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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Dee Jefferson

Mafs expert Mel Schilling shares terminal cancer diagnosis: ‘I don’t know how long I have left’

Mafs regular Mel Schilling in a black dress at a beauty event in October 2025
Updating Mafs fans about her health, Married At First Sight expert Mel Schilling said that the cancer had spread to her brain. Photograph: Cristina Massei/Alamy

The Married At First Sight regular Mel Schilling has revealed that she has terminal cancer just weeks after announcing she would step away from the show for health reasons.

In a post to Instagram on Friday, the 54-year-old psychologist who joined Nine’s hit series as a dating expert in 2016, said that after almost two years of treatment, doctors have told her there is nothing more they can do.

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