Jack Dunkley dug himself a brand new hole when he called Tristan Black a “whale” at the Married At First Sight Couple’s Retreat, but his ‘wife’ Tori Adams doesn’t believe he deserves the backlash.

While the group were on the getaway, Jack apparently came down to the pool while Tristan, Timothy Smith and Lucinda Light were sunning themselves.

“I had my shirt off [by the pool]… Jack walks in and says ‘Oh, I see the whales are here today,”” Timothy revealed in the episode.

When word got around about Jack’s offensive comment, he was blasted by the group. However, Tori told Bronte & Lakey for Breakfast that all wasn’t as it appeared.

“I wasn’t there when he said it, but from what I’ve heard when that comment was made to the people that were around the pool there was a big barrel of laughter.”

“The people saying that they were there when he said it, weren’t actually there. They weren’t actually at the pool at the time, they were inside.”

“I think people’s memory is quite fuzzy.”

Tori said she had a “giggle” watching the MAFS Couple’s Retreat

While many people in Tori’s shoes would be horrified watching their partner’s awful behaviour back on TV, that wasn’t the case for Tori.

“That retreat was like a chaos,” Tori told the radio hosts. “Watching the episodes now, I giggle ’cause I’m like, they cut out so much stuff for everyone.”

Tori added that she thinks the other contestants loved to pile on to Jack and make him the villain.

“Jack obviously has a big target on his back,” she said. “It was just another opportunity, I guess, to cancel him.”

Listen to the interview:

Watch Married at First Sight Sundays at 7.00pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7.30pm on Nine and 9Now.

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