Mafs Australia stars say the show is not safe for contestants: ‘They just sat back and let the cameras roll’

After serious allegations about the safety of the UK franchise, Australian cast members say they experienced ‘control, manipulation and isolation’

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Less than two minutes into Australia’s latest season of Married at First Sight (Mafs), groom Tyson Gordon remarks: “If she’s a woke person, I don’t really stand for any of that shit.” Later in season 13, he worries that his wife is not the “submissive type”, in comments described at the time by the social services minister, Tanya Plibersek, as mainstreaming “coercive control”.

Gordon later walked back his comments, telling 60 Minutes he had meant to say he was looking for a “traditional” woman rather than a “submissive” one.