Former Married at First Sight (MAFS) groom, Tyson Gordon, has done an interview with 60 Minutes to say, umm *checks notes* he no longer wants a ‘submissive wife’. Great!
In case you’ve forgotten all about this man (goals tbh!), the MAFS 2026 season has just finished airing in the UK, which means Tyson has been stirring up controversy again, but this time on the other side of the world.
And yep, they don’t love him there either.
I don’t think Tyson even understands the meaning of “I want a submissive wife”. How fucking VILE. Stephenie held her own like a champ. The casting and production team have a lot of explaining to do #MAFSAU #MarriedAtFirstSight #MAFS pic.twitter.com/aP96wyjbxq
— ____L____ (@lvo_xx) April 1, 2026
As a quick refresher, these are just some of the things that intruder groom, Tyson Gordon, did to quickly establish himself as the ultimate villain of Married At First Sight Australia 2026.
He routinely spoke about women in a sexist way, as he recycled through manosphere rhetoric to draw comparisons to misogynistic influencers like Andrew Tate.
He told his partner, Steph Marshall, that by her displaying drive or ambition meant she had “masculine energy”. He also claimed that if he were to be a stay-at-home dad, he “may as well wear a skirt around the house,” calling it a strictly a role for women.
In his introduction, he shared homophobic comments, telling the camera “I don’t like when gay guys come up to me. I’m not gay. That’s on you guys. Whatever you do behind closed doors…”
He told Stephanie that he once ended a relationship after discovering the woman had 78 sexual partners, saying, “I had to escort her out of the house, I didn’t want to get HIV.”
And most controversial of all, he openly stated during a confessional and to Stephanie, “I don’t want a slave for a wife… all I want is a submissive wife.”
It’s been over a month since MAFS ended, but Tyson still isn’t being let off for his horrible “submissive woman” comments. On the latest 60 Minutes, journalist Amelia Adams grilled Tyson about his past sexist statements.
“Submissive was the wrong word to use. Traditional is the word I was looking for and traditional is a word I wanted to use,” he told 60 Minutes.
He then felt the need to clarify to Amelia that he isn’t “looking for a dog” to obey him. “I’m not looking to put my wife on a leash at all,” Tyson said. “I don’t expect to chain her up in the kitchen and say, ‘Make me a sandwich’,” he continued.
“She’s not just going to be locked up in here all day. It’s nothing like that.”
Ummm, well, good? Literally, the more disgusting words this man says, the more I switch off entirely. Tyson ended the segment by telling the journalist that “there’s really nothing wrong with wanting a traditional relationship in this day and age. I think if you can financially support it, then why not?”
In short, this man has not grown an inch since being matched with Steph on MAFS.
Steph responds to Tyson’s interview on 60 Minutes
In light of the interview, Steph told Chattr that she thought Tyson did well on 60 Minutes, defending his search for a ‘traditional wife’ who believes in a partnership following traditional roles.
“I don’t think what he’s looking for is out of the ordinary, and as I said all along, if the wife staying at home is what works for a couple and can be sustained in this economy, and the family can live a comfortable life, that’s fantastic!” she said.
Steph did add that she believed that a traditional family structure shouldn’t be based on gender. “If the wife’s the breadwinner and the husband stays at home, that’s also fine,” she added.
But she did clarify that this shouldn’t mean any partner has authority over the other. “However, it’s important to note that as long as the ‘obey, submissive, bow down to me, what I say goes’ attitude isn’t there, it’s fine. If it is present and is the expectation, that’s where the problem lies.”
Steph reflects on being matched with Tyson on MAFS
The poor woman matched with Tyson has previously shared some reflections with Chattr on her time with the controversial MAFS groom.
When asked by Chattr if she believes contestants are intentionally mismatched, [Steph] replied: “Unfortunately, yes.”
“I really was just choosing to believe the best [in the experiment] and I think you’ve got to,” Steph said. “But in hindsight, as if Tyson and I were ever going to be a good match? Like, as if that was ever going to work with the kind of person he was?” she asked.
Steph believes she was cast opposite Tyson to potentially teach him about how to treat women.
“I don’t know if they put me with him to teach him a bit of a lesson or something like that, not that he would have learnt any… it was pretty evident from the start that there was no way someone like me would be a good match for someone like him.”
We’ve reached out to Steph for comment on Tyson’s 60 Minutes interview.
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