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Married at First Sight contestants are privy to whipping out tricks that help them cut down the huge amount of time filming a MAFS Dinner Party takes, and the latest involves alcohol.

Lately, Sara Mesa has been put through the wringer after her fellow cast mates discovered that she secretly met up with her ex behind her partner Tim Calwell’s back.

When Sara’s tryst was first uncovered by Eden Harper and Jayden Eynaud, she looked directly at the camera and asked for a “glass of wine”, and 2023 MAFS bride Alyssa Barmonde believes that was a sneaky trick to get out of filming.

“You saw Sara [Mesa] ask, ‘Can I have a glass of wine?’, because they probably would’ve removed the wine at that point,” she told Yahoo Lifestyle’s Behind the Edit podcast.

“If you’re too drunk, they can’t use your footage. So if you’re slurring your words and you’re really messy, they can’t use that footage,” she added. “I think it’s just if you look a little bit messy or if you look a little bit too drunk [they’ll cut you off].”

Another season 10 Bride backed the claims

Fellow MAFS 2023 bride Melinda Willis used the same trick to avoid the producer-led interviews when she wasn’t feeling up to it.

“You’re meant to have like, roughly two glasses, but they really just cut you off when you start not being able to do a voxie which is your chat to camera,” she said.

“So if you didn’t want to do your chat to camera, you would just drink or act drunk and then if you couldn’t string your sentences together they’d be like, ‘Thanks so much’. And you know it’s not going to be used because they can’t use it.”

How much alcohol is available at MAFS Dinner Parties?

With wine glasses scattered all over the dining table, and carafes being joyfully passed around between casts, it appears as though the booze is absolutely flowing at the MAFS Dinner Parties.

However, Alyssa said there’s actually not as much liquor readily available as it looks.

“At dinner parties, we usually maybe only had one carafe of red wine, rosé and white wine and that’s it,” she said.

Alyssa added that she got “cut off” a fair bit during her season, and had Evelyn Ellis “sneaking” her drinks during girls’ night.

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Married at First Sight’s Jade Pywell has opened up about the cheating rumours that have plagued her relationship with Ridge Barredo.

Last month, So Dramatic! reported that Ridge cheated on Jade after the experiment finished filming. Ridge has lashed out at the claims and said they were untrue, however, there may be more truth to the matter than he led us to believe.

During an interview with the Hit Network’s The Pulse with Seany B & Emma G, Jade was asked if there was any truth to the rumours.

“To a certain point, yes,” she responded.

“Ridge is such a nice person like, he’s so caring to everyone so sometimes he can do the wrong thing and message exes without realising that it would upset me,” she continued.

“Certain things probably he disclosed that he shouldn’t have.”

However, while Jade suggested that Ridge had emotionally betrayed her, she did confirm that he didn’t physically cheat on her.

“I think the line is very blurred with it. For me, I feel like it was a line that was crossed that I wasn’t happy with, just because I didn’t know about the interaction.”

“In the physical (cheating) sense like, no.”

Jack shared naked photos of his ex

Jade went on to share MAFS’ 2024’s worst-kept secret, that Jack Dunkley shared photos of his ex with some of the grooms.

“He showed like, explicit photos of his ex-girlfriend to the boys at the gym,” Jade confirmed in the interview. Sara previously dropped the bombshell during an interview with Jack.

Jade explained that she and Ridge continuously stuck up for Jack, but had enough by the time the participants headed to the Couples Retreat.

“At retreat, Jack and I actually had a blow up because I blew up at Jack about that because Ridge and I really went into the experiment having Jack and Tori’s back throughout the whole start.”

“More stuff kept coming out and then at retreat I said to Jack and I was like, ‘I’m done.’ and I was like, ‘You’re on your own like, you’re making us look stupid sticking up for you when you’re doing these things like, time and time again.'”

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A friend of Andrea Thompson’s has slammed her TV marriage to Richard Sauerman, and said that viewers “don’t know half the bad things he’s done to her.”

The friend, who we verified to have spent time with Andrea recently, said that Andrea told her that she put a lot of emotional effort into the relationship, but Richard was more interested in the physical aspects of their union.

The friend said that Andrea explained why wanted to slow down the physical aspects of their marriage.

“She wanted a break from all the sex to build a meaningful relationship. She tried to be intimate in other ways to make it up to him,” the friend, who asked to remain anonymous said.

“He told her she wasn’t trying when she did two days of other intimacy activities with him like melting hugs, printing out a bunch of romantic photos of them together for him to keep, snuggles on the couch etc – but because he wasn’t getting sex he accused her of not trying in the relationship.”

The friend revealed what wasn’t shown on TV

The friend said that Andrea told Richard things off-camera, which he aired to the group during filming.

“There were several times she told him very personal things in private and asked him not to tell anyone and he brought those things up in front of the entire group and the cameras. It destroyed her ability to trust him.”

The friend thinks Andrea deserves better

The friend told us that she’s been told by Andrea about some things that Richard has done to her, that haven’t made the edit.

“In all the years I’ve known Andrea, she’s been kind, generous and thoughtful not cold and unforgiving. She’s a lot of fun and very funny and creative.

“I can’t stand seeing people online saying she’s done him wrong when they don’t know half the bad things he’s done to her.”

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Married at First Sight’s Lauren Dunn is clearly close with Sara Mesa, which has MAFS fans wondering whether she knew that her pal “cheated” on Tim Calwell.

Lauren has admitted that she knew that Sara decided to meet up with her ex for drinks behind Tim’s back, and she decided to keep quiet on the subject. However, Lauren stressed that Sara didn’t hook up with him at the event.

“I did know about Sara meeting up with the ex, Eden [Harper] knew, I knew that nothing happened and it was honestly a non-issue,” she told Daily Mail Australia.

“However, I can say in hindsight that it was very hurtful to Tim to find out the way he found out, because lying about something makes someone feel like there’s something to hide,” she added.

Did Lauren confront Sara about her plans to meet up with her ex?

Lauren had absolutely no problem calling out Jack Dunkley’s questionable morals for having a girlfriend while interviewing for the show, so viewers were surprised to see that she didn’t have the same fury towards Sara.

The WA bride said that she did confront Sara about the secret meet-up in private, but didn’t think anything suss was going down.

“I did say to Sara you should just tell him who cares? And her concern was that he’d been cheated on in the past and it would make him think that something was going on that wasn’t,” she explained.

“So I can see both sides, but obviously seeing how hurt Tim was on the screen was hard to watch.”

Is Lauren still friends with Eden after she outed Lauren?

At the beginning of MAFS 2024, Lauren, Sara, Eden and Tori Adams appeared to be thick as thieves. However, Tori has since sided with Jack and separated herself from the group, while post-filming Instagram posts show just Lauren and Sara spending a lot of time together.

Of course, it was Eden and her ‘husband’ Jayden who confronted Sara about the “affair” after Sara confided in her about meeting up with her ex.

However, despite being tight with Sara, Lauren maintains that she’s still friends with Eden.

“Eden and I definitely had a friendship, and we continue to have a friendship,” she told the publication.

“It definitely didn’t ruin the friendship. I was just disappointed with how it was it came out.”

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The Married At First Sight “Bullshit Investigators” letter from Lucinda and Timothy to Tori and Jack was one of the most iconic MAFS moments ever, so why wasn’t the whole thing shown?

The letter covered several points about Jack and Tori’s relationship, but Tori only read out two of the bullet points and half of a third.

In the first Tori covered the topic about her and Jack not having had sex yet.

“You two are both sexual people, why haven’t you had sex? The pressure of the experiment is not an excuse,” Tori began.

Then she skipped to a lower point and left out some crucial information.

“The girl in the article: Jack, you have openly said that she is batshit crazy, that you have blocked her from everything,” Tori said.

Lastly, Tori read out the task that Lucinda and Timothy had set for them.

“Our task for you both this week is to invite the girl from the article and do a three-way conversation between her Jack and Tori and come clean on what you have been dragging her through without her knowing it.”

What parts of the letter weren’t shown on TV?

There was a fair bit left out of the letter, and we have a theory as to why it wasn’t aired, but more on that later.

The episode completely omitted the second point, which was about Tori and Jack’s reaction at the most recent Commitment Ceremony, and implied that the pair weren’t being truthful during their couch session.

“Why was it that at the Commitment Ceremony, you were both lounging on each other on the couch and then as soon as you got up in front of the experts, you were acting as if there was a problem. The minute you were off the couch you were back in the same position?” The point read.

Secondly, according to the letter, Tori has been speaking about getting married (for real) to Jack in Spain, which is !?! in itself.

“Why is it that Tori speaks of you two getting married in Spain after this experiment and Jack knows nothing about the wedding in Spain? Get your stories together.”

Thirdly, half of the information about Jack’s ex was left out, while Tori did read out the part about Jack saying his ex is “batshit crazy”, the letter actually said Jack has allegedly been showing “naked photos of her without her permission.”

Why weren’t these points from the letter shown on TV?

Of course, with a reality TV show like MAFS, there’s always an issue of time, and only so much can fit into one episode.

However, with a letter as juicy as the one written by Lucinda and Timothy AKA the “Bullshit Dectors”, surely it would have been possible to cut out some of the fluff from the other couples?

This leads us to believe that multiple points of the letter weren’t shown on TV because they’ve already been edited out of previous episodes, so addressing them would leave viewers confused.

For example, there’s never been a single mention of Tori and Jack getting married in Spain, which could be a whole spin-off on its own.

Even more compellingly, Sara recently implied that Jack did allegedly show castmates naked pictures of his ex, but it was edited out. It’s important to note that NSW has a strict revenge porn laws, which is defined as “the recording and distributing of intimate images of a person without consent”.

Earlier this month, both Sara and Jack appeared on the Kyle and Jackie O show, and Jack was asked about the alleged unaired scene by co-host Jackie O after So Dramatic! reported on it.

“Is it true that you were showing cast members nude pics of your ex?” She questioned.

Jack mumbled a response before Sara jumped in. “He’s lucky that we left on the chopping block because if that was on television then pretty sure people would have a very strong opinion of that,” she said.

Rather than denying the claim, Jack vaguely said: “There’s a lot that has been left out, and there was a lot of TV that was made.”

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It’s plainly obvious that Lauren Dunn brings a whole lot of energy to Married At First Sight, but, unfortunately, she won’t be at this week’s Dinner Party and Commitment Ceremony.

Daily Mail Australia has reported that the popular bride will be forced to fly home to Perth for emergency surgery, which means she’ll be taking a break from MAFS.

“I actually woke up on the weekend before and my arm was like completely purple, really swollen. I had to fly back to Perth, so I could have keyhole surgery to remove a clot and missed out on a week of filming,” Lauren told the publication.

Will Jonathan leave the experiment too?

Although they’ve had their ups and downs, Jonathan McCullough and Lauren’s relationship has been going relatively well in recent weeks.

So well, in fact, that Jonathan took a break from filming and actually flew over to Western Australia to see Lauren while she was in hospital.

“Jono flew to Perth the following days, which was great… I was so happy to have him in Perth and he gets to stay at my house and get to know me and my environment a bit better,” she said.

Will Lauren return to MAFS?

Lauren fans fret not, because the fan-favourite returns to the experiment after surgery, which actually took place when the show was being filmed last year.

“There was no show without her,” a production source told the publication. “Everything was sort of on hold until she got back.”

Although Jonathan flew over to Perth to see Lauren, he still managed to make the Dinner Party.

“I was fully coaching him about walking into that dinner party alone… I’m like, ‘Okay, this is what you need to do,'” Lauren laughed.

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It’s no secret that Timothy and Lucinda don’t exactly get along with Tori and Jack, so you can imagine the couple’s delight when they were tasked with setting Tori and Jack a challenge on Married At First Sight.

As we’ve seen in the MAFS preview, Timothy and Lucinda type up a “Bulls**t Detector” which Tori and Jack don’t take too kindly in.

And, once you see what Timothy and Lucinda bravely included in the letter, you probably won’t be too surprised about Tori and Jack’s reaction!

What did the letter say?

The preview shows a hilarious montage of Timothy and Lucinda stealthily delivering the letter under their arch-nemises’ door.

So what did the letter say?

“This is the BULLS**T INVESTIGATORS and we’re calling BULLS**T on you two!” It began.

“You two are both sexual people, why haven’t you had sex? The pressure of the experiment is not an excuse. Every week you say you’re building? To what?” The first point asked.

“Why was it that at the Commitment Ceremony, you were both lounging on each other on the couch and then as soon as you got up in front of the experts, you were acting as if there was a problem. The minute you were off the couch you were back in the same position?”

Lucinda and Timothy then refer to Jack’s ex-girlfriend, who he previously admitted to dating while auditioning for MAFS.

“The girl in the article: Jack, you have openly said that she is batshit crazy, that you have blocked her from everywhere, yet you show naked photos of her without her permission,” it said.

“Why is it that Tori speaks of you two getting married in Spain after this experiment and Jack knows nothing about the wedding in Spain? Get your stories together.”

What task did Lucinda and Timothy set for Tori and Jack?

Timothy and Lucinda were asked to think of a task for Tori and Jack that would help to strengthen their relationship.

This is where things got especially dirty… Timothy and Lucinda told the couple to invite Jack’s ex-girlfriend over for an open conversation.

“Our task for you both this week is to invite the girl from the article and do a three-way conversation between her Jack and Tori and come clean on what you have been dragging her through without her knowing it.”

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A former Married At First Sight bride has revealed the tactics that producers use to encourage the participants to talk about their emotions on camera.

2023 MAFS Bride Alyssa Barmonde said that producers relentlessly ask the cast members to talk about their problems, even when they don’t want to be filmed.

Alyssa referred to Timothy Smith’s experience at the MAFS Couples Retreat, where he broke down about the loss of his parents to his partner Lucinda Light.

Timothy began to break down into tears, and walked out of the bedroom where he was being filmed, saying he couldn’t handle it.

Producers would have had to “coax” Timothy

Alyssa said producers would have had to “coax” Timothy “into being on camera”

“At that point in time you’re just like, ‘I don’t want to be around anyone, I need to get out of the situation, I need to be with my feelings’, and they’re like, ‘Can you get it on camera? I need to get it on camera’,” she told Yahoo Lifestyle’s Behind the Edit podcast.

“That’s the thing that makes me feel really ick about the whole production side of things. He was probably still really in his emotions and he probably wasn’t ready to speak to the producer about what he was going through. So bravo for him to kind of pick up the pieces and do that.”

The reality star added that the producers encourage the participants to believe that speaking about their issues will be beneficial.

“So when you’re having this emotional breakdown, they’re the first ones to run after you like, ‘Are you okay? What’s going on? Do you want to talk about it? It might feel better if you talk about it a little bit. Do you need a break? Do you need some water? Can I get you anything?’,” she shared.

“So they try to, I guess, calm you down before [they say], ‘Do you think you can do just a few minutes just to get your emotions out? I feel like it’s a really important part of your story’. And then in your head, you’re like, ‘Well, I think maybe it is good that I talk about it’.”

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