In an recent interview with Chattr, controversial groom Chris Robinson has revealed that last night’s Married At First Sight (MAFS) Commitment Ceremony was a “wake-up call.”
“Obviously, the Commitment Ceremony was really hard for me,” Chris admits. “I got some hard truths. And it was a big, big smack in the face and a wake-up call,” the 38-year-old groom says.
ICYMI, last night Chris and his TV husband Sam Stanton fronted the experts after a conflict-ridden week. Expert John Aiken, in particular, called Chris out for a communication style being so poor that Sam had become “scared” of trying to raise problems with him.
“It was an awful place to be,” Chris says about the ceremony, adding that the Commitment Ceremony was probably his “least favourite part of the whole experiment.”
“Sometimes when you’re being told you’re wrong and your mirror is being held up to your face, it’s not nice,” he adds. “I mean, that’s where the growth happens. It’s not pretty… but I do want to move forward and grow as a person.”
Sam and Chris butt heads at the Dinner Party. Image: Nine
Can Chris see a future with Sam?
Chris and Sam once again clashed at the Commitment Ceremony last night, when Chris blindsided Sam by deciding that he wanted to “leave” the experiment. However, Sam wrote “stay”, and as per the rules of the experiment, the couple are stuck together for another week as they attempt to repair their relationship.
When asked if he believes he and Sam could potentially have a future after the Commitment Ceremony, the 38-year-old sounded hopeful.
“I still want to try and give this relationship a really good crack,” he says. So, will Chris and Sam mange to heed the experts’ advice and turn their relationship around? We’ll find out this week.
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Alissa and David may look like one of the strongest couples on Married at First Sight (MAFS) 2026, but the bride has revealed to Chattr that several major fights between the couple never made it to air.
Spoiler warning: The following article has spoilers. If you don’t want to know what happens between David and Alissa, now is the time to stop reading!
The first sign of trouble between Alissa and David was shown in the Commitment Ceremony episode that aired on March 8, when Alissa told the experts that she functions at a “higher frequency” than him. While the couple had a non-productive chat about it in the following episode, no other issues between them have been raised since. However, Alissa said that wasn’t the case behind the scenes.
“There is a lot of context missing. We’ve had a few ups and downs at this point in the experiment that haven’t been aired, and we’ve had to work through them. Some of the things were challenging that we had to work through, and the cracks do start to show; every relationship has cracks,” she said.
Alissa added that viewers may be confused, seemingly implying that Alissa and David’s relationship may begin to fall apart in upcoming episodes.
“It won’t make sense to the viewers because there have been storylines missed, big key elements to our relationship,” she added.
What exactly were those fights about? Alissa wouldn’t elaborate, but she did explain that she believes she’s been open about her issues, for her part.
“I’ve always been very open about how I’m feeling, and I feel like there could have been times where we could have had better conversations, or maybe he could have spoken up a little bit more, because I’m very open with my communication and what I need and what I want. But you know, no one’s f**king perfect,” she explained.
Alissa and David are reportedly set to break up in upcoming MAFS episodes
According toMAFS Funny podcast, David and Alissa apparently make it all the way through the experiment, but Alissa packs up and quits right before Final Vows.
Producers allegedly begged Alissa to return, and she finally agreed, but savagely dumped David at Final Vows.
“And then during their Final Vows ceremony, Alissa went first. She read out her vows, which were apparently quite brutal, and in them she said, how her and David, they have no future outside of the experiment, and this apparently left David so furious and kind of blindsided that he just threw his vows down on the ground, refused to read them and stormed off set, and that was it, done, the end,” host Josh Fox claimed.
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The new Bachelorette, starring Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul, which was scheduled to premiere on March 22, has been cancelled after a video of a domestic incident from 2023 leaked.
The video shows Taylor kicking her now ex, Dakota Mortensen, and throwing chairs while her young daughter was present. “Your daughter just got hit in the head by a metal chair!” Dakota tells her in the clip.
Taylor and Dakota were also involved in a separate domestic in late February. The Draper Police Department in Utah told People magazine that there is an open “domestic assault investigation” regarding Paul and Mortensen and that “allegations have been made in both directions.”
However, ABC has cited the video as the reason for axing Taylor’s The Bachelorette season.
“In light of the newly released video just surfaced today, we have made the decision to not move forward with the new season of The Bachelorette at this time, andour focus is on supporting the family,” a Disney Entertainment Television spokesperson said in a statement.
Will Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of The Bachelorette air at a later date?
There’s no information available about whether Taylor’s season will be shelved for a later date. However, multiple sources have reported that big brands have severed ties with the network since news of Taylor’s domestic incident aired, making a later airing date unlikely.
Cinnabon announced that it had ended its partnership with both Mormon Wives and The Bachelorette earlier this week.
“Cinnabon has made the decision to terminate its collaboration with The Bachelorette and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Recent developments and allegations surrounding the lead cast member led us to reassess this collaboration as it no longer aligns with our brand values,” a spokesperson told Entertainment Weekly.
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On the page, there’s a lot about David Momoh and Alissa Fay from Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2026 that makes sense, especially physically! Alissa has said she’s looking for a partner who is “talk, dark and handsome” and David is a fan of “blonde, feminine women”.
The pair also both seem ambitious, with Alissa’s decade long nursing career inducing the kind of burnout that inspired her to branch out into becoming an influencer. David is also a self-described hustler, working full time as an e-commerce product manager while grinding away on a bunch of side hustles.
Together, they would make quite the power couple! However, whether that’s the way their story will have to go, we’ll just have to wait and find out.
Of course, filming for the season has already wrapped — meaning Alissa and David’s on-screen relationship has fully played out, even though viewers haven’t seen it yet. So, are the pair actually together in real life? Read on to find out everything we know so far.
Alissa Fay. Image: Nine
Are David and Alissa still together?
David and Alissa have been one of the strongest couples on MAFS 2026. However, with filming wrapped months ago, several relationships haven’t survived in the real world.
So, did theirs go the distance, or fall apart once the cameras stopped rolling? Here’s everything we know so far.
Insider claims viewers will see a wild twist play out at Final Vows
While Alissa and David’s relationship has gone relatively smoothly so far, Alissa teased in an interview with Chattr that “cracks are starting to show”.
And, according to a podcast by MAFS Funny, viewers could be about to witness the beginning of the end for David and Alissa. An insider told the podcast that Alissa bailed on the experiment right before Final Vows.
“Alissa basically just upped and left, packed her bags, flew back to Adelaide and said, Nah, I’m done. I’m not coming back for the Final Vows ceremony. But of course, she did after the producers begged her, and back to Sydney, she went,” host Josh Fox said.
“And then during their Final Vows ceremony, Alissa went first. She read out her vows, which were apparently quite brutal, and in them she said, how her and David, they have no future outside of the experiment, and this apparently left David so furious and kind of blindsided that he just threw his vows down on the ground, refused to read them and stormed off set, and that was it, done, the end,” he claimed.
Josh went on to say that Alissa allegedly has a new boyfriend, named Nathan Ryles, who competed on Ninja Warrior a few years ago.
Insider claims Alissa was on the show for clout
It’s unlikely that David and Alissa are still a couple, as a source told Chattr at the begining of the season that Alissa was on the show for the wrong reasons.
“Everyone will understand when they watch MAFS, because it was very obvious what she was there for,” they said. “She was only there for her influencing career, she wasn’t genuine.”
“Alissa’s groom was gutted, because he was there for the right reasons,” the source continued, with David having said that he’s a genuine person who was looking for the right woman to settle down with.
Prior to MAFS airing, Alissa had over 268,000 followers on TikTok, and was an ambassador for an SA-based car company called Southern Chery. Her accounts show her spruiking a bunch of products and services including underwear, laser eye surgery and of course, cars.
Alissa isn’t MAFS’ only rumoured clout chaser
Another source recently told Chattr that Scott McCristal was also on MAFS because he was seeking fame, which tracks with the fact that he has already been on reality TV shows Million Dollar Island, Blind Date and Holey Moley.
The production insider suggests that perhaps Scott and Alissa should have been paired with each other to spare their spouses the heartbreak.
“Alissa would have been better matched with Scott. They both were there for the wrong reasons,” they said.
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Married at First Sight’s (MAFS)Chris Robinsonhas received backlash since a clip aired of him on Stan’s After The Dinner Party making a snide remark about his TV husband Sam Stanton living in a share house. However, he’s since changed his tune, admitting in an interview with Chattr that he currently has a housemate.
During an unseen clip which aired on After the Dinner Party, Gia and Chris were shown belittling Sam behind his back at the most recent Dinner party.
“I do have a farm, and I do have a property in Sydney. I’m sorry, babe, like you share accommodation with you and three other people won’t pay for dinner,” Chris said in a producer-led interview.
In retrospect, Chris told Chattr that he regrets his remark insulting Sam for being in a share house, and said it was “just a silly comment”.
“The thing is… I have a housemate as well. I’ve just had someone move into my farm with me. So the share house accommodation thing, yeah, it was just a silly moment in time,” he explained. “One of my best mates has moved into the farm with me. So I’m really in no position to be saying anything about share accommodation.”
Chris did a complete backflip on his earlier stance, admitting his comments were out of line.
“I don’t think it’s bad to live in a sharehouse. I think it was an elitist, silly thing of me to say. And I’ve also just got a housemate as well who’s moved into the farm with me. So no, it’s not, it’s not cringe at all, all my lot of my friends are in shared accommodations. It’s not a big issue.”
“I wish that he could have had this conversation with me in private instead of [this], and potentially he could have brought it up at the Dinner Party again for some therapy, but to have it thrown on me five minutes before entering… seemed a little bit calculated to do it in front of the whole group.”
“I was really falling for Sam. It was definitely a real relationship, and I was trying my absolute hardest to make it work,” Chris spilled.
“It felt like a dagger to the heart… at the time, I did find [his actions] a little bit cruel.”
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Australian Idol is back on our screens for another year with contestants from all over the country chasing their childhood dream of becoming a pop star! Among this year’s contestants is 17-year-old jukebox singer, John Standley, who’s ready to give it his all on this year’s stage.
Keep reading to find out everything we know about John.
Who is John and where is he from?
John Standley is a 17-year-old student originally from Bunbury, Western Australia, but he now lives in Adelaide with his family. His parents serve as mission leaders for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Adelaide, Australia, mission, and the family will be based there for three years, supporting missionaries and members across South Australia.
On Instagram, John — aka Johnny Jukebox — already has nearly 7,000 followers, sharing covers that showcase his impressive voice (and that number is only set to skyrocket now that he’s on Australian Idol!).
Truth be told, John is definitely one to watch!
John singing a 50’s classic on Instagram. Image: Instagram
What does music mean to John?
John has a deep love for 1950s and ’60s classics — it’s no wonder he earned Johnny Jukebox as a nickname! At just 17, he brings a youthful energy to these vintage hits, blending timeless inspiration with a modern twist. His performances are helping to introduce the songs that have filled homes for generations to a whole new audience, captivating the next generation of music lovers.
Does John have any musical experience?
John is not afraid of the spotlight; he performed the Australian Anthem at a national Basketball game on Australia Day, and he was also runner-up in Adelaide’s “Search for a Star” competition. He has also appeared on Channel 7’s Telethon, helping raise much-needed funds for children battling cancer. Not only that, but John also performed as a pre-act for the Australian Karen Carpenter tribute show.
What will the winner of Australia Idol win?
The winner will receive $100,000, a recording package with Hive Sound Studios, a songwriting camp with Sony Music Publishing, marketing support from The Annex, and VIP access to the ARIAs and TV WEEK Logie Awards.
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Adding fuel to the fire was when Sam described Chris’ behaviour as “gaslighting”. After reflecting on that dramatic night, Chris isn’t holding back and tells Chattr Sam acted differently when he was on camera.
“Sometimes with Sam, I didn’t know where I stood, especially more so off camera. When there were cameras there, it seemed all great, but then off camera, sometimes I just didn’t know where I stood with him or I didn’t feel like I could come and say to him, ‘Hey, like why aren’t you hanging out with me?’. These types of things,” Chris says.
The groom thinks Sam’s actions during the Dinner Party were “cruel” and unnecessary, and would have liked more notice that their personal lives were about to be dissected. “It makes me feel awful, to be honest. It’s a horrendous feeling. And it’s not only in front of the whole group, it’s in front of all of Australia,” Chris notes.
“I wish that he could have had this conversation with me in private instead of [this], and potentially he could have brought it up at the Dinner Party again for some therapy, but to have it thrown on me five minutes before entering… seemed a little bit calculated to do it in front of the whole group.”
Sam reacting to Chris speaking about their fight. Image: Nine
Why did this fight with Sam affect Chris so much?
According to Chris, the groom was starting to envision a future with Sam outside of MAFS, so he was really upset with the conflict that happened during the Dinner Party.
“I was really falling for Sam. It was definitely a real relationship, and I was trying my absolute hardest to make it work,” Chris spills.
“It felt like a dagger to the heart… at the time, I did find [his actions] a little bit cruel.”
The couple will be going into the next Commitment Ceremony on Sunday to make a decision about their future, and Chris warns it won’t be pretty.
“It’s definitely shaky waters for Sam and I going into the Commitment Ceremony,” he teases. “We’re not really sure how it’s going to pan out.”
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There’s no Married At First Sight (MAFS) Dinner Party without some kind of incident, and tonight it came in the form of a tense clash between the show’s only remaining intruder couple, Sam Stanton and Chris Robinson.
It all kicked off in the car on the way to the Dinner Party, where after a long stretch of silence, Sam reveals to Chris that he’s planning to bring up their recent fight at the Dinner Party.
“Just a heads up,” Sam began, “I’m not super happy with how things ended last week, and the only reason I haven’t spoken about it is that I didn’t feel like I was getting through to you just by myself. And I feel like I need some people around to give us both an outside perspective on the situation,” he said to a visibly bamboozled Chris.
“I was fuming,” Chris said to producers about the situation, “because my husband and my partner has just dropped a bombshell on me five minutes before entering a social gathering,” adding, “I’ve never had someone do this to me.”
Sam and Chris arrive at the Dinner Party after their tense car chat. Image: Nine
Sam explains why he brought up the fight at the Dinner Party
Speaking to Chattr, Sam says that bringing up the fight at the Dinner Party wasn’t ideal, but the best option available to him in the context of the show. He said he wanted to protect himself from another fight with Chris and get some feedback — in particular, from the experts, who he knew would be watching.
Chris and Sam on MAFS. Image: Nine
“To be honest, I didn’t really care what happened at the Dinner Party,” he admits. “I was talking to the experts. So… I’m talking to the table, but I know the experts are listening, and I know they’re going to absorb this information, and see how Chris is reacting to me — see how I’m reacting to him, and then obviously give us feedback based on how we’re communicating to each other.”
“I think that was my main goal,” Sam continues. “It wasn’t to throw Chris under the bus at all. It wasn’t to sabotage him… all these things he thought I was doing. It was just to get [us to] move forward, because I couldn’t do it with just the two of us.”
So, there you have it. Sam says he was trying to make the best of a bad situation by getting the couple some feedback from the experts. What do we think, did our Adelaide groom go about things the right way?
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For those of you who saw Sam Stanton and Chris Robinson clash in tonight’s episode of Married At First Sight (MAFS), the moment when Sam tells Chris he’s planning to bring up their fight at the Dinner Party probably felt a bit out of the blue.
But in an interview with Chattr this morning, Sam reveals there’s a good reason for that. “You’re definitely missing one big conversation that I had with him by the pool, which basically was us going over the letter that we received from another couple,” explains Sam.
“At that time, I took upon myself to say it would be really good, Chris, if when we come to each other with feedback that we met each other with openness and kindness. And he then said to that that yes, he agrees, and that I’ve been shutting him down and disregarding and being defensive towards him.”
Sam and Chris hash it out on MAFS. Image: Nine
Sam explains that when he asked Chris for examples of when he’d displayed that type of behaviour, Chris said he didn’t have any. Sam clarifies that that was the situation he was referring to, when he speaks of being “gaslit” by Chris.
The Adelaide groom adds he while he does refer to that moment during the car conversation, it was edited out. “I’m just sort of yapping, and then [the audio] comes back in, and I say “gaslighter”, and then the audio goes back out,” he says. “So it actually misses the whole context of why I use that word.”
Sam reveals why he ambushed Chris in the car
Sam says the reason he only told Chris about his plan just before the Dinner Party was that he basically wanted to avoid another argument.
“I don’t know if ‘scared’ is the right word, but I was in a way, because every time we talked, he was just shutting down the conversation. I wasn’t feeling heard,” the groom explains.
“In the real world, I think I would have just said to Chris, look, you’re not hearing me. I’m going to leave, and you give me a call if you have figured out what’s actually wrong here. Because the way you’re being defensive and not hearing me at all is not OK.”
Sam says, however, that in the context of being on MAFS, the only way forward was to raise the argument at the Dinner Party. “In my head, I wasn’t doing anything wrong.”
The 34-year-old adds that his primary goal in bringing up the fight at the Dinner Party was to get feedback from the experts.
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With a season already packed to the brim with explosive fights, shock walkouts and a nasty text scandal, it’s no surprise that the Married at First Sight (MAFS) 2026 Reunion is set to be absolute chaos. And according to the cast themselves, the drama is only just getting started.
As the season is winding down and coming to the pointy end, we’ve asked the MAFS brides and grooms what viewers can expect at the Reunion, and it’s safe to say it sounds like it’s going to be wild.
Read on to find out everything you need to know about the MAFS 2026 Reunion.
The MAFS cast and experts filming a Commitment Ceremony. Image: Nine.
Producers had to intervene during a Reunion Dinner Party meltdown
Joel teased that to Chattr in an interview that the MAFS Reunion is “probably the most psychotic and deranged dinner party of all.”
The groom, who exited the experiment during the episode that aired on March 15, will be returning for the dramatic Reunion and revealed that the drama got so intense that the producers had to step in at one point.
“The producers stormed on set and shouted at us, ‘Stop screaming over each other’. Like, everyone was just screaming at each other. It was just a non-stop screaming match. But it’s not really good for TV when you can’t hear people speak.”
The filming of the Reunion Commitment Ceremony lasted until sunrise
The MAFS Reunion is filmed in two parts: the Dinner Party and the Commitment Ceremony, and Alissa said that the latter was the longest filming session they had all season. She said that it took about “16 hours” to film from start to finish, adding that the sun was coming up when they wrapped.
“We had a couple of breaks here and there, like water and toilet breaks and whatnot. But, it was exhausting, because obviously they do all your highlights, your low lights, and everybody gets a spot on the couch. That was definitely the longest [session we filmed],” she explained.
Alissa added that the longest filming session of the regular Commitment Ceremonies finished at “four o’clock in the morning”, noting that it wasn’t “as long as a reunion”.
The MAFS experts at a Commitment Ceremony. Image: Nine.
Cheating scandal between Danny and Stephanie exposed
Viewers can apparently expect a cheating scandal at the Reunion involving Danny Hewitt and intruder Stephanie Marshall. However, an insider has told Chattr that the storyline was exaggerated and there will be “no new couples at the Reunion.”
“It was Danny [Hewitt] and Stephanie [Marshall],” the source said. “But, there was nothing to it really; Danny just sent Stephanie a couple of friendly texts after Final Vows. I would not call it flirty by any means. It’s been completely blown out of proportion for the sake of making drama for the show.”
The source added that the news of Danny and Stephanie’s texts started circulating when “two women from the cast used it as a chance to create a huge s**t storm.”
When we asked Danny what to expect from the Reunion in a previous interview, he seemed to touch on the cheating scandal and echoed the source’s sentiment that things were blown out of proportion for drama.
“I think you’ll see a lot of fluffed-up drama. To be honest, you might see me in the heat of it. It’s just fluffed up bulls**t drama. That’s all it is. What’s done in the dark will always come to light.”
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In a revealing new interview with Chattr, Married At First Sight (MAFS) groom Sam Stanton reveals the exact moment he noticed his relationship with Chris was likely headed for the pits.
That moment unfolded on Sunday night’s episode, when the Adelaide groom, sitting alongside Chris, said he was underwhelmed by Juliette’s recent apology attempt, to which Chris somewhat curtly jumped in to defend her.
“He sort of shut me down,” Sam recalls, adding that he’d seen similar glimpses of Chris’ tendency to shut him down that made him wary of voicing his opinion more generally — for example, in relation to Chris confidently speaking about Sam moving to Sydney — without consulting him — at the Commitment Ceremony that aired on Sunday night.
“This is why I didn’t have the conversation [about Chris’ post-MAFS plans] straight after the Commitment Ceremony. You know, I saw this. I could feel it,” Sam says. The South Australian groom adds that his chat with fellow groom Filip helped him build the confidence to confront Chris.
“Coming off that conversation with Filip, and Filip validating that… I think, was a really important part that made me sort of confident to be OK,” he says. “Someone else is seeing my side here. I should go in and just at least approach this and have a conversation.”
Sam and Filip have a chat during Feedback Week. Image: Nine
Sam recalls his first fight with Chris
Looking back at his first confrontation with Chris about Commitment Ceremony comments, Sam says that he didn’t expect things to go as badly as they did. “If you watch me on that couch… I think you’ll see the light fall out from behind my eyes, like, this is who I’m in a relationship with,” Sam recalls.
“It was like I was starting to see the true colours come through of what [this relationship was] going to be like. And I’ve come from a past relationship that was always met with defensiveness.” The 34-year-old mentions that due to those past experiences, he felt strongly about holding his ground.
So, what’s next for Sam and Chris? It’s fair to say that we’ll be tuning into tonight’s Dinner Party episode to find out!
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Gia Fleur has quit the Married at First Sight (MAFS)experiment for the second time this season, and this time she’s taken her husband Scott McCristal with her. Fellow bride Alissa Fay, who watched Gia and Scott storm out from her apartment window, has criticised the couple for choosing to leave, adding that she hopes they don’t return to the experiment.
“That’s just what Gia does. She’s up and leaves every single time, and I’m just like, f**king leave. Just leave and be gone. Life will be better without her in the experiment anyway. We’ve all had enough of that. All of us are just like, just leave. Girl, go,” Alissa told Chattr.
Alissa pointed out that she thinks it’s “immature” of Gia to run away when the going gets tough, and believes that she should push herself and stay for the sake of working on her and Scott’s relationship, even if it’s uncomfortable for her.
“That’s not how you deal with things as an adult. Do you think you just up and leave your husband and your kids when things get hard? No, you’ve got to work at it,” she explained.
“You’ve got to you’ve got to shift things, your mindset. You’ve got to make changes. You know, just be a better human. It’s not hard.”
There’s been a huge amount of walkouts this season — Tyson Gordon, Brook Crompton and Juliette Chae Fava all stormed off during Commitment Ceremonies. While Tyson and Juliette left for good, Brook popped up for the next Dinner Party before leaving again a few days later.
Of course, Gia also ‘quit’ the experiment after a fight with Scott over photos of his ex, before returning shortly after. She also threatened to leave after bailing out of the most recent Commitment Ceremony, when the heat was on her after Alissa was told about texts sent about her behind her back.
While we don’t yet know whether Gia and Scott will come back, Alissa told Chattr that she doesn’t agree with contestants being allowed to make a big fuss and leave, only to return immediately afterwards and continue in the experiment.
“If they leave, they need to leave. If they’re leaving, they should just be gone. You can’t come back. If you’re leaving, then you don’t have the option. I’m sorry. Like, you can’t just chop and change.”
Do Gia and Scott return to MAFS after exiting the experiment?
Spoiler warning: if you don’t want to find out about whether Scott and Gia return to the MAFS experiment, you should stop reading now!
Gia and Scott are noticeably missing from the preview for tonight’s Dinner Party, fuelling speculation that their time in the experiment may be over. However, an Instagram post promoting tonight’s Dinner Party confirms that Scott and Gia will be there.
Gia and Scott ready for the Dinner Party. Image: Nine.
The official Married at First Sight (MAFS) Instagram page shared a carousel of all the brides and grooms — including Scott and Gia — dressed up in their Dinner Party outfits, and eagle-eyed fans pointed out their return in the comments section.
“Ohh, looks like Gia and Scott are still there, of course,” one person wrote. Another penned: “NOOOOO!! Not Gia coming back.”
It’s safe to say that Alissa probably feels the same way.
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Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2026 couple Chris Robinson and Sam Stanton are currently at a stalemate, but there’s one conversation between the pair viewers didn’t see. Sam is currently annoyed at Chris for blindsiding him with a plan for their future after the experiment, which would see Sam moving to Sydney for their relationship. However, Chris tells Chattr this was originally a suggestion made by Sam.
“What’s actually not shown is that Sam said he wanted to move to Sydney or the Gold Coast. So that’s why I kind of said what I said,” Chris explains.
“I feel like my comments or what I said to Mel and the experts, was just a suggestion. It wasn’t like a set-in-stone plan. I did think it was kind of cute that I was thinking of life outside the experiment.”
Chris says he did apologise when Sam first brought up how he felt, and while he felt like he was approaching the situation in a calm manner, he was called “defensive” which didn’t feel great.
“There was definitely a struggle with our communication. And you know, maybe our communication styles are a little bit different, but I also wanted him to empathise with me a little bit as well,” Chris says.
However, the groom does admit he should have thought about how Sam moving to another state was a big deal, even though it was originally Sam’s idea.
“I probably underestimated the impact of Sam packing up his life and moving to Sydney, especially for me, being a donor dad as well. So yeah, for my part, there could have been probably a little bit more time and thought into the conversation and a bit more empathy,” Chris adds.
The groom also mentions that he could see a future with Sam, but was concerned that Sam wasn’t interested in becoming a father. “I didn’t feel like Sam was taking an invested interest in my fatherhood journey. He had only asked me about the children once,” he notes.
Sam and Chris discuss life outside of the experiment. Image: Nine
Chris thought his plan with Sam outside of MAFS was ‘cute’
When Chris proudly announced that Sam could move to Sydney after the experiment, he wasn’t expecting any blowback.
“It came from a place of love, and it came from a place of just being cute and thinking outside the, after the experiment,” he says.
“I said to him, ‘Oh look, it’s all good, like it doesn’t matter. We can just see how things work out after the experiment, and then we can sort out the living situation.”
However, it doesn’t look like this fight is going to blow over, with Sam dropping a “bombshell” on Chris during the Dinner Party. It looks like this might be the end of the road for Chris and Sam.
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Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2026 couple Chris Robinson and Sam Stanton previously seemed to be one of the strongest pairs, but that’s come crashing down. After Chris announced his plan for Sam to move to Sydney after the experiment, Sam said he was unhappy this plan was made without his input. Chris seemed defensive, things got heated, and they’re going into the next Dinner Party without seeing eye-to-eye.
However, Chris tells Chattr there was a key unseen moment that would have changed the way viewers saw the situation. “Did you notice that my date with Rachel [Gilmore] wasn’t shown?” he asks. “On the date with Rachel, I kind of poured my heart out and said I didn’t feel like Sam was taking an invested interest in my fatherhood journey. He had only asked me about the children once.
“I actually broke down and cried with Rachel in my one-on-one date. So I’m a little confused as to why they didn’t show my date with Rachel, because that probably would have given a bit more context as to why I reacted the way I did.”
Chris adds that he was missing out on the pregnancy of the mother of his child, so the “pressure” of MAFS was starting to get to him. When he came back to his shared apartment with Sam, he was immediately thrown into a heated discussion where accusations were thrown around.
“They’ve left out a whole chunk of why I was acting the way I did,” Chris claims. “I was already emotional. I was already deregulated a little bit. I was feeling the pressure. It just kind of, didn’t help the situation,” he says.
Chris and Sam having a conversation on MAFS. Image: Nine
Sam drops a bombshell on Chris before the MAFS Dinner Party
According to Chris, the issue was dropped prior to the MAFS Dinner Party, and everything seemed to be going swimmingly.
“Sam and I had spent a few days together in Sydney and then we went back to the apartments where we spent a night together, and [this issue wasn’t] mentioned,” he says.
It seems as though the disagreement resurfaces during the Dinner Party episode as a way of creating drama.
“A bit of a bombshell is dropped on me five minutes before entering the Dinner Party. I’ll leave it up to as whether that was production or not, but in the real world, it wouldn’t have happened like that,” the groom says.
“I felt like this issue that Sam and I had… we could move on from that… but it unfortunately comes up again.”
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By now, we’ve all heard about the infamous leaked text scandal, which sees brides Gia and Bec go scorched earth on Alissa and David. The messages appear to have been exchanged on WhatsApp in the early weeks of Married At First Sight (MAFS), and they show three brides using some very… uh, colourful languageto express their dislike of the couple.
Sadly, we don’t have the conversation in full: we only have what Gia reportedly screen grabbed and tucked away as “receipts”. The first screenshot shows an exchange between Bec, Gia, and former participant Brook. Since Gia allegedly took the screenshots from her phone, her messages are probably the ones in green.
So without further ado, feast your eyes on this first exchange, where Alissa and David (presumably, being the Christian ones) are allegedly referred to as “fake c**ts” and, to drive the point home, “two c**t-licking Christian influencer wannabe c**ts.”
As for Brook’s mention of “Andrew Tate hands”, she’s likely referring to the temple-like gesture that the misogynist Andrew Tate makes with his hands. It appears that Brook is suggesting that David made this gesture at some point, but we couldn’t say for sure.
An alleged exchange between Bec, Gia and Brook.” Image: Reddit
In a second screenshot, we see references to Alisa being a “rat” and presumably telling MAFS producers that Ali Daher, a journalist who covers MAFS for The Daily Mail, contacted her. Gia looks to say that she doesn’t “f*ck with people like that”, and that’s basically that.
A second screenshot of an alleged exchange between Gia, Bec and Brook (Image: Reddit)
This final screenshot throws a spanner in the works, as it includes a round of unanimous praise for former participant Mel Akbay. Why not!
Gia allegedly refers to Mel as the “sweetest angel”. Image: Reddit
David and Alissa respond to the leaked texts
In an interview with Chattr, David reckons it was Bec who kicked off the Alissa hate train. “From my understanding, Gia first heard anything negative about Alissa from Bec, so I’m pretty sure it all started with Bec bringing Alissa’s name up anyway, and then, obviously Gia ran with it,” he said.
“It just became this massive hate against Alissa, but someone had to start the rumours or the talking, and I think Bec was the instigator,” David explained, adding that he’s still angry at both Gia and Bec, because it takes “two to tango”.
Also speaking to Chattr, Alissa took aim at Gia for waving the “receipts” around, accusing her of doing so to spin the narrative in her favour.
“It’s just Gia doing Gia s**t,” Alissa said. “She just can’t help herself. She’s got a big mouth. She’s a master manipulator, and she’s just ruined a lot of storylines for a lot of people, and she’s only thinking about herself and trying to save herself,” she said.
“This girl’s gonna be remembered for all the bad things,” Alissa added. “She’s not going to be iconic. She’s going to be remembered for all the bad s**t she did.”
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The past week has seen a ‘leaked text’ storyline play out on Married at First Sight (MAFS) 2026, which involves ‘vile’ messages sent between Bec Zacharia and Gia Fleur about Alissa Fay and David Momoh. However, a lot of viewers actually found out about the texts weeks ago, because they were leaked to the media, allegedly by Gia.
In an interview with Chattr, Alissa slammed Gia for spoiling the storyline for viewers, accusing her of doing so to spin the narrative in her favour.
“It’s just Gia doing Gia s**t,” Alissa said. “She just can’t help herself. She’s got a big mouth. She’s a master manipulator, and she’s just ruined a lot of storylines for a lot of people, and she’s only thinking about herself and trying to save herself, and she’s just selfish.”
Alissa added that while Gia will likely be remembered once MAFS 2026 wraps, it may not be in the way she’d hoped.
“This girl’s gonna be remembered for all the bad things. She’s not going to be iconic. She’s going to be remembered for all the bad s**t she did.”
David questions Gia’s motives for joining MAFS following message leak
David echoed Alissa’s sentiments, questioning why Gia would leak information to the media and spoil the show for viewers, even questioning her motive for going on the show in the first place.
“I don’t know what her intentions were with the experiment. It’s pretty obvious, she had other intentions, because there was no need for her to go taking these text messages and selling them,” he told Chattr.
“I have no idea what her actual intentions were. I know Scott’s a great guy, and I think he was there for the right reasons, but it’s making me question what her intentions were this whole time.”
“I think maybe Gia is trying to save herself at this point.”
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While Bec, Gia and former participant Brook were all involved in the tirade against Alissa and David, David told Chattr that Bec is copping the most heat because she was the one who initially badmouthed Alissa to the wider group.
“From my understanding, Gia first heard anything negative about Alissa from Bec, so I’m pretty sure it all started with Bec bringing Alissa’s name up anyway, and then, obviously Gia ran with it, and then it just became this massive hate against Alissa, but someone had to start the rumours or the talking, and I think Bec was the instigator,” David explained.
While David said he believes Bec was the one who initially turned the other women against Alissa, he told Chattr he’s annoyed with everyone who participated in the horrible messages.
“I’m definitely upset at Gia, and I just see them as both as bad as each other at this point, because, you know, it takes two to tango, especially on their camp. They’re both coming for each other, but then they’re dragging everyone else in the experiment with them. It’s just annoying.”
He added that while his TV wife, Alissa, has given both of the women multiple chances through the experiment, he’s been done with them since he first found out Bec was trying to dig up dirt on Alissa.
“I was done with them the first time they crossed the line. I feel like the only reason I associated with them was that Alissa wanted to, I guess, mend the friendship.”
“But for me, personally, just in the real world, when people do wrong once, there’s a quote, see evil in no one, but once you see it, forget it not. And that’s just what I live by.”
Alissa stresses that Gia doesn’t get away ‘scot-free’ over the texts
Alissa revealed that Juliette sent her a screenshot of the texts, which Gia had sent to her. She explained that the screenshots didn’t just have the things Bec wrote, but implicated Gia, too.
“I could see what Gia was saying, because there were screen grabs. She wasn’t kind at all, but not as vicious as Bec. But it doesn’t excuse her bad behaviour…. She was being vulgar, just as vile,” Alissa told Chattr.
While so far it may appear that Bec has gotten a lot of backlash over the messages, Alissa teased that Gia will get her comeuppance.
“I’m definitely upset with Gia as well… She’s definitely not going to get away scot free. Trust me, she’s coming for her. It’s coming,” she said.
Alissa added that while the leaked messages about her were ‘vicious’ and ‘vile’, she assumes that even worse things have been said about her in the group chat behind her back.
“There would definitely be worse things, and I do not want to see them. I’ve had enough,” she said.
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In an interview with Chattr, controversial Married At First Sight (MAFS) bride Bec Zacharia revealed that she’s received daily death threats during her time on the show, commenting that the blowback from fans has been “a lot worse” than she expected.
“Every day I have people telling me how ugly I am, that I’m disgusting, that I’m a c*nt, that I’m I belong in the gutter… that I should jump off a bridge,” the bride reveals. “[That] If I’m so insecure, why don’t I just kill myself? Like every single day I’m getting these messages.”
Bec says that she knows she’s not “everyone’s cup of tea”, and to some extent signed up for the show knowing that she’d be copping backlash. “You either love me, or you hate me, and to be honest with you, I don’t care either way, because I know who I am as a person,” she says.
Bec and Danny at Sunday’s Commitment Ceremony. Image: Nine
“But these people going on and on and on online., [saying] ‘she’s a bully, she’s a mean girl’, but in the same breath, you’re writing me messages telling me to jump off a bridge and telling me how ugly I am. You’re just as bad as me.”
Bec responds to MAFS fans who send her death threats
Bec has urged fans to understand that everything you see on Married At First Sight (MAFS) is exaggerated to the umpteenth degree. “You know, you have to understand that you’re watching a TV show, and it’s amplified,” she tells Chattr.
“I take full responsibility for the fact that I’ve chosen to go on this, but at the same time, I’m a human being, and I’m constantly growing and constantly learning and constantly evolving,” she says, adding she’s even changed a lot since filming the show.
“You know, there should be a little bit of grace for all of us on this show, because we put our lives out there: the good, the bad and the ugly, and at least we’re there for your entertainment. I mean, the least you could do is not tell me to go kill myself.”
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While a cheating scandal has been teased for the Married at First Sight (MAFS)2026 Reunion, an insider close to production has told viewers not to expect another Jacqui-and-Clint-style hard launch.
Daily Mail Australiareported that a “controversial groom will find himself at the centre of a cheating saga after sliding into the DMs of another bride just days after filming Final Vows”. The publication reported that the texts and voice notes were flirty. However, our source denied the claims, insisting the messages were simply friendly and revealing which bride and groom were involved.
“It was Danny [Hewitt] and Stephanie [Marshall],” the insider told Chattr. “But, there was nothing to it really; Danny just sent Stephanie a couple of friendly texts after Final Vows. I would not call it flirty by any means. It’s been completely blown out of proportion for the sake of making drama for the show.”
The source added that the news of Danny and Stephanie’s texts started circulating when “two women from the cast used it as a chance to create a huge s**t storm.”
The insider stressed that there will be “no new couples at the Reunion.”
Stephanie on a MAFS date. Image: Nine.Danny at the MAFS retreat. Image: Nine.
Are Bec and Danny still together?
We can’t imagine that Bec would have taken too kindly to Danny sending messages to another woman from the cast after Final Vows, so where does their relationship stand now?
Well, if a recent comment from Bec is anything to go by, it sounds as though Danny and Bec may still be together now — months after the Reunion was filmed back in November 2025.
During an Instagram live with former MAFS bride Awhina Rutene, a fan asked Bec if she and Danny “aren’t together”, and she confirmed they are, revealing they attended the filming of MAFS: After the Dinner Party together just days before it aired on March 11.
“We are definitely together, you’ll see us, we flew to Sydney for the Stan show, but we both live in different states at this point in time,” she replied.
However, Stranded on Honeymoon Island star Georgia Moore shared a TikTok in February of Danny out and about with another woman, suggesting that he and Bec may not have worked out.
With Final Vows just a few weeks away, it looks like we’ll have to wait until then to officially find out if Danny and Bec are still together.
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Another season of Married At First Sight (2026) is delivering exactly what viewers have come to expect: drama. Ever since the participants first met at the altar, there’s been emotional commitment ceremonies, fiery dinner parties, and a shock exit.
As the weeks go by, the experts set challenges for the participants, intensifying the pressure for some, while helping others build a strong foundation.
For some couples, cracks have already begun to show, and it’s becoming clear that they won’t last the entire experiment. Whether that’s a mutual decision at the commitment ceremony, a dramatic storm-out after an explosive dinner party, or a shock exit that blindsides the group, each departure shifts the dynamics of the experiment.
From emotional farewells to explosive goodbyes, here’s a complete rundown of every MAFS contestant who has left the experiment so far, and what led to their decision to say goodbye.
Despite appearing to turn a corner after the recent Commiment Ceremony, it turns out there was more going on behind the scenes, particularly on Juliette’s side.
After the experts confronted Juliette about how she had been treating Joel, the pair seemed to make real progress during the Couples Retreat. But when they returned to the couch, things quickly unravelled — again.
Tensions exploded after Juliette threatened to show screenshots that Gia had sent her about the ongoing drama with Bec, Alissa and David, sending the conversation spiralling.
Juliette claimed she felt Joel hadn’t had her back during the situation, but expert Alessandra Rampolla pushed back, telling her that Bec’s behaviour was “no excuse” for how she had treated Joel, adding that Juliette’s behaviour was “way worse”.
That was the final straw.
Juliette abruptly stood up and walked out of the experiment, taking one last swipe at Gia on her way out.
Joel followed her outside, but the confrontation only escalated, with Juliette hurling insults.
“You’re a dog and a pig,” she told him.
Joel eventually returned to the couch alone, where the experts praised his patience and composure throughout the ordeal.
If you think it stops there, it doesn’t. Joel told Chattr that her vitriol towards him didn’t stop when she walked out of the Commitment Ceremony. “The day after we left the show, she sent me this vile, abusive message blaming me for everything,” Joel told Chattr.
Stephanie and Tyson initially seemed like a perfect match, sharing conservative values. But their relationship quickly unravelled, much like the brief marriage of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries.
From the start, the pair clashed. Tyson insisted on being the “leader” in the relationship and wanted a submissive wife. Stephanie disagreed and often challenged him, even asking if her “ambition” made her too masculine for him.
Despite the tension, Tyson tried to take advice from John Aiken but avoided engaging with both Mel Schilling and Alessandra Rampolla, something Stephanie brought up at the next commitment ceremony.
At the commitment ceremony, Stephanie raised concerns about Tyson’s views, including his comments on same-sex relationships and the belief that wives should be submissive. She also noted he only took advice from John, not Mel or Alessandra.
Stephanie told the experts that anytime Tyson was challenged, he ended the conversation, just as he did in that moment.
“I do not see a future here. After tonight, I’m going back to the Gold Coast,” Tyson said before walking out the door.
Stephanie threw down her wedding ring as Mel Schilling comforted her, marking the end of this marriage.
Mel and Luke
Mel and Luke on MAFS. Image: Nine.
Mel was looking for her “blue man” to match her “pink self,” which sounds more like a romcom, given that Luke forgot the wedding rings and was chewing gum at the altar from their first meeting…
Things between the two weren’t off to a great start, in fact, it was quite icy and really sad to see as Luke was trying really hard, giving his all into the expiriment, admiting that he “had never put in so much effort before to someone,” and Mel just couldn’t seem to get over the gum incidident and that Luke arrived later than her at the wedding.
However, after a few home truths from the experts, they both started to put things behind them and a friendship started to blossom, but sadly, it just couldn’t bloom into anything more, with Mel admitting that her feelings for Luke hadn’t grown.
In the end, their relationship just wasn’t going anywhere, and they both wrote leave. Mel is yet to find her “something blue,” and Luke is in talks to become the next star of Farmer Wants A Wife.
Julia and Grayson
Julia and Grayson on MAFS. Image: Nine.
Despite a magical connection from the very beginning at their wedding, both Julia and Grayson struggled to connect on a deeper level, even though Grayson tried exceptionally hard to make it work.
Julia couldn’t even wait for the commitment ceremony, with her writing Grayson a break-up letter earlier in the week, which left Grayson completely blindsided.
It was during the dinner party that Grayson confronted her and asked whether she would’ve preferred to have been matched with a woman, which she denied.
In the end, the commitment ceremony they shared featured mutual reasons why they both wrote “stay,” and they said their goodbyes.
Brook
Brook Crompton from MAFS 2026. Image: Nine.
Brook Crompton was the first contestant to leave this season of MAFS after an explosive commitment ceremony, marking the first major shake-up in the experiment so far.
“I had no idea, and to be quite frank, if I had known, that man would have been ripped a new asshole. I would have done a full runner. I think my friends also probably would have annihilated him,” she told Chattr.
During intimacy week, Brook decided to leave the experiment after not being able to get past the “ick” she developed for her groom Chris. Later, she returned for the Dinner Party.
But the second Commitment Ceremony was last night on the show. After Mel called her actions at the Dinner Party vicious, Brook excused herself to go to the toilet and never returned.
Steve and Rebecca
Rebecca and Steve on MAFS. Image: Nine.
Steve and Brook had been clashing all week, and tensions finally reached breaking point at the second Commitment Ceremony, where they both chose to leave the experiment.
After revealing their decisions, Steve apologised to Alessandra for being Sassy to her when the boy’s met for an Intimacy workshop. Upon hearing Steve’s apology to Alessandra, Rebecca demanded one of her own, but, sadly, never got it.
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