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He hasn’t had much dramatic on-screen time yet on Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025, but it seems like new groom Clint Rice might see that turn around during the upcoming Couples Retreat!

A recent addition to this season, Clint was matched with Lauren Hall, who famously saw her first groom, Eliot Donovan, walk out on their relationship after just three days together. Clint and Lauren have had a few bumps in the road, but so far, they have been one of the less dramatic, more smooth-sailing couples this season.

However, it sounds like the Couples Retreat will throw that off course, at least in terms of how they get along with other couples on the show.

What happened at the Couples Retreat?

In an interview with The Daily Mail, Clint said he and Lauren actually tried to leave the Couples Retreat and were even considering hiring a helicopter to flee!

“We couldn’t stand being around these people anymore,” he said. “The fights were non-stop, and a lot of them were just for show. It was unbearable.”

He doubled down on his accusations, comparing how other participants would handle conflict to how he chose to. In the interview, Clint mentioned a moment when he was slammed by other couples for admitting he talked behind their backs, but he says that instead of people dealing with issues in private, they would hold onto drama for the Dinner Parties.

“There were people who would hold onto an argument all day and wait until the cameras were rolling before they’d bring it up. That’s what made the dinner parties unbearable,” he said, adding that it was “all just fake fights for attention.”

Clint and Lauren will be no-shows at an upcoming Dinner Party

Clint says his hatred of Dinner Parties is the reason he and Lauren will boycott the upcoming post-retreat event.

“The dinner parties were an absolute circus,” he said. “Everyone was just trying to be the loudest, the most dramatic. It wasn’t about genuine conversations; it was just people performing for airtime.”

Clint’s revelations seem to support his co-star (and off-screen girlfriend) Jacqui Burfoot’s recent statements, too. Jacqui took to Instagram to clear up gossip around her behaviour on the show. In the post, Jacqui admitted to “playing it up (a little bit!)” for the cameras and accused the producers of turning her appearance into a “highly edited storyline”.

Given it definitely seems like Clint and Jacqui are living all loved-up in Tasmania these days, we’d say that while Clint clearly didn’t love aspects of MAFS, he probably doesn’t regret his appearance, given it led him to his new partner!

While there was a small window of time when we thought Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 couple Morena Farina and Tony Mojanovski were going to overcome their differences and make their marriage work, last night’s Commitment Ceremony finally quashed any sense that this volatile couple were sailing off into the sunset.

At first, Morena was a no-show to the Commitment Ceremony, but while Tony told the experts his side of their story, she made a dramatic entrance, telling everyone she wasn’t about to let Tony have the last word on their relationship.

From there, she vented about Tony’s sudden desire to have children, his issues with her age, and how she felt silenced by him. In the end, both wrote “Leave” (well, Morena wrote “Good Riddance”), and their relationship was sent to the depths of MAFS hell.

What has Morena said since leaving MAFS?

In news that won’t shock viewers this season, Morena has been spilling tea left, right and centre about her experience on MAFS.

During an interview with The Daily Mail, Morena accused the producers of MAFS of threatening her career. “[They said] ‘You leave, you’re going to regret it. You leave, and your career is going to suffer. You leave, and you won’t work in Australia again,'” she alleged, adding that producers had met her kids, which further outraged her.

She went on to accuse the directors of the series in particular. “I used to say to them all the time… ‘How do you sleep at night?’ I really want to know how. Because you’re a human being too. I know you’ve got a job to do – do your job, but you don’t have to destroy people.”

That’s not where Morena’s fiery statements about MAFS end, though.

Were the police called?

Another explosive claim? Morena says she threatened to call the police, saying the producers were “holding me against my will” and that it took a lengthy conversation with the “big boss” to convince her to attend the final Commitment Ceremony.

“They told me, ‘Are you really going to let Tony get away with everything he’s done to you? You know he’s married. He wanted his wife to come into the experiment. He thinks you’re too old, calls you a sl**, even headlocks you,'” she said, adding that she agreed to have the chance to confront Tony on camera.

What did she say about her MAFS treatment?

As if that wasn’t enough piping hot tea, Morena also alleged that production would purposely make conditions awful for participants to stir up drama.

“They either freeze you or overheat you,” she said. “They do it so you can become aggressive. You get soft drink and junk food, and that’s it.”

Sound familiar? Back in 2020, MAFS star Natasha Spencer told WHO Magazine the cast was “treated like animals.” She accused production of putting them in tents for hours or warehouses without air conditioning and also alleged that food intolerances were ignored. Being gluten-free, she had to get chips from a nearby vending machine during long waits.

While it became abundantly clear that Morena and Tony were simply not suited for each other, we will miss their chaotic relationship on-screen – but we’re fairly sure Morena isn’t done telling all about her experience just yet!

When Morena Farina and Tony Mojanovski met at the Married at First Sight Australia 2025 (MAFS) altar, it looked as though we may have witnessed the start of a long and happy union.

However, while the newlyweds were buzzing about their matchup at their ceremony, things started to go downhill shortly after.

So, where do Morena and Tony stand now? Fortunately for us gossip mongers, Morena’s hopped online and spilled a tonne of tea about her relationship. Here’s what we know.

Morena and Tony’s pairing

Tony, 53, is a council worker from Port Kembla in Wollongong, New South Wales, who earned local hero status a few years ago when he attempted to save a teenager swept off the notorious Honeycomb Rocks. 

Morena is a wedding MC who also works as a DJ. Prior to the season kicking off, Morena, 57, was confirmed by an insider to Chattr as the oldest bride to appear this season.

According to his Channel 9 bio, Tony wanted a partner that’s genuine, supportive and truly committed. Meanwhile, Morena was hoping to find a king who will treat her like a queen.

Are they still together?

Unfortunately, the honeymoon phase is well and truly over for Morena and Tony.

The two finally called it quits on Episode 21, with one of the wildest Commitment Ceremonies to date.

Morena went MIA before the ceremony, leaving Tony to face the experts alone. It was looking like she’d be a no-show when she came charging through the doors, exclaiming “Did you really think I wasn’t going to come? Did you really think I was going to give him the last word?!”.

On the couch, Tony said Morena’s personality was “too much” for him. Morena came for Tony, claiming his aversions weren’t about her personality, but about her age.

She accused Tony of using his wanting-a-baby excuse as a shitty cop-out, and the experts confirmed Tony never once mentioned wanting children before.

There was some intense back-and-forth, with Morena mourning the lost potential of the HUGE “penetration” of a connection she experienced on their wedding day. An interesting way to put it.

Ultimately, however, they both agreed to leave, with Morena writing “Good riddance” on her commitment card.

What else went down behind the scenes?

Morena went rogue on her DJ social media account and posted spoilers galore about her and Tony splitting up. On top of that, she did a podcast with Abbie Chatfield during which she confirmed multiple bombshells about their time together — including claiming that Tony wanted to bring his wife onto the show.

Further confirming her departure from the show, Morena literally told Instagram account Mafs.reality  that she wrote ‘leave’ at the Commitment Ceremony that will air on February 16.

On February 6, former MAFS groom Harrison Boon posted messages that Morena sent him and claimed that she’d given him permission to share them. The messages said that her relationship with Tony began to come crashing down during the first Commitment Ceremony, which aired on February 9.

“I don’t care that I didn’t find love. Please spell that out. I don’t care that he is separated and dating. It took three years to get my divorce, so it’s okay,” Morena’s text began.

“What I care about is that he told everyone at the Commitment Ceremony, which is this week, that he loves his wife,” she wrote at the time.

Morena appeared to suggest that production attempted to bring Tony’s ex-wife onto the show.

“He wants his wife, and he really thought he could come on the show and get his wife in the show. It would make good TV.

“What the hell? And then the production thinks, ‘Well, I’m gonna give it to her because she’s not doing what we want her to do’. I ruined their filming. This is why there was no footage on our honeymoon.”

Ooft. And, a previous report by Daily Mail suggested that Morena was blindsided when she discovered that Tony was still married.

“It all came crashing down when Tony dropped the bombshell” during their MAFS honeymoon, a source told Daily Mail.

Another insider close to Tony added that it led to tension, with Tony reportedly feeling “pressured” by the situation. 

“It got so bad that at one point, he wanted to tap out,” the source continued.

The publication even claimed Morena was spotted “looking downcast outside One Global Resorts last week, suitcases in tow” after reportedly quitting the MAFS experiment in tears.

Well from the sounds of it, it’s a good thing for both of them that that dumpster fire of a relationship is over. Good riddances all round!

Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.

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An insider tells Chattr that everything reaches boiling point at the Couples Retreat, and it sounds super spicy.

“Basically, Lauren thinks everyone except for Rhi [Disljenkovic] and Carina [Mirable] are drunk bogans, trolls, scruffy, messy and gross, and she doesn’t want to associate with them. She’s sticking her nose up at the rest of the brides,” the source spills.

“Jamie and Awhina [Rutene] decide to call Lauren out for her behaviour at the Girls’ Night during the Couples Retreat, saying, ‘It’s really rude that you’re calling us these horrible names behind our back’.”

However, Lauren doubles down and says it’s how she feels, and she doesn’t want to speak to any of the other brides. 

“Lauren ends up walking off while Rhi and Carina follow her to offer support, bringing her back to the group.”

When Lauren rejoins Girls Night, Awhina and Jamie are still furious with her and a “massive argument” occurs. 

“Jamie at one point launches up out of her seat to yell at Lauren,” the insider claims. “It was getting out of hand and almost became a physical fight. One cast member even thought Jamie might throw a punch at Lauren, but it didn’t get that far.”

The second Couples Retreat fight on MAFS

It appears that Lauren and Jamie get their husbands involved, because the next night, the couples go at each other’s throats.

“The boys get involved, and then it’s Dave [Hand] and Jamie yelling at Lauren and Clint [Rice],” the insider spills.

“Plus, Jamie then calls out Carina and Rhi, because they were standing up for Lauren. Jamie was saying, ‘How could you stand up for this girl that slags us all off?’”

Our insider also claims that Lauren becomes “disrespectful towards Clint”, so many of the brides aren’t happy with her behaviour. 

It’s going to be super interesting watching Lauren’s storyline as it develops! She’s definitely giving main character energy for sure.

Gottman-trained Couples Therapist Michelle Janssen, who has worked in intimate partner violence, believes Paul staying on MAFS is “powerfully communicating” that his behaviour is acceptable. 

“It was an opportunity for MAFS to go, ‘We won’t tolerate this.’ And also, he needs help to look at why he thinks [punching a wall was] okay. He needs to look at why the apology was not an apology, and that could have been such a powerful thing to communicate to viewers — particularly for women watching who do experience some incidents in their home,” she tells Chattr. 

“We need to have a zero tolerance policy for violence… I really wish this would have been an opportunity to discuss what makes a healthy relationship, rather than making this a sound bite.”

What concerned Michelle the most was the fact that Paul’s apology included a caveat, where he avoided accountability by putting some blame on Carina’s actions. 

“It was essentially, ‘I’m sorry, but she’, so it was that language that bothered me,” she explains. “We’re looking at power and control… and no one can make you get violent. He has many choices in how he chooses to respond.

“It’s okay that he was upset about it. It’s not okay how he went about it. So when he is ‘taking accountability’, he’s actually minimising, pushing blame, denying responsibility, and it confuses the issue.”

Expert calls out a ‘really dangerous idea’ which could play out on MAFS

An inside source told Chattr that as part of Paul and Carina’s couch session, Carina conveys the idea that jealousy is love. However, it’s unclear if this will make it into Sunday’s episode. 

“The most concerning part of their couch session was that Carina said their argument was a sign that their marriage is real and that they’re in love. Everyone was really shocked, and Alessandra [Rampolla] had to step in to say, ‘No honey, this is not love. Violence isn’t love’,” the source claimed.

Michelle says women aged 16 to 24 are in the highest risk category for intimate partner violence. That’s partly due to this “really dangerous idea” that “jealousy is passion”.

“It’s this idea that, ‘Oh they’re jealous, so they must really care about me’, when actually it’s communicating, ‘I view you as an object or a possession that I’m entitled to have power over’,” she explains. 

“Some incidents in the home where it’s not necessarily that they’re being physically hit, but there is that punch to the wall, and it’s as though the person or their partner is controlling the emotional temperature of the home,” Michelle adds. “It’s still creating a dynamic of fear and aggression as being okay.”

Paul starts the conversation by admitting he found Emily on Tinder and then looked her up on Instagram. She’s a little bit concerned by this, but continues chatting to him anyway.

When Emily says she’s not sure if she wants a relationship but also doesn’t want a one-night stand, Paul appears to copy and paste an answer that looks like it has been generated by AI. 

“Here’s a funny and sarcastic reply that shows understanding and agreement,” his message reads. “Ah, the classic ‘open to everything yet committed to nothing’ vibe. Totally get it! Guess we’re both riding the ‘figure it out’ wave!”

He then waxes lyrical about being from France, saying that it “sets him apart from all her Aussie dudes”. 

When Paul says he’s a FIFO (Fly In Fly Out) worker — which makes me think this *could* be him — Emily isn’t keen on meeting up. 

TikTokers drag MAFS’ Paul after his DMs go viral

Of course, the TikTokers in the comment section had a field day. Most couldn’t believe Paul kept talking about his French heritage. 

“He’s really turning me off French guys for real. Hey did you know he’s French? Not sure if he mentioned it eight times yet, but he’s French,” one person joked.

“He’s so obsessed with being French,” another added.

“Not him playing the ‘I’m French’ card,” a third remarked.

Others made fun of Paul for possibly using an AI generator like ChatGPT.

“The use of ChatGPT but he still had no game?” one person asked.

“Did he use ChatGPT I’m WHEEZING that’s so ick,” another said.

“Lmaooo he used ChatGPT and didn’t even remove text at the top,” a third commented.

According to Abbie Chatfield’s It’s A Lot podcast, Adrian acted like a total fuckboy during the beginning of the experiment. 

“While Adrian was in MAFS with Awhina, in a relationship, after they had slept together, he left the serviced apartment, was with someone who wasn’t one of the MAFS brides, slept with them, and then came back to the apartment and slept with Awhina,” co-host Oscar Gordon claimed.

“By the way, that’s confirmed from multiple MAFS participants.”

Abbie called him a “revolting pig” and said he “shouldn’t have been on the show at all in the first place”. 

When do Adrian and Awhina leave the MAFS experiment? 

It looks like Adrian and Awhina are over, after his family brutally tore Awhina and her twin Cleo apart during the Family and Friends meet and greet.

If you need a refresher, Adrian’s bestie Jasmin Weston, also known as JasminsEats, made a snarky comment about Awhina being a mum. Cleo stepped up and defended her twin against the gang of mean girls, and Adrian’s family ended up storming out. Good riddance!

However, a sneaky inside source tells us that Adrian and Awhina actually patch things up and end up lasting all the way to Final Vows. 

It’s hard to imagine, but could Adrian actually improve his behaviour? I’ll believe it when I see it.