Married At First Sight could face an investigation by the media watchdog

Married At First Sight may be investigated by the Australian Communications and Media Authority after outraged viewers filed multiple complaints about the show.

According to a report by The Wash on Monday, many viewers took offence at scenes involving controversial couple Melissa Rawson and Bryce Ruthven.

Speaking to The Wash, ACMA revealed they had received 14 complaints about this year’s season of MAFS, and four of those were about Bryce and Melissa, both 31.

‘Under the co-regulatory system, the ACMA will refer complainants to the broadcaster in the first instance,’ they explained in a statement. 

‘If the complainant does not receive a response from the broadcaster within 60 days, or is not satisfied with the response, they may refer their complaint to the ACMA who may choose to investigate.’

According to ACMA, many viewers raised ‘concerns over the scenes involving Melissa and Bryce’.

Bryce and Melissa’s ‘marriage’ has also been an issue of contention for the show’s other couples, who largely disapprove of the relationship.

On Sunday’s episode of Married At First Sight, Bryce humiliated his bride at the show’s commitment ceremony after revealing he initially voted to ‘leave’ the experiment, before ultimately deciding to ‘stay’.

The other couples lashed out at the radio announcer after a string of incidents where he repeatedly showed a disregard for Melissa’s feelings.

But Bryce defended his behaviour in a lengthy post on Instagram on Sunday.  

‘People won’t agree with what I’ve done at the commitment ceremony saying I didn’t put my partner’s feelings first BUT I was raising the issue that bullying is not OK in any walk of life,’ he wrote.

‘It was a tough decision to continue in the experiment given what we were going through, but in the end, the goal of finding love with someone will always win.’