Samantha Moitzi is back in the limelight covered in critters as a campmate on I’m a Celebrity Australia 2025, but when she shot to fame on Married At First Sight Australia (MAFS), it was her TV husband Al Perkins who dominated the limelight.
Al left MAFS 2022 as one of the most polarising participants to ever appear on the show, thanks to his penchant for doing ‘shoeys’ and his bold and bubbly personality.
While Al and Samantha didn’t make it through the season as a couple, Samantha has now opened up about how they came to be paired together on MAFS and what their relationship was really like.
Samantha says her and Al’s couple was formed at the last minute
Samantha and Al were one of the most popular couples to take part in MAFS 2022, with both participants gaining well over 100,000 Instagram followers during their time on the show.
However, during a heart-to-heart during the January 23 episode of I’m a Celebrity Australia 2025, Samantha revealed that she believes she and Al were the last couple invited to join the season.
Samantha explained that a casting producer approached her in 2019 when she was working in a retail store and was freshly out of a six-year relationship. The scout followed up with a phone call, but she didn’t hear back again.
“Two years later, I get an email,” she explained during the episode. “The email said Hi Samantha, it’s casting for Married At First Sight Season 9; wondering if you’re still single.”
Samantha replied, confirming that she was, and told her campmates that she was shocked about how fast the ball started rolling.
“The interview process was really quick,” she said. “About two and a half weeks later, they gave me two and a half grand to find a wedding dress.
“I had to buy it off the rack. Some of the [other participants] had months’ notice, so me and Al were definitely the last couple,” she added.
MAFS’ Samantha Moitzi revealed what Al Perkins was like on the show
Avid fans of MAFS will remember that Samantha was repeatedly frustrated with Al’s immaturity during their season.
However, upon reflection, Samantha spoke fondly about her ex when former The Masked Singer Australia panellist Dave Hughes asked if Al was “not nice”.
“No, he was,” she said. “I don’t want to talk shit about him. He didn’t talk shit about me. It just wasn’t right, and then in the end, it just got hard because I was just like, ‘I’m sick of it’ because it was so dramatic.”
Ah! A MAFS couple that hasn’t ended up despising each other. We love to see it.
I’m a Celebrity Australia… Get Me Out Of Here Australia 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Thursdays at 7:30pm on Channel 10 and 10Play.
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