New Married at First Sight expert DeVon Franklin is officially divorced from actress Meagan Good.
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The former spouses reportedly settled their divorce privately, with neither person being required to pay spousal support going forward.
Meagan, 40, and DeVon -- a preacher, Hollywood producer, self-help author and relationship advisor -- got married in June 2012.
The pair separated in August 2021 and then DeVon filed for divorce in December of that year after nearly a decade of marriage.
In December 2021, DeVon and Meagan announced their breakup in a joint statement.
"After much prayer and consideration, we have decided to go into our futures separately but forever connected. We celebrate almost a decade of marriage together and a love that is eternal. There's no one at fault, we believe this is the next best chapter in the evolution of our love," the former couple reportedly shared at the time.
"We are incredibly grateful for the life-changing years we've spent together as husband and wife," they added. "We are also extremely thankful to God for the testimony being created inside us both and for blessing our lives with each other."
DeVon's divorce was finalized just a month before he's set to make his debut on Married at First Sight's upcoming fifteenth season, which premieres Wednesday, July 6 at 8PM ET/PT on Lifetime.
DeVon will be starring as one of the new experts, along with psychotherapist Dr. Pia Holec, who specializes in sex and couples' therapy.
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DeVon and Dr. Pia will be joining returning Married at First Sight experts Pastor Calvin Roberson and Dr. Pepper Schwartz, making Season 15 the show's first edition since Season 3 to feature a four-person panel of experts.
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The new season, which will feature San Diego-based couples navigating the extreme eight-week marriage experiment, will also represent the first time Married at First Sight has ever filmed a season in a West Coast city.
DeVon addressed the perception that his divorce may undermine his credibility as a marriage "expert" in an Instagram post shortly after his Married at First Sight participation was announced last month.
"Moment of Truth: Last year, Married at First Sight (@mafslifetime) invited me to come on the show. I agreed to do it … and then the divorce hit," he wrote. "They came to me and said that didn't matter to them because they still felt like I could help their couples."
"I was going to tell them 'No' because I felt shame and that voice in my head said, 'you're a failure, how can you help anybody save their marriage when yours didn't work out.' That voice in my head also had me thinking about what would 'people' say? Would 'people' approve or disapprove?" DeVon continued.
"And then I had to ask myself: Is this how I'm going to live the rest of my life? In fear about what 'people' say? And who are 'people' anyway? So I went back to the @mafslifetime team and told them YES, I'll still come. I REFUSE TO LIVE IN FEAR OR SHAME!"
"And guess what? When I went to do the show, something powerful happened. Everything I've been through, I was able to draw upon to help a couple successfully sort through their issues (you'll have to watch to find out which couple) A lot of times that voice in our heads is our worst enemy. It tries to talk us out of what God is trying to talk us into."
"I was trying to get through this life perfect and without failure, now I'm just living to get through it truthfully and if what I've learned about love and relationships can help someone, then I'm here for it. Let me know what you think when you see it, new season premieres on 7/6"a
Pastor Calvin, Dr. Pepper and Dr. Viviana Coles had previously served as Married at First Sight's panel of experts since Dr. Viviana joined MAFS in Season 9.
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The pairs of strangers to be married on Season 15 are Lindy and Miguel, Krysten and Mitch, Alexis and Justin, Stacia and Nate, and Morgan and Binh.
Two weeks prior to the July 6 premiere, Lifetime will air a Season 15 Married at First Sight: Matchmaking Special on Wednesday, June 22 at 8PM ET/PT.
Lifetime will follow that up with a Married at First Sight: Kick-Off Special hosted by Kevin Frazier on Wednesday, June 29 at 8PM ET/PT.
Married at First Sight: Afterparty, once again hosted by Keshia Knight Pulliam, will also return on July 6 and air Wednesday nights at 11PM ET/PT immediately after each new episode.
On each season of Married at First Sight, the strangers are matched based on their compatibility, goals, hobbies, religion, views of marriage and gender roles, and more.
After meeting for the first time at their wedding ceremony, each Season 15 couple will then have the next couple of months of their new married lives documented -- beginning with their wedding ceremony, reception and honeymoon, and continuing with the joys and struggles of daily life as they move in together and adjust to being newlyweds with their stranger spouse.
Over the years, Married at First Sight has resulted in 14 couples still married and nine children.
Married at First Sight just wrapped up its fourteenth season based in Boston, MA.
Two of Season 14's five couples, Noi Phommasak and Steve Moy as well as Katina Goode and Olajuwon Dickerson, were still together by the time the reunion was filmed five months after Decision Day.
The season's three other couples split. Alyssa Ellman and Chris Collette decided to get a divorce only 12 days into the process. Jasmina Outar and Michael Morency broke up shortly after choosing to stay together on "Decision Day" but before the reunion taping, as did Mark Maher and Lindsey Georgoulis.
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