Married At First Sight: Zoe Hendrix reveals why she split from Alex Garner

They welcomed their daughter, Harper Rose, in 2016, a year after meeting and falling in love on Married At First Sight.

And now Zoe Hendrix has spoken bravely about her decision to end her relationship with ‘husband’ Alex Garner in 2018.

Speaking to The Grace Tales last week, Zoe hinted that the unequal distribution of household labour had contributed to their break-up. 

‘I was doing a lot more than I thought I would be doing, often all by myself,’ Zoe explained, reflecting on her first few months of motherhood.

‘In hindsight, I have learned that you don’t know who you’ve married until you have a child.’

Zoe continued: ‘Sometimes it’s not what you agreed, and it’s not how you thought things were going to go.’

She described herself as a woman with modern views on parenting and gender roles, and said that the workload should have been divided more fairly.

‘I would say that that wasn’t a shared attitude. I didn’t really realise this until after we had our child. I’ve learned a lot from that experience,’ she said.

Zoe rose to fame on the first season of Married At First Sight in 2015. She was paired with Alex and, at first, they seemed to be a perfect match. 

The pair split in early 2018, but continue to co-parent their three-year-old daughter.

In January last year, Zoe spoke to NW magazine about their split, saying that raising a child as a single mother was ‘really hard’.

‘I mean motherhood is hard, so I think single motherhood takes a real adjustment. I’m giving myself time to adjust to it,’ she said. 

When asked about her co-parenting arrangement with Alex, she added: ‘It’s hard having to deal with a break-up when you have to see them three times a week. But we do put Harper first and we ensure she has everything she needs.’