For Episode 11, it’s the grooms’ turn to meet with Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 expert Alessandra, and, as expected, it turned out horribly.
While the other grooms maturely (OK, maybe not Billy at first) and politely discussed how they found the fantasy dates their wives planned, Ryan: Warrior Princess took the opportunity to make his wife, Jacqui, feel even worse than she’s already been feeling about herself.
First, he told the boys that Jacqui’s “crazy eyes” came out—the same thing Jake was criticised for saying and resulted in him leaving MAFS altogether. Then, as if things could get any worse, he motioned that Jacqui was great at “giving” something.
Look, I’m no expert, but I assume he was talking about giving head. People don’t “give” sex, and I don’t think anyone’s raving to middle-aged men about a handjob. Anyway, it doesn’t matter what he was referring to; it matters that he was sharing it, without her knowledge, in a group setting and following another disrespectful comment about her appearance.
It also matters that no one called him out on it in that room.
Ryan didn’t stop there. He went on to explain that it got better “every round” even though there was clearly disgraced faces in the room. Does this man have no self-awareness? Remember, this is the same man who was worried he’d embarrassed his wife when he dropped her at the wedding.
I think it’s now more clear than ever that he is only worried about himself and not Miss New Zealand.
In other news, Morena and Tony had a blow-up — something to do with her talking — and he left for a breather (and some quiet).
Rhi and Jeff had a kiss and it was actually so bloody uncomfortable to watch. Why does it feel like a #SiblingsOrDating scenario even though we know they’ve horizontally bonded?
A version of this article initially appeared on the Talking Schmidt Substack and has been reproduced here with permission.
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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