'Apostle' told her to marry a total stranger

You will be hard pressed to find a more cringeworthy reality TV wedding than that of complete strangers Siziwe Tyhobeka and Sindile Mathonsi.

The pair have become overnight social media celebrities since their nuptials were the subject of Mzansi Magic's Our Perfect Wedding on Sunday night.

Yes, you read right - they didn't know each other a week before they married, on April 19, in Queenstown, Eastern Cape.

She is 37 and Xhosa, and he is 43 and a Swati speaker.

At least Britney Spears and Jason Alexander were once reportedly friends with benefits before their marriage.

So, why are we here again? The couple were apparently brought together by the House of Worship church prophet who said "This marriage is a message from God."

Bride-to-be Tyhobeka said: "I kept looking at him and thinking: 'How can the Lord give me such a dark and ugly man? This brother is very ugly to be marrying me'."

He is no Tyson Beckford. He just wanted a wife.

Enter Apostle Gloria Bobelo. If this were a sitcom she would be modelled on Victoria, played by Lynn Whitfield in Madea's Family Reunion.

Bobelo doesn't give a hoot about the pair's feelings or chemistry. Bobelo believes "marriage doesn't come from relationships".

She picked the couple's attire two days before the marriage as if it were an afterthought.

She told the bride that she was not allowed to show her armpits (presumably no off-the-shoulder or sleeveless outfits).

She had the bride and groom walk together down the aisle and when the vows had been recited and rings exchanged announced that they were now bound in holy matrimony.

And while we were still getting back on our feet, she told them they were not allowed to kiss: "hug each other in a holy manner ... hug him and no kissing".

Producer Pearl Munonde said it was definitely "the most bizarre" episode she's worked on.

"We didn't know what to expect, especially because all communication was through the apostle," she said.

Munonde said the couple are "still fine" and live together at the groom's home in Barberton .

• Our Perfect Wedding is on Mzansi Magic at 7pm on Sundays.