First Dates Hotel left viewers cringing on tonight’s episode after an unlucky singleton was confronted by two women he snubbed on dating site Tinder.
In the first episode of the new season, viewers were introduced to hunky ex-military paramedic Gareth from New South Wales.
As he relaxed by the pool in his new luxury digs in hopes of finding love, he soon caught the attention of blonde singleton Mandy, who waves at him from across the pool, shouting “It’s me, Mandy!”
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Looking utterly perplexed, Gareth, 35 shouted back: “How do I know you Mandy?”
Attempting to laugh off the snub, Mandy told him he “would have to think really hard about this.”
Gareth was then seen telling he camera he had no idea who she was and that “South Wales in a small community and everyone knows each other.”
As Mandy approached him, he admitted: “I’ve given up.”
To which Mandy replied: “This is so funny. I’ve looked and I’ve gone ‘I know that guy’.
“We matched on Tinder and bumble.”
Still looking bewildered, Gareth asked: “Did we?”
“It’s not funny,” said Mandy, who finally accepted he had no idea who she was.
“Sorry about that. We’re meeting now though.” He reassured her.
Gareth was later seen matching with his date for the episode, Carys from Barry, also in New South Wales.
As the pair met, she instantly recognized him, telling him she had seen him before and remembered that he had a son.
She let him know that they matched on Tinder, but, like Mandy, they never met.
Fans immediately took to Twitter to comment.
“He hasn’t got a Feckin clue who she is!! FFS! Put him out of his misery!! #firstdateshotel,” one fan said over his first encounter with Mandy.
“Gareth the Tinder pro. Awks,” said a second.
A third griped: “They have matched on Tinder but didn’t meet up?! Sounds like he’s done most of Sth Wales.”
While a fourth blasted: “#firstdateshotel Certainly isn’t Gareth’s first time at the rodeo. If you’ve been on dating sites so much that two birds on the same show coincidentally recognise you, perhaps it’s time to change your ideals?”
Despite the snub, Gareth and Carys had a successful date in the restaurant and admitted that they would like to see each other again.
They wound up sharing a hotel room where they were seen kissing.
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