{"id":22218,"date":"2026-04-03T10:21:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=22218"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:21:54","slug":"married-at-first-sight-star-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=22218","title":{"rendered":"Married At First Sight Star Passed Away!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWQ85B0iDFQ\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=270&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Ftiphero.com&amp;rp=%2Fmarried-at-first-sight-star-passed-away%3F%3Dths-1%26fbclid%3DIwY2xjawQ8c-JleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFqUThhM0M0WGZqN1lwdzl2c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgaU9CODh5zkX6-EP7Fltuf6i6UIOoJqR6Osvoij7V2yK8q#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1436%2C%22ls%22%3A937.2000000029802%2C%22le%22%3A1176.3000000044703%7D\" height=\"1563\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"159\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Mel Schilling<\/span><\/span>, beloved relationship expert on <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Married at First Sight Australia<\/span><\/span>, has died at 54 after a private battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"330\">Her husband, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Gareth Brisbane<\/span><\/span>, confirmed she passed away peacefully, surrounded by family. The couple, married since 2018, share a daughter, Maddie.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"332\" data-end=\"470\">Schilling had been fighting cancer for about three years after being diagnosed with colon cancer in 2023, which later spread to her lungs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"607\">She was widely known for guiding couples on the show since 2016 and was admired for her strength, continuing to work through treatment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"686\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">She is remembered as a devoted mother, partner, and inspiring TV personality.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UMrqWKNaMGY?si=xXC5pVIrjXFtQWkb\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mel Schilling, beloved relationship expert on Married at First Sight Australia, has died at 54 after a private battle with cancer. Her husband, Gareth Brisbane, confirmed she passed away peacefully, surrounded by family. The couple, married since 2018, share a daughter, Maddie. Schilling had been fighting cancer for about three years after being diagnosed with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=22218\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Married At First Sight Star Passed Away!&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22220,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22218\/revisions\/22220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}