MAFS 2025 bride ‘kicked off the show’ in ‘weird’ circumstances

The upcoming 2025 season of Married At First Sight has been rocked by another scandal with one participant seemingly being “axed” from the show and “evicted from the building” where the cast live during their filming stint.

On Thursday, bride Morena Farina was spotted sitting on a bench outside of the One Global Resorts building in Sydney’s Green Square, surrounded by suitcases.

The downcast-looking mum-of-two was then completely ignored by some of her co-stars and various producers as they returned to the apartment building and passed her.

In another bizarre twist, there were no camera crews around to capture her exit or the drama as it unfolded – with it appearing like she’d been completely shunned by production and was no longer involved in the upcoming season in any capacity.

MAFS paparazzi theory: 'Like she was kicked off the show'

A paparazzi photographer who covers Married At First Sight every year told Yahoo Lifestyle the incident was "very strange".

"Usually when a couple or cast member leaves the show they have to film a whole exit sequence in the underground car park and leave in private," they explain.

"They do this to avoid anyone taking any spoiler pictures of them leaving with their suitcases, as these pictures prove the couples split up – but this was so weird. It’s like she was just kicked off the show, evicted from the building and no one wanted anything to do with her anymore. Producers didn’t even order her a car to take her to the airport or try to hide her from us [the press].”

Making matters even more confusing, as Morena sat there surrounded by her luggage one local café owner walked over, took a picture on his iPhone and started laughing.

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When asked why he did this, he told the paparazzi: “So I can send it around to the other local business owners and write good riddance.”

Little is known about Morena so far, but the DJ and mum-of-two is in her mid-40s and was touted early on as the 'cool mum', with her friends describing her as one of the most 'genuine people you'll ever meet'.

MAFS 2025 introduces never-before-seen twist after six cast members quit

The production for MAFS 2025 has been anything but smooth sailing after it was reported last month that six cast members had quit the show within the first two weeks of filming. Eliot Donovan was the first participant to leave after being “unimpressed” with his bride Lauren Hall and flew home to Brisbane just a few days after their wedding.

It’s since been revealed that Lauren has re-entered the experiment as an intruder alongside a brand new groom, professional golfer Clint Rice.

This comes after Yahoo Lifestyle revealed that the casting team behind the social experiment were frantically searching for a replacement groom on Instagram, which is now understood to have been for Lauren.

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