MAFS’ Dean Wells reveals how much the contestants were paid to film the reunion special

Married At First Sight’s most controversial and memorable participants reunited to film a two-part special in Sydney, last month.

And on Friday, Dean Wells, who appeared on season five of the dating show in 2018, revealed how much the contestants were paid to film the Grand Reunion. 

‘I’ll tell you the truth I got offered $2,500 for two nights and I said that’s an insult,’ the 43-year-old told Nova’s Fitzy & Wippa.

‘”Double it and I’ll think about it” and they [the producers] were like “yeah, okay will pay you $5,000”.’

He went on to say: ‘I’m pretty sure everyone else got about the same. Ryan Gallagher and I have the same manager who deals with that stuff and I’m pretty sure everyone is roughly around that amount.’

Dean also denied claims Sam Ball was offered $50,000 to take part in MAFS’ reunion special.

‘That’s such a load of rubbish,’ he said.

Meanwhile, Jessika Power and Cyrell Paule are set for a showdown at the upcoming Married At First Sight Grand Reunion special.

Things got so bad between the feuding brides during filming in December that Cyrell hurled a glass of wine into Jess’ face and a water pitcher was almost thrown.

Jess, 28, also reportedly provoked Cyrell, 32, by describing her relationship with boyfriend Eden Dally as a ‘showmance’ – and even accused her of ‘baby-trapping’ the former Love Island star.

Daily Mail Australia is not suggesting there is any truth to Jessika’s claims.

Producers were allegedly forced to step in and pull the women aside after the false ‘baby-trapping’ slur.

One source tells Daily Mail Australia that executive producer Tara McWilliams yelled ‘Cyrell, that’s enough!’ before escorting her outside to cool down.

The special will air across two nights on Channel Nine, starting on Sunday, January 31 at 7pm and continuing on Monday, February 1 at 7.30pm.