MAFS: Evelyn Ellis rocks a trench-style trench coat during filming

She recently distanced herself from toxic influencer Andrew Tate after photos resurfaced of them holidaying together in Thailand.

But long before her past came back to haunt her, MAFS star Evelyn Ellis looked positively carefree as she went for a stroll through Sydney’s CBD during a break from filming last year.

The model and marketing manager, 27, turned heads in a trench coat inspired by the 1999 sci-fi action film The Matrix, in photos taken on October 9.

She paired the long shiny coat with a low-cut brown crop top, high-waisted pants and white sneakers.

Evelyn accessorised with a Louis Vuitton handbag and a pair of rectangular-rimmed sunglasses, and swept her dark hair into a low bun, allowing two tendrils to perfectly frame her face.

The model (left) turned heads in a trench coat inspired by the 1999 sci-fi action film The Matrix, in photos taken on October 9. (Right: Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix Revolutions)

The characters from The Matrix were known for their futuristic leather and PVC outfits

Her look was certainly the most out-there of all the MAFS sightings during Daily Mail Australia’s months-long stakeout in Sydney last year.

You could almost hear the heavy riff of Rammstein’s Du Hast as she pounded the pavement in her futuristic ensemble.

It comes after Evelyn was forced to address her former friendship with Andrew Tate during an interview with Nova FM’s Fitzy & Wippa on Thursday.

Evelyn paired the long shiny coat with a low-cut brown crop top and high-waisted pants and white sneakers

Evelyn accessorised with a Louis Vuitton bag and a pair of rectangular-rimmed sunglasses, and swept her dark hair into a low bun, allowing two tendrils to perfectly frame her face

The former nightclub hostess carried an iPhone with a personalised green case

She said the Tate she knew when they were both contestants on Big Brother UK in 2016 was nothing like the woman-hating ‘influencer’ he would become years later.

She spoke about her link to the controversial kickboxer – who now faces sex trafficking charges in Romania – after a photo resurfaced of the pair on holiday together in Thailand seven years ago.

While many fans speculated the two were an item, Evelyn said that wasn’t true, clarifying she never hooked up with him.

When asked by host Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald about her trip to Thailand with Tate, she stressed they knew each other long before he launched his career as a professional misogynist.

‘Look, I knew Andrew before he was Andrew,’ she said.

It comes after Evelyn was forced to address her former friendship with Andrew Tate during an interview with Nova FM’s Fitzy & Wippa on Thursday (pictured in the studio) 

She spoke about her former friendship with Tate, who now faces sex trafficking charges in Romania, after a photo resurfaced of the pair on holiday together in Thailand seven years ago 

‘So before all this he was just old mate Andrew. But I can only take him for face value – at the time he was super nice. Him and [brother] Tristan always treated me with respect,’ she added.

The photo of Evelyn and Tate in question was posted on his Instagram account years before he was banned from the Meta-owned social media platform for hate speech.

It showed Evelyn sitting next to the British-American internet personality at a restaurant or bar on the island Koh Samui.

While many speculated the two were an item, the MAFS bride told Fitzy & Wippa that was not true, and she never hooked up with him

Channel 5 had earlier removed Tate from the Big Brother house for undisclosed reasons.

However, Tate went on to accuse the network of giving him the boot over a an ‘edited’ video of him beating a woman with a ‘felt’ belt. 

In an unrelated matter, Tate was arrested in Romania on December 29 alongside his brother Tristan, 34, and two women as authorities investigate numerous allegations of sex trafficking and rape. They remain in custody and deny the charges. 

During her Fitzy & Wippa interview, Ellis was pushed by the hosts to condemn Tate’s statements about women on social media, but she wouldn’t say much. 

‘It’s so weird, because it was like overnight he just exploded. I don’t remember him,’ she said, before Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli interrupted to ask how long she was going out with him for. 

‘I didn’t go out with him,’ she said firmly, before explaining they weren’t strictly speaking on holiday together when the Thailand photo was taken.

She said she was already in Asia with friends when she discovered Tate was travelling too and they decided to meet up.

Married At First Sight continues Sunday at 7pm on Channel Nine and 9Now 

She said the Tate she knew when they were both contestants on Big Brother UK in 2016 was nothing like the woman-hating ‘influencer’ he would become years later