Fans have been suspicious about Teejay Halkias’ intentions for joining the Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 cast, considering he was previously on Big Brother. Could he just be looking for another way to shoot to fame?
He hasn’t helped his case either, after revealing he was leading his wife Beth Kelly on and doesn’t know if they will have a future outside of the experiment. Chattr asked the couple for their thoughts on the rumour that Teejay just wanted to become an Aussie celeb, and the pair had slightly different answers.
Teejay dismissed the idea that he went on MAFS for fame, saying that Big Brother was a completely different show.
“I think that during my audition process, if [fame] was my intention, that I would have been weeded out straight away,” he declares. “There’s no reason that just because I was on Big Brother doesn’t mean I don’t deserve the opportunity to find love. I think that there are many other people that have been on shows prior to them going on other shows.”
He adds that he’s from a big family, and all of his siblings have significant others, so he wanted a chance to find one as well.
“I’ve obviously not been great at picking them in the past. So why not put my faith in the experts?” he asks.
Beth doesn’t know if Teejay was on MAFS for the right reasons
However, Beth says she isn’t sure whether or not Teejay signed up purely for fame.
“It’s hard to say. I don’t know [what] his true intentions were, but I just know that I don’t feel like he treated me the way that he should,” she begins.
“I don’t really know if he did come on for genuine reasons, or if he did come on [for] fame, I’m not sure, but just the way he’s gone about it, I just feel extremely disrespected.”
She adds that it’s possible he wanted to “use” her for a while before expressing a need to “get out.”
“I do feel a bit played and strung along, whether that was for his own fame or not, I don’t know.”
She did say that she was in the experiment for love, not fame, and didn’t have a pact with Teejay to stay until the end.
“I was truly there for the right reasons,” she says. “Why would I stay in the hopes of getting a little bit of fame and get my feelings hurt? To me, that is absolutely not worth it. I went in there because I never had a relationship. And I thought, why would I not get some professional help and see how it goes?”
It doesn’t seem like Beth is very pleased with Teejay at the moment, but something must change — as both of them make it to Final Test Week. We’ll have to see what happens on the couch!
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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