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Mamamia recaps MAFS: The very confusing dinner party from hell.

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It's Married at First Sight dinner party time and you know what that means? Wednesday nights are alright for fighting.

Jamie is reading the cards to predict the evening. "I'll watch your nips if you've got my back," Hot Dave promises her. There is no context for this comment and we don't need it!

Morena is barely speaking to Tony ahead of the dinner party. Cool!

The show makes it clear that Awhina and Adrian, and Sierah and British Billy are in a bad place. And well, well, well… guess who is rumoured to be in the middle of this year's cheating scandal?? Fancy that!

Married at First Sight recap, MAFS Australia 2025 episode 12. 'Yeah, yeah… I mean the one that's a twin. Just kidding… unless?' Image: Nine.

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It's dinner party time! Rhi and Jeff tell the group they still haven't sexed and, once again, I'm dozing off with these two.

Tony and Morena arrive and the mood is so icy I've got frostbite. The gals and the guys regroup about Ryan's disgraceful comments about Jacqui, planning what they'll say when the couple arrives.

Dave, Billy, Paul and Jeff are all in agreement that what he did was wrong. As the experts watch on, Daddy John says what we're all thinking: the men need to step up.

"We've seen in the past that the brotherhood is strong but I'm hoping… they actually call him out and hold him to account." AMEN.

Jacqui and Ryan tell the group they've had a 'reset' since last week. She is then pressured by the women to reveal whether she has engaged in any sexual activity with Ryan, which she denies.

Married at First Sight recap, MAFS Australia 2025 episode 12. 'Not in front of the books, Jamie!' Image: Nine.

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"Are you doing any mouth to penis?" Sierah actually asks which umm… is kinda gross? As the ladies pry, they realise Jacqui clearly has no idea what's going on, and have come to the conclusion Ryan is either a liar or betraying an agreement to not share intimate details with the group.

"Once again, Jaqui and Ryan have confused the f**k out of me," Jamie declares, before the group move on from drinks.

At dinner, Ryan is waffling nonsense about his 'connection' with Jacqui when British Bill drops a bombshell.

"What was one of the issues? Was it Ryan saying you had crazy eyes?"

OMG I LOVE MESS.

In particular, Billy and Dave try to get her to see herself in a more positive light and not accept Ryan's commentary. But alas, Jacqui shrugs it off as a joke no one else understands. I am uncomfortable as she tries to laugh along with his joke at her expense.

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Married at First Sight recap, MAFS Australia 2025 episode 12. 'I might have crazy eyes, but at least I can hang with the boyz.' Image: Nine.

Jamie and Hot Dave aren't having it, telling Jacqui exactly what Ryan claimed about their sex life to a group of other men and expert, Alessandra.

But their point gets muddled by other women jumping in to say that Jacqui had denied they had sex, suggesting she was a liar. Stop this!!

In response, Ryan drops a few buzz words he read in a self-help book that don't make any sense as he claims he "followed the sense of humour through".

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"Dave, you're speaking from ignorance!" he claims.

"Where has this vendetta come from?" he asks.

Umm, what. Get him, Hot Dave!

Married at First Sight recap, MAFS Australia 2025 episode 12. 'Could I send you this book I'm reading on the power on the mind?' Image: Nine.

Hot Dave unleashes on him and suprise, suprise: it's hot.

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"I don't speak about women like that, and it made me upset that he didn't realise it's a s***y thing to do," Dave said.

Ryan tried to play off the moment as the boys putting on a show. Not like they could, you know, actually be decent people who think it's gross.

"It's grandstanding and they wanted to divide us. It didn't work sorry lads," he tells the producers with an icky smirk.

Finally, Jacqui concedes that he "shouldn't be talking bad" about her. Ryan finally says "it was a risky thing to say" and he shouldn't have used that 'humour' in that context.

That didn't sound like much of an apology.

And that's not the point. It wasn't 'humour', it was sharing explicit sexual information without your partner's consent in order to gain credibility with a group of men.

In a confessional, Jacqui says she feels humiliated and disrespected. But back with the group, she shifts the conversation back to the photo-ranking challenge, dismissing his sexually explicit comment.

This couple is the reason women choose to be single.

Suddenly, Jacqui forces Ryan to rank his, umm… own sister in terms of attractiveness.

WE ARE GETTING OFF TRACK, JACQUI.

Married at First Sight recap, MAFS Australia 2025 episode 12. Please Jacqui, get back on topic! Image: Nine.

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She then calls him a big dumbie before storming off into the dark of night. When she returns, they pretend like nothing ever happened. It's super normal and healthy!

Jacqui has her flaws, but she needs to break free of this man! I am concerned for her!

Morena pipes up about an hour too late to say some important points about Ryan's disrespectful words. The edit she's getting is truly savage.

Everyone turns on her. Yikes.

Married at First Sight recap, MAFS Australia 2025 episode 12. 'I'm the voice of the people no matter what my HR manager tells you!' Image: Nine.

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Just when I have no energy to hear any more, Adrian and Awhina start arguing. Adrian silences Awhina about her many legitimate concerns.

He is awful. The experts agree.

The episode ends with a weird moment of Sierah gazing at Adrian, as she says "Billy and I barely spoke, I hung out with Adrian most of the day." Oop!

Just when the foreshadowing was already out of control, across the room, Awhina watches on as the camera scans under the table to show Adrian brushing Sierah's feet with his own.

At least, I think that's what's happening?? Tbh, I can't see sh*t.

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Married at First Sight recap, MAFS Australia 2025 episode 12. I don't know what I'm looking at but I am furious! Image: Nine.

In a preview for the commitment ceremony, we cop a teaser of Sierah confessing to a secret rendezvous with Adrian.

IT'S CHEATING SEASON, FOLKS. WE RIDE AT DAWN FOR AWHINA AND BILLY. And in the meantime, check out what we know about the alleged cheating scandal here.

Feature image: Nine.