Johnny and Bao met earlier than they got married on Season 13 of 'Married at First Sight,' so how well do the newlyweds know each other?

Spoiler alert: This article accommodates spoilers for Season Thirteen of MAFS.

The premise at the back of Married at First Sight is inconspicuous. A handful of other people inform a panel of mavens what they're searching for in a partner; the ones experts then fit them each and every with a spouse who they do not meet till the day in their wedding ceremony. It sounds pretty easy, but for Bao and Johnny, issues are anything else but.

In an unique clip of the Season 13 premiere of MAFS, Bao and Johnny realize that they already know each and every different at the altar. Cue the dun-dun-dun sound effect. It won't stop them from going thru with their nuptials, but it does add an interesting and unexpected component to the show's experiment.

How did Johnny and Bao meet on 'MAFS' Season 13?

In the clip, Bao says out loud as she is walking down the aisle along with her father that she acknowledges Johnny. She then realizes that he recognizes her too. But what fanatics did not know was how Bao and Johnny in reality met so many years in the past.

The wedding begins off romantically sufficient with temper music to get audience in a position to see a love tale within the making. Then it form of fizzles out as Bao realizes she knows who her husband-to-be is, even supposing she's not supposed to. To his credit score, Johnny kind of laughs at the altar, easing the stress. But they no doubt have some form of previous.

"Oh my God, it's Johnny," Bao says in an in-the-moment speaking head interview.

"Out of the entire world of possibilities that I thought might happen today, this is like Pluto," Johnny says in his own speaking head.

At least neither turns out to be dissatisfied in seeing the opposite. They're simply equally shook.

Did Bao and Johnny date before 'MAFS'?

When Johnny and Bao in spite of everything get the chance to talk prior to they are saying "I do," Johnny says that "it's been a really long time." And in accordance to Bao's upcoming confessional, in a sneak peek shared by The Sun, it's been since school, which was the place the two met.

"I am feeling so many emotions right now," she says. "I have known Johnny since college. Johnny was University of Texas Vietnamese Student Association President. I was the University of Houston’s Vietnamese Student Association President. And we did events together. This was meant to be."

Bao had prior to now expressed concern over knowing her thriller spouse.

In the July 7, 2021, MAFS Matchmaking Special, Bao voiced her issues to Dr. Viviana Coles about being matched with anyone she already is aware of. She explained that she knew it was possible to be married to an Asian man she already knew, due to her huge role within the Asian group in Houston. At the time, Dr. Viviana agreed that Houston can once in a while really feel like a small the town.

Well, Houston, we have an issue. Okay, that was unhealthy. But this could also be a display by which it is an issue to know your spouse sooner than you get married, so we are all over the place anyway.

Hopefully, Bao and Johnny's historical past from earlier than MAFS doesn't put a damper on their marriage.

Watch Married at First Sight on Wednesdays at Eight p.m. EST on Lifetime.

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