Married At First Sight cast stand by Alyssa Barmonde following her villain edit

Married At First Sight star Alyssa Barmonde was dubbed one of the ‘most hated brides’ from the show this year, but she’s now been inundated with support from her castmates. 

In a series of Instagram posts, which Alyssa reposted to her own page, her co-stars offered an outpouring of love for the controversial contestant and claimed that she was edited badly. 

Fellow bride Lyndall Grace said in an Instagram Q&A that everyone adored Alyssa, adding, ‘I probably couldn’t name one person that didn’t’. 

Lyndall’s on-screen husband Cam Woods shared a video of Alyssa dancing during a night out, writing: ‘She might have a child but she is awesome!’

Rupert Budgen joined in, saying in an Instagram post that Alyssa was ‘massively blindsided’ by how she was portrayed on the show. 

‘She’s a sweetheart, I don’t know how they did that to her. I went to the gym with Duncan often and he was saying nothing about that. He was always talking nicely about her,’ he said. 

Tahnee Cook wrote during an Instagram Q&A: ‘She is that friend that will always be there for you no matter what’ adding that Alyssa was ‘one of the most beautiful people’ she’s ever met. 

Melinda Willis chimed in: ‘I’m getting on this bandwagon too because I feel like every single [cast member] has exactly the same thing to say about Alyssa’. 

She encouraged people to use the hashtag Free Alyssa. 

Tahnee Cook wrote during an Instagram Q&A: ‘She is that friend that will always be there for you no matter what’ adding that Alyssa was ‘one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever met’ 

Melinda Willis chimed in: ‘I’m getting on this bandwagon too because I feel like every single [cast member] has exactly the same thing to say about Alyssa’

Josh White was among those sharing love for Alyssa 

Bronte Schofield likewise shared a supportive post, writing: ‘The cast and myself have sat back and watched the public tear you down over an edit that you had no control over’

‘Let’s get this movement going because you guys are giving her such a horrible time and I promise you if you were there and doing the show with Alyssa, she would absolutely be one of your best friends,’ Melinda said. 

Bronte Schofield likewise shared a supportive post, writing: ‘The cast and myself have sat back and watched the public tear you down over an edit that you had no control over. 

‘It breaks my heart that people have jumped on the bandwagon to judge a woman who put her heart on the line to find love in the most catastrophic and controversial way despite everything you have going in your everyday life you never let it stop you from being the big-hearted, beautiful woman that you are.’ 

Alyssa replied in her own post, clearly moved by all the support, writing: ‘Real tears this morning. Happy ones this time. 

Alyssa replied in her own post, clearly moved by all the support, writing: ‘Real tears this morning. Happy ones this time’

‘Thank you to all my cast peeps speaking out. It means so so much you have no idea. I feel so validated.’    

It comes after Alyssa fled Australia after ‘coincidentally’ losing her job amid the fallout of her villain edit.

The 35-year-old single mother took to her Instagram to share a photo of her holidaying in Hawaii on Monday with two friends.

‘Aloha,’ she wrote alongside the hashtags #fledtohawaii #everyotherweekend.

A source close to Barmonde told Daily Mail Australia that the baker was planning a trip overseas because she has been ‘unhappy since the show went to air’ and just needed to wind down.

It comes after Alyssa fled Australia after ‘coincidentally’ losing her job amid the fallout of her villain edit

‘She really just wants to move on and forget that she was ever on the show. It has been completely unfair. What we saw on television was not her,’ the source said.

Alyssa was sacked from her job as an executive assistant for a Sydney company – a position she had held for seven years.

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph last month, Alyssa pointed out the ‘coincidence’ of being made redundant just two weeks after the MAFS finale aired.

During the second half of the season, she was portrayed negatively, with edited scenes focusing on her emotional outbursts, mistreatment of husband Duncan James, and constantly using ‘I have a child’ as an excuse for her poor behaviour.

The ex-Mormon, however, insists this portrayal was one-sided and unfair, arguing that many of her clashes with Duncan, from whom she split at the final vows, lacked proper context on screen.

A source close to Barmonde told Daily Mail Australia that the baker was planning a trip overseas because she has been ‘unhappy since the show went to air’

She confessed she went through a ‘really dark… couple of months’ while the show was airing and had to stop watching after the couples’ retreat because ‘I could see what the edit was’.

Alyssa revealed she was harassed by viewers who tracked down her mobile number and business accounts, receiving ‘the most vile messages’.

She asked Channel Nine’s publicity department to give her access to her Instagram account so she could challenge the narrative of the show’s edit, but they denied the request until the season has finished airing in the UK.

‘They’re protecting the show and the narrative they’ve created, rather than letting me have my own voice,’ she claimed.

Alyssa said she feels hurt and betrayed by producers after watching the series and seeing all the problems in her relationship with Duncan blamed on her single parent status.

She is being supported by her therapist, whom she has been seeing for twenty years, during sessions three times per week, and has ‘upped’ the dosage of her anxiety medication.

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Alyssa, an ex-Mormon, insists her portrayal was one-sided and unfair, adding that many of her clashes with husband Duncan James (left) lacked proper context on screen