Robert Żuchowski has confirmed that his marriage to Aneta Żuchowska has ended, stating in a social media statement that the couple separated just under two months ago. The announcement, reported by Pudelek.pl on Friday, closes weeks of speculation among viewers of the TVN reality format "Ślub od pierwszego wejrzenia," the Polish edition of "Married at First Sight," where the pair first met.
In his post, Żuchowski said he would not disclose what led to the breakup, citing the wellbeing of the couple's two children and his respect for Aneta. He also asked followers to refrain from pressing for details about the decision.
Why it matters
The Żuchowskis were among the most visible couples to come out of the Polish show, which pairs strangers in a legally binding ceremony and lets them decide over several weeks whether to stay married. According to Pudelek.pl, the pair met during the programme's sixth season and were widely held up as evidence that the format's experts can get the match right. They went on to have two children, a son, Mieszko, and a daughter, Hania, and regularly posted about family life online.
That public image is part of why the confirmation carries weight. For years the couple functioned as a reference point for fans who followed the show, and their separation is likely to be read by some viewers as a test of how durable the programme's matches really are. Pudelek.pl noted that few relationships in Polish show business and televised social experiments had drawn as much emotional investment and goodwill as this one.
What Robert Żuchowski said
The statement opened with a look back. Żuchowski recalled that he and Aneta met on the programme five years earlier and thanked viewers for supporting them since then, noting that when they started a family he had imagined they would remain together for years.
He then confirmed the separation directly, writing that it was difficult for him to put the news into words. He stressed that the end of the marriage does not diminish how important fatherhood is to him, and said he intends to remain present in his children's daily lives and take an active part in raising them, so that they know they can always count on him.
The post ended with a request for restraint. Żuchowski said he would keep the reasons for the split to himself out of concern for the children and out of respect for Aneta, and asked readers to respect the couple's privacy.
How the news surfaced
Rumours had been building for weeks before the confirmation. According to Pudelek.pl, attentive followers noticed that no new joint photographs were appearing on the couple's Instagram accounts, that Robert had begun posting from his former bachelor flat, and that Aneta's curt replies to questions about her husband suggested a serious rift. Pudelek.pl had previously reported on the couple's long absence from each other's social media.
Other Polish outlets picked up the story as it developed, with TVN's own platforms among those reporting the separation and the publication of an official statement. Coverage framed the split as the end of one of the programme's best-loved pairings.
A familiar pattern for reality-TV couples
The Żuchowskis are not the first participants in the format to part ways publicly, and the way this separation was handled follows a pattern common to couples who built a following through television: silence on social media, then speculation, then a single statement that sets the boundaries of what will be discussed. Żuchowski's post does that deliberately, confirming the fact of the split while closing off the question of cause.
For the family, the practical questions now concern the children. Żuchowski's statement was framed almost entirely around his role as a father rather than around the marriage itself, and he asked that the children's interests be the priority in how the news is treated.
For viewers and the programme's producers, the separation raises the longer-term question of how the show's track record is presented. The couple had been treated as a success story, and their split removes one of the more prominent examples used to illustrate that the format can produce lasting relationships.
Pudelek.pl reported that Żuchowski's statement drew a large response, with dozens of comments appearing beneath coverage of the announcement.
What happens next will largely be decided by the couple themselves. Neither has indicated that further statements are planned, and Żuchowski has explicitly asked for privacy, so the next development to watch is whether Aneta addresses the separation publicly or whether the pair keep the details, as requested, out of view.
