Josh Pihlak’s outspoken mother did little to hide her hatred towards Cathy Evans. However, never in a million years did we think she’d slam his Married At First Sight wife so publicly.
WATCH: MAFS’ Cathy threatened by Josh’s Mum
After the truck driver told his friends “MAFS “f***ed me in the backside” in an expletive-laden Facebook rant, his mum Mandy Manning weighed in on her child’s relationship with Cathy, accusing her of looking for fame as opposed to love.
“Actress from hell,” Mandy commented after Josh vented about their disastrous homestays and accused the network of editing a series of scenes together which led to Cathy looking like the victim.
Another family member weighed in on the rant, writing: “We did well to keep our gobs shut until now! Cathy is playing a victim! The tears, definitely trying to get on Home and Away. She’s playing her role well, sort of.”

After a MAFS viewer commented “we now know they break up for good”, Mandy responded: “She was a paid actress hunny, employed by producers.”
As we saw on last night’s episode, the makeup artist turned YouTuber was left broken-hearted when Josh broke his promise and allowed his family to grill Cathy, despite telling her on multiple occasions that he’d have her back.
“My main issue is that if Josh has any issues, that he’ll raise them in a public space,” she said in a piece to camera, with Josh later reassuring her “you’ve got nothing to worry about”.
Sadly, he was wrong and Cathy had zero support as her husband let his mother do what she does best— question her intentions.
“I have never felt so alone in this experiment. This is bad. Thrown under the bus again. Straight away,” she said through tears after the lunch turned into a roasting session.

Of course, he copped a lot of flack from angry viewers who accused him of enabling them, however Josh maintains that we didn’t Nine didn’t air what really happened.
“What a terrible edit, f**k it I’m calling mum,” Josh wrote on Facebook. “F**k me dead on a Devon sandwich left out the entitled lunch and I had the old hugs and kisses back. MAFS f***ed me in the backside.”

Admitting he deeply regretted signing on to star in the controversial dating experiment, Josh continued: “Should’ve went on Survivor. I’ll never do a TV show again.”
Despite having high hopes for the once-happy couple, in the last week we’ve seen their relationship take a turn for the worse. And although the gorgeous blonde is desperate to work on their connection, Josh continues to question whether he sees a future with her.