She speaks exclusively with TheFIX

Married At First Sight's Davina Rankin insists she didn't intend on hurting anyone when she tried to initiate a relationship with another groom, Dean Wells, during Sunday night's episode.

After being thrown under the bus by Wells, who she thought was set to leave wife Tracey Jewel for her during the commitment ceremony, Rankin exclusively tells TheFIX she was just being honest with herself about her feelings.

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"It's not like I was trying to be malicious because I’m well aware that there are cameras and microphones everywhere," says Rankin. "So anything I say, I’m being honest… I can’t really help that I’m more attracted to someone, and I’m sure there were a lot of people in that room that looked at one another and thought, ‘Hey I’m attracted to that person’ or ‘That person's not my type.’"

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She says she only ever went on the show to find love, and when she didn't feel a spark with husband Ryan Gallagher, she tried to pursue Wells because she thought he might be The One.

"At the end of the day you’re putting yourself out there to find love," she tells us. "I hate hurting people and making people feel bad but, at the end of the day, you’re here for a reason, and I’d be silly if I thought there was a connection [and didn't] pursue something.

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"So you have to go in with an open heart and an open mind and just stay as truthful as you can be and just see what happens."

And though she's brutally honest, Rankin says she has a kind heart.

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"I’m really resilient, really outspoken, but I’m also super caring," she says. "Everything I do, I do with heart so there’s never any ill intent or malicious agenda. It’s always because it's truthful. Everything I say, it’s the truth. Not because I want to hurt someone."

Meanwhile, Jewel exclusively tells us she was hurt by Rankin pursuing her husband after they hit if off at the previous dinner party.

"Obviously, on that night I took that at face value, and she was really making a massive effort," Jewel says. "She was telling me how I was the closest girlfriend in there with her and how she really warmed to me and how much we had in common and we should do business stuff together, and I was taking it on face value."

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