And just like that... MAFS is over

Did you misread my post or are you being deliberately obtuse?
He threatened to 'leave'... that is what I am referring to.
Him leaving is a good thing not raping her or throwing acid at her.
The only reason that wouldn't be a good thing is if she wanted him to stay, or more likely wanted him to stay so she could keep hold of her airtime.

Haven't been on socials so far today, but can't say I'm surprised...

Yeah. It was the BBC saying look look it's not just us!

Time for all 'reality' shows to end. They're all utter bullshit and just feed the inane internet age of low quality cheap crap. Then the 'stars' of these shows end up making millions from being on further reality shows or presenting jobs. Reality shows, 'talent' shows, and ant and dec, bin them all.

Google 'Lady Justice' No idea what that is.

Omg I had never heard of this. That's chillingly prescient

I thought this too - did have an element of 'glass houses' about it. "Thank God it's not us for once!"

I agree with this. They know there is an endless supply (encouraged by them) of not too bright/narcissistic/desperate for a leg up into a TV career/mentally unwell people who are queuing up to be expoited on reality TV. Its cheap telly when Eastenders costs over £1m an episode to make. God knows how much proper drama takes to make, plus the money being spread too thinly between too many providers. This thread shows why they do it. Its a win/win for them because so many people watch it and it costs peanuts compared to paying 100s of actors/writers and set designers/crew and putting on a drama.

The original MAFS was great - a few couples getting married and genuinely trying - or not! Brilliant tv - then it copied the Australian model and turned into an exploitative over produced nightmare cast with terrible people chosen for their personality disorders. Of course this was the result.

Followed by it’s already too sanitised. I mean once they really sanitise it so they cant get raped what is even the point? 🤢

I agree. Apologies for the derail.

It would be nice if rape allegations would be taken as seriously as discussions over a fucking blindfold.

There is no blindfold. 🤷‍♀️

https://old-bailey.com/

Lady Justice is blindfolded and carries scales to weigh the evidence equally.

According to the article on BBC news, it's already been filmed and is due to be shown later this year.

I agree. I have never seen the UK version, only MAFS Aus.

The whole show has changed so much. People seem desperate to build a brand and will do and put up with anything to garner exposure for this it seems.

If it gets much worse the 'experts' will be little more than pimps.

Good.

Can’t lie, I’ve always wondered how safe and vetted it was because my country’s MAFS seems to get some right weirdos on it. No way I’d want to be in closed quarters with any of them.

And yet - no-one is surprised that victims of grooming take time to realise what has been done to them.

@SignGrudgeBluebook but it’s pretty obvious it’s exploitative tv, like Love Island and similar programmes where intimacy is pretty much expected from the start. It’s grim to start with but there was bound to be coercion going on either from fellow contestants or from people working on the show to ramp up the ratings. Not sure how viewers couldn’t see this and why some of these revelations are a shock

The bitchiness is awful. We teach children that bullying is not acceptable. Yet fully grown adults seem to get away with it generally based on looks. I have struggled with the Australian series this year. It’s a show I dip in and out of. A lot of drama seems to be pushed for tv. Another show was age of attraction where a 19 year old had to move in with her late thirties match. It didn’t sit right with me at all.

Aren’t they filming the new series of the UK version now? It’s usually filmed around now, and I think John A came over from Oz to take over from Mel when she got ill. What will they do with that?

The blindfold is to represent the law being applied impartially, objectively and equally and in this case it is not. One of the accusers stayed with her 'husband' for six weeks after the end of the show in which she is now stating she was subject to (at best) sexual assault. If you were accused of sexual assault under these circumstances, would you not expect people to effectively laugh in her face? These allegations should never have seen the light of day let alone be in the public domain.

Accuse me of word salad all you like but the way the law is rightly applied means there are people being accused of stuff that they may or may not have done but the time to act appropriately was AT THE TIME. Not now when they have zero hope of defending themselves.

But if there wasn’t an audience for MAFS and Love Island, they wouldn’t make them

Anyone who watched, encouraged this type of programme

There’s very unlikely to be a future for you to view now. I have no idea what your reference to the Old Bailey statue of justice is supposed to mean, it’s just word salad. And she’s not blindfolded.