As the claims from several brides from Married At First Sight UK continues to dominate the news cycle, here’s some new updates about the future of the show over there and in Australia. Plus, I also have an update on the Second Marriage At First Sight “all stars” spin-off series which is now in pre-production.

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Trigger Warning: This episode discusses rape, sexual assault and sexual violence.

A lot of you have been asking for my thoughts on the Married At First Sight UK situation, which is still very much unfolding. In this podcast, I discuss how this could change reality television internationally, if I think this will be the end of Married At First Sight and why there should be no victim blaming. 

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The search is finally over and in this episode I finally make my Occasionally Funny co-host choice and phone both Sam from Married At First Sight and my mum up to share the exciting news! 

Occasionally Funny is the side pod to MAFS Funny and drops new "main" episodes every Wednesday morning - with an occasional bonus one throughout the week.

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After it was reported last week that Channel 10 are cancelling I'm A Celebrity, the network have responded, I've done some digger and here is what is exactly going on - plus what this means for Australian reality television as a whole following a string of axed shows. 

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With Sam and my mum's co-host auditions complete, this weekend I decided to catch up with them both one last time to see if this helped me make my final decision. Plus, I dig out audio of the first time I ever cried on the internet, reminisce about a homeless man I befriended and tried to bring home as a teenager and welcome a wild card into the studio.

Well, I wouldn't say welcome, more they arrived at my door for an unplanned audition. 

Occasionally Funny is the side pod to MAFS Funny and drops new "main" episodes every Wednesday morning - with an occasional bonus one throughout the week, like this one here.

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As the Bec vs Small Business drama continues across socials, I've decided to look at the bigger picture of all of this with how the influencer world is now being more regulated, how so many Married At First Sight participants are (presumably unaware that they're) breaking Australian Consumer Law with most of their posts and the huge fines they face if investigated by the ACCC. 

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It's time for my mum's audition to become the Occasionally Funny co-host and after starting off with some embarrassing stories about me, we discuss the "deprived" area I was raised and how family was at the forefront of so much drama. 

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Sam Stanton joins me today for his official co-host audition where he proved he isn’t such an innocent boy while diving into his pre-Married At First Sight dating disasters. Throughout the chat, Sam shared stories he’s never dared tell anyone before, his face reached new shades of red and he turned the tables on me…

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The last time I interviewed Bec, she’d just lost her job, everything was uncertain and she was still heartbroken. Now, as the dust has settled on this year’s Married At First Sight, I wanted to see how things have changed for her in the seven weeks since we last spoke.

During this interview, Bec breaks down what her new talent management do, the $6,000 brand deal she turned down, how things stand with certain cast members and what is happening between her and her rumoured new man, who is a well-known male escort.

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As Sam from Married At First Sight and my mum now work on their co-host audition episodes, this week I'm facing my fear of public speaking my performing by debut stand-up comedy set to a small group of people. 

And after writing a self-deprecating set about growing up as a millennial online that I thought my audience would relate to, the whole thing quickly fell apart. 

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As this year's Married At First Sight cast now attempt to rewrite their narratives, in this podcast I look at how shameless their attempts are and explore how reality television may soon change forever all around the world due to the legal case that's being built in the UK right now. 

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