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And just like that... MAFS is over

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 18/05/2026 17:03

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8pz1k4r2lo

It was coming. You dont get good reality TV without people suffering.

This news however is awful. Bloody awful.

A groom dressed in a dark suit and a bride dressed in white walk hand in hand along a sunlit grassy path, surrounded by tall green trees. Bright sunlight filters through the leaves. A large green Channel 4 logo sits to the left.

Married at First Sight UK 'brides' say they were raped by onscreen husbands

Channel 4 was aware of one of the rape claims before broadcast, but the woman involved still featured in the show.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8pz1k4r2lo

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Swiftie1878 · 18/05/2026 17:59

MAFS is a disgusting show and should never have been allowed in the first place.

BurnTheWholeThingDown · 18/05/2026 17:56

I couldn’t be less surprised. In fact I’m only surprised it hasn’t come to light earlier. Dreadful attitudes shown by the ‘experts’ and you could see how uncomfortable so many of the women were.

I was really gripped by the last two seasons, which I’m not proud of. TV producers and the viewing public have lost our way. It’s awful.

OonaStubbs · 18/05/2026 17:53

Reality TV should be banned and replaced with proper scripted programmes.

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 18/05/2026 17:52

WTAF? This is horrific! Shock

Parkingpermitfallout · 18/05/2026 17:44

BauhausOfEliott · 18/05/2026 17:43

I mean, I think my first thought would be 'This is horrific, multiple women were raped and abused' rather than 'Oh no, what am I going to watch on telly now?'

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exactly this

BauhausOfEliott · 18/05/2026 17:43

mumofoneAloneandwell · 18/05/2026 17:31

Yeah true

Will have to find something else to occupy my time now that reality tv is all but over 😭

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I mean, I think my first thought would be 'This is horrific, multiple women were raped and abused' rather than 'Oh no, what am I going to watch on telly now?'

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 18/05/2026 17:31

NotAnotherScarf · 18/05/2026 17:27

Not a bad thing. Big Brother was meant to be a one off social experiment. Then someone realises what they could do with it... Normal people for the first couple then complete arseholes who just wanted to get on TV to show how "wacky" they were.

Married at first sight....give me strength...I'm surprised the churches haven't risen up about the abuse of the sanctity of marriage

As for love island etc....complete choreographed.

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Yeah true

Will have to find something else to occupy my time now that reality tv is all but over 😭

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NotAnotherScarf · 18/05/2026 17:27

mumofoneAloneandwell · 18/05/2026 17:22

Love island, big brother etc, its all sanitized

It makes sense though - reality tv is finished tbh

I didn't say that mafs was sanitized

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Not a bad thing. Big Brother was meant to be a one off social experiment. Then someone realises what they could do with it... Normal people for the first couple then complete arseholes who just wanted to get on TV to show how "wacky" they were.

Married at first sight....give me strength...I'm surprised the churches haven't risen up about the abuse of the sanctity of marriage

As for love island etc....complete choreographed.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 18/05/2026 17:22

Parkingpermitfallout · 18/05/2026 17:22

Sanitised? When women are getting raped?

also. It was always exploitative and twisted things

Love island, big brother etc, its all sanitized

It makes sense though - reality tv is finished tbh

I didn't say that mafs was sanitized

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Parkingpermitfallout · 18/05/2026 17:22

Sanitised? When women are getting raped?

also. It was always exploitative and twisted things

TheBeaTgoeson1 · 18/05/2026 17:21

I’ll be watching!

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 18/05/2026 17:16

Theres a Panorama on tonight as well about the struggles of the contestants (separate to the rape offenses I think)

Is this the end of all good reality tv then? Its already so so sanitised

I didnt like how Paul treated that girl who forced to date Dean 🤔

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