Amidst the many parental dramas that went down on episode 18 of Married At First Sight, there is perhaps one that is capturing the hearts of Australia the most fervently. Throughout the current season of MAFS, Bryce (married to Melissa) has attracted a lot of very reasonable criticism.
The man’s behaviour on screen has been generally incredibly toxic, with the cheating allegations and the fact that he named his wife as the show’s fourth most attractive contestant being hard to forget. By which we mean, Bryce makes it hard to forget, because he keeps bringing it up over and over again. (Why?!)
Bryce isn't a teachable moment to Aussie audiences. He should never have been put on our screens, let alone matched with someone so vulnerable that she already can't fathom him leaving her. It's so dangerous, I sometimes can't believe what I'm watching #MAFS
— Tahlia Pritchard (@Tahls) March 22, 2021
1. Someone like Bryce shouldn’t be on our screens2. He should not have been paired with someone who has no self worth3. By now experts and producers should have stepped in talked about narcissism, gaslighting and trauma bonding and how to get help if you’re a victim #mafsau #MAFS
— first i need some coffee (@Je55_ic4) March 22, 2021
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In case you somehow missed the plot detail, this whole cheating/hotness mess apparently began from a “casual conversation” that Bryce had with Bec, who is the long-suffering Jake’s wife in the 2021 edition of the MAFS experiment.
In a previous episode, it was revealed that Bryce and Bec had a conversation where Bryce told Bec that he considered her the hottest in the experiment. According to Bec, Bryce then said he had a girlfriend outside the experiment, the latter being the part which Bryce obviously claims isn’t true. He does, however, cop to putting Bec first in the hotness ranking.
ALWAYS 👏🏼PUT 👏🏼YOUR 👏🏼PARTNER 👏🏼FIRST 👏🏼WHY 👏🏼IS 👏🏼THIS 👏🏼SO 👏🏼HARD 👏🏼TO 👏🏼GRASP👏🏼 #mafs #mafsau pic.twitter.com/4LVS8r34LY
— Jenna 🖤 (@Jennabelll) March 22, 2021
This frustratingly dense behaviour is irritating and alarming to us, but imagine how you’d feel after having had to raise this kind of insensitive human?
Well, as of tonight Australia knows how Bryce’s mum feels. The legend dressed-down her tone-deaf toxic son, much to the joy of audiences.
Bryce just totally got spanked by his mum on national TV #mafs #MAFSAU #MAFSAustralia pic.twitter.com/Lqu1Bud4WQ
— Chris Thorburn (@ChrisThorburn33) March 22, 2021
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That target Bryce has on his back? His Mum just shot a fucking bullseye 😂 #MAFS #MAFSAU pic.twitter.com/tdc1fE5gm5
— Keely Willis (@keelywillis_) March 22, 2021
I actually thought that was Melissa’s mum dragging Bryce, but it’s his own mum?? QUEEN SHIT. #MAFS pic.twitter.com/0ZHgafC4b0
— Tara Watson (@tara_watson_) March 22, 2021
I’m loving watching Bryce get roasted by his own mother#MAFS pic.twitter.com/0mCrLjcuLU
— Despicable Bree (@breelivetweet) March 22, 2021
And on the other end of the spectrum? Well, let’s just say that with Bec, the apple fell directly under the tree.
We thought it’d hard to top Bec’s incredibly narcissistic and manipulative behaviour towards her husband this MAFS series well, tonight proved us wrong. Australia met Bec’s mom.
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Bec’s mother is the type of person who will defend their child for murder while their child is holding the murder weapon in their hand. #mafsaustralia #mafs pic.twitter.com/nh2K59N5IV
— Vee (@vee2190) March 22, 2021
Bec’s mum is the ultimate Karen #MAFS #MAFSAU #MAFSAUSTRALIA pic.twitter.com/97Ul7IO2eK
— so tired (Taylor’s Version) (@pjk27779) March 22, 2021
OMG someone please save JAKE!
— ge. (@GEstefania_) March 22, 2021
I'm glad he's meeting how Bec's going to be in ten years. WORSE THAN NOW! #MAFS #MAFSAU pic.twitter.com/HjDUrvj6ft
Bec’s Mum needs severe help,but it explains SO much about Bec. Good on Jake’s fam for defending him👊🏼👊🏼#mafs #mafsau
— J🍩Flagpies🖤🤍 (@jojoeyjo9) March 22, 2021
Seeing Bec’s mum is starting to make a lot more sense about her #MAFSAU #MAFS pic.twitter.com/v0U2trtLGv
— Weslee (@WSpark98NZ2) March 22, 2021
This article was published by the team at marie claire Australia.
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