Matt Zukowski has set the record straight after photos of him chatting up multiple women at a Sydney event surfaced last week.
The former Love Island Australia star, 29, travelled by chartered private jet and ventured to the Harbour City for an influencer event while his fiancée Tammy Hembrow left for a girl’s trip in Greece.
Photos from the event show the ex-reality star speaking with multiple women, including a blonde and two brunettes, at Flight Club — a cocktail and darts bar.
Taking to an Instagram post containing a series of photos of him at the event, Matt assured fans he was merely spending time with friends and noted they too are engaged.
‘I don’t normally comment on this stuff, but thought I’d jump in here. They are my mates and we have the same management so we have met at many events before,’ he wrote.
‘They are engaged as well and we were talking about wedding prep and comparing our engagements in Maldives.’
Matt doubled down on his attendance to the event, saying he would have travelled to Sydney regardless of his fiancée Tammy being overseas.
‘I was invited to this event weeks ago and would have gone whether my fiancée was in Australia or not.
Matt Zukowski, 29, has set the record straight after photos of him chatting up multiple women at a Sydney event surfaced last week. Pictured with fiancée Tammy Hembrow, 30
‘You guys need to get a life. Seriously it’s so strange how obsessed you are with people you have never met and know only from on social media.’
He also addressed criticism that he wasn’t wearing an engagement ring at the event.
‘Also you know the man gets a wedding band after the marriage? Some of us don’t wear engagement rings.’
Two of the Matt’s female friends who were pictured in the post, Amy Pejkovic and Lexi Mary, also weighed in on the drama shared by account @reeceandlondonaints**t.
‘Hi, I’m one of the “random girls” Matt and I have the same agent/ management,’ Amy commented.
Photos from the event show the ex-reality star speaking with multiple women, including a blonde and two brunettes, at Flight Club — a cocktail and darts bar
Matt is seen chatting with a brunette named Katie at the party
‘This was a brand event, mingling with other people that were also invited, is normal behaviour. Ya’ll need to chill out xx.’
Meanwhile, Lexi penned: ‘Hi! I’m the “blonde girl”! Matt actually took his phone out to show me his beautiful proposal to Tammy – I then showed him my engagement which was also in the Maldives so we had that in common, plus, we are with the same management group and all went to this event together!
‘This is an incredibly sad and mean post and I hope you take it down,’ she added.
It comes after the account @reeceandlondonaints**t pointed out how Matt had shared multiple photos from the night with a group of male friends, but failed to include any photos of the women.
‘Matt tried to make it look like he was just hanging out with the guys in his stories and instagram post after the trip, he even played [dart] games with the girls and didn’t want to post about that.. I wonder why,’ they wrote in the caption.
Taking to an Instagram post containing a series of photos of him at the event, Matt assured he was merely spending time with friends and noted they are too engaged
Two of the Matt’s female friends who were pictured in the post, Amy Pejkovic and Lexi Mary, also weighed in on the drama
It comes after the account @reeceandlondonaints**t pointed out how Matt shared multiple photos from the night with a group of male friends, but failed to include any photos of women
‘Matt tried to make it look like he was just hanging out with the guys in his stories and instagram post after the trip, he even played [dart] games with the girls and didn’t want to post about that.. I wonder why,’ the account wrote in their caption
Wearing a white T-shirt and black baseball cap, Matt was photographed smiling and talking to a three women at the bar.
The group of influencers had scored a flight to the Flight Club Sydney venue, where they were treated to cocktails, beer, and played social darts in the group event space.
One-way tickets on the private jet flights between Melbourne and Sydney, which are sold by Flight Charter, sell for upwards of AUD $10,500.
In photos shared to social media by the other lucky influencers who were lapping up the gifted experience, the brunette who Matt was pictured talking to was also on the flight.
The drama comes less than a month out from Matt’s wedding as he is set to exchange vows with partner Tammy in November.
The couple were quick to start planning their wedding just weeks after they became engaged in December after three months of dating.
The former Love Island Australia star travelled by chartered private jet and ventured to the Harbour City for an influencer event
The group of influencers had scored a flight to the Flight Club Sydney venue, where they were treated to cocktails, beer, and played social darts in the group event space
Despite concerns that they are rushing down the aisle, the couple told Daily Mail Australia earlier this year that they are ‘very happy’ together.
‘So good. Very happy. Couldn’t be more happy,’ they said of their shock engagement.
‘We’re in the middle of wedding planning. It’s not that bad. I mean, I don’t have to do much, I just have to sort of sit there,’ Matt added.
Tammy has been engaged twice before, the first time to influencer Reece Hawkins, with whom she shares son Wolf and daughter Saskia.
In November 2021, the fitness guru became engaged to restaurateur and former Ironman Matt Poole. The pair split in December 2022 and share daughter Posy, two.
Tammy Hembrow (pictured) was living it up in Greece while Matt attended the Sydney-based function
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