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Married At First Sight UK star's lung collapses after being mugged on holiday

Daniel McKee, who fell in love with Matt Jameson on Married At First Sight UK four years ago, was brutally attacked while travelling - but the thieves came away empty handed

[The couple are still going strong since going on the show]

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Daniel McKee, left, with former partner Matt Jameson (Image: Instagram)

One of the first gay stars of Married At First Sight UK has shown off his injuries after being mugged while in Mexico.

Daniel McKee, who was partnered with Matt Jameson on the hit E4 show in 2021, was brutally attacked, leaving him with a collapsed lung. He forced to fly home to Northern Ireland for Christmas following the harrowing incident.

The 30-year-old took to social media to share images of the impact of the attempted robbery. Alongside a photo of himself holding a cup of tea with his shirt off, he detailed what happened during his travel break in south America.

"I got mugged in Mexico," he said on Instagram. They didnt manage to take anything because I fought back which in hindsight you should NEVER EVER do as I got hurt they did however redirect my winter travels for a few weeks which Im not mad about.

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Daniel detailed his ordeal on Instagram(Image: @danielmckeee/Instagram)

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He shocked fans with his injuries (Image: @danielmckeee/Instagram)

In the next upload, she spoke more about the damage done by the thug. I have a wee tear in my lung, a small pneumothorax (collapsed lung) and some very sore ribs, he went on. Daniel went on to detail how it hurts so bad when he laughs but finished with a positive, saying: But I am grand. Merry Christmas.

Dan and Matt split after a two years together in December 2022 after becoming the show's first-ever gay. Speaking to The Mirror, Matt revealed he and Dan have been unable to savage a friendship from their relationship.

"The intention was that we would be friends. But, with any relationship, you need to have that separation and especially for me to be able to move forward," he explained.

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The couple called in quits a year after meeting on the show(Image: @danielmckeee/Instagram)

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Daniel is back in northern Ireland after the attack(Image: @danielmckeee/Instagram)

"Its been so hard because I was heartbroken by the breakup, because I loved him and I thought he was going to be my forever and then he wasn't and so I needed that break, I needed that no contact and we haven't spoken for a long time. I would hope in the future, we would and we'd be able to have some contact and have conversations and maybe build on a friendship, but it's just not been something that I've been able to do."

He said: "The relationship was so intense, we met at the altar and then spent a eight to 12 weeks together in the process filming and it was 24/7 and then after that we spent time here in Leeds and time over in Northern Ireland.

"There was maybe a couple of days, a week here and there in those two years that we weren't together. It was such an intense experience, it was a fast track relationship.

"We were together for two years, but if that had been a normal relationship, it would probably have spanned over four or five years. So that intensity and then for that to stop and you decide to go your separate ways, it's a real adjustment."

"I'd moved to Northern Ireland, we were living together over there and then I had to make that massive adjustment again and move back to Leeds which was really hard to do," he added, speaking in 2023.

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