Thursday 6 October 2022 11:25 AM Farmer Wants a Wife: Leish announces SHOCK split from Farmer Ben trends now Farmer Wants a Wife's Leish announces SHOCK split from Farmer Ben and admits she tried 'everything' to make their relationship work: 'I am absolutely shocked and heartbroken' By Kinta Walsh-cotton For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:03 BST, 6 October 2022 | Updated: 11:20 BST, 6 October 2022 Viewcomments Farmer Wants a Wife's Leish has announced her shock split from Farmer Ben In a surprising statement shared to Instagram on Thursday evening, Leish, 31, revealed she tried 'everything' to make their relationship work and was 'absolutely shocked and heartbroken'. 'I am completely heartbroken to announce that sadly Ben and I have parted ways,' she told her followers. Farmer Wants a Wife's Leish announced her SHOCK split from Farmer Ben on Thursday evening. Both pictured She continued: 'I tried everything I could to make our relationship last after the show (Including wanting to move to the farm earlier. Yes everyone, I was always planning on moving.) 'But unfortunately it wasn't there for Ben anymore and I was left absolutely shocked and heartbroken. 'I gave it my all and fell in love with Ben, his daughter and family (which hurts that little bit extra). In a surprising statement shared to Instagram on Thursday evening, Leish, 31, revealed she tried 'everything' to make their relationship work and was 'absolutely shocked and heartbroken' 'I am thankful for the support I have had these past few months from the other girls on Ben's farm and the other farms. They have been true selfless legends in helping me heal,' she added. Leish finished off the post by wishing Ben 'all the best' in the future. Farmer Ben chose to listen to his heart and picked Leish in the finale. Pictured together The split may come as a shock to FWAW viewers as Ben and Leish fell into a passionate love affair this season, often sneaking away to steal kisses. The hospital administrator fell into some hot water with the other women vying for the farmer's heart after they caught her sneaking into his bedroom late at night. She caught the NSW dairy farmer's eye right off the bat, and was invited to come to his farm 24 hours ahead of everyone else. The ladies vying for the heart of NSW dairy farmer Ben, 27, (pictured) discovered he was having 'sneaky' rendezvous with his favourite contestant, Leish There was a confrontation in the kitchen after the ladies found out Leish (pictured) had been 'sneaking' into Ben's room for a goodnight kiss the previous two nights And this favouritism was obvious to all the contestants when Ben gravitated towards Leish and shared sneaky goodnight kisses with her. In the finale, Ben confessed to Leish: 'We've shared so many firsts with one another. The first date, the first to come to the farm and the first kiss. 'From the moment I met you, you've always been on my mind. Leish, I've fallen madly in love with you and I'd love for you to run away with me and start this next chapter of our lives together.' A sheepish-looking Ben (left) entered the kitchen as the ladies were grilling Leish about their late-night kisses. Brushing off their jealously, he said: 'This is part of what we signed up for' Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility