Brett Helling’s bucket hat sends Married At First Sight fans into a spin

‘He looks like a young Merv Hughes’: Brett Helling’s Ansett Australia Test Series bucket hat sends Married At First Sight fans into a spin

Married At First Sight fans compared Brett Helling to cricketing great Merv Hughes on Tuesday night after he sported a terry towelling bucket hat. 

The Melbourne-based electrician’s choice of headgear also set the Twitterverse ablaze, with many fans divided over the Ansett Australia Test Series number. 

‘Not the bucket hat,’ one viewer wrote alongside a skull emoji.

‘I’d still write leave’: Brett Helling’s Australian Test Series bucket hat left Married At First Sight fans divided with very mixed feelings about his fashion during Tuesday night’s episode

‘If I had just met Brett and he was wearing that hat, rest assured, I’d still write leave,’ a second commented.

However, a third fan clearly liked what they saw – and they weren’t alone. 

‘Brett’s terry towelling is world class,’ they commented.  

‘All other feedback aside, this is a solid throwback hat!’ added Nova 96.9 newsreader Matt de Groot. 

Fashion faux: The Melbourne-based electrician, 31, left viewers divided on Twitter after he chose to wear an Australian Test Series bucket hat while on holiday with his co-stars

Fashion faux: The Melbourne-based electrician, 31, left viewers divided on Twitter after he chose to wear an Australian Test Series bucket hat while on holiday with his co-stars

Dealbreaker: 'Not the bucket hat,' one viewer wrote alongside a skull emoji

Dealbreaker: ‘Not the bucket hat,’ one viewer wrote alongside a skull emoji

Double take: 'I've got it. Brett looks like a young Merv Hughes. Your welcome,' one fan wrote. Pictured: March 1991

Double take: ‘I’ve got it. Brett looks like a young Merv Hughes. Your welcome,’ one fan wrote. Pictured: March 1991

‘I’ve got it. Brett looks like a young Merv Hughes. Your welcome,’ another wrote.

And the compliments kept coming.  

‘Brett’s Ansett Australia Test Series hat is the bomb!’ said yet another fan. 

'All other feedback aside, this is a solid throwback hat!' wrote Nova 96.9 newsreader Matt de Groot

‘All other feedback aside, this is a solid throwback hat!’ wrote Nova 96.9 newsreader Matt de Groot

Another chimed: ‘I haven’t seen a terry towelling hat in forever!!! How good!!’

Brett is currently married to Perth-based musician Booka Nile on the popular Channel Nine experiment. 

Married At First Sight continues Wednesday at 7.30pm on Nine 

Will they last? Married At First Sight continues Wednesday at 7.30pm on Nine

Will they last? Married At First Sight continues Wednesday at 7.30pm on Nine