Mary and Dominic (Season 1)
Relationship status: Still together?
Mary and Dominic Dalla Nora were featured in Season 1 of Love After Lockup. Mary and Dominic briefly dated before Dominic went for prison for six years in Canada for aggravated assault. They married in the Season 1 finale and welcomed their first child, a son named Ari Cristiano, in April 2020. They welcomed their second child, another son, sometime after. While it’s believed that Mary and Dominic are still together, multiple Reddit users claim in a thread in February 2023 that Mary has used the hashtag “single mom” in her Instagram posts, suggesting that she and Dominic had split.
In 2019, Mary slammed WEtv for not featuring her and Dominic in Love After Lockup‘s spinoff, Life After Lockup. “Proof they don’t want to show a REAL, couple who made it! And still continues to shine and do well! Exact proof they are only here for drama, drug addicts and toothless losers,” she tweeted at the time.
She also shared an Instagram post at the time criticizing Love After Lockup for changing since she and Dominic were on the first season. “I make it a rule to never post when angry… that being said, yesterday an announcement was made that Love After Lockup would be airing Love After Lockup: Life After Lockup as a spin-off series to the original show. Like you… I also found this news out online. After working with our production team for years (three and counting), I would have expected to find this news out from them directly, which is frustrating and disappointing to say the least as we were continuously strung along,” Mary wrote at the time.
She continued, “Dominic and I will not be involved with Life After Lockup. It seems as though our story and image does not align with the direction of the franchise. We chose to do Season 1 of Love After Lockup to end the stereotypes of incarcerated relationships and shed a new light on our relationship proving that real people, who are educated, come from good families, have good jobs and are genuine can be in these types of relationships.”
She went on on to accuse Love After Lockup of perpetuating stereotypes about “prison couples.” “[However,] if you have watched the show, it is fairly apparent that Love After Lockup aims to portray a less than flattering image of those of us who are coming home from prison or have stood by an inmate during their incarceration. It would seem [the] show showcases people suffering from drug addition, mental illness, or other various problems,” she wrote.
She continued, “I was initially under the impression that the series was meant to showcase those of us who don’t fit the assumed ‘prison couple’ image and never imagined that the show would involve this caliber of individuals and their stories. For this reason I am thrilled to not be associated with the show or associated with or compared to the other cast members and their stories.”