Ever since the MAFS couple’s retreat, Alyssa and Duncan have been butting heads. The TV bride has struggled in her relationship with Duncan and repeatedly told him that she needs more reassurance.
In recent episodes, things have come to more of a head, with Alyssa telling the experts that things have broken down in their relationship because she thinks Duncan wants to be prioritised over her child. However, Yahoo Lifestyle Australia has reported that Duncan was always aware that her kid will always take precedence over him, and he didn’t have a problem with it.
“Duncan knew Alyssa had a son from the very start of the experiment and always reassured her that he understands her child will always come first,” an insider told the publication.
They added: “Alyssa would head back home to the Northern Beaches most weekends to see her son and Duncan was fully understanding, patient and happy to be as involved as she wanted him to be.
“But over time she shut him out and would shut down chats about how their relationship might grow away from the experiment, and him one day meeting the child. Duncan tried but after a while there was only so much he could say or do.”
According to So Dramatic!, Alyssa only split from her ex-husband of seven years a few months before going on MAFS, and the pair hadn’t officially divorced.
“She was working through a lot of heavy stuff on the outside. There were lawyers involved and custody battles over the kid,” an insider told the publication.
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They added, “Duncan spent a lot of time supporting her through all of the heavy shit she was going through outside the experiment… He was even helping her write letters to lawyers and stuff.”
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