Married At First Sight’s Ben Walters is continuing to share explosive claims about his TV bride Ellie Dix after she debuted her relationship with fellow groom Jono McCullough at the reunion party.
Ellie, 32, and Jono, 39, arrived at Sunday night’s dinner party hand in hand and as a new couple, completely blindsiding their respective partners Ben, 39, and Lauren Dunn.
The tour guide is now claiming that his nurse ‘wife’ had a boyfriend before coming on the show and that she only broke up with him so that she could take part in the experiment.
Speaking with Yahoo Lifestyle, Ben said producers left the entire storyline on the cutting room floor during the Honesty Box task on their honeymoon.
‘They left out scenes where I discovered she broke up with her boyfriend to be on MAFS, even though Jack copped it for the same thing all season,’ Ben explained, referencing his co-star Jack Dunkley who ditched his ex-girlfriend Courtney Jade just weeks before filming began in August last year.
Ben Walters (pictured) is continuing to share explosive claims about his TV bride Ellie Dix after she debuted her relationship with fellow groom Jono McCullough at the reunion party
‘The editing made her seem like a hero throughout, then shifted to a cold hearted woman when it mattered the most.’
‘If they showed everything, viewers would have seen Ellie’s faults from the start alongside mine,’ he continued. ‘In the end, negativity attracts negativity making Ellie and Jono a match made in clout-chasing heaven.’
The tables well and truly turned during MAFS’ reunion episode on Sunday night as Ben handed his villain status over to Jono.
The drama kicked off the moment Jono and Ellie walked through the door hand-in-hand, following their texting scandal behind wife Lauren’s back.
Ben, who previously fell out of favour with viewers thanks to his harsh treatment of Ellie during their on-screen marriage, meanwhile emerged as a surprise hero of the night after he stood up to Jono at the dinner table.
Ellie, 32, and Jono, 39, (both pictured) arrived at Sunday night’s dinner party hand in hand and as a new couple, completely blindsiding their respective partners Ben, 39, and Lauren Dunn
Ben is now claiming that his nurse ‘wife’ had a boyfriend before coming on the show and that she only broke up with him so that she could take part in the experiment
The part-time construction worker piped up to reveal Ellie had said ‘I think Jono likes me’ weeks into the experiment, but insisted there was no blood between himself and his ex.
Turning to Jono, Ben added: ‘I’ve just got a problem with you,’ to which Jono astonishingly replied: ‘I don’t give a s**t! Shush your face, I’m talking!’
Viewers were quick to praise Ben for calling out Jono, albeit briefly, during the heated group conversation.
‘Good seeing Ben motivated for the first time in months,’ one wrote on X, as another added: ‘Ben finally cracks me up.’
Others admitted they were wrong about painting Ben as the villain earlier in the season, with one commenting on X: ‘Me when I think of the Tweets I wasted feeling sorry for Ellie getting stuck with Ben….’
Meanwhile, Jono cemented his place as the latest MAFS villain when he managed to deflect attention from his relationship with Ellie by throwing fellow groom Tim Calwell under the bus.
The drama kicked off the moment Jono and Ellie walked through the door hand-in-hand, following their texting scandal behind wife Lauren’s back
The tables well and truly turned during MAFS’ reunion episode on Sunday night as Ben handed his villain status over to Jono
‘I heard Tim say that he felt like he was rushed at Final Vows and if he did have that time he would have made a different decision,’ Jono said, implying the groom doesn’t actually want to be in a relationship with Sara Mesa.
‘Deflection, deflection,’ groom Timothy Smith shouted out as the other couples were left stunned by the admission.
As the brides began questioning where Jono got this information, he continued to deflect back at Tim claiming it was all true.
Earlier in the episode, Jono had also taken aim at Lauren, claiming the blonde had ‘no right to be upset’ about his new relationship.
‘It was worth crawling through hell on broken glass to end up with this beautiful woman,’ he said.
Jono and Lauren later came to blows, with a furious Lauren calling her former groom a ‘dog’.
‘You’re the nastiest person I’ve ever met in my life, Lauren,’ Jono snapped back.
