{"id":2343426,"date":"2026-03-24T11:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2343426"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:37:09","slug":"married-at-first-sight-star-mel-schilling-dies-aged-54-surrounded-by-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/married-at-first-sight-star-mel-schilling-dies-aged-54-surrounded-by-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Married At First Sight star Mel Schilling dies aged 54 \u2018surrounded by love\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 54-year-old Australian, who rose to fame as a relationship coach on Married At First Sight (Mafs), told fans in early March that her cancer had spread to the left side of her brain and doctors had told her \u201cthere is nothing further they can do\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a post on Instagram on March 13, Schilling said her \u201cworld changed\u201d in an instant after being told that her cancer had spread and her \u201clight is starting to fade\u201d.<\/p>\n

Schilling, who offers relationship advice on Channel 4 reality dating show Married At First Sight, had treatment for colon cancer in 2023.<\/p>\n

But a routine scan months later found \u201csmall nodules\u201d in her lungs which have since spread to parts of her brain, causing \u201cblinding headaches and numbness\u201d down the right side of her body.<\/p>\n

The TV personality said that while filming Mafs she underwent 16 rounds of chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy, and in early March was told that there is nothing further that can be done to treat the cancer.<\/p>\n

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Mel Schilling at the Baftas in 2024 (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

She said at the time: \u201cOver the past two years, while filming Mafs, I underwent 16 rounds of chemotherapy and was later told I was eligible for a ground-breaking clinical trial specific to my gene type, due to start in March 2026. Once again, my optimism soared that I might beat this thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver Christmas, however, I began experiencing blinding headaches and numbness down my right side.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter many tests I was told the cancer had spread to the left side of my brain and, despite subsequent radiotherapy sessions, my oncology team have now told me there is nothing further they can do.<\/p>\n

\u201cHearing those words changes everything.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy light is starting to fade \u2014 and quickly. But I am still here, still fighting, and surrounded by the most incredible love.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimple tasks have become incredibly difficult and I am relying on my beautiful family to look after me. I honestly don\u2019t know how long I have left, but I do know I will fight to my last breath and will be surrounded by the love and support of my people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.independent.ie \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 54-year-old Australian, who rose to fame as a relationship coach on Married At First Sight (Mafs), told fans in early March that her cancer had spread to the left side of her brain and doctors had told her \u201cthere is nothing further they can do\u201d. In a post on Instagram on March 13, Schilling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2343415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[347605],"class_list":["post-2343426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-latest-news-ticker"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Married-at-First-Sight-star-Mel-Schilling-dies-aged-54.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2343427,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343426\/revisions\/2343427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}