left his bride speechless, and she later told a producer: ‘I don’t want to be that emotional girl but, it’s not a nice feeling.’

‘Were you hoping that I would say that you were the most gorgeous girl in the world?’ Bryce then asked her, before adding that he felt she looked hurt.

‘I can’t help the way you feel, except that maybe I probably wouldn’t have been intimate with you,’ she confessed.

‘I can’t help the way you feel, except that maybe I probably wouldn’t have been intimate with you,’ she confessed. Pictured at their wedding