Married At First Sight 2024: Protective cousin threatens to derail bride’s wedding as he accuses her groom of joining MAFS for FAME and to promote his podcast

Loveable nurse Ellie walked down the aisle with tour guide Ben on Wednesday’s episode of Married At First Sight.

But despite the couple hitting it off at the altar, Ellie’s overprotective cousin Jordan threw some doubt over the seemingly happy union.

At the reception, Jordan made it clear that he was there to grill Ben.

‘Ben seems like a nice guy, but I’m really nervous for Ellie because she always looks for the positives in people,’ he explained to producers.

‘She’s had a history of some terrible relationships and I don’t want to see her get hurt again, so I’m here to interrogate him,’ Jordan continued.

‘I hope he has the right intentions to be a good, loving husband. We’ll see,’ he cautiously added. 

Confronting Ben, Jordan first asked what the strapping groom does for a living.

‘I do some tour guiding and I do my podcast as a hobby,’ he replied.

‘Oh, you have a podcast?’ Jordan shot back. ‘How many subscribers do you have?’

But despite the couple hitting it off at the altar, Ellie’s overprotective cousin Jordan threw some doubt over the seemingly happy union

Jordan continued to grill the 39-year-old, next asking bluntly, ‘Why are you here? Are you looking for a long-term relationship?’

Trying to break the tension, Ellie interjected: ‘They’re trying to suss you out to see if you’re here to start an OnlyFans!’

‘Nobody would pay to see this,’ Ben chuckled.

Complaining to producers, Jordan said, ‘I can always see the red flags in people and I’m getting bad juju vibes.

‘I just have it in my mind that Ben might be here for the wrong reasons,’ he added. 

Confronting Ben, Jordan first asked what the strapping groom does for a living and questioned his intentions for being on the show

Ben admitted that he’d applied for MAFS several times before and had also been approached to do another dating show

Jordan then suggested that Ben may only be on MAFS to find fame and to promote his podcast. 

He eventually pulled Ben aside to interrogate him, and quickly discovered that he had applied to be on MAFS several times before. 

Ben then confessed that he’d been contacted about doing a different dating show as well.

Fed up, Jordan finally snapped and said, ‘I’m going to be completely frank with you. I have concerns that you might be here to promote your touring business, to promote your podcast – you’re just here for fame.’

Instead of getting defensive, Ben admitted that fame would be a ‘silver lining’ from the experience, but stressed that he was also interested in finding love. 

Jordan later spoke to Ellie privately and told her that he suspected Ben had joined the show to promote his podcast.