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MAFS' Jamie reveals major commitment ceremony moment viewers missed
EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Marinos spills on what was edited out of Sunday night’s episode.
Following a series of dramatic weddings and an explosive dinner party at the start of this year’s season of Married At First Sight, the inaugural commitment ceremony followed suit with plenty of shocking moments. Not only did Jacqui Burfoot and Ryan Donnelly have a cringe-worthy couch session with the experts, but Jake Luik also blindsided his partner Ashleigh Ackerman by writing ‘leave’.
Arguably the biggest surprise of the night, however, was when Tim Gromie arrived late after previously refusing to move in with his partner Katie Johnston for Confessions Week. The controversial groom was berated by the experts, who labelled his dinner party behaviour as “gaslighting 101”, before the pair both wrote ‘leave’ and exited the experiment.
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While viewers were on the edge of their seats watching John Aiken call out Tim’s treatment of Katie at the commitment ceremony, Jamie Marinos tells Yahoo Lifestyle that he wasn’t the only one who had something to say.
“Look, I had a few choice words to say to Tim,” she laughs. “I think I probably said enough at the dinner party, so I think [the editors] were thinking, ‘Let’s just let Daddy John take the wheel’.
“I could not tell you word for word what I said, but I was not impressed. I think he definitely had an idea that he was going to come in and get proven right. I honestly believe his perception of his reality was that he was very much in the right and Katie was in the wrong. I mean, he got a rude awakening and obviously, that's my girl up there.”
Why were Jamie's comments edited out?
Although Jamie’s co-stars agreed with her comments about Tim and even got involved themselves, she believes they were all edited out of the episode to “soften the blow”.
“Tim definitely did get a grilling that night, he did. I think they softened it up a little bit because obviously everyone is quite fired up and I think just probably to protect [his] mental health, perhaps. But it was quite an intense commitment ceremony, for sure,” she details.
“A lot of us did get quite involved and comments were obviously made, but not everyone's going to get shown. I think we needed the experts to take the wheel on that, and so that's kind of what they did show.”
Tony's bombshell confession that viewers didn't see on TV
Jamie’s outburst about Tim wasn’t the only moment edited out of Sunday night’s episode, with Morena Farina claiming her partner Tony Mojanovski made a bombshell confession on the couch.
Morena revealed in a series of messages to 2023 groom Harrison Boon, which he shared to his Instagram Story last week with her permission, that Tony was still legally married to his estranged wife when he filmed the reality show.
While she didn’t have an issue with his martial status as she had also gone through a lengthy divorce process, she said that Tony admitted at the first commitment ceremony of the season that he was still in love with his wife and wanted the producers to bring her into the experiment.
“I don't care that I didn't find love,” Morena told Harrison in the leaked messages. “I don't care that he is separated and dating. I took three years to get my divorce so it's okay. What I care about is he told everyone at the commitment ceremony, which is this week, that he loves his wife. He told directors and producers, ‘Bring my wife in’.”
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The Italian bride went on to claim that the show’s producers told her to “stop talking”, “shut up” and “let it go” when she began speaking out about Tony’s bombshell confession because they weren’t planning on including it in the show.
“Well I didn't let it go and I still haven't let it go,” she continued. “This is why they're playing my character as I talk too much. Do I? I haven't even started yet. I don't understand. I'm actually happy. He loves his wife. I've actually told him that. Why didn't you chase your wife instead of this experiment?”
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