There’s no denying that Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 delivered us another absolutely shambolic episode last night. Jacqui Burfoot used the intruder wedding to have a red-hot crack at husband Ryan Donnelly before she was confronted by fellow bride Rhi Disljenkovic about messaging Rhi’s husband Jeff Gobbels behind her back.
Speaking with Chattr, Rhi clarified the chaotic scenes, confirming that Jacqui had apologised to her. However, we’ll have to wait and see how it unfolds.
“There is an apology which is good, but you have to keep watching in regards to what happens,” Rhi teased. “I can’t give away too much.”
MAFS’ Rhi speaks out on chaotic intruder wedding moment with Jacqui
While the MAFS participants were invited to celebrate the wedding of Teejay Halkias and Bethy Kelly, things really kicked off at the reception, with Jacqui and Ryan once again taking centre stage with their tumultuous relationship.
The basic rundown is before the wedding Jacqui was busy working on a rap sheet of all of Ryan’s wrongdoings. Then, at the wedding, Jacqui was triggered by how lovely Teejay’s vows were and wanted Ryan to take note, before getting upset at the dinner that Ryan dropped her on their wedding day.
Prior to this, we learned that Jacqui had messaged Jeff on the sly, wanting to catch up without Rhi, and he and Rhi had a discussion about it before the wedding. After Jacqui started to derail at the wedding, Rhi eventually confronted her about messaging Jeff behind her back, with Rhi telling Chattr the whole situation ultimately left her feeling confused.
“Jeff did reply to her and I did say catch up with her and see if she’s OK,” Rhi explained. “I thought it was really weird she’s messaging and as much as I wasn’t impressed with it, I thought maybe she’s going through a rough time.
“But then obviously seeing her at the wedding, I just thought, oh gosh… not that her intentions weren’t pure, I didn’t think there’d be a cheating scandal or anything, but it was her inconsistency it just made me realise it was all pretty left of centre. The girl code thing to do would be to have a chat with me and the fact she didn’t want me there, I just found it really odd for her to say, ‘can it be alone’.”
On confronting Jacqui, Rhi said it was something quite out of her comfort zone. “I think you could see my chest get redder and I started to develop a rash,” she laughed. “That was fun. But when you do see repeated behaviour from someone – at the start, you’re getting to know people and see what they’re like and you don’t want to say anything too soon – but once you’ve seen repeated behaviour, you think, stuff it, I’m just going to say how I feel.”
Rhi on Jacqui and Ryan’s confusing relationship dynamic
It’s not news by now that Jacqui and Ryan’s relationship has left MAFS fans wildly confused, and Rhi said the vibe was similar when they were filming the show.
“They are quite flip-floppy,” she said. “You’re forever confused trying to understand what’s going on; one minute they’re complaining about each other, then the next they’re hugging. Their relationship confused us all, all the time. Jamie also mentioned it, like ‘only Jacqui and Ryan understand each other because no one else does,’ and I second that.”
Rhi spills on whether there’s a cast divide this season
After a bunch of the girls caught up for a Valentine’s Day lunch last weekend, there were a few notable absences, with Sierah Swepstone, Morena Farina, and Jacqui nowhere to be seen.
“There is a cast divide, for sure,” Rhi said. “But also, some people are just closer than others. It started off for my birthday, and Jamie already lives here [Melbourne], but the others flew down for my birthday, and it was Jamie’s birthday the week before, so she was like, ‘Let’s do a birthday for you and me!’ But look, it’s not a huge cast divide, but the girls that were there [at the lunch] are just a bit closer.”
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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