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MAFS cast snubbed at the Logies amid 'awkward' cast feud
Insiders have spilled on what really happened at the Logies.
The MAFS cast was reportedly snubbed at the Logies on Sunday night, despite the Channel Nine show being one of the top-rated reality shows on TV.
Stars of the show, Ollie Skelton, Tahnee Cook, Melinda Willis, Layton Mills, Evelyn Ellis, Duncan James, Sandy Jawanda, Claire Nomarhas and Rupert Bugden all attended on behalf of the successful reality show.
Insiders reveal the reality stars weren't given a table to watch the ceremony inside ceremony and were instead relegated to the nearby Flying Fish restaurant at The Star Sydney to watch from there.
According to insiders, things became "awkward" between Melinda and Sandy, with the pair appearing to be part of a surprising feud – seemingly because Sandy is close friends with Claire, whom she spent the night hanging out with.
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One onlooker also revealed Evelyn appeared to be keeping her distance from the cast amid rumours she too is feuding with Melinda. The influencer instead spent most of the night with her boyfriend Duncan, with the pair mingling with other people from the TV world.
Melinda also reportedly made the decision not to attend the afterparty, as she didn't want to be around the women she was feuding with. Layton, however, was spotted heading back to his room at around 2:30am in a T-shirt after changing out of his suit for the party.
Ollie and Rupert reportedly had a great time at the afterparty, staying until 3am and spending much of their time on the dance floor.
MAFS' Melinda reveals truth behind 'awkward' cast divide
It comes after Melinda told Yahoo Lifestyle that the Logies were sure to be "a little bit awkward" due to the numerous cast divides.
“Everyone’s friends and we all went through the same experience, [but] we all don't align and we all don't have the same values,” she said days before the event.
“So it's very hard to be in the spotlight and be amicable, but people on the outside world think that you're best friends or think they saw you on TV and you were friends. So if you don’t talk to someone at the time or take a photo with them, they’re so quick to judge like, ‘Oh, what happened there?’.”
The beauty CEO said there are “three or four little groups” within the cast, adding she thought this may create some tension at the awards show.
“I think everyone will be friends on the night, but definitely behind the scenes there's a lot going on,” she said.
“It’s awkward, there are friendships breaking down, there's 'he said she said' and there's a lot of unfinished business with a lot of things, so it's just gonna be very interesting. But hopefully, there's just no ‘MAFS dinner party’ set up and everyone can just be mature and float past each other.”
Melinda has previously said that Claire's cheating scandal on the show is the reason they are no longer friends.
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She also had an awkward encounter with Evelyn at the Logie Awards nominations event, telling her followers on Instagram that it was "really awkward".
“When I went over to say hi and hug Ev at the event, she didn’t give me a hug,” she told her followers. “So I was really awkward and taken back, I went into the corner where Tahnee [Cook], Ollie [Skelton] and Layton [Mills] were and I stayed over there. Channel Nine was interviewing and taking photos anyway over there.
“I spoke to Ev later on and she said that she thought it was me that wasn’t going to give her the hug, so she was also awkward. So everything’s ok, it’s just, yeah.”
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