The Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 cast have been busy launching their influencer careers, but Adrian Araouzou’s path to fame seems to be over before it even really began. On May 5, it was announced that he had been signed to Roxy Jacenko’s talent agency, Ministry of Talent. Just one week later, he was quietly dropped.
Adrian tells Chattr he believes it’s due to the backlash Roxy would have received after signing him.
“I can understand [Roxy’s] point of view [if she received] backlash. People hate seeing people do good and unfortunately, a lot of people will do the most to make sure I don’t,” he says.
He doesn’t think it was any of his fellow MAFS contestants — even estranged ex Awhina Rutene — who contacted Roxy, but others from his past. The backlash Roxy received could have possibly been about Adrian’s past legal issues, where he was acquitted of domestic violence charges against a former partner.
The MAFS star claims he’s not looking for another manager or wanting to sign with a different talent agency, and instead has other plans.
“Now I have had time to think, I have my own business and want to build my own personal brand just as I was before the show, not just promote every business for a dollar,” he adds.
When was Adrian dropped from Roxy Jacenko’s agency?
Roxy shared a post of Adrian on May 5, welcoming him to the Ministry of Talent.
“Thrilled to announce that Adrian is now represented by the Ministry of Talent for social media collabs and appearances! Get in touch for opportunities,” the Instagram caption read.
The post has since been deleted and a week after the announcement, Adrian sneakily deleted the Ministry of Talent mention from his TikTok bio.
I guess we won’t see Adrian spruiking influencer products on our feeds now, which is probably a good thing.
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