Meghann Turner Married at First Sight Interview – What Really Happened After MAFS Season 19 | After Reality
After Reality with Courtney Robertson
Courtney Robertson
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🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of After Reality, I’m sitting down with Meghann Turner from Season 19 of Married at First Sight—my personal standout of the season. Meghann is funny, strong, real, and a fellow true-crime lover, so we hit it off right away. Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of pregnancy loss.
In our conversation, Meghann walks me through her MAFS journey—from filming and navigating a marriage on camera to the emotional highs and lows that came with it. She opens up about her relationship with Derrek Wiedeman, the frustration on how hard it was when serious conversations only seemed to happen once the cameras were rolling.
Meghann also bravely shares what happened after Decision Day, including the heartbreaking miscarriage she experienced and the sudden end of her marriage when Derrek moved on soon after. She talks honestly about confronting him at the reunion and the pain of that moment.
Today, Meghann is focused on therapy, healing, and stepping into new chapters—both personally and professionally. She’s rebuilding her life with a strong community of support around her, and even exploring online dating as she rediscovers what love and connection look like after MAFS. Her strength, honesty, and resilience shine through, and I’m so grateful she chose to share her story with us.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, welcome back to After Reality. |
| 0:03.4 | If you watched Married at First Site this season, you already know why I'm so excited. |
| 0:08.6 | Our guest was my absolute favorite. |
| 0:10.9 | She's a standout. |
| 0:11.9 | She's hilarious. |
| 0:12.9 | She's tough. |
| 0:13.6 | She's real. |
| 0:14.5 | And she loves true crime just as much as I do. |
| 0:17.5 | From season 19, now streaming on Peacock, it's Megan Turner from married at first sight |
| 0:24.0 | oh hi I didn't realize that you love true crime too like I am like a Friday nights or date line |
| 0:31.7 | in 2020 and then you know Saturday nights are 40 hours and a a funny story is I got made Derek watch Dateline one time. |
| 0:44.8 | And because I love doing that. |
| 0:46.0 | You talked about it on the show. |
| 0:47.4 | And I was like, I love her. |
| 0:48.9 | And he watched it one time. |
| 0:51.2 | And then the next morning was like, I had so many nightmares. |
| 0:53.9 | I can never watch |
| 0:54.8 | that again and I was like oh come on should have known you and I could probably crack so many cases |
| 1:01.7 | together I knew about the Brian Coburger when it like happened like I was already on it and like |
| 1:06.8 | on Reddit and I already found them and saw you follow the two girls I Yeah. Yeah, I could go for days. Oh my gosh. Well, I definitely want to touch on that. Maybe towards the end and see what you're watching. I just finished one. I got to look the name up. But I did start getting some bad dreams. But I remember on the show, you saying that. The beast and me. The what? Yes, the beast in me. Did you watch it? Yeah. |
| 1:28.8 | You messaged me and said like I finished it and then I did nothing after Thanksgiving and just |
| 1:33.6 | binge the started and watched it finish that same day. That was the one because I started another one |
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