Lauren and Matt were both banned from speaking out about their time on Married At First Sight Australia.
After they became the first couple to leave the show, Lauren decided to let her side be heard.
And the make-up artist has dropped some shocking bombshells about the network and the truth behind what happens with the editing.
The 32-year-old makeup artist dropped by the the Kyle and Jackie O show, saying to the blonde host and her co-anchor Beau Ryan: “I felt disgusted (when I first saw the edited version) and I was so upset. Then I received so much hate.”
“For them to paint me as this nympho, it was disgusting. I feel so let down.”
Scared about rebelling against the network, Jackie helped her through the 25 minute chat.
Jackie said, “Matt is obviously innocent, a virgin. You guys slept together on the honeymoon and a few episodes later it came out that you had been a lesbian in the past and what if I was into swinging or threesomes? And everyone was like, whoa, where did that come from?”
“Yeah, they made it look like they partnered this virgin with someone that is, sex freak,” Beau added.
Lauren agreed, “They made me look like the bad guy in the relationship.”
“So, I just want to clear this up, because firstly anyone who watches reality TV surely they understand that it is not real life. It is not reality. Producers will go to extreme lengths to tell a story and they will edit you and manipulate you in any way that they can to tell that story. I deserve to tell my side.”
Clearing up her lesbian comment, Lauren explained, “With the lesbian thing. Initially my answer was “at 18-20 I had a bad experience with a guy and I just hated men as a result. So, I only dated women”.”
“I was like, I am not OK with that. I don’t want to use that word, I don’t label myself as a lesbian. It didn’t feel right.”
“You all saw what Matt was like, he never really stood up for me. So, it was like all of these men against me. They will literally say to you ‘we will keep you here all day until you say it’.”
As for the swinging – it was out of context.
“The actual conversation was about half an hour, so the public have only seen a snippet of what happened.”
“I was talking to Matt about some of my friends who are married and are into swinging. And I said ‘I think there is nothing wrong with that, everyone in relationships have different desires and needs, but it is not for me’.”
“I was never ever proposing to Matt that we swing or have threesome. I was essentially trying to say this is what some couples do.”
Other bombshells also include Lauren claiming that Matt clearly suffered from “mental health issues”.
In a multiple private conversation, he had told his wife that he felt “he did not fit in on this earth.”
She recounted his words: “I’ve been abducted by aliens and they’ve done something to my brain because my brain has been rewired differently. My brain hasn’t been the same since I was 15.”
She admitted that “it really concerned him”.
The former TV star confesses the show has a responsibility to them.
For more on her shocking interview, including how Matt initiated sex, the mental health implications from the series and how truly awful Ines really is – you can watch it in the video below.
This article was originally published on WHO
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