‘Married At First Sight Australia’ 2025 groom Adrian Araouzou claims we didn’t get the full story of his storm out on Tuesday night’s episode - in fact, he has a completely different recollection of events.
‘MAFS’ is no stranger to drama, but this week, Adrian took things up a notch when he seemingly walked out on the experiment - and his on-screen wife, Awhina Rutene - after being “unfairly left out” of some Channel Nine promo shoots for the show.
Speaking to Yahoo! Lifestyle, he reckons he didn’t just pack up and leave on his own - it was actually producers who told him to go after he walked out of a filming day for social media content.
Adrian says the drama started when he was stuck in a warehouse, forced to sit around in a tent while waiting to film content for the show.
“I went and sat in a tent for 20 minutes. It was 30 degrees plus that day, and now I’m stuck in the tent. They wouldn’t even let me leave,” he said.
After getting increasingly frustrated, he decided he’d had enough and walked out. That’s when he got a call from production.
“Someone else was on the line and they were just yelling at me. One lady on the phone was like, ‘Hey Adrian, why did you leave?’, and I’m trying to explain my side,” he explained.
“This woman just kept yelling and yelling and yelling.”
Eventually, he’d had enough.
“I’m like, ‘Alright, see you later, I’m not sitting here going back and forth over something so stupid’. And then she goes, ‘Pack your bags and leave the experiment’. And I go, ‘Okay, no worries’.”
“It wasn’t like, ‘Oh, can you please pack your bag and leave the experiment’, it was like, ‘Get up and go’.
Despite the episode making it seem like he left because he wasn’t featured in the promo, Adrian says that’s not the truth.
“It had nothing to do with the promo. If I cared, why wouldn’t I have stayed for the next six hours of the day? But I didn’t,” he said.
He went back to the apartment, packed his things, and left his wedding ring on the counter - partly to avoid any accusations that he’d “stolen” it.
“The only thing I did was put the ring down, because I was like, ‘Well, this lady seems pretty pissed off, I don’t want them saying I stole their property’. So I left the ring there,” he said.“
“The only person that was getting hurt that day by leaving was me, no one else. That’s why you didn’t see me much prior to the show airing because I missed out on the promos out of my own choice.”
Sooo, he left, but he was told to? It was his choice to not be in the promo, but the episode made it seem like he thought it was “unfair” to be left out of the promo? He didn’t care, but the producers yelling at him was the last straw?
Yeah, I’m just as confused as you are.
Also, ahem, Adrian, let’s be real - Awhina looked pretty G-damn hurt knowing you ditched your ring and your WIFE because of a tiff with producers - regardless of what it was about…
Now we’re all just waiting to see if these two can bounce back or if it’s just downhill from here.
