Married At First Sight’s Rebecca Zemek discusses the look Jake Edwards gave her during wedding

Their relationship was off to a bumpy start from the very first look.  

And now Married At First Sight bride Rebecca Zemek has talked about being ‘triggered’ by what she perceived as an objectifying leer by ‘husband’ Jake Edwards during their controversial wedding. 

‘[From] past relationships… I have a trigger, and [that] trigger for me is wolf whistling,’ the 27-year-old told The Anj, Rob and Robbo Show on Tuesday. 

She explained: ‘As soon as I walked down the aisle and got that [look], that inner switch in me turned and it turned very fast.’ 

‘I was going through, I guess, past trauma I’ve had with guys. My walls went straight up.’ 

She also claimed it wasn’t the only time the ex-footballer made her feel ‘uncomfortable’. 

‘There were so many other moments at my wedding where Jake made me feel very objectified,’ said the reality TV star. 

Rebecca also addressed one of the biggest talking points to come out of Monday night’s first dinner party.

During the episode, Zemek openly called ‘husband’ Jake ‘boring,’ but in Tuesday’s interview hinted that the brutal honesty might be part of a tactic devised by the pair.

‘Jake and I decided “Let’s just be completely honest. It’s an experiment, we didn’t actually choose each other, let’s just see why we were matched.”‘ 

‘It kind of works in our favour.’  

Following the dramatic dinner moment, an unearthed cryptic post made by the former AFL footballer back in January hinted that the reality TV couple’s relationship may be over.

In the post, obtained by Daily Mail Australia, Jake, 32, wrote that he had ‘been taking time to be alone’. 

It’s a telling statement given the reality TV hit, which only began airing last week, is typically filmed months in advance. The current series, Season 8, began filming last year.

The show’s ‘reunion special’ was taped last month. 

Jake’s comment was in response to a fan question asking what the former athlete’s favourite thing to do was during ‘me’ time.

Edwards also wrote, ‘Lately I have been spending a lot of time just by myself and looking deep to find a few answers’. 

It comes after Daily Mail Australia exclusively revealed that last month Jake went for a night on the town with fellow contestant Booka Nile, who was paired on the show with electrician Brett Helling.  

Newlyweds Beck and Jake had a tense confrontation during Monday’s episode of Married At First Sight. 

Beck, 27, labelled Jake ‘boring’, prompting him to brand her ‘rude’ and ‘disrespectful’ during an awkward conversation with the show’s other participants.   

Talking to the other brides at the show’s first dinner party, Beck claimed that Jake needed ‘validation all the time’. 

‘I need a foundation of friendship and banter. Honestly, I didn’t laugh the entire honeymoon, at all. There is no chemistry or love between us,’ she continued. 

Sensing Beck was badmouthing him to the others, Jake approached the women, asking if he could ‘crash this party’.

Making conversation, fellow bride Joanne Todd asked Jake if Beck was ‘the kind of girl you’d approach on the outside world’.

‘She is, yes… First time I’d seen her, I was blown away,’ he confessed, before admitting they’d had some issues. 

‘Getting to know Beck, we’ve had our challenges, obviously. She’s so headstrong, it’s very challenging for me. I tried too hard too early to impress her and try to make it work.’ 

Undeterred, Beck continued her critique of Jake and their relationship in front of him and several of the other brides.

‘He tries way too hard and then this facade comes on, and I’m like, “Who even is Jake?”‘ she began.

‘I like to have a joke a little bit more, and so I find Jake boring sometimes. He makes 32 seem really, like, old.’  

An uncomfortable Joanne, 39, interjected and said that her ‘husband’, James Susler, had only spoken ‘highly’ of Jake.

‘Apparently I’m boring though,’ interrupted the clearly offended former footballer-turned-charity CEO.

He later said: ‘I felt tonight that Beck was pretty harsh, actually. Anything I do or say around her, it’s not good enough…

‘It’s disrespectful, it’s rude and it’s a real problem for me.’