MAFS Bride Gia Fleur Blames Producers for 'Mean Girl' Bullying Scandal
Married At First Sight viewers have erupted in anger after controversial bride Gia Fleur attempted to shift responsibility for her shocking 'mean girl' bullying behaviour onto the show's producers. The 35-year-old reality star and her co-star Brook Crompton, 27, unleashed a torrent of vile insults against fellow brides Stella Mickunaite and Alissa Fay during the explosive Stan Dinner Party episode.
Production Puppets or Personal Responsibility?
Appearing on The Fox's Fifi, Fev and Nick radio show on Thursday morning, Gia Fleur downplayed her aggressive conduct by claiming she and Brook were manipulated by production staff. "There's a lot of things that went on in production for me and Brook personally, that maybe is why we were acting as bad as we were," Gia explained. "At that Dinner Party, things happened before it that were really hard. We were kind of 'production puppets'... we did what we were told to do."
She continued: "We really took it up a notch at the Dinner Party... we are really not proud of our behaviour. But no one could tell me to do that now." However, this justification has been met with widespread scepticism from both viewers and former MAFS participants.
Viewer Backlash and Social Media Fury
Angry viewers immediately took to social media platforms to condemn Gia's attempt to blame producers for her actions. MAFS veteran Jamie Marinos responded succinctly: "Spare me honestly," while fellow alum Domenica Calarco added: "No no no."
Other social media users offered more detailed critiques of Gia's defence. "The producers aren't 100% responsible for this behaviour, they simply shone a light on it," one person wrote. Another commented: "Producers are responsible for what we see but honey, YOU are responsible for the words that have come out of your mouth!"
The confronting dinner party scenes saw Gia unleash on her MAFS rivals, with the war of words descending into dark territory that led viewers to brand her a "bully." The long-brewing tension between Gia and Alissa Fay finally exploded into open conflict, with sources revealing the two had clashed repeatedly off-camera prior to this public eruption.
Unaired Footage Reveals Extended Campaign
The televised drama proved to be just the tip of the iceberg, as the Stan series MAFS: After The Dinner Party aired previously unseen footage showing Brook and Gia continuing their verbal assault against Stella and Alissa behind the scenes. Following their controversial behaviour at the dinner party, which has led Australians to label them "bullies," the pair kept their insults rolling during vox pop interviews.
Producers pulled the women aside for a conversation that never made it to air, during which Gia continued her barrage: "If Alissa and Stella want to get off their high horse for one f***ing second, they are not the ones in charge of this whole thing." She proceeded to mock Alissa's voice and claimed she was "sitting up and posing and talking so perfectly all the time" because she thinks she's in a beauty pageant.
"Guys, I was actually a beauty queen," Gia told producers defiantly. "Her [Brook] and I are the realest people here. I'm so sorry that they [Stella and Alissa] don't know what it's like to have real friends in the world."
She added: "They're trying to rally people together to be like, 'They're mean girls.' F*** off, we're not in high school. We're real bitches. We're standing on business. We're saying what the f*** we think and we're calling out bullshit." Brook then put two middle fingers up as she declared: "I don't think we're mean girls. I think we're real b***hes."
Strategic Planning and Alliance Formation
Further unaired footage revealed the calculated nature of the attacks, with Brook whispering to Gia at the dinner table: "Should I start it now? Should I kick off the Stella thing now?" Gia responded enthusiastically: "F*** yes because I'm ready." When Brook asked nervously: "Should I start now? Are you going to back me?" Gia reassured her: "Babe, are you joking? Do you know who we are?"
This footage was shown to Alissa, 33, and Stella on the Stan show hosted by Jules Lund, Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne, adding another layer of humiliation to the already tense situation. Notably, the drama saw Bec Zacharia align herself firmly with Gia, with the two brides presenting a united front despite their earlier conflicts as the dinner table descended into chaos.
"Gia and Bec were friendly and locked in from that point," one insider revealed. "After that night, they were a team." This alliance formation suggests strategic positioning amid the escalating tensions within the MAFS cast, with factions clearly emerging as the conflict intensified both on and off camera.
