Commitment ceremony bombshells you DIDN’T see on MAFS: Tony’s confession sends producers into crisis and expert John’s takedown of Tim that was too brutal for TV

The drama on Sunday’s episode of Married At First Sight was wilder than what you saw on TV, with Channel Nine editing out some of the most jaw-dropping moments.

Insiders tell me there were ‘significant’ moments from the commitment ceremony left on the cutting room floor.

One of the couples was rocked by a groom’s confession about why he was really on the show – but viewers only saw a fraction of what was said.

There was also a confrontation between expert John Aiken and one of the husbands that was so fiery it never made it to broadcast.

While viewers saw plenty of tears and tough decisions, my sources say there was a lot more going on. Here I break down the full story…

Morena blindsided by Tony

Insiders tell me there were ‘significant’ moments from the commitment ceremony left on the cutting room floor. (Pictured: Ryan Donnelly and Jacqui Burfoot) 

One of the biggest scandals of the night involved Tony Mojanovski, who stunned the cast when he admitted he was legally married… and still in love with his ex. 

According to a production insider, Tony flat-out confessed on the couch that he was using the social experiment as a way to win his ex back.

‘He literally said, “I’m still in love with my wife,” and you could hear a pin drop,’ my source tells me.

His on-screen wife Morena Farina was shattered by the admission, and demanded to know why he had failed to disclose that he hadn’t finalised his divorce.

‘She just sat there, completely blindsided. She had no idea he felt that way,’ adds my spy.

‘The experts were shocked too but instead of digging into it the conversation was just moved along. The producers must have told them not to make a big deal out of it.’ 

Instead of airing Tony’s revelation in full, Sunday’s episode instead focused on Morena’s emotional reaction.

Tony, 53, also apparently made references to Morena being older than him at 57.

One of the biggest scandals of the night involved Tony (left), who stunned the cast and ‘wife’ Morena (right) when he admitted he was legally married… and still in love with his ex 

‘He was telling people off-camera he wasn’t crazy about the age gap,’ claims one of my insiders. ‘He thought he’d be matched with someone younger.’

Yet none of this made it to air, with Nine instead glossing over Tony’s true feelings, leaving viewers in the dark about the real reasons for Morena’s distress.

Tim is called out by John Aiken 

Unsurprisingly, the Tim and Katie trainwreck was even worse than what Nine showed on TV.

A production source claims Tim Gromie spent an entire day ignoring his wife Katie Johnston on their honeymoon, allegedly retreating to a separate room and refusing to speak to her. 

Unsurprisingly, the Tim and Katie trainwreck was even worse than what Nine showed on TV 

‘He just gave up. He completely checked out [of the marriage] and ignored her for an entire day,’ the insider explains.

‘Then he turned around and blamed Katie for “not trying”, which is just ridiculous because she was the one putting in all the effort.’

During the commitment ceremony, the biggest moment that didn’t air came when expert John Aiken took Tim to task for snarky remarks he’d made about Katie.

Tim had suggested Katie was only on the show for Instagram followers, which ‘p***ed off’ John, who believes it’s okay for participants to use the show for self-promotion so long as they put genuine effort into their relationships.

During the commitment ceremony, the biggest moment that didn’t air came when expert John Aiken took Tim to task for snarky remarks he’d made about Katie 

‘Tim was sitting at the other end of the table [at the dinner party] telling everyone that Katie was just there for clout,’ my source reveals.

‘She didn’t even know until Paul [Antoine, another contestant] came down and told her. That’s when she got up and stormed out in tears.’

When John learned about this, he tore shreds off Tim at the commitment ceremony. 

‘John basically called him out and said, “What’s wrong with using a platform to inspire people?” And Tim had no response. He just slumped back into his seat – it was a complete mic-drop moment,’ my insider spills.

Reeling from John’s slapdown, Tim stormed out of the commitment ceremony altogether, throwing a tantrum like he did at the dinner party.

‘You probably won’t see him again after that. He literally ran off and disappeared after the break,’ my source adds.

The cracks in Awhina and Adrian’s marriage are far deeper than what’s being shown on TV

Throughout Confessions Week, tensions boiled over as the couple fought behind the scenes, leading to long stretches of time where they barely spoke at all

Awhina and Adrian’s marriage is in serious trouble

The cracks in Awhina Rutene and Adrian Araouzou’s marriage are far deeper than what was shown on TV.

Throughout Confessions Week, tensions boiled over as the couple fought behind the scenes, leading to long stretches of time where they barely spoke at all.

One major argument reportedly erupted over Awhina questioning Adrian’s past relationships.

‘Awhina felt like Adrian wasn’t being honest about what he wanted in a partner,’ a source explains.

‘It turned into a massive row, and after that, they stopped spending time together off-camera.’

THE DAILY MAIL MAFS RECAP: WEEK 2. Abandon all hope, ye who enter here…

By Eliza McPhee 

One of the country’s trashiest reality TV shows and the guilty pleasure of roughly three million Australians, Married At First Sight, is back.

This season has already seen one groom do a runner within 48 hours, and another leave the experiment after declaring he had ‘no spark’ with his bride – and it’s only been two weeks.

While most of the other couples seem to be getting along swimmingly, it’s important to point out the abysmal track record of the show’s so-called ‘experts’ who pair them together: John Aiken, Mel Schilling and Alessandra Rampolla.

From the 12 seasons of MAFS, just eight couples are still together, and some of them weren’t even originally paired by the experts.

Embarrassingly, this season, two of the couples had already unsuccessfully dated in the real world. 

It’s a miracle the ‘experts’ haven’t been sacked!

Week two started with the hotly anticipated first dinner party where all the couples meet for the first time and desperately try to prove to each other how well they’re getting along.

Most of the pairings walked into the party hand-in-hand with beaming big smiles – but this wasn’t the case for 37-year-old CEO Katie.

MAFS is officially back! Here, Katie is seen speaking with her dud groom Tim who walked out on her after declaring there was ‘no spark’

Katie was paired with who can only be described as this season’s most-hated groom, primary school teacher (?!) Tim Gromie, 38.

Tim wrote Katie off from the start and attracted an army of haters when he declared he was after a ‘short, petite blonde’. 

Not only did he wipe away their wedding kiss, but when it came to the photo shoot, Tim recoiled every time Katie got close, making for some of the most painful scenes on reality TV in recent memory.

Katie, who refuses to give up but probably should just throw in the towel, showed up the party alone, only for Tim to waltz in shortly after.

Tim told the producers that Katie hadn’t reached out to him after their disastrous honeymoon where he dressed like a teenager in ripped skinny jeans and a beanie… only to admit he didn’t even have her number.

Then in another crushing blow to Katie, when grilled on what went wrong in their marriage, Tim announced to the dinner table it was he who was the one putting in the effort!

‘Are you serious?’ Katie, and the rest of Australia, asked.

Tim also had the nerve to tell Katie ‘you probably don’t feel so bad now’ after fellow bride Lauren opened up about her runaway groom Eliot.

Tim’s masterclass in gaslighting ended in Katie apologising for her actions after he claimed she never tried to get to know him. (Does he realise everything has been filmed?)

Lucky for Katie, one of the ladies, Jamie, had her back and was the only one to see through Tim’s BS and call him out, prompting him to flee, leaving nothing but a cloud of gaslighting dust behind him.

Adding insult to injury, Tim’s audition tape was later played which showed him vowing to try to make the marriage work, even if there wasn’t a spark.

‘I’m no Brad Pitt so I’m not expecting Miranda Kerr,’ he said, which was confusing after he acted like he was, in fact, a Hollywood star and deserved a supermodel.

The next episode featured the sick little game the producers love to play each year: rank the participants of the opposite sex by how hot you think they are.

Ryan failed spectacularly at the photo-ranking challenge, putting his wife Jacqui third

Jacqui then burst into tears

It seems straightforward: put your partner at the top at all costs and don’t say much about the others. But, still, year after year a couple of the blokes fail spectacularly.

Ryan, the husband of Jacqui who bursts into tears at the drop of a hat, signed his own death sentence when he ranked her third in the line-up.

‘Sierah has a much more attractive face, she has dark hair and that’s what slays me,’ he said as Jacqui shot him daggers and looked moments away from imploding.

Jacqui couldn’t believe what she was hearing. After all, she is a high-value woman, used to be a model and also has the brains to match. They are her words, not mine, by the way, although it does remind me of a certain Summer Heights High character.

Things went from bad to worse for the couple, with Jacqui deciding to get back at Ryan by describing how her ex had a ‘God-like’ physique and her new groom could never measure up.

It was a major blow to a man who identifies as a ‘warrior’ and Ryan most likely spent the rest of the day doing push-ups.

Jacqui also isn’t coping so well with the dramatic change to her lifestyle.

Upon seeing the terrifying sight of a television in the bedroom, she burst into tears.

‘I think electronics are really bad for humankind. Like people are just dumbing their brains by watching TV,’ she told a camera crew filming her for a TV show she willingly signed up for.

Adrian showed his true colours when he refused to do the letter-writing challenge

In the next episode, the couples were asked to write letters to get to know each other on a deeper level.

Jacqui’s read like a ChatGPT resumé, leaving Ryan feeling ‘insulted’.

‘I’ve read over 1,000 non-fiction books. I received first-class honours in both law and finance. I know how to do accounting, negotiating and pitching,’ Jacqui said.

‘When I’m dating I usually go for highly intelligent men… investment bankers, software developers. I’m a huge asset to someone like that and I need my partner to be an asset to my goals in life.

‘It is important to me my partner is financially literate and understands financing and investing. They must be an asset, not a liability. I won’t rest until I have made at least $500million and that goal will be best with a partner who wants the same.’

When Ryan told his bride he’d prefer to learn about her past and her emotions, she accused him of being ‘toxic’. Eyeroll.

The letter-writing game also brought out the worst in another couple, Awhina and Adrian.

Awhina was excited to open up to her husband about her young son, only to learn Adrian didn’t even complete the task.

Like a bratty teenager, Adrian simply said he just ‘didn’t want to do it’ and sat there twiddling his thumbs.

While initially one of the stronger couples, they were also tested by the revelation Awhina had cheated on a past boyfriend.

Adrian scolded her over the tryst, which was really only a pash, telling her there was ‘no excuses’.

But, lo and behold, when pressed by the producers on his own history of cheating, Adrian gave some fumbling answer of ‘hooking up’ with another woman while still seeing his partner.

Pot, meet kettle.

Week two wrapped up with the show’s token quirky couple, Ashleigh and Jake, doing the ranking challenge.

Week two wrapped up with the show’s token quirky couple, Ashleigh and Jake, doing the ranking challenge, with Jake tearing all the women to shreds

Jake had mostly flown under the radar this season but in one single scene he managed to cement himself as an absolute tosser and a major villain by tearing the other women, including his own bride, to shreds.

Not only did he rank Ashleigh smack bang in the middle of the pecking order, he chose to criticise the appearance of each bride.

He declared Jacqui had ‘crazy eyes’, Sierah had the face of someone who could ‘stab you in your sleep’, Rhi has a ‘lazy eye’, and Morena was too old but ‘I’d still give her a fair crack’.

He also said he preferred Caucasian women, meaning Awhina was out, and added that Carina was ‘conventionally pretty and she knows it’.

‘I’m not going to chuck you at number 1 to save face,’ he confidently told his bride.

He then told producers: ‘Four is a good rating. I wouldn’t normally go for someone that looks like that. I could’ve even put her one lower.’

Jake, like Tim, is a school teacher. I’ll leave it to you to process that information. 

His wife was left with her jaw on the floor after Jake’s admissions and understandably tried to drink away the pain.

After one too many red wines, she then ran to Sierah and Billy’s apartment to spill the beans on her husband’s performance in the photo-ranking task.

Billy, who opted out of taking part in the diabolical producer trap, was not happy and gave Jake a taste of his own medicine. In the process, he delivered possibly the best insult of the season so far.

‘You look like Jeffrey Dahmer, mate!’ he said.

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