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Married at First Sight’ Psychologist Mel Schilling Dies at 54

Her death ends a two‑year fight with colorectal cancer that she documented as a longtime on‑air expert on the reality franchise.

Overview

  • Her husband, Gareth Brisbane, said on Instagram Tuesday that she died peacefully surrounded by love and urged fans to live fully in her honor.
  • The TV psychologist disclosed on March 12 that doctors had no further options after scans over Christmas 2025 found cancer had spread to the left side of her brain.
  • She was first diagnosed with colorectal cancer in late 2023, and by February 2024 doctors had found it in her lungs.
  • Schilling underwent 16 rounds of chemotherapy over roughly two years and kept working on the show without missing filming days.
  • A fixture on the UK and Australian versions of Married at First Sight for about a decade, she became a familiar guide for contestants and viewers alike.