Married At First Sight’s Melissa Rawson shuts down her fellow brides as Bryce Ruthven’s ‘secret girlfriend’ is raised at the reunion dinner party
Throughout this year’s season of Married At First Sight, Melissa Rawson has been hounded by claims her husband Bryce Ruthven has a ‘secret girlfriend’ outside the experiment.
And at Wednesday’s reunion dinner party, the workplace trainer, 32, finally unleashed on her co-stars and told them to ‘shut the hell up’ about the rumours.
Booka Nile, Samantha Harvey and Beck Zemek all tried to bring up the rumours at the dinner table, prompting a frustrated Melissa to speak out.
Annoyed: Melissa Rawson shut down co-stars Booka Nile, Sam Harvey and Beck Zemek over groom Bryce Ruthven’s ‘secret girlfriend’ during tense scenes on Wednesday night’s episode
‘I’m done with this,’ Melissa told the shocked women.
‘Shut the hell up! I’m over it. I don’t know for how much [longer] I need to defend myself for,’ she added.
Earlier in the episode, Booka had told Melissa about a phone call her roommate had supposedly received about Bryce’s ‘secret girlfriend’.
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Upset: ‘I’m done with this,’ Melissa told the shocked women in a tense moment. ‘Shut the hell up. I’m over it. I don’t know for how much [longer] I need to defend myself for,’ she added
‘She filled me in a lot about Bryce and his apparent girlfriend who existed outside the experiment while he was married to Melissa,’ Booka said.
‘She said she could not stand idle by and watch him gaslight and manipulate and play these girls any longer. It’s really messed up.’
Melissa then explained she had spoken to the ‘secret girlfriend’ herself – in a phone call Booka claimed Bryce had carefully stage-managed.
Fuming: Beck, Liam and Jo all told Melissa to tell them more about the phone call. ‘I don’t owe you anything,’ Melissa said dryly, upon Jo’s insistence. Pictured: Beck Zemek
Beck, Liam Cooper and Jo Todd all urged Melissa to tell them more about the phone call because they were skeptical about it.
‘I don’t owe you anything,’ Melissa said dryly.
‘It’s sorted. I don’t know why you all continue to feel the need to bring this up,’ she told the group defiantly.
Not enough: ‘It’s sorted. I don’t know why you all continue to feel the need to bring this up,’ she added to the group defiantly. Sam Harvey (pictured) was displeased with Melissa’s answers
‘What am I meant to do, not say it?’ Booka asked.
Beck reassured Melissa they just wanted to give her ‘information’ about Bryce’s other relationship, and didn’t necessarily want them to break up.
‘I’m over the whole conversation. I thought we have put it to bed,’ Melissa said.
‘And to continuously bring it up is infuriating. I don’t know how much I need to defend myself for.’
Just us two! Reflecting on the tense moment, Melissa said she had previously let the talk of the others affect her. However, she was refusing to tonight
Melissa told producers she’d gone into the reunion dinner party determined not to let the ‘secret girlfriend’ rumours get to her.
‘Over the course of the experiment, I have really let everything that everyone has said get to me and let it affect my relationship,’ she said.
‘I’m not going to tonight, I am genuinely here with my partner and I’m just going to ignore them as best as possible.’
Married At First Sight continues Sunday at 7pm on Channel Nine
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