Susie Bradley shares cryptic post after announcing she is stepping away from work

Married At First Sight’s Susie Bradley, wife of NRL star Todd Carney, shared a cryptic update to social media one week after announcing she was stepping back from her beauty business.

After revealing she would close her aesthetician clinic for four months, Bradley said that in the span of one week, “life has changed in ways I never saw coming”.

“Sometimes life changes in ways you never could have prepared for,” she wrote with a broken heart emoji.

Bradley added she made the decision so she could “take some much-needed time with family” as well as focus on her wellbeing. She continued that now was the time to adjust her plans.

“I will still be taking the next four weeks completely away from the clinic to focus on my family, heal, and begin navigating this new chapter,” she wrote.

“After that, I’ll be returning in a very limited capacity – just one clinic day per week, along with my interstate clinics as planned.

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MAFS' Susie Bradley and NRL star Todd Carney's relationship timeline

“I’ve realised that giving myself a month to begin to heal, followed by a gentle return to work, is the balance that feels right for me and my family.

“A small amount of work will provide some stability, purpose and routine while I find my feet again, without taking away from what matters most – my children.”

Bradley thanked friends and family who had reached out to offer support over the past week. However, she didn’t share any specifics about what exactly had happened, only that she is experiencing “one of the most difficult times of [her] life”.

Bradley, who was a MAFS bride in 2019, also posted several messages on her Instagram story hinting at what may have happened.

“They weren’t sorry when they thought you didn’t know. Never forget that,” read one Instagram video she reshared.

Another read: “But before everything went wrong, I think that was the happiest I had ever been in my life. On that post, Bradley wrote her own caption, “how depressing”.

Susie and Todd’s relationship timeline

Bradley and Carney welcomed a second baby boy, King, in February 2026 after a challenging IVF journey.

King is their second child together following four-year-old son Lion. Todd also stepped into the role of stepfather to Susie’s 10-year-old daughter, Baby.

The couple met in 2019 after Bradley’s stint on MAFS. They first got engaged in 2020 when Carney proposed at the gender reveal during Bradley’s pregnancy with Lion.

Bradley and Carney briefly split in 2022, before rekindling their relationship. By May 2024, they announced they were engaged again.

They officially tied the knot in a special ceremony at their own home in the Gold Coast hinterland in January 2025.

Nine.com.au has reached out to Susie Bradley for comment on this story.