Do the experts REALLY help?
If you thought MAFS would go gently into that good night (see: finale) then you were wrong.
So wrong.
From Tracey’s revelations about Dean’s text messages to Troy taking a verbal swipe at Ash, things are only getting hotter.
And today’s slew of MAFS goss is only adding to the drama with TV Week behind the scenes secrets thanks to former MAFS villain Jono Pitman and current groom John Robertson.
Keen?
Here’s what went down:
Dinner parties
“You’re full of booze,” Jono told TV Week. “There are endless drinks available, and there’s not much food on offer. But the esky was always full.”
And as for the duration, the dinner parties often went on until early in the morning:
“They last for hours,” he reveals. “Conversations get out of hand.”
Persistence
“They tried to constantly film me,” Jono revealed.
“If I didn’t want to be on camera, I’d switch off my mic. They’d [the producers] tell me to turn it back on.”
“Dean and Davina would’ve been encouraged to go for it,” he added.
“I felt bad for them… They would’ve been encouraged by producers and producers would’ve helped set it up.”
In fact, according to Jono, the producers often made participants repeat themselves:
“They’re always fishing for one-liners,” he explains.
“My famous line was, ‘She wasn’t what I ordered’ when my partner, Clare, was walking down the aisle. They got me to say it a thousand different times.”
Time poor
“One time, the camera crew didn’t want to film us getting up at 4am,” John told the publication.
“So they used some old footage of me instead.”
Contestants also frequently wanted to stay longer on dates but were restricted by time.
The real experts
“The guy [psychologist] I spoke to during my season was awesome,” Jono also told the publication.
“And he listened to what I had to say and what I was feeling. He helped me through some dark times and was the polar opposite of the relationship experts the show used.”
