A former Married At First Sight star has exposed what she claims are the secrets from behind the scenes.
Erica Roberts – an ex-podcaster was on the show – which started with a new series last (21 Sept) night – in 2023.
MAFS contestants take part in a social experiment, where they get ‘wed’ to their ideal partners.
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The couples are matched by experts, who conduct in-depth interviews, values and vision assessments and psychological checks.
Erica said her most asked question is “Do you really get married?”
The 26-year-old said the answer is “No.”
She said: “I am crazy but I’m not that crazy.
“There is no way I am legally marrying a random man that you’re matching me up with on live television.”
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Erica was matched with Jordan Gayle, 27, and the pair sparked a huge controversy when he got into an intense altercation with Luke Worley, which saw Luke be removed from the show.
She said stars have no say in where the ‘wedding’ is, although she shared she was asked what flowers, favours, lights and vibe she wanted.
Erica said: “I got absolutely f*cking nothing that I asked for, so it was a bit pointless anyway.
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“I’d matched my bridesmaid dresses to the flowers, like I had these beautiful burgundy dresses, wine red dresses for my girls.
“And they gave me orange and f*cking yellow flowers.”
The influencer also revealed MAFS production gives contestants a £1,200 budget for their wedding dress, this is supposed to cover the dress, shoes, bridesmaid dresses, their shoes and any accessories.
She said: “It doesn’t stretch, so I did probably have to pay about £300 to £400 of my own money towards the dress and the bridesmaids and whatever else.”
Erica then revealed she bought her dresses from fast fashion giant, Shein, in a bid to save her own coin.
The TikTok star said the famous dinner party scenes, filmed once a week, take an entire dat to film.
She said at seven to eight in the morning getting ready shots take place, they then make their way down to the mixer at about 11am before completing their individual interviews until dinner at 5pm.
Erica admitted none of the contestants eat the food as it’s “cold” and have been sitting for at least an hour while the crew get the shots they need.
The show is known for its savage dinner parties, furious walkouts and brash arguments: Erica said dinner party filming usually went on until about one to two in the morning- a near 24 hour day.
The former MAFS UK personality made it clear the show was not scripted, despite being known on her series as the “villain.”
Erica said: “Everything you see is because it actually happened.
“Yes, things are very very heavily edited, so things can be mixed up, taken out of context. I could have done an eye roll later on in the night.
“But they’ve put it at the start of the night when someone said something but it looks like I’m eye rolling to what they said.”
She claimed MAFS could manipulate the show a lot and urged fans to consider the feelings of the very real people on their screens.
This comes after Erica revealed she was speaking to two grooms from the 2024 show at the explosive reunion in February.
The star enjoyed a snog with Kieran Chapman, 29, and had been chatting to Ross McCarthy, 32, after he split from Sacha Jones.
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