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It’s nearly the best time of year for Married at First Sight (MAFS): the reunion, of course. As we gear up for the dramatic event which kicks off on Sunday night, we already know a few things.

Only one original couple shows up hand-in-hand, there’s a brand new couple (Jacqui Burfoot and Clint Rice, of course), and it looks as though Sierah Swepstone is ready to drop a dramatic bombshell.

Numerous cast members have now told Chattr the reunion is ‘crazy’ and ‘chaotic’, and it turns out some people will miss out on all the drama, refusing to show up to the reunion dinner or final sit down with the experts.

Here’s what we know so far.

The MAFS participants who aren’t going to the reunion

Morena Farina

The DJ and mum of two told Chattr she had no regrets about not attending the reunion. “Regrets serve no purpose, I was never going to walk into a bloodbath twice, once was enough,” she said. “The producers and directors begged me to go, but there was no chance I’d attend. I was matched with a married man. Why would I go to a reunion for that? The entire situation was ridiculous.”

Lauren Hall

Lauren Hall also decided to pull out of the reunion, with Clint Rice confirming to Chattr that she was meant to attend but changed her mind.

“Yeah, she said she wasn’t going [to the reunion], and then we did speak a bit when the wedding went air,” Clint said.

“I called Lauren the night after the Dinner Party reunion and told her that Jacqui and I were together and she was very supportive. But yeah, I’ve not much more to say about that.”

Tim Gromie

It’s probably no surprise controversial groom Tim Gromie won’t be returning to reunite with Katie Johnston. Remember when that was all the biggest drama on the show? Those were the days.

Jake Luik

And speaking of grooms ditching the reunion, while Jake’s “ex-wife” Ashleigh Ackerman was spotted in the reunion trailer, Jake was nowhere to be seen.

The MAFS reunion will air on Channel Nine and 9Now on Sunday at 7pm and Monday at 7:30pm.

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There are a bunch of  Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 cast members who skipped the reunion, but why didn’t Jacqui Burfoot and Clint Rice take that option? According to a source, the newest MAFS couple desperately didn’t want to attend, but felt like they had no other option.

We all saw how Ellie Dix and Jono McCullough were treated during the 2024 reunion. The MAFS cast usually does not take kindly to those who have recoupled. An insider told Chattr that this was a worry for Jacqui and Clint.

However, it’s “almost impossible” to skip the reunion, as cast members are “forced to go by production and the contract they signed”.

“Clint and Jacqui didn’t want to go, because they were happy. They knew they would be made to look like Jono and Ellie 2.0. However, production apparently called them almost every day to tell them to go. Jacqui also didn’t want to see Ryan again,” the insider claimed.

According to our source, production spun a story for the new couple, saying they just wanted to tell their love story.

“Production promised the couple it would be worth it to come and they just wanted to tell their story — and they were the only real love story,” the insider added.

What does Lauren think about Jacqui and Clint’s new relationship?

Clint’s original match was Lauren Hall, and the two seemed to get along swimmingly — though there wasn’t much chemistry. 

The groom told Chattr he called Lauren after the reunion to share the news about himself and Jacqui, and apparently, she was supportive.

“I called Lauren the night after the Dinner Party reunion and told her that Jacqui and I were together, because we still [weren’t] sure if she was going to turn up,” he said.

“She was very supportive, she was like, ‘No that’s great, I can see that as a good match, so good luck to you guys’.”

Clint and Jacqui couldn’t tell Lauren or Ryan Donnelly about their relationship before the reunion because production wouldn’t “allow” them to start important storylines off-camera.

“Out of respect to the show, I had to wait until we’re on camera to share that,” Clint said. “We’re not allowed to talk about those types of things off camera, because production can’t tell their story.”

No wonder Ryan has such a visceral reaction. The reunion is going to be wild! 

Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sunday at 7pm and Monday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.

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Clint Rice was an intruder on this year’s season of Married at First Sight (MAFS) but it wasn’t his short-lived marriage to Lauren Hall that generated the most headlines: it was the early leak of his new relationship with Jacqui Burfoot that took centre stage.

While MAFS fans won’t see the blossoming romance until Sunday’s reunion episode, it’s not a secret now that the two shacked up not long after Jacqui’s Final Vows where she and Ryan Donnelly walked away from their relationship.

Clint spoke to Chattr about the upcoming MAFS Reunion, saying it was an “interesting Dinner Party” as he and Jacqui announced their new relationship to the group, adding that the group’s reception was “pretty mixed”.

“There were a few of them happy for us. A lot of the group were, I guess, they wanted to go down the path of trying to accuse us of moving too fast, which is just crazy. It’s our relationship. It’s our rules,” Clint continued.

“And the crazy bit is when the cast starts saying, ‘Oh, how could you guys be living together after two weeks?’ It’s like, guys, don’t forget, you entered this experiment. You started living with a stranger on the very first night you met!”

MAFS’ Clint spills on the upcoming MAFS reunion

Clint hinted that he and Ryan will have a “heated exchange” over his relationship with Jacqui at the Reunion Dinner Party. “I’ll say Ryan’s a good actor,” Clint revealed. “He has all these reactions that are so dramatic. I had calls from him after I left the show trying to get information out of me about Jacqui, and trying to become my mate.

“When I went in there, I was like, ‘I’m not your mate, so stop trying to befriend me’. I knew what he was trying to do. He was trying to bring me in as a mate, and then go, ‘oh, mates, don’t do this to each other’. The first thing he said to me when I walked into the cocktail party at reunion was, ‘how’s Jacqui?’ So he had a heads up. I said, ‘Well, yeah, let’s go talk about it. Let’s go get a drink and sit down and talk about it.'”

Clint said the nature of the show means that things often just need to play out on-screen.

“The thing is, like, this is the reality of the show. We’re not allowed to talk about those types of things off camera, because production can’t tell their story. So if I had called Ryan the week before and said, ‘Hey, Ryan, I’m with Jacqui. We’re coming to reunion’, how does the production tell that story?

“So out of respect to the show, I had to wait until we’re on camera to share that with him. It might be hard for him to understand and he might be blindsided, but that’s kind of how it had to play out.”

Will Lauren Hall show up to the 2025 MAFS Reunion?

Clint and Lauren left the experiment as friends after a tense Retreat Week with the rest of the group feeling as though Lauren had been leading Clint on.

When asked if Lauren showed to the Reunion and where the two stand now, Clint said they had some contact as their wedding aired, but that’s about it.

“Yeah, she [Lauren] said she wasn’t going [to the reunion], and then we did speak a bit when the wedding went air,” Clint said.

“I called Lauren the night after the Dinner Party reunion and told her that Jacqui and I were together and she was very supportive. But yeah, I’ve not much more to say about that. I think she’s fine. We got along fine during the experiment.”

The MAFS Reunion dinner party will air on Channel Nine and 9now this Sunday, at 7pm.

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Married at First Sight (MAFS) continues to be just as dramatic off-screen, with Season 10 star Bronte Schofield slamming rumours that she’s dating 2025 groom Adrian Araouzou.

Daily Mail recently shared snaps of Adrian and Bronte hanging out at the Cottesloe Beach Club in Perth, but the pair weren’t alone, with Tony Mojanovski, Eliot Donovan and Paul Antoine also spotted.

A source told Chattr that Adrian admitted talking to Bronte before the experiment, though they weren’t sure what their conversation entailed. Bronte also previously told Chattr the rumours about a romantic relationship with Adrian were untrue, saying, “I’m not dating Adrian. I was at the Cott [Cottesloe Beach Club] and they were all there,” she said. “[It’s] so ridiculous.”

Now Bronte has taken to social media to debunk the rumours further, and she’s come with receipts!

MAFS’ Bronte fires back at Adrian rumours, slams Cleo Rutene for getting involved

Another added layer to this drama was Awhina Rutene’s twin sister Cleo weighing in, with So Dramatic reporting that Cleo initially slammed Bronte for becoming involved. “Having done this experience yourself and knowing how emotional this experiment was, to then text another bride’s husband the entire time,” Cleo reportedly wrote.

Bronte has revealed her conversation with Adrian before the show, where he slid into her DMs saying he was going to appear on MAFS. He then asked for advice, before spilling various amounts of information about his time on the show.

“He messaged me replying to a story,” Bronte said. “He’s continued to tell me whatever the hell is going on.”

Throughout the series of messages, Bronte has offered advice to Adrian about MAFS. “Nek minnit we’re in love all because he asked for advice on a TV show that I’ve also been on,” she said.

Bronte then said she was thinking everything would blow over, but after seeing Cleo’s comments said her hand had been forced because things were “getting out of control”.

“Cleo, I would really love to know, what facts you stand on, on the fact I was ‘texting another bride’s husband the entire time’,” Bronte said in another Instagram Story. “I did not reach out to Adrian, Adrian reached out to me.

“It’s gotten to the point where I keep seeing Cleo talking absolute bullshit, with no facts to back up her claims. So Cleo, babe, I really hope you watch that because everything you’ve said is total crap. There’s protecting your sister, and then there’s being downright mean.

“Do you really think after everything I went through with Harrison [Boon], that I would date a Harrison 2.0?” Bronte asked. “You should’ve just come to me.”

Cleo Rutene hits back at Bronte’s video

“At the end of the day, she shared texts between them which support what I said,” Cleo told Chattr. “She also said I could’ve messaged her when all I did was write on a post. She went and made a video about me to her 100k followers.”

Bronte hits back at Cleo’s comments (again)

Yep, this is getting even more dramatic! Bronte has taken to TikTok to address Cleo directly after one of her TikTok comments didn’t get filtered through to Bronte’s feed.

“I never denied talking to or knowing Adrian,” Bronte said. “You have literally gaslit yourself into your own narrative about me. I would never go out of my way to message you, because you’re the one who was going around talking absolute shit, commenting on posts, because you wanted your own 5.7 seconds of fame.”

“Of course I am going to jump to my Story and defend myself. You lied. You literally fabricated the truth, I’ve never denied I’ve spoken to Adrian, I replied to like, five messages, arrest me,” Bronte said.

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The drama is continuing off-screen when it comes to Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025, despite the fact the show is wrapping up on our TV screens soon.

According to The Examiner and The Canberra Times, Jacqui Burfoot has lodged a complaint against Ryan Donnelly and has been granted an interim restraining order against her on-screen husband. Now, it’s been reported that Ryan has applied for an apprehended violence order (AVO) against Jacqui.

Ryan’s alleged Apprehended Violence Order against Jacqui

Shortly after Jacqui’s restraining order was widely reported, Daily Mail Australia published an article claiming that Ryan had applied for an AVO against Jacqui.

The publication reported that the AVO was applied for at Campbelltown Courthouse and is due for mention on April 23.

Jacqui’s interim restraining order against Ryan

Jacqui is said to have complained about Ryan’s interview with The Daily Mail last weekend, saying Ryan’s alleged conduct had ‘escalated’.

While the court heard that both parties had posted about each other on social media, Launceston magistrate Sharon Cure deemed that Jacqui has been harmed by Ryan’s social media posts, with Jacqui alleging that Ryan’s comments have affected her ability to work as a lawyer.

The Canberra Times reported that Magistrate Cure granted the interim order which stipulated that Ryan can’t “directly or indirectly threaten, harass, abuse, or publish on social media denigrating material”, with Jacqui also warned against publishing any material on her end.

Magistrate Cure also warned that the order could stop the show going ahead. “Him being ordered not to say or do anything under this order could stop a television show going ahead,” she said. “If he were served with this [application as written], it would shut the show down.”

“I’m happy for the show to go ahead,” Jacqui replied.

Jacqui reportedly also told the court that if she failed in the restraint order application, she would launch defamation proceedings, and asked if the restraint order application could be served via social media to which Magistrate Cure saying, “No, using social media to serve restraint orders is completely inappropriate.”

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

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As the latest season of Married at First Sight (MAFS) draws to a close, fans have taken to a Reddit thread to share their encounters with MAFS stars over the years, and boy was some tea spilt.

The array of stories began when a Reddit user shared that her sister recently flew from Sydney to Melbourne and was seated next to Martha Kalifatidis.

“They got to talking and she said that Martha was incredibly friendly, warm and down-to-earth. She spent the whole flight giving my sister tips about what to see/where to go in Melbourne and discussing her family and how she loved being a mum,” the person posted.

The user went on to ask people who they had met before and how they compared IRL vs. how they appeared on the show, so we’ve rounded up some of the best answers!

Please note some responses have been edited for length and clarity.

MAFS fan shares their nicest, funniest and weirdest IRL encounters with stars

“Jacqui [Burfoot]! She was my flatmate for a couple of years. She’s exactly as she appears on screen,” one person said. The former flatmate elaborated in the comments, saying, “It’s heavily edited, you can see it in the frankenbiting, but the content that she gives them to edit… Spot on.

“Her moods did change like that and the stuff she said was so perplexing. She never accepted fault for anything, always felt ‘sorry’ for us and offered unsolicited advice for how we could ‘be better’ at our jobs or in our relationships. If we ever stood up for ourselves she suddenly became the victim.”

Someone else on the thread said their partner had encountered Jacqui’s on-screen husband Ryan Donnelly.

“Ryan from this season goes to the same gym as my husband and they’ve had some small interactions. He said he’s nice but generally also as weird as he seems on the show,” they wrote. “He watched my husband pull his motorbike into a parking space and fuck up the angle, and when my husband had finished and turned the bike off, Ryan said, ‘Man it’s all just geometry!’ [and] laughed and then walked off haha.”

Other fans jumped in to share their meet and greets with some icons from previous seasons.

“I know Lucinda [Light] IRL. She’s as vibrant and amazing in person as she is on screen. I was very proud to see her on the show. Love her,” one person shared, with another saying, “Met Lucinda at a pub in Darwin! She was so, so lovely. My sister and I were wearing matching shirts, so she was telling us about how much she loves her own sister. Was truly magical.”

“I met Olivia [Frazer] in a pub once. She was actually quite friendly. I got the sense she was used to people being dicks to her in public, and because my friends and I were nice to her, she seemed appreciative and kept saying hi every time she walked past us again,” someone commented.

Someone else shared a story of another MAFS participant who suffered a rough edit: Alyssa Barmonde from Season 10. “She is so lovely and producers did her dirty. Literal sunshine. I still watch the show but question absolutely everything we see, they create entirely new characters out of most of these people,” they wrote.

“I went to primary school with Ella [Ding]. There weren’t many girls in our year, so we all knew each other quite well. She was just as kind as she was on the show,” another said.

Other stories shared got a little weirder.

“I met Michael Goonan from Season 7 at a nightclub in Brisbane back in 2021. He approached me and we had a quick chat. It was so obvious he was out on a prowl trying to hit up girls. He quickly lost interest as I didn’t know of his fame. I remember a girl walked past us and he followed her with his gaze and then just walked off after her trying to use his MAFS fame on a new chick. Weirdest encounter ever,” one person shared.

“Paul [Antoine]. He was dressed like he was the prince of Perth with his little posse. Honestly, his vibe didn’t seem like an approachable guy,” someone else shared.

“I met Mishel [Karen] at Melbourne sexpo. [She was] lovely, but after saying hi she’s like ‘hi hun what season of MAFS were you on?’ I think she was a bit lit lol,” another person remarked.

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