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“Ryan texted Sierah for about a week, it was the week before Sierah left,” Jacqui tells Chattr. “Sierah had been basically trying to gather allies, and told Ryan not to tell me that I was texting him. So he agreed, and he kept the secret from me for a week.”

At first, Ryan claimed that it was only a few messages sent between the pair, but when Jacqui asked to see them, she discovered that there were “more than a few”.

“He had been lying to me basically,” Jacqui adds. “He was doing it behind my back and I felt like it was an issue about him being a hypocrite and having double standards.”

Just like there was no romantic relationship between Jacqui and Jeff, she confirms that Sierah and Ryan didn’t have a secret romantic dalliance either.

“There was nothing going on between him and Sierah, so I didn’t really care [about that]. Everyone’s texting everyone [during the experiment],” she explains. 

“But I was just pissed off that he was doing it in secret.”

Jacqui admits she’s ‘not okay’ 

This comes after Jacqui shared on her Instagram Story that she’s struggling with MAFS while it’s playing out on air.

“I’m gonna be honest, I’m not okay. I’m struggling watching [MAFS],” she said.

“It’s particularly hard because it’s just so edited out of context and I feel like… originally I was going along with Channel 9’s media plan, but then when they want you to speak about the show, you have to follow the storyline.”

Jacqui said she decided to go rogue to give viewers context as her storylines were heavily edited.

“I think I have to do that because I need to stand up for myself… I don’t want the whole of Australia thinking I’m absolutely nuts,” she continued.

“[He thinks] the more sex he has, it means he’s more successful as a man. And then I asked him, ‘Well, how would you feel if I’d had sex with that many people?’. And he said, ‘Well, we wouldn’t be having this conversation’.”

Jacqui’s body count was “important” to Ryan, and the double standard is wild. 

“He said it was like a skeleton key. You know, ‘A man who can unlock any door is really powerful. But the same can’t be said of a woman’,” she recalled. 

She claimed that Ryan believes if a woman’s body count is high, it makes her less valuable. It’s giving Harrison Boon, and not in a good way.

Viewers won’t get to see this play out on screen, even though the bride did bring it up with producers on camera.

“To me, it was definitely a red flag… he had different standards for men and women,” Jacqui added. “It made me feel really gross, particularly because he was being really shady about it.

“I also felt like his beliefs were unreasonable.”

MAFS’ Jacqui reveals when she realised she didn’t like Ryan

Jacqui also spilled on Instagram that she realised she didn’t like Ryan after a joke he made during their honeymoon. 

“He made a joke about getting women pregnant,” she said. “He goes, ‘These biceps get women pregnant’, and I never let it go for the entire experiment.”

“He called Katie [Johnson] tragic and was making rude comments about Sierah [Swepstone’s] breasts, he was actually horrible,” she claimed. “His jokes continued, so I was really just trying to educate him about how to speak about women correctly the whole time.”

As a result, Indigenous not-for-profit organisation What Were You Wearing — who aim to end sexual violence in Australia — has started a petition on Change.org to hold producers and Channel 9 accountable. 

At the time of writing, the petition has been signed by 8,710 people, and has been shared by past contestants such as Olivia Frazer.

“One of Australia’s most-watched reality TV programmes, Married At First Sight (MAFS) has a responsibility to uphold the highest ethical standards regarding domestic, family, and sexual violence. Reality television can shape public perceptions of relationships, making it critical that production prioritises participant safety, ethical storytelling and responsible media representation,” the petition reads.

What Were You Wearing has outlined 11 points of action for producers and the network to consider, saying these reforms are “necessary” and urging immediate action. 

These include:

1. Zero-Tolerance Policy for Abuse
2. Real-Time Intervention and Producer Accountability
3. Content Warning for Viewers
4. Education on Healthy Relationships
5. Responsible Editing and Storytelling
6. Access to Individual Therapy for Participants
7. Comprehensive Background Checks
8. Onboarding an Expert Consultant
9. Duty of Care
10. Clear Post-Show Support and Safeguards
11. Accountability and Transparency

You can read the full petition here.

MAFS viewers share their reason for signing petition

Along with signing the petition, many viewers have shared their point of view on the MAFS intimate partner violence storyline and shared why it impacted them.

“Too many women have died in this country from violence,” one person wrote.

“The people that go on MAFS deserve to be protected,” another added.

“Physical violence, intimidation and coercion is not okay and should never be normalised, and playing into this continues to put people’s lives (including children) at risk. Participants should have a right to leave if they don’t feel safe. This is so unethical,” a third remarked.

“Enabling abusive behaviour on one of the country’s biggest shows is unacceptable,” another said. 

Jacqui claims that his behaviour was “GROSS ASF” during the group conversation, and says it was highly edited.

“Ryan and I’s conversation tonight was shocking. In reality, he went on and on and on again for 10 minutes,” she wrote on Instagram.

“I think they added my words from [my] voxy into our conversation because my voice DOES NOT match my lips at all. I just said okay for about 10 minutes… then Dave started telling Ryan to stop shutting me down and let me speak. Ryan literally put his arms in front of me to shut me up. It was GROSS ASF. Everyone saw it at [the] reunion.”

Clint was the one who wanted to leave the MAFS Couples Retreat

According to Jacqui — who is rumoured to be dating Clint Rice now — it wasn’t just Lauren Hall who wanted to leave the MAFS Couples Retreat. While she may have thought everyone was a “loser” and “boganic”, her husband Clint also wanted to escape.

“Clint’s conversation was highly edited. HE WAS THE ONE WHO WANTED TO LEAVE. Promise,” Jacqui spilled.

“The group just went off on their own narrative to start drama.”

The explosive Couples’ Retreat fight cut from the episode

An inside source recently told Chattr that there were two massive fights that happened at the Couples Retreat. The first took place at Girls Night, between Lauren and Jamie Marinos. 

While the storyline that played out on TV finished after Lauren left Girls Night, the insider said she actually came back which is when the “massive argument” took place. 

“Jamie, at one point, launches up out of her seat to yell at Lauren. 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 insider said.

Jacqui confirmed this in her Instagram Story, saying: “They cut out the second half of Girls Night — the part where a fight erupted… it’s WILD.”

We’ll still get to see an epic showdown happen between Lauren and Jamie, as the second Couples Retreat fight was in the promo for tonight’s episode. 

Our insider told Chattr that “the boys get involved” and we see Dave Hand and Jamie “yelling at Lauren and Clint”. 

“Plus, Jamie then calls out Carina [Mirable] and Rhi [Disljenkovic], because they were standing up for Lauren.”

The Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 dinner parties are the ultimate battleground for drama and chaos. Tensions simmer, secrets are spilled, and the MAFS experts watch it all unfold.

MAFS groom Clint Rice even recently revealed the dinner party drama isn’t always as real as it seems. In fact, he claims a lot of it is staged for the cameras.

“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.”

But where does it all go down? Here’s what we know about where the MAFS dinner parties are filmed and the TV magic that goes into it.

Where are the MAFS dinner parties filmed?

Despite the glitzy on-screen aesthetic, the MAFS dinner parties are actually filmed inside a pretty bland looking warehouse in Lilyfield, in Sydney’s Inner West.

According to one Reddit thread, filming takes place at a site called the old Parachute Regiment Building on 91 Canal Road.

Yup, behind all that soft lighting and chic decor, it’s just a regular, old industrial space. One that also doubles as the set for the show’s infamous Commitment Ceremonies.

Per Real Commercial, the warehouse is rented by production company Endemol Shine from October through January for approximately $7,000 a week.

The site, a former Army parachute regiment store from the 1940s, has since been transformed into an arts precinct. It consists of three main buildings (1, 5, and 19), plus a physical theatre rehearsal facility called The Red Box, which has a sprung floor, sound system, lighting grid, and rigging points.

It’s all smoke and mirrors, apparently

The reality of being on-set for the MAFS dinner parties is apparently far from as glam as it seems.

The space itself? Let’s say it’s more industrial than chic.

According to Real Commercial there’s reportedly only one toilet for all the contestants, most of the walls are fake, and there’s no air-conditioning, so it gets uncomfortably hot when filming takes place during the warmer months.

To transform the 1,200sqm warehouse into the romantic, candlelit setting we see on screen, the show’s production team brings in hired furniture, strategic lighting, and carefully chosen camera angles to disguise its true nature.

So basically, what looks like a lavish dinner party is actually a cleverly dressed-up storage space.

The magic of show business, baby!

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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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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