Married At First Sight bride Jamie Marinos has made a heartbreaking confession about her time on Nine’s ratings blockbuster.
The 28-year-old became a fan favourite as viewers felt they saw a genuine romance blossom between the account manager and her match Dave Hand.
But things between the pair cooled after Jamie declared her love for Dave during Feedback Week.
‘He’s pretty much telling me I’m too ugly to root,’ she said during one harrowing feedback session and added: ‘This is a hard thought to ponder. But I appreciate him being honest.’
She now says that viewers comments about Dave’s actions ring true.
‘At that moment in time, I don’t believe he was there for the right reasons, because of what was shown to me,’ Jamie said on Wednesday in a new interview with Yahoo Lifestyle.
Jamie says that she couldn’t understand how he could ‘flip the script’.
She continues: ‘And it just felt like to me, in that moment, his mask had fallen off and I was essentially just his meal ticket or something.
Jamie said could not understand how Dave could go from feeling ‘warm and fuzzy’ to saying. ‘I don’t hate that girl’ – a comment that particularly stung her.
‘It was awful to watch back because this is someone I’ve professed love to in front of the world essentially, I’ve spoken so highly of, and you know, when I needed to be validated and reassured, he essentially let me down massively and humiliated me.’
Elsewhere in the chat she said: ‘I felt like that was really hard to watch back as well, and seeing the full scope of what was going through his mind.
‘I do understand that there’s clearly avoidant attachment, but I was really surprised in that moment, and even re-watching it, just the complete change up, so, of course, I questioned his intentions.’
It comes after Jamie has entered the spotlight after embarking on a solo publicity tour in New Zealand to promote the hit Aussie reality show.
But while Jamie is embracing the whirlwind experience, drama is brewing behind the scenes, with several castmates reportedly fuming she was selected for the coveted gig.
Daily Mail Australia can reveal some of Jamie’s co-stars are ‘absolutely livid’ she was hand-picked to represent the series overseas.
‘Jacqui Burfoot was convinced that she was going to be the one sent to New Zealand because she is a Kiwi,’ an insider said.
Another source revealed that fellow bride Awhina Rutene deserved the opportunity, given her New Zealand heritage.
Jamie insists she had no idea she was in the running, telling Daily Mail Australia she was blindsided by the news.
‘To be honest, I didn’t even know this was a thing. I had no idea people go to New Zealand, so it was a very random call. I wasn’t gunning for it, I didn’t ask for it,’ she said.
‘I had no idea someone even goes to New Zealand. But I don’t make the rules, I don’t choose, and so I’m just grateful that I had this opportunity.’
It comes after an insider claimed Jamie was branded the ‘producers’ pet’ by multiple female co-stars due to her strict adherence to production rules.
‘Jamie was pretty much the only cast member to follow all of the rules. On occasion, she would even let producers know when people were secretly meeting up away from the cameras or when they were chatting directly with media and paparazzi,’ a source told Yahoo Lifestyle.
‘Even now Jamie is the only person playing by the rules and her co-stars believe Channel Nine have promised to make her a star with future TV work and projects. There’s a lot of jealousy towards her from most of the cast.’
