A New Forest man who appeared on E4 reality dating programme Married at First Sight has spoken out about his experience of appearing on the show.

In an interview with the Echo, Caspar Todd, 34, reflected on his time on the show, which saw him marry Emma Barnes, a 31-year-old investment sales manager from Bristol.

“I never struggled being on camera. There were things I said that I regret but not many things to be honest,” said Caspar.

The reality show sees couples quite literally marry at first sight, before seeing if the relationship will work out in their day-to-day lives.

Caspar and Emma eventually separated on the show, with neither singleton finding their perfect match.

The couple failed to fall in love with each other and there were often disagreements. As early on as their honeymoon in Jamaica, Caspar confessed he rarely dates the “curvier person,” which garnered much publicity and for a significant period of time proved to be a barrier in their relationship.

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Caspar said: “I stayed true to myself throughout, the biggest thing for me was stepping outside of my bubble.

“Where I live everything is very calm and I’m in control of everything that I’m doing, and I know what I’m doing weeks in advance, and I really like that aspect of my life.

“When you’re then taken out of that, and you’re not being told what you’re doing, and you’re thrust into situations with people you wouldn’t ordinarily meet – in highly emotional situations – it’s difficult.”

When reflecting on if his experience on the show was what he thought it would be, Caspar said: “I knew the show was going to be rocky, maybe I was naive, but I thought the time was right and I’m going to find ‘the one’ now, because that’s what I want.

“I live in a remote area, it’s not the easiest thing in the world to find people. I wanted to have a family, have children, have that house in the country, a wife – a family nucleus I grew up with.

“I think there was always a clash with me and Emma as we wanted different things.”

Speaking on if he would do the show again in retrospect and what advice he would give to himself, Caspar added: “Would I do the show again knowing what I know now? No.

“The experience of filming and lack of control wasn’t great for me as a person, I didn’t enjoy that.

“If I could give myself some advice – looking back to when I was applying – I’d be more definite about what I was looking for.

“I trusted too much in the experiment and not enough in my gut and I should have trusted myself a bit more and been more selective because at the end of the day you’re never going to change someone and they’re not going to change you.”