MAFS Australia bride forced to quit filming after being rushed to hospital for emergency surgery

Those who've already been following the ongoing season of Married At First Sight: Australia will be well aware that the latest instalment is packing in more drama than ever before.

When the brand new series landed on our screens last month, the teaser alone hinted that viewers would be in for an emotional rollercoaster this time around.

The eyebrow-raising clip - which aired at the very beginning of the show, during the first episode - included intimate nuptials, loved-up honeymoons and lots of confrontation.

Ahh, marital bliss.

But it wasn't just fans of the show that were left picking their jaws up off the floor back in February, as the clip saw MAFS dating expert John Aiken absolutely horrified by the behaviour of one contestant - though it is not yet clear who it was.

"I've seen things in these experiments that have repulsed me," he can be heard telling those involved in the explosive spat. "That is right up there."

The show's fellow relationship gurus Mel Schilling and Alessandra Rampolla were also seen in agreement that the person involved should be given the chop the show.

As well as waiting patiently for the unnamed contestant to be booted off the show in an explosive extravaganza, viewers have also been left saddened this week as one of fan-favourite stars, Lauren Dunn, was forced to pull out of the experiment after being rushed to emergency surgery.

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After being dubbed by many as the 'life and soul' of the latest series, Lauren was seen packing her bags and head home during this week's episodes.

Speaking to the cameras, the 32-year-old Perth-born reality star revealed that the show's medics had discovered a blood clot in her shoulder, and was she was rushed back to her hometown to undergo an immediate operation.

She told viewers she knew 'something was not right' when she woke up feeling a numbing sensation on one side of her body, going quickly to get it checked out after ringing her on-screen husband, Jonathan 'Jono' McCullough at the gym.

Lauren explained that the clot 'wasn't caused by anything' and 'could have been there for 20 years'.

Jono was naturally heartbroken by the news, telling his wife he was going to 'miss her and her energy' on the show.

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"Jono was so good," she later told 9Entertainment. "He packed me an overnight bag with all my things, my head phones, all my skincare – he was so so good.

"He wanted to be with me in hospital but I said, 'Look, I'm still waiting in an emergency bed and there's not even a chair for you to sit in – I would feel guilty making you sit there for hours'."

She went on to confess that she perished the idea of recovering in Sky Suites, adding: "It was definitely nice to have my home comforts."