They may have spent their time in the experiment living with each other in North Sydney’s Meriton apartments – but it was a different story as the cast came together for the very last time. Show producers were forced to scatter the cast in separate hotels across the city to ensure no dramas ahead of the reunion.
“There had been threats of violence between the boys with all the wife-swapping that happened,” NW‘s insider claims.
“Some of the cast were gunning so hard for a punch-up that production had to intervene by pleading with one groom over text to take it easy when he was reunited with everyone. The amount of security on set was massively increased.”
All of this makes sense, given Nasser, who’s just been outed with a secret girlfriend, told NW he’d “break Dean’s leg” while angrily discussing his “disrespect of women”.
Meanwhile, judging by this Instagram post from Tracey Jewel, reunions have continued to be staged – however, it doesn’t look like everyone got the invite. Followers noticed that Davina and Dean are conspicuously absent.
Tracey and Sean reunion pash-on
This been described as the most jaw-dropping moment of the final dinner party – when Blair’s ex-husband Sean T casually strolled on set and started kissing Tracey.
During the four-week break between dumping Dean and returning to Sydney for the reunion, Trace met up with fellow Perth native Sean to discuss their MAFS experiences – and then one thing led to another.
Apparently the show was unimpressed with this new hook-up. “The producers were screaming at them to stop kissing and immediately split them up and dragged them outside for ‘crisis’ talks,” the source says. “They couldn’t believe Sean and Tracey had kept such a huge storyline a secret – it would have been huge for ratings and it was too late to go back and film additional footage of their initial dates in Perth to introduce the relationship to viewers.”
Although show bosses split them up for the rest of the evening to play down the romance, our MAFS source says things are already so serious between them that they enjoyed a loved-up trip to Bali together in February.
“They first met up for a drink in December and basically one thing led to another and they slept together,” NW is told. “With all the drama that happened on the show, they never actually got much time to chat and were pleasantly surprised how much they have in common.”
John and Melissa have more issues than the tyranny of distance.
For John and Mel it’s not just geography
From watching the show, it seems the one-hour drive between John’s home in Melbourne’s Altona and Melissa’s on the Mornington Peninsula is the couple’s biggest issue, but NW hears our favourite lovebirds were facing another secret heartbreak off camera.
“Melissa’s daughter really struggled with her mum being away for so long,” our source says. “She’d constantly phone her up during filming asking her to come home – and Melissa was never going to turn her back on her family.”
Cue the stripper music
According to NW’s spy, the cast would regularly sneak off into the city to let loose once their “supervisors” had gone to bed! And afterwards, they’d take the party back to the apartments at the Meriton.
“One night, Carly was so frustrated with Justin and the lack of sex in their marriage that she was desperate for some male attention …” says the source.
“A couple of the boys jokingly offered to ‘help her out’, but instead she did a quick striptease with Ashley before heading off to sleep.”
Ryan lets fly on and off camera when he sees footage of Davina’s trysts with Dean.
Ryan and Davina’s showdown
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for – when Ryan and the group see the footage of Davina’s affair with Tracey’s hubby Dean. When he finally realises the full extent of her betrayal he “unleashed hell” on his “ex-wife”. And it didn’t ease up once the cameras stopped rolling.
“Davina came back playing the victim and expecting to be the centre of attention,” NW’s source says. “She got a harsh reality check when Ryan told her to ‘f**k off back to Brisbane’, as no-one wanted her there.'” Awk.
Satah and Telv are so over.
Sarah and Telv: ‘There’s no,love there anymore’
They’ve been the season’s most popular and loved-up duo since day one, but sadly there are claims all isn’t as it seems for Sarah and Telv.
Viewers watched the pair almost call it quits after an argument about Telv’s Snapchat use led Sarah to question their future. And after the ep aired, Sarah blasted online that “the real reason for the fight was completely edited out”.
Now NW can reveal exactly why things started to fall apart. “Telv would always sneak off to the casino in the city at night and leave Sarah home alone,” NW is told. “She’d be calling producers constantly, crying and asking where he was and why he wasn’t replying to her messages. They then had a huge row about how Telv feels suffocated.”
Apparently things got so bad between the pair, Telv packed his bags and was prepared to walk out on Sarah – and the show! “In the end, producers convinced him to stay by providing him his own apartment in the building,” claims the source.
With things constantly up and down between the couple, show bosses went all out to keep them together for a fairytale ending on the finale – apparently giving them luxury gifts, free trips to expensive hotels and preferential treatment in a bid to try and change Telv’s mind.
“The truth is, he wanted to leave the show a long time ago and felt pressure to keep up appearances. There’s no denying he likes Sarah, but it feels like there’s no love there for him anymore,” says the source.
In fact, just days before filming the reunion, NW hears that producers even had to fly Telv from Perth to Sydney for “emergency three-hour counselling” to ensure he could keep it together during the last days of filming. Still, we can’t give up hope yet for these two!
Dean just learnt on public TV not to mess with Tracey.
Don’t mess with Tracey the Goddess
With the whole of Australia branding her a “doormat” for sticking by Dean’s side through all of his betrayals, Tracey finally got her sweet revenge when she dumped her hubby during their vow renewal.
But we hear Trace actually wrote her speech weeks before and had been stringing Dean along to ensure maximum airtime for her big moment! Her latest book wasn’t called Don’t Mess With The Goddess for nothing!
Dean’s raunchy SMSes
He’s the resident bad boy, so may this latest story about Dean may not be surprising. he’s been accused of flooding Tracey’s phone with inappropriate text messages.
“Dean has been texting naked pictures of girls to Tracey, and Sean [Tracey’s shock new man, see right] decides to bring it up in front of everyone,” our insider tells us of the dramatic final dinner party.
“He was trying to defend Tracey, but in the end she had been replying to them with flirty messages of her own!” Um, awks!
Things then got so heated between the blokes that apparently others had to step in to calm them down a bit.
Nasser shaken up.
Nasser receives threats
While most of the cast are revelling in their new-found fame, Nasser has been fearing for his life following his split from Gabrielle.
NW can reveal that he’s been receiving death threats, with one anonymous caller even phoning up his pal’s store and warning them that a “hit” had been placed on the 50-year-old.
“He’s been to the police station twice and they’re investigating the threats,” an insider explains. “Nasser may act like he’s not bothered, but this has all really shaken him up.”
Night with a stripper
Following the fall-out from the explosive reunion, NW hears that Telv and a bunch of the guys decided to de-stress by spending the night in a rented Airbnb… with a stripper!
Sources tell us the boys booked a European girl from Sydney’s Dollhouse Strip Club, who arrived around 2am and didn’t leave their pad until midday.
What happens in the spa…
Insiders spill to NW that the group would regularly sneak down to the apartment building’s spa with loads of wine, and things would quickly get out of control.
“At one point they were all partying so loud that the Meriton staff complained to producers, who came down and found some of the cast drunk and naked,” our insider claims.
“It was hilarious – it must have looked like a big orgy.”
