A photo of Married at First Sight’s (MAFS) Stella and Filip picking up chicken for dinner has gone viral after fans spotted what appears to be a baby bump, and Joel has now revealed whether the couple are actually expecting.
Sydney takeaway spot Camy’s Chargrill Chicken posted a carousel of photos of the cast grabbing a bite to eat on TikTok and Instagram. On Instagram, the photo was cropped at Stella’s waist, while the TikTok version was slightly longer, revealing what fans believed to be a baby bump. Unsurprisingly, the comments section quickly lit up with viewers speculating that Stella might be pregnant.
“Is it just me, or is there anyone else who notices Stella’s tummy. Is she pregnant?” one wrote. Another penned: “WAIT A DAMN SECOND STELLA IS PREGNANT”. A third speculated, “Someone’s having a baby”, and a fourth said, “Not really up to you to give away someone’s pregnancy”.
However, Joel shut down the speculation in an interview with Chattr, saying it’s “not true”.
“That that photo was taken during filming, and she would have a huge bump right now, [if she was]” he said.
Indeed, since the show was filmed between July and November, if Stella was heavily pregnant during filming, she’d be almost at term by now!
When we pointed out that we ran the photo through an AI detector that concluded that it was 54% fake, Joel scoffed. “More like 100% fake, AI needs some maintenance,” he said.
Chattr reached out to Camy’s Chargrill Chicken for comment.
Stella speculates what her and Filip’s future kids will look like
While Stella may not be pregnant with a MAFS baby just yet, she told Chattr in a recent interview that she and Filip have talked about what they think their kids would look like.
“We actually ran a ChatGPT simulation,” she said (which is ironic, considering).
“They would get pretty bloody good genes. Filip is tall, dark and handsome, and I’m petite, and you know, strong, little lady. So, I think the kids would have quite good genes, in that sense.”
“I was just saying I would love to have a blue-eyed baby, but I think Philips has dark eyes and dark eye genes are quite strong, so I don’t know if that’s gonna work in my favour.”
Hopefully, when that time comes, it’ll be Stella and Filip announcing the news — not a chicken shop.
Married at First Sight (MAFS) 2026 airs Sunday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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