"Married At First Sight" Season 1 Jamie Otis expanded her career from being a TV personality to an author. The "Married At First Sight" Season 1 star revealed in her new book some personal issues regarding her husband, Doug Hehner.
In her book, "Wifey 101 Everything I got Wrong After Finding Mr. Right," Jamie Otis revealed Doug Hehner's battle with addiction to pain killer way before "Married At First Sight" Season 1.
Radar Online reports that Doug Hehner took prescription pills to aid his surgeries on both of his shoulders. But the "Married At First Sight" Season 1 star got dependent on the pill that he became addicted to it.
“It got to the point where my day was consumed with finding pills," Married At First Sight" Season 1 Doug Hehner shared. "I would drive all over New Jersey, it didn’t matter where or how long the drive was. I couldn’t function normally without them. I would cancel plans, I would avoid my family, I was a miserable person, until I found pills.”
Did Jamie Otis Join 'Married At First Sight' Season 1 for publicity?
When Jamie Otis joined "Married At First Sight" Season 1 back in 2014, many questioned her sinceriity to the experiment since she was already a part of "The Bachelor" once before.
One of those people who questioned her intention was Doug Hehner's mom. She was worried that Jamie Otis joined "Married At First Sight" Season 1 for the wrong reason and will eventually break her son's heart,
As it turns out, Jamie Otis is just as much dedicated to the "Married At First Sight" Season 1 experiment as Doug Hehner.
"Married At First Sight" Season 1 Jamie Otis troubled childhood
Jamie Otis had a tough past before she even tackled "The Bachelor" and "Married At First Sight" Season 1.
Jamie Otis used to live in a trailer where she had to act as the mom to her siblings even in a very young age because her mother was not responsible enough to take care of them.
Her troubled childhood has become her inspiration to not ever go back to that situation again.
With that background, plus admitting that she wasn't physically attracted to Doug Hehner when she first met him at the altar, many doubted that this "Married At First Sight" Season couple will choose divorce when the experiment ends.
Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner proved everyone wrong when the "Married At First Sight" Season 1 couple chose to stay married with each other and they are still very much together two years after the experiment.