What coronavirus? Married At First Sight grooms shake hands with fans while performing live at crowded personal appearance in Melbourne
The Married At First Sight cast don’t appear too concerned about coronavirus.
On Saturday night, grooms Mikey Pembroke, Ivan Sarakula, David Cannon, Jonethen Musulin and Steve Burley united for their first personal appearance in Melbourne.
They happily took to the stage at nightclub Billboard Saturdays while shaking hands with viewers and getting up close and personal with them for selfies.
What coronavirus? MAFS’ Ivan Sarakula (left), Steve Burley (centre), Mikey Pembroke (right), David Cannon and Jonethen Musulin did their first personal appearance on Saturday night
Mikey shared a video performing on stage at the event to his Instagram Story.
He crawled on the floor while appearing to hype the crowd, as Steve shook hands with revelers on the front row, with a smiling Ivan filming them both.
It is currently unclear what exactly the grooms did while on stage in the nightclub.
Giving back to his fans! Ivan (left) filmed Steve (centre) as he happily shook hands with fans while on stage at Melbourne club nightclub Billboard Saturdays, risking catching coronavirus
Is that hygienic? Mikey shared a video crawling across the stage at the event
The reality stars appeared to draw a huge crowd, with Mikey mobbed for selfies throughout the evening while posing with groups of fans.
This year, many of the MAFS cast have signed with agents, hoping to capitalize on their reality fame with personal appearances and Instagram endorsements.
It’s believed the most popular ones can make up to $3,000 for a single appearance.
Centre of attention! They appeared to draw a huge crowd, with Mikey mobbed for selfies throughout the evening while posing with groups of fans
Cashing in! This year, many of the MAFS cast have signed with agents, hoping to capitalize on their reality fame with personal appearances. Pictured: The cast with a fan on Saturday
The casts’ decision to mingle with fans comes as many Australians are now ‘social distancing’ to prevent catching coronavirus, and avoiding handshaking.
Similarly, a lot of people are also avoiding crowded gatherings all together, with all events of more than 500 people suspended as of Monday across Australia.
Globally there have been more than 156,054 cases of coronavirus, with the death tally already surpassing 5,000.
In Australia, as of Saturday afternoon, there have been 227 cases of coronavirus, including three deaths.
Risky! The casts’ decision to mingle with fans comes as many Australians are now ‘social distancing’ to prevent catching coronavirus, avoiding handshaking and crowded events
Statistics: As of March 14, the total number of Australians diagnosed with coronavirus (COVID-19) is now 227, including three deaths