‘Safe to say I never did that again’: Married At First Sight star Michael Brunelli reflects on his biggest ‘Photoshop fail’ in Mexico
Married At First Sight’s Michael Brunelli was famously called out for Photoshopping a shirtless selfie during a trip to Mexico in 2019.
And the personal trainer, 30, reflected on the embarrassing gaffe on Friday, saying he regrets using photo-editing tools to make his shoulders look larger.
He shared a video on TikTok expressing how stupid he felt for digitally beefing himself up, and why the mistake continues to haunt him to this day.
Remember this? Married At First Sight’s Michael Brunelli was famously called out for Photoshopping a shirtless selfie during a trip to Mexico in 2019
‘Thinking about when I photoshopped my shoulders bigger and got busted by multiple media outlets,’ he captioned a photo of himself with a clown filter on.
The photo then switched to a screenshot of a Daily Mail Australia story from October 2019 about Michael’s Photoshop fail.
The article highlighted how the upward bend of the horizon behind Michael’s shoulders was a tell-tale sign he’d used a warp tool.
Haunted: The personal trainer, 30, reflected on the embarrassing gaffe on Friday, saying he regrets using photo-editing tools to make his shoulders look larger
Crafty: Daily Mail Australia reported in October 2019 how the upward bend of the horizon behind Michael’s shoulders was a tell-tale sign he’d used a warp tool
Other news outlets picked up on the gaffe, including Girlfriend and WHO.
‘Safe to say I never did that again,’ Michael captioned the video on TikTok, alongside the hashtags #MAFS and #PhotoshopFail.
Former schoolteacher Michael was paired with Martha Kalifatidis on the sixth season of Married At First Sight in 2019.
Whoops! Other news outlets picked up on the gaffe, including Girlfriend and WHO
They are still dating and living together in Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
The couple recently enjoyed a fresh wave of popularity when their season of MAFS aired in Great Britain on the E4 channel.
Married At First Sight’s eighth season continues Tuesday at 7:30pm on Nine
Success story: Former schoolteacher Michael was paired with Martha Kalifatidis on the sixth season of Married At First Sight in 2019. They are still dating and living together in Bondi Beach