There have been some vicious rumours circling around Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 bride Jamie Marinos and her PR trip to New Zealand. She was flown over by the network to promote MAFS, and did a damn good job of it.
However, Daily Mail reported that some of the cast members were “jealous and livid” she was chosen over the rest of the cast. She’s had the biggest storylines of late, but there are two Kiwis — Awhina Rutene and Jacqui Burfoot — who were overlooked.
“Adrian was going around telling everyone that he was the star of the show and that he should be the one heading to NZ,” a source claimed.
“Jacqui Burfoot was convinced she was going to be the one sent to New Zealand because she is a Kiwi [and Awhina] held onto hope that she would be chosen.”
Chattr decided to ask Teejay Halkias and Beth Kelly to see if they had any inside information, and Teejay dropped a big bomb about a secret group chat.
“There may have been a name or a couple [of] names thrown across the group chat [who were annoyed],” he teased.
He said he wasn’t upset that Jamie was picked for the trip, but confirmed there were *some* unhappy people.
“I think there are certain people within the experiment that may think they deserve it. I’m not going to drop any names or anything like that. I think people can make up their mind for themselves, but it certainly wasn’t me,” he said.
Teejay said he “wasn’t offended” that he wasn’t flown across the ditch, and added that “Jamie deserves it”.
Beth is close friends with both Jamie and Awhina, and she claimed the trio were all really excited for the bride.
“I’ve not spoken to anybody about it other than Jamie and Awhina. Me and Awhina are stoked for Jamie, so I didn’t know if anybody else knew that she was going to New Zealand, but I’m so happy for her,” she said.
“She fucking deserved it.”
Was Jamie a ‘producer’s pet’ on MAFS?
Yahoo! Lifestyle previously reported that Jamie had ruffled some feathers with the cast by being a “producer’s pet” who would snitch on others who broke the rules.
Beth said while Jamie was definitely a “good girl” during filming, she didn’t think Jamie went out of her way to dob anybody in.
“Me and Awhina went out when we weren’t supposed to… and got busted, so we were probably in the bad books, but Jamie was just wanting to play by the rules,” Beth explained.
“I wouldn’t call her a [producer’s] pet, and I definitely don’t think she snitched on anyone.”
It certainly seems like Jamie’s good behaviour has paid off, as she’s set to be the breakout star from MAFS 2025.
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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