Abbie Chatfield has weighed in on Dom Calarco and Ella Ding‘s controversial interview with MAFS’ Jack Dunkley, which aired on their podcast Sit With Us.
The chat centred around a jarring comment Jack made about Lauren Dunn, in which he told her TV husband Jono McCullough to “put a muzzle on his woman“.
Both Ella and Dom suggested that producers put Lauren in front of Jack at the Dinner parties because she pushed his buttons, which was likely to lead to a reaction from him.
“They would always put her right in front of you. It makes for amazing dinner parties because we sit there eating the popcorn,” Dom said. “Credit to Lauren,” Jack agreed.
Abbie advises Dom and Ella to take the “episode down”
The former MAFS duo posted a clip of in the interview to the podcast’s official social media account, and Abbie took to the comments section to call them out for now addressing the misogynistic undertones behind Jack’s original comment.
“Really disappointing to see the victim blaming here, and the allowance for a man to speak in such a dehumanising way about a woman because she … spoke too much?” She wrote.
“I can’t believe I’m seeing you both dismiss what he said, because he was “pushed”. That’s the excuse for all abusive men. And what he did was verbal abuse. This is really worrying. Particularly in the current climate, this is really incredibly awful.
“I feel a bit sick to be honest girls. I’d take this episode down if I were you, apologise, and try to educate yourselves on the inner workings on patriarchy and how you have upheld it in this interview. I actually feel sick,” she finished.
In a follow-up comment, Abbie pointed out that it appeared Dom was concerned that Jack would look bad because of his comment, rather than how Lauren would feel being on the receiving end.
“Also Dom, at the end saying “you have to have known….” I thought you were going to say “that is violent revolting language” or “that is sexist and completely wrong” but instead we focus on … how bad it will be for HIM? What is going on here?” She asked.
At the time of writing, neither the podcast nor Ella or Dom had replied to Abbie’s comment.
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