Married At First Sight EXCLUSIVE: Former star Melissa Walsh exposes the secrets producers DON’T want you to know in new tell-all memoir
Reality star Melissa Walsh has released a tell-all memoir about her turbulent life.
The former Married At First Sight bride reflects on her two failed marriages before saying ‘I do’ to John Robertson in 2018, and the ‘reality’ of the reality show.
In an extract from Everybody Deserves a Disaster shared with Daily Mail Australia, the 56-year-old exposes the secrets producers don’t want you to know.
Telling all! Former Married At First Sight bride Melissa Walsh (pictured) has released a memoir, Everybody Deserves a Disaster, about her life and time on the reality show in 2018
In chapter Keeping It Real, season five star Melissa revealed how one unauthorised cast party away from the cameras had extreme repercussions, with producers introducing a curfew for the stars and giving them all ‘minders’ afterwards.
Melissa writes: ‘We all stuck together as much we could and in the early weeks would hang out with each other in our rooms. We had WhatsApp group chats which is how we would communicate. A huge party would soon put all that to a stop.
‘A heap of the cast had a party which got a little out of hand. Needless to say, the executive producer was soon laying down the law and a curfew was put in place. We all had to be in our rooms by 8pm. No fraternising with the other cast members.
‘I was 53 for goodness sake. I couldn’t remember the last time I had a curfew, but we still did the right thing. If we went out, we made sure we were back by 8pm and signed in with our minder, Sheridan, who was staying down one floor.’
Exposed! In chapter Keeping It Real, she revealed how one cast party away from the cameras had extreme repercussions during filming for the stars. Pictured: Melissa and female co-stars
‘I was 53 for goodness sake’: Melissa wrote in the book that producers introduced an 8pm curfew, made the cast sign in and out of their rooms and had ‘minders’ track them
In the book, Melissa details her entire time on Married At First Sight, from the initial application process to her former relationship with match John Robertson.
Melissa tells Daily Mail Australia that she sent her ex-‘husband’ an early copy of the book, and he was overwhelmed by how highly she spoke of him.
‘John messaged me after reading the book and loved it . He said thank you for saying such nice things about him. I replied, “Of course . We were awesome”,’ said Melissa.
‘He loved the book’: In the book, Melissa details her entire time on MAFS, from the initial application process to her former relationship with John Robertson (pictured)
Whereas most other Married At First Sight stars turn against producers, Channel Nine and their co-stars after the show wraps, Melissa has not done this.
She said on Sunday: ‘My book is not bitter at all. I loved doing the show. I loved meeting John and we had such a wonderful time together and are still close friends.
‘I feel very lucky I got to do it and [producers] were nothing but nice to me. I will never ever regret it and I now have some wonderful friendships out of it.’
Everybody Deserves a Disaster by Melissa Walsh is available now HERE
‘My book is not bitter – I loved doing the show’: Whereas most other MAFS stars turn against producers, Channel Nine and their co-stars after the show wraps, Melissa has not done this