MARRIED At First Sight UK star Leah’s brand new girlfriend has been revealed and she is an England footballer.
The TV bride has already moved on after her MAFS split with Leigh – and she’s already well known in her own right.
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MAFS bride Leah has moved on with a pro footballerCredit: E4
Leigh and Leah’s TV marriage broke downCredit: E4
She is now dating Maz Pacheco of Everton FCCredit: Getty
We can reveal she is dating female footballer Maz Pacheco, a defender for Women’s Super League club Everton and a former England youth international.
The new romance is understood to have blossomed in the months following the filming of Married At First Sight and the bitter on-screen split between the warring wives.
A source tells us: “Leah and Maz have known each other for 13 years.
“Nothing happened between them until things ended with Leigh.
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“Leah did bump into Maz, while she was with Leigh, in a public space, but nothing romantic took place until after the marriage ended.
“MAFS finished filming six months ago and after it wrapped, Leah wanted to have some fun and some drama-free romance – Maz proved to be everything she was looking for.
“Things are going swimmingly for them.”
Leah will be hoping this romance is the real deal after her split from Leigh.
Their marriage was troubled from the off with the pair rarely seeing eye-to-eye.
They opted to walk away from one another after a chaotic final vow renewal saw them offer up a slew of snubs to one another as a parting gift.
Leah’s vows hit a nerve with Leigh, who confronted her wife about feeling “managed”.
A furious Leigh hit back: “For you to say that you felt managed throughout the whole…,” but Leah interjected: “I didn’t say throughout the whole, you add things in all the time.”
Leah continued: “Managed not met, sometimes I want to chat to you about certain things, I don’t feel like you’re meeting my energy.”
Leigh responded: “Don’t you feel that’s a bit insensitive, I just want to know the ins and outs of what happened, that’s an insecurity in me.”
Leah said: “You were on at me all the time. In a relationship, I need someone who is excited to see me and then asks the question.”
But Leigh said she needed more reassurance and wanted support – saying: “I need to feel like me asking questions is not doing something wrong.”
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Leah, however, continued to say that her “energy wasn’t met” and her wife was too much of a closed book.
Feeling hurt, Leigh insisted: “I have tried, you’re throwing it in my face and acting like I’ve not f****** tried.”
Brides Leigh and Leah came to blows at the final vow renewalCredit: Channel 4
The footballer has been romancing the reality star over the past few monthsCredit: Shutterstock Editorial
Who is Maz Pacheco?
Maz is a pro footballer. She currently plays as a defender for Women’s Super League club Everton.
Previously, she was an England youth international.
She recieved her first senior call up for the Philippines national team in 2024.
Maz first began playing football in 2015 when she signed for Liverpool at the age of 17.
Following a two-year spell, she moved to the Doncaster Rovers women’s team for a further two years, where she scored one goal.
In 2018, she made 25 appearances for Reading before switching to West Ham United in 2020.
She then spent four years at Aston Villa where she made 73 appearances.
Earlier this year she moved to Everton.
During her footballing career, she gained a law degree from the University of Sheffield in 2020.
