“IFI HADTO
REDOTHE SHOW,
I WOULDNEVER
SIGNUPTO
GOONIT.”
- INES –
REALITYTV
wasn’tright.Whenothercastmembers
saythattheeditinghasnotportrayed
themcorrectlyit’sa piss-take.Whatever
wasaired— youdidandsaidthat.Doyouhaveanyregrets?
J:I regretstayingaslongasI didand
makingMickstaylongersoI couldbe
withDan.Mickis a farmerandhehas
livestock andI madehimstaythere.Dan
andI couldhavegottoknoweachother
outsideof theshowbutwedraggedit
outandstayedandI knowit wasn’tfair
of metokeepMickthereforaslongas
I did.I alsoregretnottellingpeopleearlier
whatwasgoingonandI regretallthelies
andmanipulation.It hurtpeople.
I:If I hadtoredotheshow,I wouldnever
signuptogoonit. Myonlyregretsare
givingpeoplemytimeof daywhenthey
didn’tdeserveit. DeepdownI knewthey
weren’tworthmytimeandthey would
never make it to my future.Doyoukeepintouchwithanyof
theothercouplesfromtheshow?
J:NickandI chatheaps.Wehavesimilar
personalitiesandwe’vealwayshadeach
other’sbacks.Wheneverwedidinterviews
togetherwe’dalwaysagreeonwhatand
whatnottodiscussandhe’dalwaysstick
toit andwatchoutforme.InesandI are
closefriends,too.I lovethatsheshows
metherealIneswhois sucha beautiful,
sweet,kindandvulnerable person and
such a great friend.onMAFSbecauseI wouldhateforthem
tobebulliedorteasedaboutit.
I:I’mreallyquiet.I don’tsaymuchbut
whenI doI’mreallystraightforward.
Whenyou’renotposingfor
MAXIMwhatdoyougirlsdo?
I:SincegoingonrealityTV,everydayis
sodifferentfromtheother.There’sa lot
oftravellingtodifferentstatesforwork
andeventsanda lotof theopportunities
I’mattractingintomylifeareallowing
metousemycreativesidemore.I’m
alwaysthinkingandplanningabout
projectsI’mworkingon.
J:I’mcurrentlydoingthe“Jessika’s
Revengetour”whichis doinga lot
ofpublicappearancesacrossAustraliaat
corporateevents,partiesandclubs.I’m
alsobuildingmyInstagramandconstantly
beingapproachedbybrandstoendorse
andadvertisetheirproducts.It’sreally
importanttomethatI onlyworkwith
brandsI believein.Thereis a lotof work
thatgoesintomeselectingwhoI work
with.I’malsoworkingonstartingmyown
businessin theeventmanagementspace.
Ascastmembersinthelastseason
ofMarriedAtFirstSight, howwould
youbestdescribeyourexperience
ontheshow?
J:I learnta lotaboutmyselfanda lotabout
relationships.I thoughtI knew
aboutrelationshipsbutrealisedthat
I actuallydidn’t.I learnta lotabouthow
I actandI wasforcetobein situationsthat
I’dnormallyavoid.AndI learnthow
tocopewithconflictanddifficult
situations.I grewa lot.
I:I didn’tlikeit at all.It waswaytoo
controlled.I didn’tlikebeingtoldwhat
tosay,do,thinkor feel. It was just purely
disappointing.
Howdoyoufeelaboutyourportrayals
ontheshow?
I:I don’thaveanissuewithit — it’sTV.
Everyone’sexperienceis socompletely
differenttotheother.I canonlyvouchfor
whatI knowwasgoingonbehindclosed
doorsonmyendandit’sprettyevident
a hugetonof editinggoesintoit.
J:A lotof thecastsaytherewassomuch
dodgyeditingbutI ownmyactions100%.
I saidthosethings,I hadthoseblowups
- maybenotin theordertheywereedited
butI hadthem.I wasfullyconscious
of whatI wasdoingandwhilstI’mnot
proudof a lotof thebehaviour,I didthose
thingsandI don’tthinkI wasportrayed
incorrectly. I learnt the way I acted