Controversial Married At First Sight groom Harrison Boon has fired back at Carrie Bickmore’s impassioned plea for men to ‘stop killing’ women.
On Wednesday, Fox FM star Tommy Little broke down live on-air as he read a letter his radio co-host Carrie Bickmore wrote to end violence against Australian women.
Carrie, 43, shared a clip of the heartwrenching moment to her Instagram, which caught the attention of MAFS star Harrison Boon, 32.
‘We gonna talk about the men killed by their wives each year? What about the hundreds of men killed by other men each year?’ the reality TV star began.
‘Seems odd to solely focus on the female victims.’
Controversial Married At First Sight groom Harrison Boon (pictured) has fired back at Carrie Bickmore’s impassioned live on-air plea for men to ‘stop killing’ women
Only four men were killed by an intimate partner in the 2022/2023 financial year, as opposed to 34 women killed by male partners during the same period.
Many of Carrie’s followers were not impressed by Harrison’s response and quickly fired back.
‘If you’re so outraged by it do something about it! Stop taking away from the issue that is being discussed here!’ one fan sniped.
Harrison responded: ‘I constantly talk about this. I cover it at length. This needs to stop.’
Others weighed in, telling Boon, ‘Go back to your cave. Your moment of attention ended years ago.’
‘You’re naïve and are missing the entire point. You are part of the problem buddy,’ added another critic.
Another was even more strident in their attack, writing, ‘You are the problem.’
It comes after Tommy Little, 39, was asked by Bickmore to read out the letter she wrote to the Australian government about the national crisis, and it brought him to tears.
On Wednesday, Fox FM star Tommy Little broke down live on-air as he read the plea his radio co-host Carrie Bickmore (pictured) made to end violence against Australian women
In an emotional moment, Carrie expressed hope that having a man read her words would help other men to listen, as Tommy vowed to ‘happily stand by her side’.
After Carrie urged him and other men around the country to ‘stand up, speak up and speak loudly’, Tommy attempted to choke back tears as he read the letter out loud.
It began by referencing ‘the crisis that our country is in’ which has seen one woman be allegedly murdered by a man every four days so far this year.
Carrie, 43, shared a clip of the heartwrenching moment to her Instagram, which caught the attention of MAFS star Boon, 32
Tommy continued to read: ‘No, not all men are monsters, but we live in fear of the ones that are.
‘We change our behaviour to account for the bad ones, not the good ones because the risk is too high for us not to.
‘To the good men out there, do something more. Just not killing us is not enough. Do something.’
Carrie’s letter then said if men were killed at a similar rate by terrorists or cyclists were run down, ‘laws would be drawn up overnight’ to prevent it happening again.
It comes after Tommy Little (right), 39, was asked by Bickmore to read out the letter she wrote to the Australian government about the national crisis, and it brought him to tears
Carrie is not the only public figure in Australia to demand an end to gendered violence, as Sunrise host Natalie Barr also put her voice to the cause this week.
Their pleas follow the protests which saw tens of thousands of Australians march in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Canberra over the weekend.
The rallies were sparked by growing outrage over a spate of gendered killings with approximately 28 women murdered this year – or one every four days.
Among the victims were five women who lost their lives after knifeman Joel Cauchi, 40, carried out his stabbing rampage at Westfield Bondi Junction on April 13.
Their pleas follow the protests which saw tens of thousands of Australians march in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Canberra over the weekend. The rallies were sparked by growing outrage over a spate of gendered killings with approximately 28 women murdered this year
Barr said the protests and discourse around gender-based violence were overly represented by women and needed the input from men.
It follows a shock report on Monday which found that intimate partner violence is on the rise in Australia, according to new data published on the back of a spate of tragedies.
Data from the Homicide in Australia 2022 – 2023 report shows there were 247 victims of homicide between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.
Of these, 38 incidents were between intimate partners, and 89 per cent of those were perpetrated against women.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (pictured) delivered a fiery speech at a rally in Canberra on Sunday and said Australia needed to change its culture and attitudes to end violence against women
