Katie is finally ready to speak about MAFS.

Married at First Sight Australia 2025 is already shaping up to be a season full of jaw-dropping drama and spicy gossip.

We've already said goodbye to our fair share of contestants, with rumours of cheating scandals and unhinged drama still to come. With all this chaos, the theme of this season appears to be 'yikes'.

Let's dive into all the gossip from this season of Married At First Sight Australia.

Katie is living her best life post MAFS.

Katie has made her first statement since leaving the experiment. Image: Instagram/mafs

Two weeks after leaving MAFS (at the very first commitment ceremony), Katie Johnstone has opened up about her life post experiment.

And, unsurprisingly, it's a whole lot better.

"I left MAFS at the first commitment ceremony… and I've never been more sure of who I am," Katie wrote on Instagram.

"Sometimes life throws challenges at you that test your strength, your worth, and your boundaries. But here's what I know: the faster you get back up, the harder it is to fall next time.

"Every time I've been knocked down, I've chosen to stand taller, stronger, and more in love with myself than before."

She went on to say that "self-care" is about "making the hard choices that honour you".

After her short-lived marriage to Tim made headlines for the appalling comments he made off camera (or so he thought), Katie is paving a new, brighter path.

"It's walking away from what doesn't serve you, protecting your peace, and filling up your own self-love cup first. Because when you pour into yourself, you show up in the world as the most powerful, unshakable version of YOU."

Gosh, she's even convincing us to double down on our self-love!

The 37-year-old finished her post, "Leaving that experiment wasn't a failure — it was a win for my self-respect, my boundaries, and my happiness. And that's what I'll always choose. If life keeps knocking you down, let it be the thing that builds your resilience, not your regret. Keep getting back up. Keep choosing YOU."

Safe to say, we cannot wait to see this positivity powerhouse at the reunion.

The producers appear to be cutting key scenes.

Married At First Sight goes hand-in-hand with spoilers.

Every year, the producers try to wrangle the contestants and prevent them from spoiling the ending. In turn, the contestants get irritated and run amok, sending confidential details to every tabloid in the country. And then, knowing about the drama that's coming our way, we all tune in excited to finally see the scandal play out on screen.

It's a familiar status quo.

But this season, Channel Nine appear to be getting their own form of revenge on spoilers by allegedly cutting the scenes from the show altogether.

After spoilers were leaked for weeks on end, the Sierah and Adrian 'cheating scandal' fallout was edited to be a weird and entirely confusing conversation. It left viewers flabbergasted. Did they have a flirty moment or not? Were boundaries crossed? Who could say! We saw a montage of annoyed faces, Billy looking hurt, a random snippet of Sierah crying, and then the episode just… finished.

Billy and Sierah's scandalous fallout made absolutely no sense. Image: Nine.

When Morena went rogue and claimed Tony had confessed to being in love with his ex-wife at the first commitment ceremony, it didn't make it to air. Did it ever exist in the first place? According to another contestant, yes it really happened. So why didn't we watch it on our screens?

And then, one of this season's biggest bombshells appeared to have been left on the cutting room floor: Jamie's X-rated confession at the first intruder wedding.

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Prior to the episode airing, it had been reported that Jamie announced she previously hooked up with new groom, Teejay, right in the middle of his wedding reception. We'd heard about the scene for weeks on end, and then it just didn't show up in the episode. Another spoiler, another no-show on screen.

"We were all sitting at the main table, enjoying the wedding, and then Jamie just walked over and said, 'I slept with Teejay,'" an insider told The Daily Mail.

"The entire room froze. It was like a grenade had gone off — nobody could believe what they were hearing."

An unearthed photo of Jamie and Teejay has since resurfaced on social media, showing them at the Stereosonic music festival in 2014. Talk about a throwback!

The man behind MAFS Funny, Joshua Fox, has also just posted a video of himself crashing the girl's party as they met to film the reunion.

Both Jamie and Teejay's bride, Beth, admitted the scene had indeed taken place.

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They completely cut out the fact Jamie recognised Teejay at his wedding cause they used to hook up outta tonight’s ep?? Dw tho im always there to get the scoop in real life. Listen to The MAFS Funny podcast for all the latest. #mafs #mafsau #mafsaustralia

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So why, oh why, would the producers not show us that? It's certified TV gold! If these various scenes really did take place, it's hard to believe Channel Nine would let them go to waste.

One of three things is happening here:

The first, they're trying to send a message to rogue contestants. If they spoil the season, the producers will change the narrative. A compelling theory, I must admit.

The second, these scenes in fact never ever happened and are fake spoilers from fake sources. A possibility! But unlikely, given the cast are all claiming they did.

Otherwise, theyworried about showing viewers storylines that have already been spoilt out here on the streets. They're worried viewers won't watch if they know what's coming.

But the result, is a series of confusing and very dull episodes this past week. Bring back coherent and interesting plotlines!

Forget Sierah and Adrian, a different cheating scandal is coming.

At the latest Married At First Sight commitment ceremony, viewers were left underwhelmed by Adrian and Sierah's 'cheating' storyline. Big snooze! Then another big bombshell dropped: Jacqui texted Jeff to catch up (without his wife Rhi present, gasp!)

But never fear, a more explosive scandal is on the horizon.

Daily Mail reports that bride Jacqui Burfoot will begin a relationship with incoming intruder groom, Clint Rice.

The development is particularly dramatic as Rice is scheduled to marry returning bride Lauren Hall this week.

The situation has reportedly left Jacqui's original partner, Ryan Donnelly, feeling "blindsided," with the romance between Jacqui and Clint allegedly "throwing the entire season into disarray".

However, Yahoo! Lifestyle sources claim that their storyline doesn't play out in the season. A production insider said they didn't get together until after the season wrapped, but they do attend the reunion together. Oop!

To this day, the couple is reportedly going strong, with Jacqui even moving to Tasmania to live with Clint.

Morena told Abbie Chatfield a disturbing claim about Tony.

In a revealing interview on Abbie Chatfield's It's A Lot podcast, Morena Farina shared several shocking revelations about her MAFS experience with Tony.

In the most disturbing part of the chat, Morena alleged that Tony called her a derogatory word.

"I said, 'Tony, I need you to take a photo of me'. And he said, 'You got the look of a S-L-U-T', and I beg your pardon?".

Morena claims that a producer was forced to intervene. "He then took my photo. A producer was there. She made him apologise to me," she said.

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The bride also claimed that she was age-shamed by her partner while on the experiment.

"When we left the wedding, he said, 'I ordered a 40-year-old. I saw that you were leaked in the papers. I thought you were 40.' And I said, 'Everything in that article is correct, but I'm not 40.' And he's like, 'Well, I didn't order you. I ordered a 40-year-old'," she claimed.

Morena went rogue and spoilt a major scene… which didn't make it to air.

In a rogue and devilishly clever move, Morena also decided to circumvent producers and go directly to former groom Harrison Boon in order to spill some Married At First Sight tea. She texted him some spoilers last week, which Harrison reposted 'with permission'.

She told the controversial MAFS groom that her marriage to Tony had fallen apart after an incident at the first commitment ceremony. However, the incident never made it to air.

According to Morena, she shared that Tony was still legally married to his estranged wife during filming — which she was okay with — but she found out at the commitment ceremony that he was still in love with his ex-wife and wanted the producers to bring her in. Sorry, what?

"I don't care that I didn't find love," Morena told Harrison in the leaked text messages. "I don't care that he is separated and dating. I took three years to get my divorce, so it's okay. What I care about is he told everyone at the commitment ceremony, which is this week, that he loves his wife. He told directors and producers, 'Bring my wife in'."

After Morena's leaked texts, fans excitedly waited to see it play out on screen. But they were met with… nothing. And now a mysterious MAFS insider has come out of the woodwork to back up her claims.

Following the episode, a source told The Daily Mail that the controversial moment had indeed happened. And was cut by producers.

"He literally said, 'I'm still in love with my wife,' and you could hear a pin drop," they told the publication.

"[Morena] just sat there, completely blindsided. She had no idea he felt that way."

"The experts were shocked too, but instead of digging into it, the conversation was just moved along. The producers must have told them not to make a big deal out of it."

The insider added: "He was telling people off-camera he wasn't crazy about the age gap. He thought he'd be matched with someone younger."

Who'd have thought there would ever be such a scene cut from MAFS? That right there, is TV gold. But perhaps it was too divisive and would make the audience turn on Tony? No wonder Morena is so keen to get her version of events out there.

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Jamie had a message for Tim.

On Sunday night's episode of Married At First Sight, Katie and Tim left the experiment following a dramatic first week of marriage.

Their exit followed a tense dinner party, where fellow contestant Jamie held Tim to account for his 'gaslighting' behaviour.

But, of course, at that stage Jamie hadn't even seen what went on behind-the-scenes. She simply picked up on the energy between the couple and chose to defend her friend.

Now that she's been watching MAFS along with the rest of us, she has one thing to say: Tim was worse than she thought.

"I didn't believe it was possible to have more disdain for this man," Jamie tells Mamamia of watching the show.

"Katie handled herself very respectfully," Jamie says. "If that was my husband, I would have absolutely dragged him, like, to anyone that would listen. But she was so kind.

"I didn't know how bad it was until I actually got to see it myself, and now I'm so grateful [I stood up for Katie]. I ran the risk of looking insane to every other husband and wife there and spoke up for my friend."

When asked if she's on speaking terms with Tim, she responded: "I didn't have a reason to speak to him then. Why would I have a reason to speak to him now?"

Jamie had Katie's back through the experiment. Image: Nine.

While there's no love lost between Tim and Jamie, her friendship with Katie remains strong.

"Katie and I see each other all the time," she says. "She's just someone who's always been cheering me on behind closed doors and vice versa as well, because obviously she wasn't on the show for too long, which was unfortunate, but at the same time, I'm so grateful to have met her."

As for how Katie is holding up, Jamie knows she (and the rest of Australia) have her back.

"I think it's obviously quite confronting, the emotion of your whole world changing is quite intense," she says of their sudden fame.

"Her having to experience seeing what was also said about her privately [behind her back] would have been, I think, quite hard. But, you know, Australia's rallying behind Katie. Like, we all ride at dawn for Katie. But you focus on all the beautiful flowers in your garden and forget about the weeds."

The 2025 MAFS cheating scandal.

Like clockwork, Married At First Sight is coming complete with a cheating scandal in 2025. Who would have thought!

This season, it seems the triangle will involve a surprising duo: Sierah Swepstone and Adrian Araouzou.

Sierah was matched with Billy Belcher, and by all appearances they are getting along like a house on fire. Meanwhile, Adrian is paired with Awhina Rutene and… things are not going well. His fault, I might just add. And it seems he plans to make things even worse by getting involved in a cheating scandal. Drama!

According to The Daily Mail, anonymous contestants have revealed Sierah and Adrian "formed an unexpected bond" while filming.

They claim the whole scandal began with a night of flirtation in Adrian's apartment, while Billy was watching TV at his and Sierah's place. They later went out for a date night, unbeknownst to their co-stars, blindsiding their partners in the process.

Billy, Sierah and Adrian are in the middle of this season's cheating scandal. Image: Nine.

Following their date, the rumour began to spread amongst the cast before the scandal blew up. Who wants to bet $5 that a producer spilled the beans and got the gossip train going?

"Billy felt completely blindsided," an alleged cast member told the publication. "Sierah wouldn't open up to him, but she did with Adrian. And he only found out in front of the rest of us. It was so embarrassing. I felt terrible for him."

Funnily enough, after the news broke, Nine published an interview with all the contestants sharing their views on cheating. For Sierah, apparently it isn't exactly "black and white" despite her own history of being cheated on.

"There are many different reasons why people do cheat," she said. "I think depending on the length of the relationship and kind of relationship... it is very different."

Meanwhile, Awhina said if someone blindsided her with infidelity, it would be "over" immediately.

Some MAFS contestants are allegedly refusing to give up their Instagram accounts.

Another controversy brewing behind the scenes of MAFS is that several participants have distanced themselves from the show, by not linking their Instagram pages to the reality program.

The first suspected contestant is Tim, who is reportedly refusing to hand over his Instagram account to Channel 9 producers. The primary school teacher has allegedly cut all ties with the show and even skipped publicity day for his official portrait photo. The news was previously reported by news outlets including Yahoo and The Daily Mail.

Now, TikToker Hannah Bowman has noticed that Lauren also doesn't seem to be playing ball with producers.

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I wouldn’t want to give the producers access to my account either 🫣 #realitytv #marriedatfirstsight #mafs #mafsau #timmafs #mafstim

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"She hasn't even changed her bio… she hasn't handed over her password," Bowman claimed.

"I think these are the people that had a really negative filming experience and knew that they weren't going to be on the show for long, or knew that they weren't going to come across well, like, Tim hasn't had a good time."

This unusual behaviour breaks from the standard production requirements where contestants typically surrender control of their social media accounts during filming.

Katie shares what she really thought of Tim's behaviour at their wedding.

Just like viewers, the contestants are watching MAFS along with the rest of us and, in some instances, they're seeing what their match said behind their backs for the very first time.

For Katie, she had to watch Tim's response to meeting her at the altar, where he was caught in an off-camera moment ranting to producers about how 'embarrassed' he was by the apparent mismatch.

"I could sense something was up but to see the truth come out after he snuck off, it reminded me to trust my intuition for sure," she told 9Entertainment. "It was tough to hear such a harsh judgement so early on, based on something that is of no real importance long term."

Katie and Tim's nuptials have been a sore point with viewers. Image: Nine.

Katie also addressed the first dinner party, and admitted she was glad Jamie had her back.

"Jamie was not letting him off the hook, the other girls had different responses and that was the perfect symbology of my confusion," Katie said. "I'm just really glad I had the support of particularly Jamie to help me navigate through that."

She hinted this might not be the end of her and Tim, alluding to an appearance at the next Commitment Ceremony. "I was thinking, as long as I can get through to the Commitment Ceremony with my head held high — that's what I was focused on," she said.

An ex-bride claims Tim slid into her DMs while on his honeymoon with Katie.

Controversial groom Tim was called out for messaging a former contestant while on his honeymoon with bride, Katie.

Former MAFS participant, Eden Harper, shared screenshots on TikTok showing Tim had reached out to her during filming last year.

"I got this DM during Honeymoon Week of MAFS 2025 and I just thought it was someone asking for advice," Eden said. "But this is so f***ed up after watching last night."

@edenharpr

we stand with Katie

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In the message, Tim wrote to Eden: "Hey been so refreshing listening to the interview on Yahoo. I'm on MAFS atm and. Now so un sure [sic]. Hope to soon soon [sic]."

She replied: "Hey! Hope you're doing all good in there! It can be rough at times."

The revelation comes after Tim was shown being dismissive towards Katie during their honeymoon.

Eden later reflected on the exchange. "I didn't really think much of it," she told Pedestrian. "But after watching the episode and how he treated Katie and realised the date of the DM was around the time of the honeymoon, I was like wait a minute this is not cool!!!!"

Both Carina and Paul have previously been on TV.

If you thought Carina or Paul looked familiar, you'd be right. Image: Nine.

Stop everything: Carina and Paul aren't exactly reality TV newbies. The shock! I'm kidding, this happens every time. BUT let's get into it.

Carina has appeared on a variety of TV commercials, including one for her family's business, Beyond Tools, along with popping up in Channel Seven's The Claremont Murders last year. Before that, she also appeared in Sidhu Bhammeala's 'Boss' music video back in 2021 and as an extra on Love & Hip Hop in 2018. 

Her MAFS hubby Paul has also tried his hand at reality TV before, appearing on Channel 10's reality show The Real Love Boat in 2022.

One groom has deleted his socials.

During Episode 2 of Married At First Sight, we were introduced to Katie and Tim. And let's just say, Tim didn't get off to the best start.

Tim was immediately displeased with his match, and said multiple times that he did not feel a spark with Katie, describing his usual type as a "short, petite, blonde or brunette."

After a painfully awkward wedding, Katie tearfully revealed that, off-camera, Tim had admitted he was not attracted to her.

The most awkward wedding. Image: Nine.

Anticipating the backlash from the audience, Tim has deleted his socials entirely and is reportedly refusing to do interviews about the show.

After Tim did not show up for the press photo day, a source told Yahoo Lifestyle that he was fearful of the repercussions that would come from the show.

"Tim is really fearful the show is going to affect his employment as a primary school teacher," the source claimed. "That's why he's deleted all socials, is refusing to do interviews and wants nothing to do with it. He feels he was stitched up from the start and is now just trying to get through it with minimal damage to his career and reputation."

Former flames were matched by the experts. But did producers know?

One of the main plot points of the premiere was the ghosting scandal: where Carina walked down the aisle to meet… the man who ghosted her.

"I know him," Carina told a producer, who then asked why they stopped talking. She responded, "He just stopped texting." Following their awkward encounter, Carina's groom Paul apologised for the ghosting incident and said he wanted to treat MAFS like their romantic second chance at love.

But the thing is… Carina's not the only bride to be paired with an ex on this season of MAFS. In a twist befitting the most dramatic reality television series of all time, MAFS experts paired two exes together. By mistake, of course. And yes, this is different to the storyline of Carina being ghosted by her groom.

Yahoo Lifestyle previously revealed the exes in question are both from Melbourne: former Neighbours actor, Jeff Gobbels, and fitness influencer, Rhi Disljenkovic.

Upon turning around to get his first look at his new bride, Jeff appeared surprised and said "Hey Rhi" before she had even introduced herself. Rhi was then seen explaining their connection to a producer off-camera.

After casually dating for a while, the duo called it quits the year before filming. But Yahoo! claims they "have kept in touch" since calling time on their relationship.

Former bride Olivia Frazer rejected claims this was an accident, writing, "considering you have to list your exes in the audition process… 'mistake' is a bit of a stretch." You can read more about their match here.

A raunchy sex tape.

We've had cheating scandals galore, but there's never been a sex tape on this controversial reality TV show. Until now.

This season is going to bring the drama as one bride shows fellow MAFS contestants a saucy video of herself. Why was she airing said sex tape? Allegedly to catch the eye of another groom.

"She was doing everything she can to try and cause drama and woo over another groom because her partner was obviously not interested in her," a source told the Daily Mail. "She was constantly turning it up for cameras and doing everything she can to try and get cameras to point in her direction."

We don't know who the bride is yet, but reportedly the sex tape bonanza goes hand-in-hand with a texting scandal that saw the same bride sliding into another groom's DMs.

Not sure about you, but we're thinking this whole thing seems messsssssy.

One bride's "X-rated confession" turns MAFS upside down.

The Daily Mail has revealed a behind-the-scenes secret that is sure to get MAFS fans excited: there's a bombshell coming our way when the intruders arrive.

Bride Jamie Marinos reportedly declares she has slept with intruder, Teejay Halkias.

When does she drop this tidbit? At his wedding, in front of his new bride, Beth Kelly.

"We were all sitting at the main table, enjoying the wedding, and then Jamie just walked over and said, 'I slept with TJ'. The entire room froze. It was like a grenade had gone off. Nobody could believe what they were hearing," an insider told The Daily Mail.

"We were all thinking, why would she drop that bombshell at the wedding, of all places? The whole atmosphere changed instantly."

Controversial? Of course. Good TV? Most definitely.

Six contestants quit MAFS in the first week.

Yahoo Lifestyle has reported that a whopping six contestants walk out of MAFS... within the first week of filming.

According to the publication, two couples quit during the very first commitment ceremony, while one groom walked out on his bride before they even made it to their honeymoon.

As we now know, Eliot Donovan was the first contestant to quit, because he was "unimpressed" with his bride, Lauren Hall.

"Eliot was anything but impressed when he met Lauren. From that moment, it was downhill," a source told them.

"By the next morning, Eliot wanted out — no second thoughts, no hesitation. Everyone was shocked."

Eliot is allegedly… unimpressed… with his bride. Image: Nine.

A record number of couples stay together despite a chaotic start.

Despite a rocky start, MAFS 2025 is shaping up to be one of the most successful seasons yet when it comes to couples lasting the distance. Can you believe it?

According to Yahoo Lifestyle, an insider revealed that the latest season could see one of our happiest endings to date, with a "record-breaking" number of pairs still together.

"Everyone thought this season was a lost cause but a surprising amount of couples have really pulled through and made it to the end of the experiment," an insider told the publication.

Snaps snagged by Yahoo Lifestyle show the remaining MAFS couples "looking happier than ever" — but could it all be too good to be true? Will we finally witness true love, or is this just the calm before the signature MAFS storm?

Because let's face it, chaos is never too far away. So, that's the tea. For now…

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Married At First Sight Australia Season 12 airs on Channel Nine and 9Now at 7:30pm on Monday to Wednesday, and 7pm Sunday.

Feature Image: Channel Nine.