The truth behind Married at First Sight

Should I Delete That?

Alex Light & Em Clarkson

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

TW: Suicide

This week on the podcast, Em and Alex are joined by Married at First Sight UK contestant Gemma Rose Barnes. Gemma wanted the perfect partner to complete her life, and so she signed up to MAFS in the belief that she was going to find just that, even getting a tattoo in honour of this man who she hadn’t met yet. She ended up becoming a controversial figure on MAFS due to her willingness to make crude jokes and openly talk about sex. She shares that her words were edited and taken out of context, and that her new husband’s keenness was edited out all together. Gemma experienced various mental health and addiction struggles, exacerbated due to the show, and had to make a change. Now sober, Gemma shares the reality behind this “reality” TV show, and how we as viewers need to take a more discerning attitude towards it.

EDIT- A Channel 4 Spokesperson said: "Contributor care and wellbeing is of paramount importance and appropriate support is available to contributors before, during and after broadcast. Any concerns raised by contributors about safety would always be taken extremely seriously and we would take prompt and appropriate action when needed. Any action taken would always be agreed with the cast members involved to ensure they were satisfied with the resolution and outcome. Contributors are able to leave the process at any time. During filming, alcohol consumption is at the discretion of individuals, but it is monitored and limited by the production team and contributor welfare is always prioritised. All broadcast episodes of MAFS U.K. are a fair and accurate reflection of the events that took place."

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Edited by Daisy Grant

Music by Alex Andrew

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0:00.0	As Nigel opened his Amazon parcel, it was in love at first sight, sleek design and effortless cornering.
0:07.0	This vacuum cleaner screamed quality and for a price lower than he ever dreamed, five stars from Nigel.
0:15.0	With star reviews from you and star prices from us, start your search on Amazon today.
0:21.0	And actually, they used everything in a different order and they edited bits and put them here there and you can't super them, you can't do anything, you've signed a contract signing away your rights to the edit.
0:38.0	Hello and welcome back to delete that, I'm Alex Light and I'm in Clarkson, how are you?
0:51.0	I am. I'm actually not going to tell you how I am because you're just scoff at me.
0:57.0	If I tell you the honest truth of how I am, you'll be like, in and in and in because I'm fair enough because I am annoying.
1:05.0	Are you proud because it's sunny?
1:07.0	Okay, we've just had like 10, like a week of absolute bliss. It's been like 17 degrees and it's been like so nice at night to sleep.
1:16.0	Yeah, gorgeous. And now suddenly out of nowhere, I feel like I can't breathe because it's so hot again. So anyway, how are you?
1:24.0	Driving, driving because the sun's out.
1:27.0	I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fine. It's nothing to do with the weather.
1:33.0	Okay, okay. I'm just, I'm too grounded. I'm too grounded to let something like a bit of rain or sun affect me.
1:39.0	No, I'm fine. I am not. I am not. I am very unstable as a person.
1:45.0	I'm not good. I'm just, I'm just very tired. Can I have please a good, a bad or an awkward from you?
1:52.0	Oh, I thought you say it. You're going to say, can I have a run and I was like, oh my god, please tell, tell us.
1:57.0	Oh, no, I don't need to have a run. The problem is, the problem is, the problem is, okay, this one might be my bad.
2:01.0	The problem is, when you're a new parent and you say, yeah, I'm really tired.
2:07.0	Or like anything other than like, I'm euphorically happy. Everyone's like, oh you okay.
2:11.0	And it's like, oh my god, yeah, I'm fine. Like, and it's so nice.
2:15.0	But I am trying to find the balance between like really, really stressing the point that I'm fine.
2:21.0	But also that I'm so fucking tired. And I just can't cope with anything because I'm so tired.
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