MAFS Ryan settles back into life at suburban home
Controversial Married At First Sight groom Ryan Donnelly is settling back into suburban life in Sydney's south west despite ongoing drama surrounding his time on the reality show.
Donnelly was snapped eating out at a manoosh restaurant in the Campbelltown area at the end of April.
The meal, posted to local social media groups, had tongues wagging in the Campbelltown community.
The picture was posted the same day Donnelly fronted Campbelltown court where his MAFS nightmare has continued to play out.
Donnelly took out an apprehended violence order (AVO) against Burfoot in April after the pair shared a tumultuous on-screen relationship, which Burfoot ultimately chose to walk away from.
In the program's final vows segment, she said 'Ryan, in a world of red flags, you are the red carpet', to which Donnelly responded: 'Be gone with you, you horrible woman'.
However, in Donnelly's latest Instagram post, the reality TV star appears to be shrugging off the drama of the past few months.
'Chapter One: the best is yet to come,' he wrote to a photo of himself relaxing by a pool with his dog.
The social media post comes after an explosive episode during hometown visits where Burfoot made negative comments about Donnelly's suburb of Campbelltown, in southwest Sydney.
'It was clear Ryan had primed his friends and they had premeditated an attack to take out their anger out on me,' Burfoot said in March.
'He didn't stand up for me and almost enjoyed watching them yell at me. They were like gangstas (sic).
'I don't tolerate or accept that behaviour. It was horrific and as Lauren Hall would say, 'boganic'.'
The jab came before Burfoot took aim at the Campbelltown area and the people who lived there.
'I will not be scared into accepting behaviour like this,' she said.
'WTAF? If that is what Campbelltown has to offer I am never going back.'
The Daily Mail reported at the time that Ryan was 'dreading' Jacqui's visit to his Campbelltown property and told her to 'leave her elitist attitude at the door.'
'She literally walked around pointing out flaws like a real estate agent doing a bad review,' the insider told the publication.
'She even wrote a list of things he needed to change on his whiteboard, like she was grading him.'
Burfoot stunned Australia following the conclusion of MAFS by announcing her engagement to another groom from the show, Clint Rice.
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