The MAFS 2025 season started dramatically and continues to shock viewers with drama, and its first Commitment Ceremony was no exception. One of the most gripping moments? When it was revealed to the cast that Jake Luik had made some very controversial comments during the recent Photo Ranking task, one being that bride Jacqui Burfoot had “crazy eyes”.
Jacqui takes to Instagram, addressing the “crazy eyes” comment
Jacqui seemed very unimpressed during the Commitment Ceremony about the comment but has since taken to Instagram to reveal some deeper thoughts.
“I was told from multiple sources that Jake didn’t start the crazy eyes comment,” she wrote in her Instagram Story caption. “It was an inside joke someone else was making.”
Jacqui went on to say that she didn’t actually want the comment to be aired, yelling out that she “didn’t want to hear it” but that Jake’s wife, Ashleigh Ackerman, “went ahead anyway.”
Was Jake thrown under the bus in the Commitment Ceremony?
According to Jacqui, she wasn’t that fussed by the MAFS “crazy eyes” comment and felt that Jake was “genuinely full of remorse”. She explained: “I felt really bad for him and felt like there was more to the story that we didn’t hear. I was quite uneasy, and my gut felt like something was off.”
Was it because Jake wasn’t the only person making the comment?
Jake also addresses the “crazy eyes” comment
Since leaving MAFS 2025, he has also addressed the Photo Ranking task scandal, saying that Ashleigh actually made the “crazy eyes” comment about Jacqui first.
Jake says that after the grooms and brides went off to their respective Bucks/Hens parties, they discussed various members of the experiment. “Ash was trying to explain who Jacqui was,” he said in an Instagram Reel posted to Daily Mail journalist Ali Daher‘s account.
Jake alleged that Ash called Jacqui “crazy eyes” as she couldn’t remember her name at the time. “She actually said that first, and that was all the way back then. And she did repeat it later on.”
While Jake has since left the MAFS 2025 experiment, it seems unlikely that his shocking comments will leave with him – we’re pretty sure some of his statements will continue to cause drama among the couples.
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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