Love her or hate her, there’s no denying Miranda Chopping gave main character energy on Farmer Wants A Wife (FWAW) 2026, and the season’s ‘villain’ has revealed what it was really like filming the show.
Miranda told Chattr that she’s always dreamed of starting a family on a farm, so she thought she’d give FWAW a shot.
“I was in a very serious relationship about a year and a half ago, and I thought I was going to settle down with him, and then we broke up, and then I was still looking for that person, so I kind of spent a year and a half just focusing on myself,” she explained.
“Then once the Farmer Wants A Wife application came up, it kind of all just worked out, and I was like, I’ll give it a go, and when I think of settling down, I want that country lifestyle for my kids, since I grew up with that.”
Miranda said that another reason she wanted to be on Farmer Wants a Wife was because of its wildly impressive success rate — so far, the show has created 13 marriages and 28 children. But, she said, there was a lot more drama on set than she expected.
“I mean, it is reality TV, but I definitely thought Farmer was more of the wholesome family side, but it definitely didn’t seem to turn out like that, so I was definitely surprised,” she explained.
“I don’t think it was as glamorous as I thought. It was definitely long filming days and a lot of drama that I kind of didn’t expect from the whole situation, so definitely not what I thought.”
Miranda was a polarising character on FWAW and dominated screen time, and this led to viewers accusing her of joining the show for fame. However, Miranda has insisted that her intentions were genuine.
“If I was going on a TV show for fame, it definitely wouldn’t be Farmer Wants A Wife. I don’t think that’s the sort of show that you get too much exposure out of for that reason. I was completely genuine. I went there for the right reasons. I want to settle down. I know I’m young, but I know what I want. I’ve always wanted to be a mum,” she said.
Did Miranda expect to be the villain on FWAW?
Miranda was clearly given the villain edit on FWAW 2026, and the 21-year-old real estate agent told Chattr she was surprised to be painted in that light.
“I didn’t expect any of that, but I think I only got [the villain title] because I was such a confident person, and did say what I was thinking, and I wasn’t fake, and I wasn’t pretending to be someone I wasn’t. I think if me being upfront and direct is going to get me a villain edit, then that’s that,” she said.
Miranda doubled down, adding that she believes the reason she didn’t get along with the majority of other women on Farmer Zac’s farm was because they felt threatened by her.
“I think the girls were just intimidated by me and how I carried myself and how I would come across, and I kind of have always somewhat dealt with girls being jealous in the past,” she said.
However, Miranda said that it doesn’t bother her that viewers have perceived her as a villain, adding that the keyboard warriors writing negative comments about her don’t actually know who she is.
“I kind of find it entertaining, to be honest. All these people hiding behind their screens that have such a large opinion, I would love to see them handle something like this, but there’s nothing I can do about it,” she explained.
“I don’t read negative comments, and I will continue not to, but I obviously also respect that everyone does have an opinion, and if they don’t like me, that’s fine. I don’t really care, but I’ll just keep being me and saying what I want.”
Farmer Wants A Wife airs at 7pm on Mondays and 7:30pm on Tuesdays on Channel 7 and streams on 7Plus.
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