During the tenth episode of Farmer Wants a Wife on May 1, all of the families of our five Farmers were present and accounted for. Well, except for Farmer Brenton’s mum.

Now, in an interview with 7Entertainment, the sixth-generation cattle farmer has revealed the real reason why she was a no-show.

According to Brenton, things got “pretty heated” between the pair when his mum decided not to appear on the show, in case she bonded with the rejected girls and would “never see them again”. Ummm… cute?!

“I mean, you really want your family to get on with the girls,” he told the outlet. “[My family] had never been in front of a camera and mum didn’t want a camera on her because she didn’t want to get to know the other two Ladies and then not pick them and never see them again.”

“So she decided not to show her face [at all].”

Instead, Farmer Brenton’s dad Daniel and sisters Elly and Brittney appeared on behalf of the family, choosing Sophie — Brenton’s front-runner for the final 24-hour solo date.

Both Jemma and Rachel — from the Barossa Valley and Perth respectively — were left questioning everything after Daniel told them they had “bugger all chance” of staying in their hometowns if Brenton was to choose them.

READ MORE: Recap — Episode 10: Farmer Wants a Wife’s Shelby throws Clare under the bus. Big time

Farmer Wants a Wife continues on Sunday at 7.30pm on 7 and 7Plus.

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