This year’s cast of Married At First Sight haven’t been afraid to defy Channel Nine by leaking spoilers, talking to the press and blasting the producers.
And on Tuesday, Jessika Power from last year’s season slammed the 2020 stars for ‘ruining’ the show by showing a complete disregard for viewers.
Jessika, 28, said on Instagram: ‘I definitely think it was pretty p**s poor of everyone to keep breaking their contracts just for a little bit of attention.’
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Controversial 2019 bride Jessika Power (pictured) has accused MAFS 2020 stars of ruining this season by breaking their contracts – as dire penalties for doing so are revealed
Jessika said it was ‘crappy’ for the MAFS participants to disrespect viewers, who get ‘invested in these love stories [only to] have them all ruined’.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Sunday night’s season finale saw a significant decline in viewers after several major storylines were leaked ahead of time.
‘The contestants film the show for four months. Why would you want to go ruin it all straight away?’ Jessika said during her Instagram Q&A.
‘People get invested in these love stories and have them all ruined’: Jessika said stars going rogue and spoiling the show wasn’t fair on fans, as news the finale saw a dip in finale ratings by HALF A MILLION metro viewers. Pictured: Mikey Pembroke and Natasha Spencer
‘When there’s a state of anarchy, I think they just give up’: MAFS 2020 bride Natasha Spencer (pictured) said Nine had no intentions of suing stars for going rogue, as most of the cast had broken their contracts in some way this season
It comes after MAFS bride Natasha Spencer spoke to Daily Mail Australia last week about the consequences cast members face for breaking their contracts with Nine.
The 26-year-old financial analyst said: ‘I am so proud of my co-stars for going rogue. I’m not going to lie, I’m all for it!’
She said the rules this year weren’t any less strict than previous seasons, but Nine bosses had given up trying to enforce them.
‘When there’s a state of anarchy, I think they just give up,’ Natasha explained.
Party time: Photographs by obtained by Daily Mail Australia that were taken on January 14 show Natasha, Hayley Vernon and Chris Nichols getting rowdy on balcony at a hotel in Surry Hills before filming the Married At First Sight reunion episode
‘Now I get to organise my own publicity and make money’: Without the help of Nine to build her media presence and influencer platform, Natasha is finding her own ways to make a living
‘When I mentioned I left MAFS for my mental health, I was like “what are you going to do, say I breached contract and sue me?”‘ she recalled asking a female producer for the Nine program.
Natasha went on to say: ‘[The producer] goes, “no, we’re just going to take off our arranged publicity… what can I sue you for? You’ve all broken contract”.’
Without the help of Nine to build her media presence and influencer platform, Natasha is finding her own ways to make a living.
‘Instead, now I do my own paid publicity. I used to show up to places for free, but now I get to organise my own publicity and make money.’
She did joke about one downside of breaking her contract: ‘They (Nine) took my little GIFs of Instagram, which is the only thing I’m annoyed about.’
‘That’s the only thing I’m annoyed about’: Natasha joked that by breaking her contract with Nine her animated MAFS GIFs have now been removed from Instagram
Last month, Married At First Sight’s verified Instagram account unfollowed a string of controversial participants.
The likes of David Cannon, Josh Pihlak, Poppy Jennings, Stacey Hampton, and Natasha Spencer were unfollowed.
Unsurprisingly, these brides and grooms all have one thing in common: They have broken their contracts by publicly criticising the show.
David told Daily Mail Australia last month that of those cast members, some had already blocked the MAFS account before being unfollowed.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel Nine for comment.
No more Nine spotlight! Last month, Married At First Sight ‘s verified Instagram account unfollowed a string of controversial participants, including Stacey Hampton (pictured)