9 ‘Married at First Sight’ Secrets Revealed

As FYI’s buzzy reality show wraps its second season, exec producer Chris Coelen tells all about prenups, legal fees and the lack of same-sex couples

"Married At First Sight" finale, where couples will decide to stay married or get divorced airs Tuesday, June 9 on FYI. EP Chris Coelen answered TheWrap's burning questions beforehand. (FYI; Getty Images)

Kinetic Content CEO Chris Coelen met his own wife on a blind date.

So he’s a natural to executive produce “Married at First Sight,” which pairs six strangers in legally binding marriages and then watches the inevitably fraught results. The reality series wraps its eyebrow-raising second season on Tuesday on FYI network.

TheWrap spoke to Coelen, who also produces “The Taste,” “Little Women:LA,” and prior shows “Wife Swap,” and “Don’t Forget the Lyrics.”

He gamely fielded questions table-side at the Beverly Hilton, moments after he and co-executive producer Sam Dean lost the Critics Choice TV Award to Clay Newbill and Mark Burnett for “Shark Tank.”

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