Channel Nine and Endemol Shine released an official statement to News.com.au after Married At First Sight star Poppy Jennings went rogue and blasted the network and her on-screen husband Luke Eglin in a fiery social media rant.
“We have seen Poppy’s post and note her distress,” the statement read. “We have reached out to her to offer support and won’t be making any further public comment and will focus on doing our best to support both Poppy and Luke.”
Yesterday, the mum-of-two— who sensationally quit the series without providing what was deemed to be a reasonable explanation— lifted the lid on what it was really like being married to her television husband, claiming the FIFO worker wasn’t as innocent as he seemed.
“I was matched with someone who cheated on his wife, didn’t live in the same state and wasn’t dad of the year by any means,” the bride said in a lengthy Facebook rant, calling Luke’s character into question. “The experts never met him!!! He was fake on camera and a complete dick behind the scenes! It was infuriating.
“I was uncomfortable with all the things about this person I was matched with that didn’t add up. But I was told, ‘Poppy, on camera and off camera doesn’t exist to the public,'” she said.
The photographer also accused Nine Network of covering up what happened when the cameras weren’t rolling, revealing they claimed her portrayal would be altered if she admitted why she really decided to walk out of the experiment.
“I was so scared I was saying sh*t like, ‘this could work’ because they [producers] told me Australia was going to f***ing hate me. F**k, I’d probably hate me too! From what I heard that’s all they play of me!”
Admitting her honeymoon was four days long but we were only shown six minutes of it, the mother of twin boys said a series of unfortunate and traumatising events occurred during their time away when MAFS showrunners weren’t present.
And while she refrained from revealing where things actually went wrong, she not-so-subtly implied Luke was to blame for her sudden departure.
“I couldn’t say what was happening behind the scenes as it was too controversial. Why is Luke crying when I left??? Go and ask Luke why I was so uncomfortable????? Why the f**k did I really leave?? He’s petrified I am going to talk. He knows he f***ed up. Those tears from him are for his reputation and job!”
She continued: “He’s scared sh**less I will tell the truth. I was afraid to speak up! But f**k this s**t I’m going to tell everything!!! It’s not what you see, it’s what you don’t see!”
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