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MAFS Mishel unleashes on Nine: "They have more human rights in prison"

She has no qualms about exposing the network.
  • 30 Mar 2020

Mishel Karen is no stranger to blasting Nine Network and Married At First Sight producers. However, her latest attack is unlike anything we've seen or heard before. 

WATCH: Mishel said returning bride Lizzie got special treatment

In an explosive interview with The Daily Telegraph, the mum unleashed on the show that made her a household name, claiming she "didn't have any human rights" while filming last year. 

"We were sleep-deprived, we had everything we owned taken from us, we were spoken to like pieces of sh*t," she told the outlet.

To make matters worse, Mishel said the warehouse they used for filming was "teeming with cockroaches", the cast was "rarely fed" and she wasn't allowed water at the dinner parties. She even recalled being forced to wait for ice in her glass to melt so she could rehydrate. 

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She has no qualms about breaking her strict contract.

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Joining a long list of MAFS stars who have opened up about being forced to remain in the experiment, the police worker said the show's manipulative producers made her write "stay" during commitment ceremonies, despite wanting to leave her 52-year-old husband, Steve Burley. 

"I was saying I want to go home, I don't think anything is going to happen with this person ever," Mishel said, referring to her relationship with the barbershop owner.

"But I was forced to stay. At one commitment ceremony production was held up for eight hours because I wouldn't write 'stay'. I was saying, 'no, I'm not going to,' so eight hours we were delayed." 

This isn't the first time she's opened up about the toxic nature of the reality series. Last month, the unlucky-in-love star said she, along with many of her female co-stars, were forced to pay for absolutely everything and were shunned by bosses if they tried to wear the same outfit more than once. 

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Steve and Mishel left the experiment as friends.

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"The girls want to look half decent, and we can't ever wear the same outfit twice, so we were hiring clothes, we pay for all of it. We do (our own makeup)," she told he Not Here To Make Friends podcast on Wednesday. 
Only making $150 a day, Mishel had to reassess her finances when she realised she'd racked up almost $40,000 in debt.

"The thing is if you’ve got a property or home loans then you still have to pay that and you’re not getting paid from work," she said. 

She was even out of pocket after tearing her meniscus while skiing with her husband Steve Burley and was forced to pay for every medical bill she was slapped with along the way.  

"I had the injury on the snowfield, so I tore my meniscus and had to have surgery and all up I’m in debt about $38,000," she admitted. "It’s massive. I’m a single mum, I’ve paid for my kids to grow up, private school fees, this is a big dint. And everyone thinks you get all these freebies. Do we? Wow, we got free water, giddy up."

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Mishel was in debt after filming wrapped.

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Meanwhile, her co-stars continue to expose worrying details about what goes on behind the scenes, with Jonethen Musulin also telling New Idea he begged producers to let him quit the series, however, they weren't willing to tear up his contract so easily! 

"I told producers that I was leaving and that there was nothing they could do about it," he told the outlet. "They had already lost so many contestants so that’s when they said to me, 'What can we do to make you stay?'"

As a result, they offered him a top-secret deal— stay in the experiment and they’d let him fly home to see his father who had suffered a stroke while filming was underway. 

"I got the terms of my contract rewritten halfway through," he continued. "Connie didn’t care … She was just happy that I was still there.”
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Jonethen and Connie's relationship was fraught with issues.

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Sadly, Connie was also battling it out with MAFS showrunners, with an insider telling New Idea she was pressured into writing "stay" during multiple commitment ceremonies. 

"[Two producers] pulled Connie aside for over two hours and they made her rewrite what she had written on her card," the source dished.

"They stood over her and put pressure on her to write ‘stay’ instead of ‘leave’. Connie came out and she had been crying. It was a very harrowing situation for her and filming was delayed for 2.5 hours that night because of it all."

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Connie might not have found a man to settle down with, but she's more confident than ever.

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This article was originally published on WHO

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